gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
A Diode Pumped Solid State Yellow Laser at 564.5 nm (1997)

Nd3+ doped Sr5(PO4)3F, or Nd:SFAP, has been demonstrated1-3 to be an efficient, low threshold material for 945 nm, 1.059 µm and 1.328 µm laser operation originating from the three transitions between 4F3/2 and 4I9/2, 4I11/2, 4I13/2 manifolds, respectively. Nonlinear frequency conversion techniques have been applied to generate blue2, green4, orange (589 nm)3, and red lasers based on these transitions.
Detection of <i>Salmonella typhi</i> by polymerase chain reaction (1996)

A rapid and sensitive method for detection of Salmonella typhi would help in preventing the spread of outbreaks and in clinical diagnosis. In order to develop unique PCR primers to detect Salm. typhi, ribosomal RNA genes from Salm. typhi (Rawlings) were cloned in pUC18. The resulting clone was confirmed by sequencing. The cloned DNA fragment contained the 5S, part of the 23S rRNA genes and the 5S-23S spacer region (EMBL/GenBank accession No. U04734). It was expected that the 5S-23S spacer region is divergent unlike the highly conserved 23S + 5S genes. This was confirmed by comparison with the rRNA gene sequences in the EMBL/GenBank database. A pair of PCR primers specific for Salm. typhi was obtained, based on this spacer region sequence. The specificity of this pair of primers was tested with 54 Salm. typhi strains (of 27 different phage types). All these Salm. typhi strains showed the positive 300 bp PCR product with this pair of primers. Six other Salmonella species as well as six other non-Salmonella bacteria were tested and none showed the 300 bp PCR product. The sensitivity of the detection level was 0.1 pg of pure Salm. typhi genomic DNA, or approximately 40 Salm. typhi cells in a spiked food sample. This pair of primers therefore has the potential for development into a diagnostic tool for the rapid diagnosis of typhoid fever.
Deregulation of the electricity supply industry in the United Kingdom and the effects on communications services (1997)

This paper addresses electricity supply industry deregulation in the United Kingdom and the key issues effecting the future of Regional Electricity Companies in this new environment. The development of services and communications architecture for monitoring the power distribution network in terms of power regulations are discussed. New potential services to customers are considered together with their benefits and efficiency.
Chinese Speakers in America: Diglossia as Style (2018)

Franco Liu ‘20 undertook this research project for Professor David Divita’s Fall 2016 ID1 course, Language and Gender. This piece received an honorable mention out of thirty ID1 papers under consideration that year. Also, as an international student, Franco is glad that the English skills he’s accumulated from watching Desperate Housewives have finally paid off.
On a control scheme for two cooperating robot arms (1985)

The problem of controlling two robot arms in a cooperative manner is investigated. The main purpose is to move an object by grasping it at two different points using two separate robot arms. A position control method using the differential relations between the object and the two robot arms is proposed. The differential change of the object is transformed into that of each robot arm, and then the differential change of each joint of the two robot arms is derived. The movements of each robot arm are controlled in small increments. An experiment was performed to demonstrate the proposed method.
Genetic Divergence in Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) (2003)

Fifty-eight sunflower genotypes along with three checks were evaluated for obtaining information regarding genetic divergence through Mahalanobis' D2 statistic. The analysis of variance revealed significant differences among the genotypes for all the traits. The 61 genotypes were grouped into 19 clusters, where cluster I accommodated maximum number of entries (29). The inter-cluster distance was maximum between cluster XIV and XIX followed by cluster V and XIX and cluster XVIII and XIX. Based on inter-cluster distance and per se performance of genotypes, four entries viz. EC 376211, EC 399318, RHA 344 and BLC-P6 were selected which could be intercrossed to obtain high heterotic crosses and also to recover desirable transgressive segregants.
Forensic analysis of ordered data structures on the example of JPEG files (2012)

JPEG file format standards define only a limited number of mandatory data structures and leave room for interpretation. Differences between implementations employed in digital cameras, image processing software, and software to edit metadata provide valuable clues for basic authentication of digital images. We show that there exists a realistic chance to fool state-of-the-art image file forensic methods using available software tools and introduce the analysis of ordered data structures on the example of JPEG file formats and the EXIF metadata format as countermeasure. The proposed analysis approach enables basic investigations of image authenticity and documents a much better trustworthiness of EXIF metadata than commonly accepted. Manipulations created with the renowned metadata editor ExifTool and various image processing software can be reliably detected. Analysing the sequence of elements in complex data structures is not limited to JPEG files and might be a general principle applicable to different multimedia formats.
Microdetermination of calcium in biological material by automatic fluorometric titration (1968)

