gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
rePivot - Developing Analysis Services with Column Store Database (2009)

One of the major concepts in business analytics is to identify the anomalies over time, also called as trend analysis. This can be easily done in pivot tables by using time as one of the dimensions, usually across columns. However, the trending information itself is insufficient to make any quick and insightful observations. Ranking the time series to identify the similar units of information can accelerate the analysis process. Similarly projection of the time series to the future will help the decision maker to proactively build alternate plans for differing scenarios. For doing such an analysis and modeling it becomes necessary to have aggregated data on demand. Current breed of row store database have limited capabilities to provide the response time required for such an analysis and modeling. Hence, column store database are expected to be better alternatives, for these types of problems. In this work the attempts made by the authors to develop such a system named as 'rePivot' are presented. The proposed frame work consists of three modules namely - a column store database to provide quick access to data, a time series ranking module and a probabilistic forecasting module. A case study of the proposed frame work in churn analysis and modeling in telecom has been carried out to test the suitability of framework for industrial applications. Application of the framework has shown promising results. Work is under progress to develop additional modules for survival analytics of individual entities in the database.
Journalism (1975)

Stanley Besen and Bridger Mitchell's Watergate and Television: An Economic Analysis (Santa Monica, Calif.: Rand Corp., 1975—$3.00, paper). Edward W. Knappman's Government and the Media in Conflict: 1970-74 (New York: Facts on File, 1974—$4.50 1 paper) Raymond A. Schroth's The Eagle and Brooklyn :A Community.. Newspaper,.1a41-1955 (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1974—$12.95). H.L. Mencken, A Gang of Pecksniffs and other Comments on Newspaper Publishers, Editors, and Reporters (New Rochelle, N.Y.: Arlington House, 1975—$8.95) George A. Hough's News Writing (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1975—price not given)
A modified LOESS normalization applied to microRNA arrays: a comparative evaluation (2009)

LoessM R function is freely available at http://gefu.cribi.unipd.it/papers/miRNA-simulation/
DC and RF Degradation Induced by High RF Power Stresses in 0.18- $\mu\hbox{m}$ nMOSFETs (2010)

Both the degradations of dc and RF characteristics of nMOS transistors due to hot-carrier effect and instantaneous high RF power stresses are presented in this paper. The drain current, threshold voltage, output power, and power-added efficient were degraded after the output power exceeded the power capacity. At this condition, the voltage between drain and gate became large and made the oxide soft breakdown happen. The load-pull system is used to set up the measurement for optimized input and output power matching networks. The shift of the optimum load impedance and constant power-gain circles for power match indicated that the parameters of the stressed cells were changed by the damage in the gate oxide. The signal distortion, gate voltage swing, and thermal effect were all considered in this paper. The cells were fabricated by a 0.18-μm CMOS process. All of the characteristics of the devices were measured at 5.2 GHz.
Flywheel Energy Storage System for City Trains to Save Energy (2012)

A prototype of flywheel energy storage system is developed for light rail-trains in cities to store the braking energy. The prototype is designed to have a rotor of 100kg rotating at up to 27000rpm, which can store 1kWh energy and supply 10kW maximum power. Main works and results are described. Difficulties and some key techniques are presented. Test of the system operation is still not finished. Now the system is able to run at 16800rmp. Maximum power output is 3kWh.
Measuring Children's Social Functioning (2001)

Despite agreement that children's social functioning may be the best indicator of current and future behavioural and emotional problems, its measurement is under-developed. Measures of social functioning and psychopathology remain entangled, although this may be less critical clinically than in research. Confusion in terminology and definition is highlighted and clarified by tracing diverse but converging areas of research. Current measurement needs and approaches are presented along with six measures—each suited to different assessment needs. It is suggested that the next generation of instrument developers make use of findings from studies of social competence and motivation, focusing not only on social skills and deficits but also on beliefs and goals that lead to adaptive and maladaptive functioning.
A Th2-like Cytokine Response is Involved in Bullous Pemphigoid. The Role of IL-4 and IL-5 in the Pathogenesis of the Disease (1999)

