gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Hepatitis C virus and non‐Hodgkin's lymphomas (1996)

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) seems to be the aetiologic agent of mixed cryoglobulinaemia, and as this 'benign' lymphoproliferative disorder can frequently develop into more aggressive haematological disorders, this study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of HCV infection in non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. 199 unselected subjects treated by three haematological centres in Northeast Italy were investigated for the presence of HCV infection. As controls, the prevalence of HCV infection was determined in a group of patients affected by other haematological malignancies (153 subjects) and in the general population of the same geographical area in the cohort study called the Dyonisos project (6917 subjects). The presence of anti-HCV antibodies was determined by a commercial kit and, in positive cases, by PCR amplification of the 5' untranslated region of the virus. The HCV genotype was also obtained by PCR amplification of the Core region with type-specific primers. The presence of serum cryoglobulins was determined in each case of NHL. HCV infection was significantly (P < 0.00000001) higher in patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (28.0%) when compared with that of the general population (2.9%), and with the group of patients affected by other malignancies (3.1%). The prevalence is particularly high in low-grade (38.4%), as compared with intermediate (11.4%), or high-grade (15.2%) lymphomas. The presence of the virus is significantly (P < 0.000001) associated with the presence of detectable levels of cryoglobulins. On the basis of these findings. HCV seems to play an important role in the development of low-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphomas.
A Practical Method for Real-Time Optical Imaging of Damage Zone and Microscale Failure in Bone (2007)

Bone is an extremely complex composite material with hierarchical organization ranging from the molecular level all the way up to macroscale. The damage process too evolves through this hierarchy (1). Much of the damage process of bone is well understood at the macroscale level (2); however, microscopic and submicroscopic levels of bone damage are still poorly understood.
Development of patient-centric linguistically tailored psychoeducational messages to support nutrition and medication self-management in type 2 diabetes: a feasibility study (2014)

Linguistically tailoring messages based on construct segments is feasible. Furthermore, tailored messages were more often preferred over standard messages. This study provides some preliminary evidence for tailoring messages based on the linguistic features of control orientation, agency, and affect. The messages developed in this study should be tested in a larger more representative sample. The present study did not explore whether tailored messages were better understood. This research will serve as preliminary evidence to develop future studies with the ultimate goal to design intervention studies to investigate if linguistically tailoring communication within the context of patient education influences patient knowledge, motivation, and activation toward making healthy behavior changes in T2DM self-management.
Effects of Inhaled PAF in Humans on Circulating and Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Neutrophils: Relationship to Bronchoconstriction and Changes in Airway Responsiveness (1990)

We have compared the effect of inhaled platelet activating factor (PAF) on circulating neutrophils with its ability to induce bronchoconstriction and bronchial hyperresponsiveness in humans. Human volunteers inhaled PAF, given as six successive inhalations 15 min apart, followed by bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) 4 h later. The mean density and volume of circulating neutrophils were measured by metrizamide gradients and flow cytometry, respectively. PAF caused a decrease in Vp20 of 38.2 +/- 4.5% at 5 min after the first inhalation (p less than 0.001). This was associated with a fall in the peripheral blood neutrophil count from 3.15 +/- 0.3 to 1.1 +/- 0.3 x 10(6) per ml (p less than 0.001), followed by a rebound neutrophilia (p less than 0.01). The mean density of peripheral blood neutrophils fell significantly at 15 min (p less than 0.02), with a return to baseline values despite further PAF inhalations; this was associated with an increase in neutrophil volume (n = 4; p less than 0.05). The numbers of neutrophils (x 10(5] in BAL fluid after PAF were significantly greater than after inhalation of lyso-PAF: 7.1 +/- 1.4 (n = 7) versus 1.3 +/- 0.3 (n = 5, p less than 0.01); eosinophil counts did not change significantly. The PC40 (the concentration of methacholine needed to cause a fall in Vp30) decreased from 17.1 (GSEM 1.40) to 8.7 (1.44) mg/ml (n = 12, p less than 0.02) 3 days after PAF. Inhaled lyso-PAF was inactive in all these respects.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
Microstructure of Carbonation-Activated Steel Slag Binder (2018)

