gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Calcium-dependent Process in Reduction of Cell Surface Charge after X-irradiation (1979)

The electrophoretic mobility (EPM) of rat erythrocytes and cultured melanoma cells decreased with time after X-irradiation in the presence of calcium at concentrations higher than 10 (-5) M. At 37 degrees C, the presence of calcium for the first 20 min of exposure was suffcient to induce the EPM reduction, and Ca 2+ administration subsequent to Ca 2+ -free incubation for 30 min following irradiation had no effect on EPM. At lower temperatures, from 10 down to 20 degrees C however, the effect of calcium on the reduction of EPM decreased drastically. If the cells were kept Ca 2+ -inonophore A23187 also induced to decrease in EPM only in the presence of Ca 2+. These results revealed the transitory existence of membrane condition reactive to extracellular Ca 2+ immediately after X-irradiation, which can be postponed at low temperatures. The reduction of EPM by Ca 2+ -ionophore might suggest that the influx of Ca 2+ is a step in the reduction of EPM after X-irradiation.
Integrated rotary compliant joint and its impedance-based controller for single-joint pressing massage robot (2012)

For the purpose of developing a lightweight massage robotic arm ensuring safe human-robot contact, reduction of large force caused by shocks, and accurate and stable force following, a compact, integrated rotary compliant joint is designed, and a simple single-joint pressing massage robot is constructed in order to verify the compliant joint's performance. Then, the impedance-based controller with joint torque control is presented, which is robust to unstructured environment during human-robot interaction, and is used to accomplish pressing massage by the single-joint robot. Experimental results show that the developed integrated rotary compliant joint is efficient to fulfill its function during robot pressing massage and is eligible for the construction of service robots in which safe human-robot interaction is necessary.
The Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle, A Case Study (2008)

Rapidly evolving force structure requirements driven by transformation and urgent operational needs originating from combat bring into question the Defense industrial base's ability to respond rapidly to quickly changing requirements. The rapid acquisition of the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle, one of the largest material acquisition programs since World War II, provides an excellent review of the challenges to industrial base agility in today's wartime environment. Even though identified as an urgent need and given the highest development priority by the Secretary of Defense, the abbreviated MRAP development cycle exposed weaknesses in Defense acquisition industrial base partnership. This case study analyzes the statutory and commercial constraints, and evaluates the remedial government and business actions taken. From this data it draws conclusions as to whether or not today's industrial base is up to the task of providing effective and timely support for national defense requirements.
Percutaneous vertebroplasty in treatment of upper thoracic osteoporotic compression fracture (2016)

Objective
To evaluate the feasibility, safety and efficacy of percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) for osteoporotic compression fracture of the upper thoracic spine.


Methods
The study enrolled 20 patients with osteoporotic compression fracture in 25 upper thoracic segments. The subjects (5 males and 15 females) aged at (71.0±10.8) years (range, 57-89 years). Fracture occurred in 2 T1, 3 T2, 5 T3 and 15 T4 segments. The subjects were submitted to puncture process via unilateral extrapedicular approach. Operation time, volume of infused bone cement, X-ray images and CT scan were recorded after operation. Visual analogue score (VAS), mobility score and Oswestry disability index (ODI) were assessed after operation.


Results
The procedure was successfully accomplished in all patients. Mean operation time was (39.7±10.6)min. Infusion volume of bone cement was 2.0-6.0 ml [(3.3±1.5)ml]. Eighteen patients were available to the follow-up of 5.5-18 months [(7.6±2.7)months]. Three patients (15%) were associated with cement leakage into the epidural (n=1), paravertebral soft tissues (n=1) and disc (n=1) but remained asymptomatic. One patient (5%) had new fracture at the non-adjacent and non-operative segments within 15 days, and had no recurrence after PVP. No other serious complications such as rib fracture, pneumothorax, pulmonary embolism, vascular injury, spinal injury and infection were found. VAS, mobility score and ODI improved at 3 d, 1 month, 3 months and final follow-up compared to those at 1 d pre-operation (P<0.01).


