gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
A New Embedded Chien Search Block for Reed- Solomon (RS) Codes based on Factorization of Error Locator Polynomial (2020)

Coding corrector of errors is one of the most vital and emerged system in telecommunication field. In this paper, we propose an efficient new embedded Chien Search block for RS decoder. However, it adopts a factorization of error locator polynomial. The proposed design is developed by using hardware description language (HDL), after that, simulated and verified Quartus development software. To test the performances of the new developed design, minimization rate (Number of minimized logic gates) and BER criteria were used. Simulation results show the effectiveness of the proposed design than the basic. First, because it minimizes the number of logic gates and hardware resources. Therefore, a reduction of the power consumption with a minimization's rate that can attain approximately 40 % compared to the basic algorithm. Further, because it reaches a lower bit error rate.
Isolated Colorectal Liver Metastases Locally Progressing after Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy Rescued with Surgery (2009)

Treatment of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer has changed in recent years, with many patients now being offered intent-to-treat regimens. In this context, a multidisciplinary approach to the metastatic disease may lead to individualized treatment for any patient. Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) is not the most common treatment. Here, we present the clinical case of a patient with a solitary liver metastasis initially treated with SBRT that was rescued with surgery when a local recurrence was detected.
Nobel Prize in Physics (1967)

The Nobel Prize in Physics for 1966 was awarded to Alfred Kastler, Professor of Physics in the Faculty of Science at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris. The work for which he was awarded the Prize, the application of optical techniques to the study of magnetic resonance in atoms, finds its roots in the work on resonance fluorescence which he carried out in Bordeaux between 1931 and 1936 under the direction of Pierre Daure. He was concerned with the fluorescence excited by a step-wise process in mercury vapour.
Ownership and Other Property Rights in Respect of Land in Czechoslovakia (1969)

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Platelets from Bleeding Simmental Cattle Have a Long Delay in both ADP-activated Expression of GpllB-IIIA Receptors and Fibrinogen-dependent Platelet Aggregation (1996)

We have previously reported that platelets from bleeding Simmental cattle do not aggregate in vitro in response to ADP, collagen and calcium ionophore A23187, though calcium mobilization and myosin light chain phosphorylation do occur. The aggregation abnormality, measured by aggregometry, was ascribed to abnormal cytoskeletal expression, with the maximal numbers of activated GpIIb-IIIa receptors per platelet no different from that seen in normal bovine platelets activated with ADP. We have therefore sought to compare the kinetics of micro-aggregation with the rate of expression of GpIIb-IIIa receptors required for mediating fibrinogen (Fg)-dependent platelet aggregation, to provide a more direct molecular explanation for the aggregation abnormality. We compared aggregation kinetics of ADP-activated platelets using both aggregometry and particle counting to monitor micro-aggregation. Fibrinogen receptor expression was monitored with FITC-labelled human Fg and with the reporting antibody for activated GpIIb-IIIa, FITC-PAC1, using flow cytometry. The affected platelets show a marked delay in onset of microaggregation for ADP-activated platelets stirred with human Fg, paralleded by an unusual delay in activated GpIIb-IIIa receptor expression (DARE) for otherwise competent Fg binding. The on-rates for Fg binding to platelets maximally pre-activated with PMA are identical for normal and affected platelets, whether comparing the binding of human or bovine Fg. The unique DARE syndrome explains the observed delay in aggregation of platelets from affected Simmental cattle and predicts the bleeding problems due to delayed binding of adhesive proteins.
Wavelet analysis of arterial pressure and blood velocity pulsations in the aorta of anesthetized dogs. (1993)

The arterial pressure and blood velocity pulsations were recorded from the aorta of anesthetized dogs by means of micro-tip pressure and velocity transducers. Wavelet transforms (Wt) were obtained by converting the analog signals into digital samples at the rate of 42.7 per second, which were subsequently subjected to an algorithm of WT. An iterative rarefaction (2(0) to 2(-4) resolutions) of the number of samples was followed by a substraction of the high frequency components (wavelet coefficients) from the corresponding resolutions. Analyses of the arterial pulsations revealed that the second WT always yielded four types of systolic apexes, which were apparently devoid of physiological meaning, since they were inherent to the "triangulation phase" of the WT algorithm. In addition, the third WT occasionally revealed slow amplitude modulations, which could not be identified in the original recordings and whose significance deserves further investigation. This is also valid for the wavelet coefficients, whose biological meaning is still obscure. In summary, the WT operates as a low pass filter, which brings to light the lower frequency components of arterial pulsations and which finally yields the mean values of both arterial pressure and blood velocities.
Thomas Stothard's Illustrations for <i>The Royal Engagement Pocket Atlas</i> , 1779–1826 (2011)