A steel slag material demonstrated rapid hardening and a considerable gain in compressive strength upon reacting with carbon dioxide. Two-hour carbonated paste compacts achieved an average compressive strength of 80 MPa, warranting the slag’s consideration as a cement-like binder for building applications. The microstructure of this CO2-activated binder system was examined. The reaction was found to engage the di-calcium-silicate component of the slag to generate a hardened matrix consisting of CaCO3 and a low-lime calcium-silicate-hydrate (C─ S─ H) phase. The latter differed in composition and structure from C─ S─ H variants generated from normal portland cement hydration. Raman spectroscopy confirmed bands (330, 510–550, 600–630, and 1,005 cm−1) consistent with C─ S─ H species having low-lime compositions. High-resolution transmission electron microscope (TEM) resolved lamellar features for C─ S─ H with short basal spacings (averaging 0.73 nm), correlatively indicating superior interlayer cohesion. Moreover, abundant nano-CaCO3 crystals were found interlocked within the C─ S─ H phase, forming a dense nanoscale composite matrix. Such a proposed binder system is completely by-product-sourced, thus presenting the potential of eliminating or significantly reducing the carbon footprint of building products.
Contribution de la logique floue à la conception, la mise au point et l'évaluation d'un superviseur intelligent de transmissions automatiques (2001)

Ce travail traite de la supervision des transmissions automatiques pour vehicules automobiles. Il s'agit de determiner a tout instant le rapport de boite de vitesse le plus satisfaisant afin de maximiser l'agrement de conduite tout en minimisant la consommation de carburant. Ce probleme se caracterise par sa forte composante humaine et par la grande variabilite des situations de conduite auxquelles il convient de s'adapter. Nous proposons une approche originale consistant a traiter le choix du rapin port de transmission comme un probleme de selection de candidat, Elle se fonde sur une explicitation de criteres d'evaluation des differentes solutions sous l'angle de l'agrement de conduite et de la consommation de carburant. Une interface objectif/subjectif utilisant des intervalles flous permet de determiner, a partir des valeurs des criteres numeriques, des Degres de Satisfaction associes aux rapports possibles. Cette interface possede la particularite de s'adapter dynamiquement a l'environnement, au style de conduite et aux actions du conducteur. La methode d'Evaluation Multicritere Floue Dynamique ainsi obtenue a une structure modulaire dont la complexite reste maitrisee ; elle comporte un nombre reduit de parametres explicites. Elle est evolutive vers la supervision globale du Groupe Motopropulseur. Une phase experimentale sur vehicule prototype a permis de valider l'architecture de supervision proposee, avec de bons resultats en terme d'agrement de conduite et l'introduction d'un certain nombre de nouvelles prestations.
Quantum cascade lasers for the mid-infrared region (1996)

Quantum cascade lasers are new intersubband light sources in which the wavelength can be tailored over a broad range of the infrared spectrum using the same heterostructure material by changing the active layer thickness. Room temperature operation at 5 and 8.5 μm has been achieved. These are the first semiconductor lasers to operate at 300 K and above in this wavelength region.
The CDMA overlay concept (2002)

We present an overview of the results which have been obtained on the concept of allowing wideband code division multiple access (CDMA) waveforms to share a common spectrum with conventional, narrowband signals. Such sharing of the frequency spectrum is referred to as a CDMA overlay, and has the potential of enhancing the overall spectral efficiency. The overlay has been demonstrated in both the PCS band and the cellular band. It is also shown that such an overlay could be successfully accomplished either by employing tunable notch filters in the transmitters and receivers of the CDMA units, or by using a multicarrier CDMA waveform.
A solution to reduce the latency of a multi gigabit transceiver (Virtex-II pro): Effect of clock jitter on the bit error rate (2003)

The data transmission between the CMS ECAL sub detector and the experiment counting room is based on serial data links.It has been shown 1 that the use of the embedded receiver in a FPGA device from XILINX is a possible solution to reduce the cost of multi thousand links architecture.Unfortunately, the device latency does not satisfy the ECAL trigger data path requirement.A solution to reduce the latency and to synchronize multiple links is described in this contribution.In addition, when the synchronous LHC clock distribution scheme is used an additional clock jitter margin exists and it has no effect on the BER 2 .
Adaptive Allocation of Central Processing Unit Quanta (1976)