Conclusions
PVP is a safe and effective treatment for upper thoracic osteoporotic compression fracture, which is associated with few complications, reduced pain and improved mobility as well as quality of life. Rational surgical position and puncture approach are beneficial to a successful surgery.


Key words: 
Thoracic vertebrae; Percutaneous vertebroplasty; Vertebral compression fractures
Future Prospects for Nonthermal Processing Technologies—Linking Products with Technologies (2010)

This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Overview of Novel Processing Technologies Criteria for New Technology Implementation Applications of Selected Nonthermal Technologies in Food Processing Summary and a Look into the Future Acknowledgments References
UPRE: User Preference Based Search System (2006)

We present a middleware system UPRE enabling personalized Web search for users with different preferences. The input for UPRE is user evaluation of some objects in scale from the worst to the best. Our model is inspired by existing models of distributed middleware search. We use both inductive and deductive tasks to find user preferences and consequently best objects
COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF THE ELECTROKINETIC BEHAVIOR OF POLYELECTROLYTE-CELLULOSE SYSTEMS (1978)

This paper is intended to elucidate the mechanism involved in charge control of pulp fibers by cationic additives in papermaking wet end systems, and also to provide information on the role of counter-ions in controlling the surface charge. For these purposes, six model systems consisting of pads of cellulose fibers with and without adsorbed layers of a cationic polyelectrolyte (Poly-DMDAAC) in equilibrium with inorganic salts or the polymer solutions were designed. Zeta potential measurements by the streaming current method were performed on these systems.For systems with irreversibly adsorbed polymer layers, the polarity of the zeta potentials of the fibers with the monolayer (SYSTEM 1) was reversed to the positive; while the polarity of those with the multilayer (SYSTEM 2) remained negative with an increase in the amount of polymer adsorbed. For systems with counter-ions with different valencies, the polarity of the negatively (SYSTEM 3) or the positively (SYSTEM 4) charged fibers was reversed by polyvalent counter-ions at increased concentrations of salts. Regarding systems simulating real papermaking wet ends, the negative charge of the fibers remained negative by increased addition of alum (SYSTEM 5); whereas increased dosage of the polymer permitted reversal of the charge to the positive (SYSTEM 6).Electric double layer models (MODEL 1-6) are proposed to account for the electrokinetic behavior of the above systems.Comparative evaluation of the above systems and models was made with respect to the origin of the surface charge, the potential-determining ions or layers, and the specific or non-specific adsorption. Significance of specific adsorption of polyvalent counter-ions for the effective charge control of the fibers is demonstrated.
Alterations in contractility and intracellular Ca2+ transients in isolated bundles of skeletal muscle fibers from rats with chronic heart failure. (1993)

To determine if chronic heart failure (CHF) leads to functional or structural alterations of skeletal muscle, we compared intracellular Ca2+ signaling, contractility, and the rate of fatigue development, together with electron microscopy (EM), in skeletal muscle preparations from rats with myocardial infarction-induced CHF versus sham-operated control rats. Bundles of 100 to 200 cells were dissected from the extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscle of control (n = 13) and CHF (n = 19) rats and were either loaded with aequorin or fixed for EM. Muscles from CHF rats exhibited depressed tension development compared with control muscles during twitches (1.4 +/- 0.2 versus 2.8 +/- 0.7 g/mm2, P < .05) and maximal tetani (5.3 +/- 1.4 versus 10.7 +/- 2.4 g/mm2, P < .05). Depressed tension in CHF was accompanied by reduced quantitative [Ca2+]i release during twitches (0.7 +/- 0.1 versus 0.4 +/- 0.1 microM, P < .05) and during maximal tetani (1.8 +/- 0.3 versus 0.9 +/- 0.2 microM, P < .05). Skeletal muscle from CHF rats also demonstrated prolonged intracellular Ca2+ transients during twitches and tetani and accelerated fatigue development. EM revealed a lack of cellular atrophy in the CHF rats. In conclusion, EDL skeletal muscle from rats with CHF had intrinsic abnormalities in excitation-contraction coupling unrelated to cellular atrophy. These findings indicate that CHF is a condition accompanied by EDL skeletal muscle dysfunction.
Autophobic dewetting of homopolymer on a brush and entropic attraction between opposing brushes in a homopolymer matrix (2001)