Bullous Pemphigoid is an autoimmune bullous disorder characterized by production of IgG against an hemidesmosomal antigen (230 kDa, 180 kDa) responsible for blistering of the skin. In the past several mediators have been implicated in the pathogenesis of the disease such as proteases and collagenases secreted by local inflammatory cells. In order to investigate the role of cytokines in BP, the cytokine pattern was evaluated by an immunohistochemical analysis and by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction procedure in 13 BP patients. Cytokines examined were interleukin (IL)-2, IL-4, IL-5, interferon (IFN)-gamma and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha. The T cell inflammatory infiltrate was also characterized by monoclonal antibodies showing CD3+, CD4+ T cells with a perivascular and scattered distribution in lesional skin. IL-4 and IL-5 were detected in a similar distribution to the inflammatory infiltrate. IL-4 and IL-5 mRNA levels were also revealed by RT-PCR. Proinflammatory cytokines such as TNF-alpha, IL-6 and Th1-like cytokines (IL-2 and INF-gamma) were not detected neither as proteins nor as mRNA. Since IL-4 and IL-5 are important in eosinophil chemoattraction, maturation and functional activity, the presence of IL-4 and IL-5 in BP suggest that these cytokines could be important in the pathogenesis of the disease.
Mozambique - Second Maputo Municipal Development Program Project : environmental and social management framework update (2010)

The objective of the Second Maputo Municipal Development Program Project for Mozambique is to increase the coverage and quality of Maputo Municipality's services to its citizens by continuing to strengthen its institutional and financial capacities. Negative impacts include: destruction or damage to buildings and structures located near the construction site; localized changes in environmental quality due to noise emission, air pollutants, wastewater and solid waste; erosion and silting up of waterways due to sediments; road traffic and pedestrian access disturbances during construction and increased risk of road accidents; destruction of cultural heritage findings; changes in the surface drainage patterns, runoff blockage, flooding upstream; and contamination of water supply sources due to latrines overflow. Mitigation measures include: 1) keep machines and equipment in good condition to prevent pollutant emissions and generation of unnecessary noise levels; 2) during the dry season, water should be sprayed on dirt roads used for movement of the works vehicles to minimize dust disturbance in residential areas; 3) the vehicles and equipment maintenance should be done in workshops and not at the work site. In case of the need to change equipment oil at the work site, this will have to be done in an area with impermeable soil (or using a tray) and the used oil should be collected for recycling; 4) avoid earthmoving activities during the rainy season and generally take into consideration the weather conditions in the implementation of activities; 5) to avoid peak traffic hours when possible to prevent congestion; 6) the project should envision gentle inclinations of the slopes and / or their protection against erosion through an adequate drainage system and, if necessary, the coating of the slopes; 7) water discharge points should be properly studied and protected as to prevent erosion and / or flooding downstream, taking into account the land settlement downstream; and 8) at the end of the works, the land should be properly adjusted and compacted and the drainage system completed.
Gesture and face recognition for an interactive email system (2013)

This is a project to develop an e-mail application using HCI features helping users check their mailbox easier. It is consist of a network module to develop a standalone email application to ask user login and access user's mailboxes, a face recognition module Face recognition algorithm and pick the fastest one to avoid lag and use it as a security level of application. The final phase is a study on HCI features would be developed on application and found gestures could be added to the system for ease of interaction. The contribution of this project includes gesture recognition in digital space by color tracking and reliable login system.
Improved orthostatic dysregulation record after administration of a sustained-release form of urapidil. (1989)