The allocation of the central processing unit (CPU) of a computer system in quanta of fixed length in round-robin fashion favors jobs with shorter total CPU processing time by reducing the time they spend waiting in queue below what it would be if all the lobs were served in first-come-first-served order This effect can be accentuated by the use of short quanta. The main disadvantage of this allocation policy is the resulting time the CPU spends in overhead activities when switching from one task to the other, this too will increase with smaller quanta. Thus, it appears useful to consider adaptive CPU allocation policies to reduce the overhead during high traffic conditions when saturation of this resource is more likely while keeping a small quantum during periods of low arrival traffic. In this paper we analyse such a policy, it is assumed that each time at least r (a threshold) arrivals occur during a quantum, the job currently using the CPU is allocated an additional quantum (if It is needed). Thus, the number of job arrivals during a quantum is used as a sensor of the intensity of arrival traffic. This policy, which can be easily implemented in hardware, is analysed using a mathematical model yielding the average response time for jobs as a function of mean total CPU time, the quantum size, r, and a fixed overhead for switching tasks, with a Poisson arrival process. Numerical results to illustrate the effect of this policy are presented.
Lipid microvesicles and their association with procoagulant activity in urine and glomeruli of rabbits with nephrotoxic nephritis. (1987)

The procoagulant activity (PCA) in urine of rabbits with nephrotoxic nephritis was characterized. Most of the PCA in urine was pelleted by centrifugation at 50,000 X g but was not pelleted together with cells and casts at 1,000 X g. PCA appeared in the void volume of a Sepharose 4B column but would not pass through a 0.2-micron filter. Ultrastructural studies using both transmission and scanning electron microscopy showed that urine PCA was associated with lipid vesicles 0.1 to 1-micron in diameter. These vesicular structures were shown to promote fibrin formation from recalcified plasma on a 0.2-micron filter surface. This microvesicular PCA was mostly Factor VII-like as judged by clotting assay using human factor-deficient plasmas. Aggregates of vesicles were present in urine as granular casts. Ultrastructural studies of rabbit kidney showed similar vesicular structures in the proximal tubular lumen and budding from glomerular epithelial cells. Fibrin was seen adjacent to both glomerular endothelial cells and epithelial cells in association with vesicular structures. We conclude that microvesicles in urine carry a procoagulant signal which is tissue factor/Factor VII-like. We speculate that these vesicles may come from the glomerulus by budding off from glomerular epithelial cells, or macrophages.
Changes in Grain Size and Grain Storage Protein of Rice (Oryza Sativa L.) in Response to Elevated UV-B Radiation under Outdoor Conditions (2005)

Variation in growth, grain size and grain storage protein content of rice (Oryza sativa L.) in response to elevated UV-B radiation under sunlight was examined in a cool rice-growing region of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, in 1999, 2001 and 2002. Tiller number, dry mass, panicle number, grain yield and grain size significantly decreased under elevated UV-B radiation in 2001 and 2002. The effects of elevated UV-B radiation on the reduction of each growth parameter were greatly enhanced by daily lower temperature during the ripening stage in those two years. On the contrary, total grain nitrogen content and grain storage protein content significantly increased under elevated UV-B radiation in 2001 and 2002. Among grain storage proteins, glutelin content significantly increased but albumin-globulin and prolamin contents did not. It was thus evident that not only grain size but also grain storage protein of rice was markedly influenced due to elevated UV-B radiation.
<title>Scientific Spectroscopy: The First 150 Years</title> (1983)

Arthur Schawlow was born in Mount Vernon, New York, but moved to Canada at an early age. He received the Ph.D. Degree from the University of Toronto in 1949. After two years as a Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Associate at Columbia University, he was a Research Physicist at Bell Laboratories from 1951 to 1961. Since then, he has been a Professor of Physics at Stanford University, and where he is now the J. G. JacksonÃ¢â‚¬â€?C. J. Wood Professor. His research has been in optical and microwave spectroscopy, nuclear quadrupole resonance and superconductivity. He is, with Charles H. Townes, coinventor of the laser (1958). He was President of the Optical Society of America in 1975, and President of the American Physical Society in 1981. He shared the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physics, for his contributions to the development of laser spectroscopy.
Compression of ultrasound RF data using quantization and decimation (2013)

