gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Total Cost Supplier Selection Model: A Case Study (1993)

This article summarizes General Electric Wiring Devices' (GEWD) experience in developing a total cost supplier selection methodology that seeks to define the appropriate balance between qualitative approaches and complex, fully cost‐based methods. Utilizing the GE “Work‐Out!” process, a cross functional team classified supplier selection elements into one of three categories: (1) risk factors, (2) business desirable factors, and (3) measurable cost factors. The authors discuss these variables as they relate to GEWD's sourcing practices. The model's applicability is demonstrated in several different case scenarios. For practical application it is programmed in C computer language. In practice, the requirement for no maintenance beyond default cost factor revisions renders the model extremely adaptable for practical decision‐making purposes.
Fault-tolerant operation of cascaded H-Bridge inverters using one redundant cell (2015)

This paper presents a fault-tolerant technique for multilevel Cascaded H-Bridge (CHB) inverters. A faulty power switch in high power converters can lead to expensive downtime, loss of productivity, and increased costs. In the event of a fault, the defective cell is bypassed and a backup H-Bridge cell is replaced to generate balanced line-to-line voltages. Using the remaining cells, CHB inverter will operate with maximum achievable output voltage. Simulation results are offered for a seven-level CHB inverter to validate the proposed fault-tolerant technique.
Thick polysilicon surface-micromachined optically sensed accelerometer (1999)

An accelerometer based on optical intensity modulation has been designed and fabricated using thick-polysilicon (12 micrometer) surface-micromachining technology. A layer of polysilicon is surface micromachined to form a grating connected to springs, which are anchored on the silicon substrate. A layer of metal is evaporated on the top of the entire device making the suspended grating opaque as well as the regions on the substrate that are exposed by the grating. This leaves the areas directly beneath the grating shadowed from incident light. In the unperturbed state, the light that shines on the device is completely reflected by the metal on top of the entire device. When the grating moves under the influence of acceleration, the areas which are not covered by the metal are then exposed and the amount of light passing through the substrate increases. The optical intensity variation translates to the acceleration experienced by the grating proof mass. Twelve micrometer thick polysilicon surface micromachining was developed to improve the performance of the device. The film's mechanical qualities, internal stain, stress gradient and surface roughness have been characterized. This optical accelerometer has a sensitivity of 70 milli-g with 0.5-micron movement.
Investigation of the dose-dependent neuroprotective effects of agmatine in experimental spinal cord injury: a prospective randomized and placebo–control trial (2006)

Agmatine administration following SCI was shown to reduce NO levels significantly. No statistically significant intergroup difference in the reduction of NO levels was found between rats treated with 50- and 100-mg/kg/day doses of agmatine. Administration of a 100-mg/kg/day dose of agmatine reduced the NO levels to those measured in controls. The authors conclude that with additional studies into the role of agmatine, this drug may be helpful in the treatment of patients with SCIs.
Chronic disease prevalence and burden in elderly men: an analysis of Medicare medical claims data. (2007)

Because of the lack of information on men's health issues, and the substantial economic and morbidity impact of chronic diseases in this population, the current study describes the prevalence and burden of the top ten chronic diseases diagnosed in males age 65 and older. This study will provide insight to providers and benefit administrators seeking to develop educational and therapy management programs to reduce acute and long-term complications associated with the most prevalent chronic medical conditions.
Update on Tocolytic Therapy (1995)

The beta-agonists are effective in delaying delivery for 24-48 hours in most patients; however, there are potential risks involved. Magnesium sulfate, prostaglandin synthetase inhibitors, calcium-channel blockers, and oxytocin antagonists may provide alternative choices for the treatment of preterm labor associated with neonatal morbidity and mortality. Each of the medications has advantages and disadvantages at different stages of gestation.
Portfolio Construction Through Mixed-Integer Programming at Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo and Company (1999)

Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo and Company LLC (GMO) uses mixed-integer-programming (MIP) methods to construct portfolios that are close (in terms of sector and security exposure) to target portfolios, have the same liquidity, turnover, and expected return as the target portfolios, control frictional costs, and do so with fewer distinct stocks and with fewer transactions. It also applies MIP methods to portfolios consisting of several subportfolios. It uses the MIP approach to construct 11 quantitatively managed portfolios representing over $8 billion in assets. The benefits from this implementation include (1) keeping the existing client business; (2) making possible important new growth opportunities; (3) reducing the number of stock names by an average 40 to 60 percent; (4) reducing the annual cost of trading the portfolios by at least $4 million by reducing the number of trading tickets written by 75 to 85 percent; (5) improving the trading process; and (6) improving performance in simulation in a US fund consisting of growth stocks with small market capitalization.
Mention-anomaly-based event detection and tracking in Twitter (2014)