The efficacy and safety of urapidil has been demonstrated in a long-term treatment. However, a relatively good record of side effects has been marred by reports of orthostatic dysregulation. This study was designed to examine the blood pressure lowering effect, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of a sustained-release formulation of urapidil. Twelve patients received either 60 mg of sustained-release urapidil (Ebrantil 60) or 50 mg urapidil for experimental reference as a fast-release tablet in single or multiple doses in a randomized, double-blind fashion. To ensure the double blind-character of the study, the tablets were encapsulated. Blood samples for the determination of urapidil (HPLC) were drawn before and at 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 h post application. Blood pressure was measured at 0.5, 1.5, 3, 8, 10 and 12 h post application. An orthostatic test was performed before and at 1, 2, 4 and 6 h post application. Twelve h after the first application, patients received a second capsule or encapsulated tablet and continued medication for two days. On day four, the same procedure as on day one was repeated, except that patients received no evening medication and blood samples and blood pressure were measured at 24, 28 and 32 h post application on the fifth day. The Cmax of sustained-release urapidil was 44% lower than for the single tablet dose and 37% lower after multiple dosing. The peak-trough fluctuation of the steady-state serum concentrations was 29% lower for the sustained-release capsule (138 +/- 45%) compared to the tablet (195 +/- 83%).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
Metabolic Activities of Ginsenoside Rb1, Baicalin, Glycyrrhizin and Geniposide to Their Bioactive Compounds by Human Intestinal Microflora (2004)

To evaluate the pharmacological actions of herbal medicines, metabolic activities of herbal medicine components, ginsenoside Rb1, glycyrrhizin, geniposide and baicalin to their bioactive compounds compound K, 18beta-glycyrrhetic acid, genipin and baicalein by fecal specimens were measured. Their metabolic activities were 646.1+/-591.4, 29.4+/-51.7, 926.3+/-569.6 and 3884.6+/-1400.1 micromol/h/g, respectively. The profiles of these metabolic activities of baicalin and ginsenoside Rb1 were not significantly different to those of water extracts of Scutellariae Radix and Ginseng Radix. None of the metabolic activities tested were different between males and females, or between ages. However, the difference in these metabolic activities in individuals was significant. These results suggest that the human intestinal microflora enzymes that convert herbal components to their bioactive compounds may be used as selection markers of responders to traditional medicines.
Chemical Composition of the Essential Oil and Supercritical CO<sub>2</sub>Extract of<i>Commiphora myrrha</i>(Nees) Engl. and of<i>Acorus calamus</i>L. (2005)

Volatile concentrates from the oleo-gum resin of Commiphora myrrha (Nees) Engl. and from the rhizomes of Acorus calamus were isolated by supercritical extraction with carbon dioxide. The volatile oil of myrrh was obtained at 9.0 MPa and 50 degrees C and at a CO2 flow of 1.5 kg/h. Acorus calamus was extracted at 9.0 MPa and 45 degrees C and at a CO2 flow of 1.6 kg/h. In both cases, an oil devoid of cuticular waxes was obtained with a single depressurization stage. The SFE myrrh oil had a yield, Y, of 3.2%. Its main components, identified and quantified by GC/MS, were furanoeudesma-1,3-diene, 34.9%; lindestrene, 12.9%; curzerene, 8.5%; and germacrone, 5.8%. The essential oils from the same starting material by hydrodistillation, HD, (Y = 2.8%) and by steam distillation, SD, (Y = 0.4%) were quite similar to the SFE extract. The main components of the SFE oil of A. calamus (Y = 3.5%) were acorenone, 13.4%; iso-acorone, 11.6%; (Z)-sesquilavandulol, 11.0%; dehydroxy isocalamendiol, 7.7%; and beta-asarone, 5.5%. The comparison with hydrodistilled (Y = 1.8%) and steam distilled (Y = 1.0%) oils revealed large differences in the content of iso-acorone and crypto-acorone.
Muscle cramps and magnesium deficiency: case reports. (1996)

Magnesium deficiency is more common than is believed. This article discusses florid magnesium deficiency in two patients and the results of treatment. While neither case was difficult to diagnose, the severity of symptoms was unusual. Magnesium deficiency should always be included in the differential diagnosis of patients who present with persistent or severe muscle pain.
No Antioxidant Beneficial Effect of Zinc Supplementation on Oxidative Stress Markers and Antioxidant Defenses in Middle-Aged and Elderly Subjects: The Zenith Study (2008)

In apparently healthy free living elderly people, a single zinc supplementation had no effects on oxidative stress status.
Una aventura digital (2014)