The wetting behavior of homopolymer on a chemically identical polymer brush is mathematically equivalent to the interaction between a pair of opposing brushes in a matrix of parent homopolymer. We examine both systems using self-consistent field theory (SCFT) with a new highly efficient and accurate algorithm. Our calculations provide compelling evidence that the global minimum in the free energy curve remains at a finite film thickness, implying that the brush/homopolymer interfacial tension, γb/h, is always positive favoring dewetting, or equivalently that an attraction always exists between opposing brushes. Nevertheless, we identify a region at low homopolymer molecular weights where γb/h is negligible, in which case complete wetting is highly metastable and the attraction between opposing brushes is extraordinarily weak. Furthermore, we demonstrate that SCFT is in good quantitative agreement with experiment. In contrast, we find that earlier predictions based on strong-stretching theory are terribly inaccurate.
Bloom Filter Based Index for Query over Encrypted Character Strings in Database (2009)

It is important to construct more efficient index used for query over encrypted character strings in database. A few of approaches to deal with such issues have been worked out. In this paper, an bloom filter based index to support fuzzy query over encrypted character data is proposed on the principle of two-phase query. Firstly a triple is used to express a character string, then we use bloom filter compression algorithm on this triple to build encoded index, which will be saved in database as a numeric data. Optimal parameters are selected with the tradeoff between security and efficiency. In this way, the scheme minimizes not-match records by simple bit-and operation on the numeric index. Finally the improved query performance is proofed by experiment result.
Ensemble classifier for protein fold pattern recognition (2006)

Abstract Motivation: Prediction of protein folding patterns is one level deeper than that of protein structural classes, and hence is much more complicated and difficult. To deal with such a challenging problem, the ensemble classifier was introduced. It was formed by a set of basic classifiers, with each trained in different parameter systems, such as predicted secondary structure, hydrophobicity, van der Waals volume, polarity, polarizability, as well as different dimensions of pseudo-amino acid composition, which were extracted from a training dataset. The operation engine for the constituent individual classifiers was OET-KNN (optimized evidence-theoretic k-nearest neighbors) rule. Their outcomes were combined through a weighted voting to give a final determination for classifying a query protein. The recognition was to find the true fold among the 27 possible patterns. Results: The overall success rate thus obtained was 62% for a testing dataset where most of the proteins have &lt;25% sequence identity with the proteins used in training the classifier. Such a rate is 6–21% higher than the corresponding rates obtained by various existing NN (neural networks) and SVM (support vector machines) approaches, implying that the ensemble classifier is very promising and might become a useful vehicle in protein science, as well as proteomics and bioinformatics. Availability: The ensemble classifier, called PFP-Pred, is available as a web-server at for public usage. Contact: lifesci-sjtu@san.rr.com Supplementary information: Supplementary data are available on Bioinformatics online.
Lattice Boltzmann Simulation of Heat Transfer Enhancement in a Cold Plate Using Porous Medium (2013)

The computational study of heat transfer and fluid flow in a porous media cold plate was investigated using lattice Boltzmann method. The study was carried out on a heat exchanger including two adiabatic inlet and outlet conduit and three hot fins with constant temperature. The porous medium is positioned between the fins to enhance heat transfer rate. The local thermal equilibrium assumption between the fluid and solid phases and the Brinkman–Forchheimer extended Darcy equation was used to simulate the porous domain. The effect of porosity on heat transfer from the fins surfaces was studied at different Reynolds and Prandtl numbers. Results show that by decreasing the porosity, the heat transfer rate increases and the fluid bulk temperature grows at less time for different Reynolds and Prandtl numbers.
T-Cell Subsets in Acne rosacea Lesions and the Possible Role of <i>Demodex folliculorum</i> (1984)