The ever-growing number of people using Twitter makes it a valuable source of timely information. However, detecting events in Twitter is a difficult task, because tweets that report interesting events are overwhelmed by a large volume of tweets on unrelated topics. Existing methods focus on the textual content of tweets and ignore the social aspect of Twitter. In this paper we propose MABED (Mention-Anomaly-Based Event Detection), a novel method that leverages the creation frequency of dynamic links (i.e. mentions) that users insert in tweets to detect important events and estimate the magnitude of their impact over the crowd. The main advantages of MABED over prior works are that (i) it relies solely on tweets, meaning no external knowledge is required, and that (ii) it dynamically estimates the period of time during which each event is discussed rather than assuming a predefined fixed duration. The experiments we conducted on both English and French Twitter data show that the mention-anomaly-based approach leads to more accurate event detection and improved robustness in presence of noisy Twitter content. Last, we show that MABED helps with the interpretation of detected events by providing clear and precise descriptions.
Impact of Web 2.0 and Cloud Computing Platform on Software Engineering (2010)

Current era of Web 2.0 is enabling new business models for using the semantic web. One such business model is leasing out computing platform of hardware and software over the internet to the tenants and is dubbed as Cloud Computing. The anticipated future trend of computing is believed to be this cloud computing as it promises a lot of benefits like no capital expenditure, speed of application deployment, shorter time to market, lower cost of operation and easier maintenance for the tenants. This paper analyses how cloud computing on the background of Web 2.0 is going to impact the software engineering process to develop quality software. As the cloud provider is an external entity or third party, how difficult will be the interaction with them? How to separate the roles of SW engineers and cloud providers? SW engineering should include framework activities to leverage all the benefits of cloud computing systematically and strategically. This paper extends the traditional agile process model named Extreme Programming (XP) and integrates interaction with the cloud provider to facilitate acceptance of cloud computing.
Design of financial knowledge in dashboard for SME managers (2013)

The article presents the approach to develop the economic and financial knowledge used for the Intelligent Dashboard for Managers. The content of the knowledge is focused on essential concepts related to the management of micro, small and medium enterprises. Knowledge-based functions, not previously available in commercial systems, increase the quality, effectiveness, and efficiency of the decision making process. The Intelligent Dashboard for Managers contains six ontologies describing areas of Cash Flow at Risk, Comprehensive Risk Measurement, Early Warning Models, Credit Scoring, Financial Market, and General Financial Knowledge. The ontology design process and examples of topic maps and usage in financial data analysis are illustrated and discussed.
Oral Tacrolimus for the Treatment of Refractory Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the Biologic Era (2013)

Tacrolimus is able to induce a clinical response in a third and remission in a fifth of medically refractory patients with inflammatory bowel disease at 1 year. A 90-day therapeutic trial is worthwhile in difficult to treat patients.
Structural and Optical Properties of In-Rich InAlGaN/InGaN Heterostructures for White Light Emission (2008)

The effect of trimethylaluminium (TMAl) flow rate and the reactor pressure on the structural and optical properties of In-rich InAlGaN quaternary alloy grown on InGaN/GaN by metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) were investigated. The addition of Al atoms to InGaN layers at an optimized growth reactor pressure, 200 mbar in our case, resulted in a broad emission from green to red because of the spatial fluctuation of local In concentration and also the formation of three-dimensional (3D) island structures due to low surface mobilities of Al atoms. When the reactor pressure is decreased below 200 mbar, the In-rich phase separation and related green to red emission have not been observed. Combining the blue emission from InGaN layer with the green to red emission from In-rich InAlGaN alloy layer, white light emission has been obtained. The addition of small amount of Al atoms at an optimum reactor pressure was found to enhance the In-rich phase formation in InAlGaN quaternary alloy.
DNA base modification in<i>Chlorella</i> (1994)

The nuclear DNA base composition of 26 strains of green algae belonging to the Chlorococcales was analysed by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). 5-Methyldeoxycytidine was the only modified nucleoside detected in addition to the standard nucleosides deoxyadenosine, deoxycytidine, deoxyguanosine and deoxythymidine. The amount of 5-methyldeoxycytidine varied from 1·5 mol% to 12·0 mol% and was correlated with the deoxyguanosine + deoxycytidine (G + C) content of the DNA. No significant influence of deoxycytidine methylation on the thermal stability of the DNA double strand was found. The variation of DNA base composition previously observed within the genus Chlorella and, in particular, within C. sorokiniana, could not be explained by the influence of variable amounts of modified bases on the DNA melting temperature from which the G + C contents were derived.
DOCUMENTED PLANT CHROMOSOME NUMBERS 1972:1 (1972)