Cinco estudiantes del Colegio UPB entran al mundo de las TIC y viven una experiencia inolvidable y cargada de aprendizaje y diversion. digital una aventura Durante la primera semana de vacaciones del 2013, mientras los estudiantes de los colegios del pais descansaban en sus casas, cinco  estudiantes del grado once del Colegio UPB, Ana Maria Bustamante Barrientos, Santiago Velez Villegas, Juan David Toro Gonzalez, Santiago Andres Sanchez Garcia y yo, Carolina Ospina Valencia, acompanados por Carlos Medina Londono, Comunicador Social del Colegio, nos preparabamos para asistir al I Campamento de Antioquia Digital, en el marco de Virtual Educa, una iniciativa para la realizacion de proyectos innovadores en los ambitos de la educacion y la formacion profesional para el despliegue humano.
Nervous control of cardiovascular function (1984)

Describing the functional neural regulation of the heart and circulation, this book illustrates recent research on the cardiac innervation, selective denervation, receptor mechanisms, and the neural mediation of cardiovascular reflexes. The pathways mediating cardiac pain, behavioural, and exercise inputs are also discussed in detail.
Giovanni: A Web Service Workflow-Based Data Visualization and Analysis System (2008)

<para xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> NASA's Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center has developed the Goddard Interactive Online Visualization ANd aNalysis Infrastructure or “Giovanni,” an asynchronous Web-service-based workflow management system for Earth science data. Giovanni has been providing an intuitive and responsive interface for visualizing, analyzing, and intercomparing multisensor data using only a Web browser to scientists and other users. Giovanni supports many types of single- and multiparameter visualizations and statistical analyses. The interface also provides users with capabilities for downloading images and data in multiple formats. Giovanni supports open and standard data protocols and formats. Finally, Giovanni provides users with a data lineage that describes, in detail, the algorithms used in processing the data including caveats and other scientifically pertinent information. </para>
Scalable high quality hierarchical scheduling (2013)

List scheduling is well known for its implementation simplicity and O(N2) scalability, but not for result quality. The Ant-Colony scheduling algorithm, imitating the cooperative behaviors of ants, does generate high quality results, but like any stochastic search, has potentially long run times to assure high result quality. This paper presents a hierarchical scheduling algorithm using the ideas of ant colony, whose run time complexity is at the same scale as ordinary list scheduling, while generating results as good as the classic ant-colony scheduling algorithm. In practice, this implies a very substantial run-time improvement, enabling scheduling exploration of much larger problems while avoiding the pitfalls of over-constraint and lower quality results that hierarchical solutions are generally known for.
Molecular and phenotypic description of Coccidioides posadasii sp. nov., previously recognized as the non-California population of Coccidioides immitis. (2012)

Coccidioides posadasii sp. nov., formerly known as non-California (non-CA) Coccidioides immitis, is described. Phylogenetic analyses using single nucleotide polymorphisms, genes, and microsatellites show that C. posadasii represents a divergent, genetically recombining monophyletic clade. Coccidioides posadasii can be distinguished from C. immitis by numerous DNA polymorphisms, and we show how either of two microsatellite loci may be used as diagnostic markers for this species. Growth experiments show that C. posadasii has significantly slower growth rates on high-salt media when compared with C. immitis, suggesting that other phenotypic characters may exist.
Some Directions in VLSI Technology (1987)

This paper discusses some possible directions in the development of VLSI technology. After a brief review of MOS device scaling, some approaches to improving performance without full scaling are discussed, including selective scaling, BICMOS technology, and low temperature operation. Some straight-line projections of requirements for future generations of DRAMS are made from past trends, and it is shown that with the arrival of the first 16Mb chip paper this year, the pace of development seems to be accelerating if anything. Static MOSRAMs are continuing to get both bigger, at 1Mb this year, and faster, with sub 10 ns 64Kb chips; performance is moving into areas long dominated by bipolar technology. While optical lithography should be practical to the range of 0.5um, x-ray lithography has potential to approach 0.1um and be competitive in cost per exposure. Three-dimensional structures have demonstrated leverage in DRAM cells, but their practicality and long term impact for general usage in logic and memory circuits is questionable. It is concluded that while some fundamental and practical limits are beginning to be approached, considerable room exists for further developments in speed and density with corresponding implications for future system capabilities.
Disruption of Fusion Results in Mitochondrial Heterogeneity and Dysfunction (2005)