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTMicrodetermination of calcium in biological material by automatic fluorometric titrationAndre B. Borle and F. Norman. BriggsCite this: Anal. Chem. 1968, 40, 2, 339–344Publication Date (Print):February 1, 1968Publication History Published online1 May 2002Published inissue 1 February 1968https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac60258a056https://doi.org/10.1021/ac60258a056research-articleACS PublicationsRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views120Altmetric-Citations89LEARN 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
Seismic attributes and structural interpretation—it takes two to tango... (2012)

In this paper, different 3D seismic attributes calculated to improve the accuracy and robustness of structural interpretations in several energy-rich Australian basins are compared. Detailed and precise fault and fracture maps are crucial not only for initial petroleum play assessment, but also for fault seal analysis and reservoir integrity studies. Robust fault and fracture models are also needed to improve the design of reservoir simulation programs and to manage the long-term containment of gas in geological formations. Different attributes (including coherency, dip-steered similarity, dip-steered median filter, dip-steered variance, apparent dip, and dip-steered most-positive and most-negative curvatures) from an array of 3D seismic datasets to better image structural fabrics, such as normal and different fractures patterns, in the North Perth, Cooper, Ceduna, Otway and Gippsland basins have been calculated. The results provide a remarkable improvement in the quality and precision of structural maps using this multi-attribute mapping workflow by comparison with more conventional maps produced, solely using seismic amplitude data. The key to the successful application of multi-attribute structural analysis, however, remains with the ability of the interpreter to identify meaningful structural information from a large volume of data. Thus, the structural expertise of the interpreter remains as the cornerstone to making geological sense of the various seismic processing techniques available.
Phase I Trial of Oral Green Tea Extract in Adult Patients With Solid Tumors (2001)

A dose of 1.0 g/m(2) tid (equivalent to 7 to 8 Japanese cups [120 mL] of green tea three times daily) is recommended for future studies. The side effects of this preparation of GTE were caffeine related. Oral GTE at the doses studied can be taken safely for at least 6 months.
Towards Creating Test Cases Using Code Search (2014)

Testing and testing code are critical to maintaining modern, evolving systems. Yet generating a good set of relevant test cases that covers what is important remains a difficult task. We propose a new approach to generating test cases through the use of code search. Open source repositories have made an enormous amount of code available. These contain unit tests for a wide variety of programs where the programmer has often given substantial thought to what should be tested, what is important to test, and how to test it. Our approach is to extract the relevant tests from on-line repositories and use these as the basis for test cases for user code.
Role of curcumin in systemic and oral health: An overview (2013)

Various modalities of treatment are available for different dental diseases, but the major drawback of these conventional drug therapies is the numerous side effects associated with their use. This has led to renewed interest in the discovery of novel anti-infective natural compounds derived from plants. Plants have been the major source of medicine since the time immemorial. Turmeric has been attributed a number of medicinal properties in the traditional system of medicine. The objective of this article is to review the efficacy of turmeric herb in maintenance of oral health, in particular, and overall health, in general. Turmeric, a rhizome of Curcuma longa, is a herb known for its medicinal properties and is a more acceptable and viable option for a common man. It has proven properties like anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antimicrobial, hepatoprotective, immunostimulant, antiseptic, and antimutagenic. Due to these properties, it is quite useful in dentistry as well. It has a role in the treatment of periodontal diseases and oral cancers. Turmeric can also be used as a pit and fissure sealant, mouth wash, and subgingival irrigant in different preparations. It can also be used as a component in local drug delivery system in gel form.
Preparation of biodegradable flax shive cellulose-based superabsorbent polymer under microwave irradiation (2010)

Superabsorbent polymer was prepared by graft polymerization of acrylic acid onto the chain of cellulose from flax shive by using potassium persulfate (KPS) as an initiator and N,N’-methylenebisacrylamide (MBA) as a crosslinker under microwave irradiation. SEM photographs were also studied for more information about the shive, cellulose from shive, and the superabsorbent polymer. The structure of the graft copolymer was confirmed by FT-IR spectroscopy and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The biodegradability in soil was measured at 32 and 40 oC. The polymer was porous, and thermal stability of the polymer was observed up to approximately 200 oC. FT-IR analysis indicated that acrylic acid in polymer was successfully grafted onto the cellulose. The graft copolymer was found to be an effective superabsorbent resin, rapidly absorbing water to almost 1000 times its own dry weight at pH around 7.3. The water absorbency in 0.9% NaCl, KCl, FeCl3 solutions and urine were 56.47 g/g, 54.71g/g, 9.89g/g and 797.21g/g, respectively. The product biologically degraded up to 40% at 40 oC in 54 days, which shows good biodegradability.
Immunohistochemical localisation of the c-fos oncoprotein in pancreatic cancers. (1994)