Abstract This essay offers an account of a nowadays very rare late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century pocket diary-cum-almanac for a multifarious audience deriving largely from the middling ranks of British society, The Royal Engagement Pocket Atlas . A contribution to the history of the ephemeral book, it sketches the variety of illustrated pocket books in the 1790s and examines both the marketing strategies employed by its publisher and the importance of book illustration for the formation of a canon of literary texts at the end of the eighteenth century. Considering some of Thomas Stothard’s vignette illustrations for the publication, the essay investigates the ideologically representative meanings of these illustrative paratexts and relates them to proliferating cultures of consumerism. Focusing on the genesis, fashioning, and long ‘life’ of the Pocket Atlas , it will explore some of the interpretive narratives of the printed designs and discuss the cultural phenomenon of the almanac for the middle and upper classes as an ephemeral and desirable production of the exploding field of eighteenth-century print culture.
Location fingerprinting on infrastructure 802.11 wireless local area networks (WLANs) using Locus (2005)

Location fingerprinting is a technique for location sensing on 802.11 wireless local area networks (WLANs), using commodity WLAN cards and no additional hardware tags. Location fingerprinting is a two-phase process. First, a radio map of observed signal strength (SS) values from different locations is recorded during an offline calibration phase. Then, in real time, SS values observed at a users mobile device are compared to the radio map values using proximity-matching algorithms in order to infer current user locations. We present Locus, a software-only, platform-independent tool for location fingerprinting on 802.11 WLANs. Locus has an object-oriented design, and is implemented in Java with graphical display in scalable vector graphics (SVG). While several proximity-matching algorithms have been proposed, very little research has evaluated their performance on existing wireless networks. Using Locus as a framework, we compared the performance of two proposed proximity-matching algorithms experimentally and also quantified the variance of observed SS values on five mobile devices. We find that, in practice, due to issues such as access point occlusion from certain locations, in-building interference effects on signal strengths, calibration and signal strength detection difficulties on certain mobile platforms, the behavior of proximity-matching algorithms can be mobile platform and wireless network dependent, and cannot always be generalized.
Magnetoencephalography as a Research Tool in Neuroscience: State of the Art (2006)

Magnetoencephalography (MEG) is a noninvasive neuroimaging method for detecting, analyzing, and interpreting the magnetic field generated by the electrical activity in the brain. Modern hardware can capture the MEG signal at hundreds of points around the head in a snapshot lasting only a fraction of a millisecond. The sensitivity of modern hardware is high enough to permit the extraction of a clean signal generated by the brain well above the noise level of the MEG hardware. It is possible to identify signatures of superficial and often deep generators in the raw MEG signal, even in snapshots of data. In a more quantitative way, tomographic images of the electrical current density in the brain can be extracted from each snapshot of MEG signal, providing a direct correlate of coherent collective neuronal activity. A number of recent studies have scrutinized brain function in the new spatiotemporal window that real-time tomographic analysis of MEG signals has opened. The results have allowed the variability in a single area to be seen in the context of activity in other areas and background rhythmic activity. In this view, normal brain function is seen as a cascade of extremely fast events and the unfolding of specialized processes, segregated in space and time and organized into well-defined stages of processing.
The Continuous Dyeing of Wool with Milling Acid Dyes (1958)

It has been shown that loose wool may be successfully dyed continuously with milling acid dyes in very short times at 100d̀c. in normal scouring machines, thus eliminating normal dyeing machinery. The method is restricted commercially to pale and medium depths. A pad—steam method has been developed for dyeing wool pile fabrics continuously. It hasbeen found that it is not possible to dye wool piece goods satisfactorily by continuous pad‐steam methods, owing to the hydrophobic character of the wool and the difficulty of eliminating skitteriness from the dyeings.
Automated Low-Cost Smartphone-Based Lateral Flow Saliva Test Reader for Drugs-of-Abuse Detection (2015)

Lateral flow assay tests are nowadays becoming powerful, low-cost diagnostic tools. Obtaining a result is usually subject to visual interpretation of colored areas on the test by a human operator, introducing subjectivity and the possibility of errors in the extraction of the results. While automated test readers providing a result-consistent solution are widely available, they usually lack portability. In this paper, we present a smartphone-based automated reader for drug-of-abuse lateral flow assay tests, consisting of an inexpensive light box and a smartphone device. Test images captured with the smartphone camera are processed in the device using computer vision and machine learning techniques to perform automatic extraction of the results. A deep validation of the system has been carried out showing the high accuracy of the system. The proposed approach, applicable to any line-based or color-based lateral flow test in the market, effectively reduces the manufacturing costs of the reader and makes it portable and massively available while providing accurate, reliable results.
Optical micro- and nanofibers for sensing applications (2007)