Mitochondria undergo continual cycles of fusion and fission, and the balance of these opposing processes regulates mitochondrial morphology. Paradoxically, cells invest many resources to maintain tubular mitochondrial morphology, when reducing both fusion and fission simultaneously achieves the same end. This observation suggests a requirement for mitochondrial fusion, beyond maintenance of organelle morphology. Here, we show that cells with targeted null mutations in Mfn1 or Mfn2 retained low levels of mitochondrial fusion and escaped major cellular dysfunction. Analysis of these mutant cells showed that both homotypic and heterotypic interactions of Mfns are capable of fusion. In contrast, cells lacking both Mfn1 and Mfn2 completely lacked mitochondrial fusion and showed severe cellular defects, including poor cell growth, widespread heterogeneity of mitochondrial membrane potential, and decreased cellular respiration. Disruption of OPA1 by RNAi also blocked all mitochondrial fusion and resulted in similar cellular defects. These defects in Mfn-null or OPA1-RNAi mammalian cells were corrected upon restoration of mitochondrial fusion, unlike the irreversible defects found in fzodelta yeast. In contrast, fragmentation of mitochondria, without severe loss of fusion, did not result in such cellular defects. Our results showed that key cellular functions decline as mitochondrial fusion is progressively abrogated.
Differential expression of mycobacterial proteins following phagocytosis by macrophages (2001)

Mycobacterium tuberculosis resides within the macrophages of the host, but the molecular and cellular mechanisms of survival are poorly understood. Recent evidence suggests that the attenuated vaccine strain Mycobacterium bovis BCG is both a deletion and regulatory mutant, yet retains both its immunoprotective and intra-macrophage survival potential. In an attempt to define M. bovis BCG genes expressed during interaction with macrophages, the patterns of protein synthesis were examined by both one- and two-dimensional gel electrophoresis of BCG while inside the human leukaemic macrophage cell line THP-1. This study demonstrated that BCG expresses proteins while resident inside macrophages that are not expressed during in vitro growth in culture media or under conditions of heat shock. Western blotting analysis revealed that some of the differentially expressed proteins are specifically recognized by human M. tuberculosis-infected sera. Proteome analysis by two-dimensional electrophoresis and MS identified six abundant proteins that showed increased expression inside macrophages: 16 kDa alpha-crystallin (HspX), GroEL-1 and GroEL-2, a 31.7 kDa hypothetical protein (Rv2623), InhA and elongation factor Tu (Tuf). Identification of proteins by such a strategy will help elucidate the molecular basis of the attenuation and the vaccine potential of BCG, and may provide antigens that distinguish infection with M. tuberculosis from vaccination with BCG.
Designing for 3D User Experience in Tablet Context Design and Early Phase User Evaluation of Four 3D GUIs (2013)

Abstract—This article focuses on a possibility to have a personal three dimensional graphical user interface inside a virtual environment on a tablet device. We describe the visual design process and early phase user experience evaluation of four 3D GUIs in a virtual environment. A user evaluation was conducted by using a structured pair evaluation procedure, where we adapted the concept walkthrough method with non-functional visually high quality prototypes. In addition, we conducted a self-expression task, where participants were able to draw their idea of a 3D GUI on a touch screen tablet device. This evaluation provided us a lot of user feedback for the design, which we utilized in the final iterated designs. In addition, we point out many design issues relating to the visual design of the personal GUI in virtual environments in a touch screen context. Our user evaluation indicated that participants would like to have their personal 3D GUI in a virtual environment. However, the visual design of the 3D GUI should create a secure and private feeling for them. Also, participants did not want the GUI to occlude excessively with the background. The visual indication is needed also when a user transfers items from a personal GUI to the virtual environment and for showing the user&apos;s active position between the GUI and virtual environment. We took all of these and other aspects into account when we designed the final iterated designs, which are also introduced in this article. Keywords- visual design; user experience; 3D GUI; touch screen tablet device; HCI; self-expression method. I.