Beamforming the ultrasound radiofrequency (RF) data on the computer in stead of doing it on the hardware is currently developed in many research groups. This requires fast transferring of the large amount of data in real-time from the ultrasound scanner front end to the computer. Despite of using an expensive hardware for fast data transfer, we are interested in compress the data before transferring. This paper presents a method to compress the RF data by applying quantization and decimation on the baseband signals of the RF data. Simulation and experimental RF data are tested. The number of bits and the number of samples remaining in the phase and amplitude data are reported. The signal to noise ratio (SNR) of the RF data after beamformed and the visual quality of the reconstructed images are compared.
ENFERMEDAD DE BUERGER (2011)

Thromboangiitis obliterans also known asBuerger’s Disease is a segmental, inflammatory,occlusive, non-atherosclerotic disease that involves small and medium caliber arteries, veinsand nerves; affects mainly young males withtobacco abuse history.The clinical presentation is caused for the occlusion and stenosis of the distal vasculature in upper and lower limbs. The initial ischemicsymptoms are intermittent claudication in theaffected extremities. In the natural history of thedisease, patients can present severe ischemia ofthe limbs (rest pain, ulcers, and digital gangrene).Arteriographic studies show a pattern of abruptocclusion of the distal vasculature, with areas ofnormal vessels between the affected segments,with intense tortuosity in the recanalized segments described in a “corkscrew shape”. Thehistology varies according to the phase of thedisease but usually and occlusive intraluminalthrombus with lymphocytes, giant cells, inflammation of the media and the adventitia with aninternal elastic lamina unaffected. The key oftreatment is to eliminate the smoking but alsosome pharmacologic and surgical approacheshave been established as well as new therapiesunder trials.
Clinical characteristics, precipitating factors, management and outcome of patients with prior stroke hospitalised with heart failure: an observational report from the Middle East (2015)

NCT01467973.
Wall-Temperature Fluctuations of Evaporating Tube at Onset of Dryout (1981)

高速増殖炉などの蒸発管熱疲労の原因として指摘されているドライアウト時の管壁温度変動の特徴, 特に流れ変動との関係について検討した. その結果, 十分安定した流れでは壁温変動は卓越周波数成分を含まぬこと, 不安定流動を含めた流れ変動の約0.3Hz以下の低周波成分が壁温変動の強い一因となることなどを示した. またそれぞれの場合の壁温変動のスペクトル密度を表す近似式についても検討した.
Contrôle de la prolifération cellulaire de la thyroide: rôle de l'apoptose , de "l'Hepatocyte Growth Factor" et de la cascade de l'AMP cyclique (1997)

Doctorat en Sciences
Effective inhibition of lytic development of bacteriophages λ, P1 and T4 by starvation of their host, <it>Escherichia coli</it> (2007)

Bacteriophage infections of bacterial cultures cause serious problems in genetic engineering and biotechnology. They are dangerous not only because of direct effects on the currently infected cultures, i.e. their devastation, but also due to a high probability of spreading the phage progeny throughout a whole laboratory or plant, which causes a real danger for further cultivations. Therefore, a simple method for quick inhibition of phage development after detection of bacterial culture infection should be very useful. Here, we demonstrate that depletion of a carbon source from the culture medium, which provokes starvation of bacterial cells, results in rapid inhibition of lytic development of three Escherichia coli phages, λ, P1 and T4. Since the effect was similar for three different phages, it seems that it may be a general phenomenon. Moreover, similar effects were observed in flask cultures and in chemostats. Bacteriophage lytic development can be inhibited efficiently by carbon source limitation in bacterial cultures. Thus, if bacteriophage contamination is detected, starvation procedures may be recommended to alleviate deleterious effects of phage infection on the culture. We believe that this strategy, in combination with the use of automated and sensitive bacteriophage biosensors, may be employed in the fermentation laboratory practice to control phage outbreaks in bioprocesses more effectively.
CA 242 (1992)

The tumor marker CA 242 is defined by a monoclonal antibody, C-242, which was obtained by immunizing mice with a human colorectal carcinoma cell line, COLO 205 (Lindholm et al., 1985). The chemical structure of the antigenic determinant, which is still largely unresolved, is a sialylated carbohydrate, possibly a type-I chain (Johansson et al., 199 lb). The CA 242 is related, but not identical, to the epitopes of well-characterized tumor markers CA 19–9 and CA 50.
Unintrusive Communication of Status in a Packet Network in Heavy Traffic (1985)