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100% Solids Rigid Polyurethane Coatings Technology and Its Application on Pipeline Corrosion Protection (2003)

The paper reviews the 100% solids rigid polyurethane coatings technology and its increased application on pipeline corrosion protection over the past twenty-five years. The paper begins with the chemistry and performance properties of the technology. The paper then discusses the differences between this technology and other protective coatings systems, providing some guidelines as to the selection of a proper corrosion protective coatings solution for pipelines. Finally, the paper reviews several case histories of the 100% solids rigid polyurethane coatings technology in typical municipal, marine, and oil/gas pipeline applications.
Capacity Costs with Time-Based and Use-Based Asset Value Attrition (2011)

SYNOPSIS Traditional depreciation methods used by financial accounting as well as the capacity-based depreciation method recommended by managerial accounting literature assume that assets either lose value due to obsolescence or wear and tear. Recognizing that many assets lose value due to both obsolescence and use, Balakrishnan, Sivaramakrishnan, and Sunder, in the September 2004 issue of Accounting Horizons, propose a granularity framework that creates a nonlinear allocation by simultaneously considering an asset's use-based and time-based losses. However, their approach over-allocates and assigns all resource costs to periods before its usefulness has expired. We introduce several adjustments to the Balakrishnan et al. (2004) methodology with the notion of “flexibility value” and a partitioning of the cost of the acquired resources into a time-based and use-based component that avoids any over-allocation of resource costs. This approach also permits a further partitioning of those expired costs into costs that should be allocated to production or products and costs that should be allocated to periods as cost of unused or idle capacity—that is, to produce more accurate product costs for pricing and planning purposes. Finally, we offer a real-world example for partitioning a resource's acquisition cost into a use-based component and a time-based component.
Recent advances in microfluidic techniques for single-cell biophysical characterization (2013)

Biophysical (mechanical and electrical) properties of living cells have been proven to play important roles in the regulation of various biological activities at the molecular and cellular level, and can serve as promising label-free markers of cells' physiological states. In the past two decades, a number of research tools have been developed for understanding the association between the biophysical property changes of biological cells and human diseases; however, technical challenges of realizing high-throughput, robust and easy-to-perform measurements on single-cell biophysical properties have yet to be solved. In this paper, we review emerging tools enabled by microfluidic technologies for single-cell biophysical characterization. Different techniques are compared. The technical details, advantages, and limitations of various microfluidic devices are discussed.
A new genus and species of chigger (acari: Trombiculidae) from the Philippine Islands (1990)

Abstract A new genus of chigger, Octasternala, from bats, Taphozous philippinensis, from Negros Island is proposed to accommodate the new species O. taphozousa. The genus is diagnosed and the species described.
Lipid Analysis in Microbial Ecology (1989)

n nature, microorganisms rarely exist as monocultures, but live in communities with other microbes. These communities play an important role in the biosphere, primarily in recycling biologically important elements. All the essential biochemical cycles of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur are mediated by communities of microorganisms. Consequently, understanding what microbes in a natural environment are doing, rather than simply which microbes are present, is important to understanding their role within ecosystems. Analytical techniques developed in the last decade offer insights into the nature of these important ecosytem components. Microbial communities include viruses, eubacteria, archaebacteria, fungi, protozoa, micrometazoa, and algae (Margulis et al. 1986). The communities exist throughout the biosphere and even occupy such extreme environments as boiling-hot springs (Brock 1978); the deep sea at high hydrostatic pressure (ca. 1200 atmospheres; Jannasch and Taylor 1984); the cold deserts of Antarctica in the pore spaces of sandstone (Friedmann 1982); deep subsurface Analytical techniques developed in the last decade offer insights into these important
Revisiting partial packet recovery in 802.11 wireless LANs (2011)

In wireless LANs, partial packets are often received which usually contain only a few errors. According to the current 802.11 standard, such packets have to be retransmitted. Much effort has been invested recently in repairing such packets without retransmitting the entire packet, e.g., by using error correction (EC) code or retransmitting only the corrupted blocks. In this paper, we revisit this problem, and propose Unite, a framework for more efficient partial packet recovery. Unite is motivated by two key observations. First, the two repair methods, i.e., the EC-based and block-based, are not mutually exclusive and can be combined to achieve higher performance. Second, the recently introduced error estimators can be utilized to determine the optimal repair method depending on the condition of each partial packet. The combined method should achieve better performance than each individual method; in addition, it should remain low in complexity because the EC-based and block-based method are both simple in nature. Unite uses AMPS, a recently proposed estimator, for error estimation. We implement Unite on the Madwifi open source driver, and our experiments show that Unite outperforms other recovery schemes.
Treatment of Neuropathic Pain with Venlafaxine (2001)