Skin biopsy specimens from 4 patients with typical acne rosacea lesions were examined for the presence of T-cell subsets using monoclonal antibodies. The infiltrates consisted chiefly of LEU-1 reactive T cells with a predominance of LEU-3a antibody positive helper-inducer T cells, while LEU-2a staining suppressor-cytotoxic T cells were scarce. These cells penetrated regularly into the follicular wall and the epidermis. The study showed that most T cells in the dermal granulomatous infiltrates around Demodex parts, which were displaced extrafollicularly, were helper-inducer T cells. The predominance of helper-inducer T-cell subsets in the dermal infiltrates of acne rosacea lesions in frequent association with Demodex supports the hypothesis that a cell-mediated immune response plays an important role in the pathogenesis of rosacea.
The Nuclear Magnetic Moments of<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:msup><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">K</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mn>41</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msup></mml:mrow></mml:math>,<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:msup><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">Y</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mn>87</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msup></mml:mrow></mml:math>,<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:msup><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">Ag</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mn>107</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msup></mml:mrow></mml:math>, and<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:msup><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">Ag</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mn>109</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msup></mml:mrow></mml:math> (1954)

The gyromagnetic ratios of ${\mathrm{K}}^{41}$, ${\mathrm{Y}}^{89}$, ${\mathrm{Ag}}^{107}$, and ${\mathrm{Ag}}^{109}$ have been measured by nuclear induction technique. With the known spin values the magnetic moments without diamagnetic corrections are: ${\ensuremath{\mu}}_{41}=\ensuremath{-}0.21453\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.00003 \mathrm{nm},$ ${\ensuremath{\mu}}_{89}=\ensuremath{-}0.136825\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.000004 \mathrm{nm},$ ${\ensuremath{\mu}}_{107}=\ensuremath{-}0.113014\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.000004 \mathrm{nm},$ ${\ensuremath{\mu}}_{109}=\ensuremath{-}0.129924\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.000004 \mathrm{nm}.$ In metallic silver a paramagnetic shift of 0.53 percent is observed.
Atomic Layer Deposition of Cobalt Oxide Films (2011)

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A complete study of the double forward-flyback converter (2003)

A novel two-output DC-to-DC converter is studied. Using only a power transistor, both outputs have been regulated by controlling duty cycle and switching frequency. The number of power components is very low, as the use of demagnetizing components of the isolation transformer is avoided. A static and dynamic study of the converter has been carried out, and the results are verified for a prototype.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>
Increased abundance of the receptor-type protein-tyrosine phosphatase LAR accounts for the elevated insulin receptor dephosphorylating activity in adipose tissue of obese human subjects. (1995)

Protein-tyrosine phosphatases (PTPases) have an essential role in the regulation of the steady-state phosphorylation of the insulin receptor and other proteins in the insulin signalling pathway. To examine whether increased PTPase activity is associated with adipose tissue insulin resistance in human obesity we measured PTPase enzyme activity towards the insulin receptor in homogenates of subcutaneous adipose tissue from a series of six lean and six nondiabetic, obese (body mass index > 30) subjects. The obese subjects had a mean 1.74-fold increase in PTPase activity (P < 0.0001) with a striking positive correlation by linear regression analysis between PTPase activity and body mass index among all of the samples (R = 0.918; P < 0.0001). The abundance of three candidate insulin receptor PTPases in adipose tissue was also estimated by immunoblot analysis. The most prominent increase was a 2.03-fold rise in the transmembrane PTPase LAR (P < 0.001). Of the three PTPase examined, only immunodepletion of LAR protein from the homogenates with neutralizing antibodies resulted in normalization of the PTPase activity towards the insulin receptor, demonstrating that the increase in LAR was responsible for the enhanced PTPase activity in the adipose tissue from obese subjects. These studies suggest that increased PTPase activity towards the insulin receptor is a pathogenetic factor in the insulin resistance of adipose tissue in human obesity and provide evidence for a potential role of the LAR PTPase in the regulation of insulin signalling in disease states.
Intelligent multiagent systems based on distributed non-axiomatic reasoning (2015)