An optical microfiber is usually fabricated by drawing a conventional optical fiber and has a diameter of ~ 1 &mgr;m. A microfiber with a diameter significantly less than one micron is often called a nanofiber. This paper considers the potential applications of optical microfibers/nanofibers as sensors, which detect changes in the ambient medium by monitoring changes in the transmission power of light propagating along the MF. These changes may be caused by variation in temperature, radiation, concentration of chemical or biological species, microparticles, etc.
Cilomilast: a second generation phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitor for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (2001)

Cilomilast (Ariflo, SB-207499) is an orally-active, second generation phosphodiesterase (PDE) inhibitor that may be effective in the treatment of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It has high selectivity for the cyclic AMP-specific, or PDE4, isoenzyme that predominates in pro-inflammatory and immune cells and is ten-fold more selective for PDE4D than for PDE4A, B and C. In vitro, cilomilast suppresses the activity of many pro-inflammatory and immune cells that have been implicated in the pathogenesis of asthma and COPD and is highly active in animal models of these diseases. Cilomilast demonstrates a markedly improved side effect profile over the archetypal PDE4 inhibitor, rolipram, which has been attributed to its inability to discriminate between the high affinity rolipram binding site and the catalytic domain of the enzyme, and the fact that it is negatively charged which at physiological pH should limit its penetration in to the CNS. In humans cilomilast is rapidly absorbed after oral administration, providing dose-proportional systemic exposure up to 4 mg, completely bioavailable, has a half-life of approximately 7 h and is subject to negligible first pass hepatic metabolism. Cilomilast is extensively metabolised with decyclopentylation, acyl glucuronidation and 3-hydroxylation of the cyclopentyl ring representing the principal routes. Most of the drug is excreted in the urine (approximately 90%) and faeces (6 - 7%) with unchanged cilomilast accounting for less than 1% of the administered dose. Cilomilast has been evaluated in Phase I, Phase II and Phase III trials and dose-response experiments have demonstrated a clinically significant increase in lung function and a perceived improvement in quality of life in patients with COPD. Trials of cilomilast in asthma have been less impressive although a trend towards improved lung function has been reported. Cilomilast is safe and well-tolerated at doses up to 15 mg in both short- and long-term dosing trials with a low incidence of adverse effects. No evidence for drug-drug interactions with commonly prescribed medications for COPD and asthma such as digoxin, corticosteroids, salbutamol, theophylline or warfarin has been found. Moreover, the pharmacokinetics of cilomilast are essentially the same in smokers and non-smokers, indicating that no dose adjustments of cilomilast will be required in patients with COPD. Thus, cilomilast displays a promising clinical profile in the treatment of inflammatory airway diseases, in particular COPD and the results of further Phase III trials are awaited with interest.
Effects of a Carrier and Its Diluent on the Transport of Metals across Supported Liquid Membranes (SLM). I. Solubility Mechanism (1986)

Abstract A new phenomenon called the solubility mechanism was observed experimentally and explained theoretically. This phenomenon helps to explain the nonmonotonic behavior of the flux with respect to the carrier concentration through the use of a simplified model. The reason why the linear behavior of the flux-carrier relationship was observed by past theories is because they ignore a process which occurs simultaneously with the carrier-metal reaction. We believe that this process is the solubility process in which the metal distribution within the organic phase is a function of both carrier and diluent concentrations.
Serum immunoglobulins and schizophrenia. (1985)

Fifty four schizophrenic patients, diagnosed as per Research Diagnostic Criteria, were studied for immunoglobulin profiles. The schizophrenics were subdivided into paranoid and non-paranoid groups and their immunoglobulin profiles were compared with those of normals. There was no significant difference between normals and schizophrenic groups. Duration of illness, previous episodes of schizopnrenia, family history of schizophrenia severity of psychosis and duration of hospital stay had no influence on serum IgG, IgA and IgM in schizophrenics. The results are discussed in the light of existing literature on immunoglobulin alterations in schizophrenia.
Notizen: Thienoquinolines, II. A New and Convenient Synthesis of Thieno(2,3-b)quinoline (1976)

A new and convenient synthesis of thieno-(2,3-b)quinoline starting from methyl-3-vinylquinolin-2(1H)-one-4-carboxylate is described.
Dissolution Characteristics of Polycaprolactone-Polylactide Microspheres of Chlorpromazine (1986)