This report describes the efficacious use of venlafaxine in the treatment of neuropathic pain. Double-blind, randomized, controlled trials are needed to explore this further.
Sickle cell disease as a paradigm of immigration hematology: new challenges for hematologists in Europe (2007)

W hile it is difficult to underestimate the implications of demographic change for world health, Nevertheless, as genetic diseases are increasingly recognized as a major global health problem, many hematologists are already dealing with a new spectrum of disease which they need to be able to identify and manage. Arguably the disorders which best represent how hematologists have faced the challenges posed by immigration hematology are the hemoglobinopathies, particularly sickle cell disease. The implications are, however, much wider than the direct challenge of adapting services to meet our patients' needs. We also have to consider the needs of the vast numbers of patients in the less privileged countries where these disorders are endemic: it is sobering to realise, for example, that for every birth of a child with sickle cell disease in Europe, there are more than 90 in Africa! Increasing prevalence of previously rare disorders in Europe also requires changes to education and training, not only of hematologists, but of all physicians, medical students, paramedical staff and a wide variety of non-medical professional organizations indirectly involved in supporting patients with chronic disease. This article discusses the changing patterns of sickle cell disease prevalence and the implications for screening, service provision, education and training; as well as the opportunities for forging global networks to work towards improving access to medical care for all affected individuals.
Nuclear Models (1963)

The publishers introduce this book as a concise 'state of the art' review of this branch of nuclear physics. It was in fact published in Russian in 1960 and so gives the state of the art as it was some four or five years ago.
Improvement Of The Lossless Compression Of Images With Quasi-Sparse Histograms (2002)

Publication in the conference proceedings of EUSIPCO, Toulouse, France, 2002
A new approach towards improving the quality and yield of arc-generated carbon nanotubes (2007)

The paper reports the deterministic effects of a focusing electric field in improving the purity and yield of the arc-generated carbon nanotubes (CNTs). The method utilizes a focusing electrostatic field, which was superimposed on the arc symmetrically. The focusing voltage was varied from 0 to 1200 V at steps of 200 V and a number of cathode deposits, thus generated, were collected and thoroughly analysed in their totality with the help of weight balance, Raman spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy and thermogravimetry. With the optimally configured focusing electric field, the arc generator is found to utilize nearly 85% of the consumed anode material, for converting into cathode deposit consisting of CNTs, as compared with about 35% in the conventional arc plasma method. The sample prepared under optimized conditions exhibited high oxidation temperature (851 °C) in the thermogravimetric analysis, negligible D band intensity along with a reduced G band line-width (14 cm−1) in the Raman spectrum, confirming the presence of high purity CNTs with a high relative yield.
Image Analysis of a Lateral Flow Strip Sensor for the Detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7 (2013)

Purpose: This study was performed to develop a lateral flow strip sensor for the detection of pathogenic Escherichia coli O157:H7 in various samples. Also, feasibility of using an image analysis method to improve the interpretation of the strip sensor was evaluated. Methods: The lateral flow strip sensor has been fabricated based on nitrocellulose lateral-flow membrane. Colloidal gold and E. coli O157:H7 antibodies were used as a tag and a receptor, respectively. Manually spotted E. coli O157:H7 antibody and anti-mouse antibody on nitrocellulose membrane were used as test and control dots, respectively. Feasibility of the lateral flow strip sensor to detect E. coli O157:H7 were evaluated with serially diluted E. coli O157:H7 cells in PBS or food samples. Test results of the lateral flow strip sensor were measured with an image analysis method. Results: The intensity of the test dot started to increase with higher concentration of the cells were introduced. The sensitivities of the sensor were both <TEX>$10^4$</TEX> CFU/mL Escherichia coli O157:H7 spiked in PBS and in chicken meat extract, respectively. Conclusions: The lateral flow strip sensor and image analysis method could detect E. coli O157:H7 in 20 min, which is significantly quicker than conventional plate counting method.
Synthesis of 4-aminodiphenylamine and its relatives (1977)

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTSynthesis of 4-aminodiphenylamine and its relativesChristian S. Rondestvedt Jr.Cite this: J. Org. Chem. 1977, 42, 10, 1786–1790Publication Date (Print):May 1, 1977Publication History Published online1 May 2002Published inissue 1 May 1977https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jo00430a025https://doi.org/10.1021/jo00430a025research-articleACS PublicationsRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views571Altmetric-Citations12LEARN 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