The agent technology represents one of the most consistent approaches to distributed artificial intelligence. Agents are characterized by autonomous, reactive, proactive, and social behavior. In addition, more complex, intelligent agents are often defined in terms of human-like mental attitudes, such as beliefs, desires, and intentions. This thesis deals with software agents and multiagent systems in several ways. First, it defines a new reasoning architecture for intelligent agents called Distributed Non-Axiomatic Reasoning System (DNARS). Instead of the popular Belief-Intention-Desire model, it uses Non-Axiomatic Logic, a formalism developed for the domain of articial general intelligence. DNARS is highly-scalable, capable of answering questions and deriving new knowledge over large knowledge bases, while, at the same time, concurrently serving large numbers of external clients. Secondly, the thesis proposes a novel agent runtime environment named Siebog. Based on the modern web and enterprise stan-dards, Siebog tries to reduce the gap between the agent technology and industrial applications. Like DNARS, Siebog is a distributed system. Its server side runs on computer clusters and provides advanced functionalities, such as automatic agent load-balancing and fault-tolerance. The client side, on the other hand, runs inside web browsers, and supports a wide variety of hardware and software platforms. Finally, Siebog depends on DNARS for deploying agents with unique reasoning capabilities.
Web Master in a Nutshell (1996)

From the Publisher:
WebMaster in a Nutshell takes all the essential reference information for the Web and pulls it together into one slim volume. This book is a quick reference for anyone who works on the Web - content providers, programmers, and administrators alike. WebMaster in a Nutshell covers HTML 3.2, the markup language for Web documents; CGI, for creating interactive content on the Web; JavaScript, a scripting language that can be embedded directly into HTML to make interactive Web page; HTML extensions from Netscape Navigator 3.0 and Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0; examples and descriptions of the HTML tags for creating frames, tables, and fill-in forms; HTTP 1.1, the underlying protocol that drives the Web; configuration for the Apache, NCSA, CERN, Netscape, and Website servers; Perl 5, the programming language used most often for CGI; WinCGI, the CGI interface for Windows-based programming languages; Cookies, for maintaining state between multiple HTTP transactions ; and Server Side Includes, for embedding dynamic data into Web pages. WebMaster in a Nutshell breaks up these topics into concise, distinct chapters, designed to make it easy to find the information you want at a moment's notice.
The road less traveled: strategies to enhance the frequency of homology-directed repair (HDR) for increased efficiency of CRISPR/Cas-mediated transgenesis (2018)

Non-homologous end joining (NHEJ), and to a lesser extent, the error-free pathway known as homology-directed repair (HDR) are cellular mechanisms for recovery from double-strand DNA breaks (DSB) induced by RNA-guided programmable nuclease CRISPR/Cas. Since NHEJ is equivalent to using a duck tape to stick two pieces of metals together, the outcome of this repair mechanism is prone to error. Any out-of-frame mutations or premature stop codons resulting from NHEJ repair mechanism are extremely handy for loss-of-function studies. Substitution of a mutation on the genome with the correct exogenous repair DNA requires coordination via an error-free HDR, for targeted transgenesis. However, several practical limitations exist in harnessing the potential of HDR to replace a faulty mutation for therapeutic purposes in all cell types and more so in somatic cells. In germ cells after the DSB, copying occurs from the homologous chromosome, which increases the chances of incorporation of exogenous DNA with some degree of homology into the genome compared with somatic cells where copying from the identical sister chromatid is always preferred. This review summarizes several strategies that have been implemented to increase the frequency of HDR with a focus on somatic cells. It also highlights the limitations of this technology in gene therapy and suggests specific solutions to circumvent those barriers. [BMB Reports 2018; 51(9): 437-443].
William Carlos Williams: The Unity of His Art (1969)

Linda Welshimer Wagner, William Carlos Williams: The Unity of His Art, The Bulletin of the Midwest Modern Language Association, Vol. 2, Papers of the Midwest Modern Language Association, Number 1. Poetic Theory/Poetic Practice (1969), pp. 136-144