Studies were conducted on the preparation of controlled release polycaprolactone-polylactide microcapsules of chlorpromazine and on release of the drug from the microcapsules in pH 7.0 buffer medium. A wide range of release rates of the drug was obtained by simple change in the polymer system. Chlorpromazine was released from the microspheres in a biphasic manner consisting of an initial fast release phase followed by a slow-release phase. Increasing the drug content increased the initial drug release rate but no significant drug loading effect on the second stage dissolution rate was noted. There was no significant effect of particle size on the drug release rate from the microspheres. The swelling property of the microspheres and the agglomerate nature of the sieve fractions may complicate the drug release kinetics and obscure the particle size effect on dissolution rate.
Isolation and characterization of conditionally immortalized astrocyte cell lines derived from adult human spinal cord (1994)

As an approach to develop both oligodendrocytic and astrocytic cell lines from adult human spinal cord, a cellular preparation of highly enriched oligodendrocytes and their precursors was infected with a replication-deficient retrovirus containing DNA sequences encoding the temperature-sensitive mutant of SV40 large T antigen. Six immortal cell lines were obtained. At both permissive (33 degrees C) and non-permissive (38.5 degrees C) temperatures, all cell lines were positive for vimentin, two demonstrated glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) immunoreactivity, and none expressed oligodendrocyte or microglial markers. The 2 GFAP-positive cell lines [human spinal cord (HSC)2 and HSC6] were further characterized. Karyotype analysis revealed that both HSC2 and HSC6 cells showed gain of chromosomal material and structural chromosomal abnormalities. However, at non-permissive temperature both cell lines were indistinguishable from primary human astrocytes by a number of criteria. These properties included glutamine synthetase activity, Na(+)-dependent glutamate uptake, K+ flux, purine-evoked Ca2+ mobilization and entry, and the ability to support neurite outgrowth from embryonic rat retinal explants. The HSC2 and HSC6 cell lines may prove to be valuable models for studying the physiological properties of adult human astrocytes.
Composite rules selection using reinforcement learning for dynamic job-shop scheduling (2005)

Dispatching rules are usually applied dynamically to schedule the job in the dynamic job-shop. Existing scheduling approaches seldom address the machine selection in the scheduling process. Following the principles of traditional dispatching rules, composite rules, considering both the machine selection and job selection, were proposed in this paper. Reinforcement learning (IRL) is an on-line actor critic method. The dynamic system is trained to enhance its learning and adaptive capability by a RL algorithm. We define the conception of pressure for describing the system feature and determining the state sequence of search space. Designing a reward function should be guided based on the scheduling goal. We present the conception of jobs' estimated mean lateness (EMLT) that is used to determine the amount of reward or penalty. The scheduling system is trained by Q-learning algorithm through the learning stage and then it successively schedules the operations. Competitive results with the RL-agent approach suggest that it can be used as real-time optimal scheduling technology.
An Authoring System for Multidimensional Documents (1999)

: This diploma thesis discusses the impact of authoring systems on multidimensional documents. A first part illustrates concepts on multidimensional documents and how to represent them. Another issue is navigation through n-dimensional documents. The second part of the work implements a prototype of a multidimensional authoring system, named MDAT (Multidimensional Authoring Tool). MDAT helps teachers in creating their own interactive courses on the Web. Students, at the other hand, are supported with a navigational aide to keep orientation in these documents. Keywords: Multidimensional Authoring Tool (MDAT), multidimensional documents, document visualization, navigational aid, structured teaching course, XML. 2 3 Table of Contents Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Part I: Research 1 Multidimensional Documents . . ...
Silver dressings: their role in wound management (2006)

Dressings have a part to play in the management of wounds; whether they are sutured or open, usually chronic wounds of many aetiologies which are healing by secondary intention. They traditionally provide a moist wound environment, but this property has been extended through simple to complex, active dressings which can handle excessive exudate, aid in debridement, and promote disorganised, stalled healing. The control of infection remains a major challenge. Inappropriate antibiotic use risks allergy, toxicity and most importantly resistance, which is much reduced by the use of topical antiseptics (such as povidone iodine and chlorhexidine). The definition of what is an antimicrobial and the recognition of infection has proven difficult. Although silver has been recognised for centuries to inhibit infection its use in wound care is relatively recent. Evidence of the efficacy of the growing number of silver dressings in clinical trials, judged by the criteria of the Cochrane Collaboration, is lacking, but there are good indications for the use of silver dressings, to remove or reduce an increasing bioburden in burns and open wounds healing by secondary intention, or to act as a barrier against cross contamination of resistant organisms such as MRSA. More laboratory, and clinical data in particular, are needed to prove the value of the many silver dressings which are now available. Some confusion persists over the measurement of toxicity and antibacterial activity but all dressings provide an antibacterial action, involving several methods of delivery. Nanocrystalline technology appears to give the highest, sustained release of silver to a wound without clear risk of toxicity.