The c-fos gene product is a 55 kd nuclear protein bound to a cellular protein, p39. Expression of the c-fos oncogene is complex in that increased expression occurs in cultured cells during undifferentiated growth but decreased during terminal differentiation. We studied c-fos gene expression by streptavidin-biotin-peroxidase immunohistochemistry in pancreatic adenocarcinoma (N = 20), chronic pancreatitis (N = 9) and normal pancreas (N = 5). One islet cell tumour was included in the study. There was positive staining for c-fos oncoprotein in 15 of the 20 (75%) adenocarcinomas examined (9/12 moderate to poorly differentiated, 6/8 poorly differentiated). The single islet cell tumour investigated was also positive. Only 2 of 9 (22%) cases of chronic pancreatitis and 2 of 5 (40%) normal pancreata were positive. Stromal immunoreactivity was noted in all cancer cases while 5 of 9 (56%) chronic pancreatitis and 3 of 5 (60%) normal pancreas cases showed such staining. In conclusion, c-fos oncoprotein overexpression occurs more frequently in pancreatic cancers compared to chronic pancreatitis and normal pancreas. These findings are consistent with in vitro cell line studies of other cancers which showed increased expression of c-fos during undifferentiated growth.
Georges Pire: Stoïcisme et Pédagogie. Pp. 219. Liège: Dessain, 1958. Paper, 148 B. fr. (1959)

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PRESENT STATUS OF ATTENUATED LIVE-VIRUS POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE (1956)

• Various studies, summarized here, have established beyond doubt that immunization of humans by the oral route of administration not only is possible but has been successfully accomplished. Since attenuated strains of poliovirus were found to vary greatly in the extent of their residual neurotropism for the most sensitive lower motor neurons as well as in the homogeneity of their populations, the crucial problem was to find strains that were so highly attenuated and homogeneous that one would be justifed in using them in increasingly larger numbers of humans in those stepwise tests that must precede any trial of such a vaccine on a large scale. The finding of such strains after tests on the progeny of large numbers of individual virus particles is here described.
Plasminogen Activator System: Implications for Mammary Cell Growth and Involution (1996)

Several tissue remodeling events that require extracellular proteolysis are thought to be mediated by plasminogen activators that convert the inactive proenzyme plasminogen to active plasmin. The involvement of plasminogen activator in many biological phenomena reflects the ubiquitous presence of plasminogen and the ability of numerous cell types to synthesize plasminogen activator in a highly regulated manner. Increased plasmin and plasminogen activator in bovine milk are correlated with gradual involution (the declining phase of lactation). Treatment with bST prevented the increase in plasmin during gradual involution, indicating that bST interferes with conversion of plasminogen to plasmin. Concentrations of plasminogen activator in mammary tissue are high after cessation of milking. These results reinforce the association of the plasmin-plasminogen system with gradual involution postlactation. Recently, a role has been proposed for plasminogen activator in cell proliferation in several cellular systems. Insulin and IGF-I increased synthesis of urokinase plasminogen activator and enhanced proliferation of cultured bovine mammary epithelial cells. In contrast, phorbol myristate acetate, which increased expression of urokinase plasminogen activator mRNA by mammary epithelial and myoepithelial cells, stimulated proliferation of myoepithelial cells, but not epithelial cells. Thus, expression of plasminogen activator is not simply related to mitogenesis but is likely to serve multiple functions in bovine mammary epithelial cells.
Experimental results and performance analysis of a 500 m/sec linear induction launcher (LIL) (1995)

A computer model, previously validated, was used to study the performance of an experimental three-phase launcher energized by a capacitor bank and designed to impart to a 137 gram projectile a muzzle velocity of 500 m/s: (1) the build-up of the traveling wave was examined; (2) the connection of the drive coils was changed; (3) the resistances of the drive circuits were calculated and measured; and (4) the effect of the conductivity of the cylindrical tube (sleeve) constituting the projectile was assessed. Experimentally, a doubling of the muzzle velocity was achieved, from an earlier-obtained 250 m/s, to its present 476 m/s. This was done by strengthening the thin-walled aluminum sleeve by heat treatment (aging) to prevent it from being crushed when the input energy was raised to its design value.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>
Successful Treatment of Total Hip and Knee Infection with Articulating Antibiotic Components (2004)