We consider a packet switched network in the situation where communication resources are used close to capacity. Such heavy traffic may seem to present a dilemma. On one hand, at each node, the usefulness of status information about queues at other nodes is manifest. On the other hand, since the limitation of transmission resources causes backup, heavy load seems to be the worst situation in which to expend still more communication resources to convey status information. Under extremely general assumptions on inter-arrivals and services, a scaling appropriate for queueing processes in networks under heavy traffic has been established. Under these assumptions, we demonstrate that the status of the entire network can be communicated throughout the network, perfectly, in real time, without influencing the scaled queueing process. So, within a precise mathematical setting, we see that there is no dilemma: status can be conveyed at a negligible cost in a network operating at heavy load. Most of today's computer networks are designed for light-to-moderate loading. Yet heavy traffic analysis is growing in relevance, as is explained. A brief introduction to the subject of convergence of queueing systems is included.
Why Study the Role of Heparan Sulfate in In Vivo Amyloidogenesis? (2010)

This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction What do i know about Heparan Sulfate and its Role in Amyloidogenesis In Vivo? What would i Like to know about the Role of Heparan Sulfate in In Vivo Amyloidogenesis? References
The Response of Pig Skin to Fractionated Treatments with Fast Neutrons and X rays (1967)

The skin of pigs has been used to study the effect of fractionated irradiation with fast neutrons of mean energy 6 MeV. Six, nine and 15 fractions have been used over a period of three weeks, and two fractions divided by short intervals of time up to 24 hours. The effects of fractionated treatments with X rays are also summarised. The RBE of the neutron beam rises steadily from 2·3 for a single dose to 3·6 for 15 fractions. Observations up to five years after treatment have failed to show any sign of increased late reactions after neutrons. There is less recovery during a fractionated course of treatment with fast neutrons than with X rays, the relative amount of recovery being 0·6. Very little recovery was observed during the first seven hours after treatment with neutrons. Reactions occurring after fractionated treatments with X rays show that the number of fractions is more important than the time over which the treatment is extended, up to 28 days, but that prolongation is nevertheless a significant factor.
ГИДРОТЕРМАЛЬНЫЙ И ГИДРОТЕРМАЛЬНО-МИКРОВОЛНОВОЙ СИНТЕЗ МАГНИТОТВЕРДЫХ НАНОЧАСТИЦ ГЕКСАФЕРРИТА СТРОНЦИЯ (2012)

Гидротермальным и гидротермально-микроволновым методом синтеза были получены наночастицы гексаферрита стронция - магнитотвердого материала, перспективного для создания коллоидных растворов с магнитооптическими свойствами. Разработанная методика синтеза позволяет варьировать диаметр частиц в диапазоне от 50 нм до 95 нм. При этом коэрцитивная сила образцов достигает значения 1,85 кЭ.
Enzymatische Synthese chiraler C<sub>4</sub>‐Bausteine aus <i>meso</i>‐Weinsäure (1991)

Letzlich aus Maleinsäure sind die optisch aktiven C 4 ‐Bausteine 1, 2 und 4 im 10 mmol‐Maßstab zugänglich. 1 und 2 werden aus dem O ‐methylierten meso ‐Weinsäuredimethylester 3 (R 1 = R 2 = CH 3 ) durch Verseifung entweder an der pro‐ R ‐oder der pro‐ S ‐Estergruppe erhalten, wobei als Enzyme Schweineleber‐Esterase (als Schweineleber‐Aceton‐Puder) bzw. Lipase aus Candida cylindricea eingesetzt werden. 4 wird aus einem Reduktionsprodukt von 3 durch enzymatische Acylierung erhalten. Chemische Ausbeuten und ee ‐Werte liegen bei allen Reaktionen über 90%. magnified image
Complete decoding nets : general theory and minimality (1954)

http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/3956/5/bab9689.0001.001.pdf
Regularization of the moment matrix solution by a nonquadratic conjugate gradient method (2000)

Inspired by Tikhonov regularization, a nonlinear conjugate gradient method is proposed with the purpose of simultaneously regularizing and solving the moment matrix equation. The procedure is based on a nonquadratic conjugate gradient algorithm with exact line search, restart, and rescale. Applied to the problem of TM scattering by perfectly conducting rectangular cylinders, the method is shown to exhibit a fast convergence rate.