There are many problems associated with the use of articulating antibiotic cement spacer blocks and articulating components in the two-stage treatment of total hip replacement and total knee replacement infections. These include loss of motion during and after treatment, bone loss, generation of cement debris, inadequate dosing of cement with the appropriate antibiotic, and biologic failure. Forty-four patients with 54 consecutive periprosthetic hip and knee infections (31 septic total knee arthroplasties and 23 septic total hip arthroplasties) had treatment with a modified two-stage reimplantation protocol using articulating components made of antibiotic-cement-only prosthetic components and antibiotic-cement-covered prosthetic components between January 1995 and May 2002. Second-stage revision, after six weeks of parenteral antibiotics, was completed an average of 84 days after the first stage. A minimum two-year followup after final treatment is evaluated. One of the 23 total hip replacement infections persisted or recurred with the original organism(s) after treatment (95.7% success) as did two of the 31 total knee replacement infections (93.5% success). Combined success rate was 94.4%. This modified treatment method incorporates early range of motion during first-stage treatment with articulating components that provide local high-dose elution of broad-spectrum antibiotics, provides the flexibility of customizing the antibiotic cement components with culture-directed antibiotics, and results in a high biologic success rate.
Planning versus competitive rates of groundwater pumping (1994)

Groundwater pumping from a common property aquifer leads to pumping cost externalities which imply a divergence between competitive and socially optimal rates of groundwater pumping. Gisser and Sanchez (1980) show in a specific context that this qualitative distinction is quantitatively negligible. However, this result seems to defy the common consensus that in many aquifers, depletion will occur prematurely. Given these observations, serious questions arise concerning the role and scope of water management policy. We further explore this issue under alternative hydrologic/economic hypotheses and note scenarios under which divergence of competitive and socially optimal rates of water pumping is significant. We find that divergence increases with demand growth, declining well yields, and low social discount rates. The role and scope of policy are then inferred.
EMDR for Survivors of Life-Threatening Cardiac Events: Results of a Pilot Study (2011)

This pilot study evaluated the effectiveness of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in treating posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and concomitant depressive and anxiety symptoms in survivors of life-threatening cardiac events. Forty-two patients undergoing cardiac rehabilitation who (a) qualified for the PTSD criterion “A” in relation to a cardiac event and (b) presented clinically significant PTSD symptoms were randomized to a 4-week treatment of EMDR or imaginal exposure (IE). Data were gathered on PTSD, anxiety, and depressive symptoms at pretreatment, posttreatment, and 6-month follow-up. EMDR was effective in reducing PTSD, depressive, and anxiety symptoms and performed significantly better than IE for all variables. These findings provide preliminary support for EMDR as an effective treatment for the symptoms of PTSD, depression, and anxiety that can follow a life-threatening cardiac event.
An approach to extract RBAC models from BPEL4WS processes (2005)

The Business Process Execution Language for Web services (BPEL) has become the defacto standard for Web service composition. Yet, it does not address security aspects. This paper is concerned with access control for BPEL based processes. We present an approach to integrate role-based access control (RBAC) and BPEL on the meta-model level. Moreover, we show that such integration can be used to automate steps of the role engineering process. In particular, we extract RBAC models from BPEL processes and present an XSLT converter that transforms BPEL code to the XML import format of the xoRBAC software component.
A systematic methodology for channel assignment in mobile radio networks (2003)

The optimal assignment of radio channels to base stations, subject to bandwidth and other constraints, is a non-polynomial-complete problem. The known exact solution approaches to the problem are strictly limited by the size of the problem to be solved. In order to solve optimally this problem, an efficient methodology is proposed. The underlying principle of the proposed methodology is to decompose an intractable channel assignment problem into several small-size, weakly interconnected sub-problems. Each sub-problem so obtained is formulated as a binary integer linear programming (BILP) problem. The set of small-size BILP problems so developed is then solved using a sequential branch and bound algorithm. Experimental evaluations using benchmark problems confirm that the proposed methodology is capable of solving real-world channel assignment problems with the theoretical guarantee of the solutions obtained.
The Decline of the Roman Power in Western Europe. Some Modern Explanations (1943)

It is the purpose of this paper to consider a few of the more outstanding contributions towards the solution of this familiar problem propounded since the publication in 1898 of Sir Samuel Dill's book on Roman Society in the last century of the Western Empire (2nd edn., 1899). It may well appear somewhat surprising that I should venture to speak on such a topic, since my own work, such as it is, has been concerned rather with the history of the Byzantine Empire. And yet for a student of Byzantine history the problem has a special interest: he is forced to consider that problem not merely as a West European issue, but rather to compare and contrast the historical development in the western and eastern provinces of the Empire. He is compelled to raise the question: why was it that the Roman Empire failed to survive in Western Europe while it endured for a further millennium in the East ? The very fact that he is primarily interested in the history of the Byzantine Empire enables him to approach the Western problem from a different angle and to treat that problem in a wider setting and not in isolation.