gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
An acetone breath analyzer using cavity ringdown spectroscopy: an initial test with human subjects under various situations (2008)

We have developed a portable breath acetone analyzer using cavity ringdown spectroscopy (CRDS). The instrument was initially tested by measuring the absorbance of breath gases at a single wavelength (266 nm) from 32 human subjects under various conditions. A background subtraction method, implemented to obtain absorbance differences, from which an upper limit of breath acetone concentration was obtained, is described. The upper limits of breath acetone concentration in the four Type 1 diabetes (T1D) subjects, tested after a 14 h overnight fast, range from 0.80 to 3.97 parts per million by volume (ppmv), higher than the mean acetone concentration (0.49 ppmv) in non-diabetic healthy breath reported in the literature. The preliminary results show that the instrument can tell distinctive differences between the breath from individuals who are healthy and those with T1D. On-line monitoring of breath gases in healthy people post-exercise, post-meals and post-alcohol-consumption was also conducted. This exploratory study demonstrates the first CRDS-based acetone breath analyzer and its potential application for point-of-care, non-invasive, diabetic monitoring.
Hollywood Comedians, the Film Reader (2004)

Frank Krutnik, editor. Hollywood Comedians, The Film Reader. Routledge, 2003. $22.95; 224 pages. Captivating and Enlightening Proposing to fill a twenty-year void of books examining the comedian film, editor Frank Krutnik has amassed thirteen scholarly works for The Hollywood Comedians: The Film Reader. This compilation is both captivating and enlightening. The book is divided into five parts: Part One-Genre, Narrative and Performance; Part Two-Approaches to Silent Comedy; Part Three-Sound Comedy, The Vaudeville Aesthetic and Ethnicity; Part Four-Comedian and Gender; Part Five -Post Classical Comedian Comedy. In the essay Buster Keaton, or the work of in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction Tom Gunning focuses his discussion on the oft-made comparisons between Keaton and Chaplin. Gunning does a nice job of highlighting the differences between the two, making reference to the overt social commentary often seen in Chaplin's films (this is discussed in further detail in William Paul's Charlie Chaplin and the Annals of Anality) and how this differed from the approach Keaton took in his work. Gunning also speaks to the way each performer used the camera to relate to their audience, stating [wjhereas Chaplin used film to create a startling intimacy with his audience, allowing them insight into his most private moments of romantic longing and disappointment . . . Keaton's relation to the audience remained distanced (74). Joanna Rapf's fascinating piece entitled Comic Theory from a Feminist Perspective-A Look at Jerry Lewis begins with a look at femininity, as well as masculinity, in the comedie world: If women are indeed primal earth mothers, sources of life and order, comfort and reassurance, apple pie, chicken soup, and everything that builds a foundation to give others the strength to grow, the comedy ... is anathema to the feminin (146). Rapf then transitions to examining how Jerry Lewis, through his film work, interprets not only male patriarchy, but idealized masculinity in general. According to Rapf, [Lewis'] flagrant rejection of conventional standards of realistic and narrative expectation, and his ambiguous approach to gender and sexuality all put him in what can only be called an unexpected and surprisingly revolutionary camp (152). Part Five of the book, entitled Post-Classical Comedian Comedy may have the most resonance for modern-day movie-goers. Bambi Haggins, in her piece Laughing Mad-The black comedian's place in American comedy of the post-Civil Rights era effectively traces the history of black comedians since the 1960s. Beginning with Dick Gregory, Bill Cosby and Richard Pryor, Haggins outlines the rise of each of these performers and the adaptations each made during their careers to either conform to the mainstream, or reject it. …
Flexible Model for Time/Cost Tradeoff Problem (2004)

This paper presents a flexible mixed integer-programming model for the solution of the time/cost tradeoff problem encountered in project management. Whereas it is commonly assumed that the time/cost function is linear, the model presented in this paper makes minimal assumptions and accommodates any type of cost function that is linear, piecewise linear or discrete. The model can be used for answering various “what if” questions that may be very helpful to a project manager in making rational decisions. The basic model minimizes the total cost which is the sum of direct and indirect costs, subject to a project deadline constraint. A simple modification in the model changes the focus from minimizing total cost to minimizing project completion time subject to a resource constraint. The models of this paper can be set up and run very easily on commercially available optimization packages with an integer-programming module. These models provide a viable alternative to more specialized algorithms developed for the time/cost tradeoff problem simply because a typical project manager may not have the necessary skills or resources to implement specialized algorithms.
Multi-channel blind system identification for central hemodynamic monitoring (2002)

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2002.
Adhesive Bonding of Various Materials to Hard Tooth Tissues. XXII. The Effects of a Cleanser, Mordant, and PolySAC on Adhesion Between a Composite Resin and Dentin (1980)

Preliminary evaluations on the effects of a cleanser, mordant, and polyfunctional surface-active comonomer on adhesion between a composite resin and dentin evinced that the ferric chloride mordant significantly improved bonding. The effects of the cleaner and coupling agent were also favorable, as were all of their interactions.
Collagenase Inhibitors: Rationale for Their Use in Treating Corneal Ulceration (1975)

Tissue collagenases have been implicated in corneal ulceration in human corneal disease and in ulceration of the rabbit cornea that has served as a model system. Such enzymes from the rabbit and human cornea are inhibited by metal-binding agents of the EDTA type, by thiols, and by the human serum antiprotease alpha2-macroglobulin. Determination of the relative efficacies of collagenase inhibitors indicates that EDTA and Ca-EDTA are about one hundred times more effective on a molar basis than L-cysteine and its derivatives, N-acetyl-L-cysteine and D-penicillamine. The alpha2-macroglobulin on a molar basis, is superior as an inhibitor to the metal-binding agents and thiols. Although Ca may be a necessary cofactor of the corneal collagenases, such a requirement has not been established unequivocally. Inhibition and isotope studies do indicate a requirement for Zn. Thiols are thought to inhibit corneal collagenases by binding to or removing an intrinsic metal cofactor (Zn), and/or possibly by reducing one or more disulfide bonds. Inhibition by both EDTA-type agents and thiols is largely reversible by dialysis. The human alpha2-macroglobulin appears to inhibit corneal colleagenases irreversibly by forming tight complexes with them. Ca-EDTA, cysteine, and acetylcysteine, given as eyedrops, are able to prevent or retard ulceration in the alkali-burned rabbit cornea. They appear to have some efficacy in the prevention of corneal ulceration in humans. EDTA-type compounds are quite stable under routine storage, while acetylcysteine is more stable than cysteine. EDTA is quite toxic and should not be used as eye medication. Ca-EDTA has a low toxicity, and cysteine and acetylcysteine have even lower toxicity. It is not yet certain which inhibitor has the most favorable therapeutic index for clinical use, or is the optimal mode of drug delivery known. However, the collagenase inhibitors seem to have therapeutic promise in the prevention of corneal ulceration.
Triterpenoids from Gymnema sylvestre and Their Pharmacological Activities (2014)

Because plants are estimated to produce over 200,000 metabolites, research into new natural substances that can be used in the pharmaceutical, agrochemical and agro-industrial production of drugs, biopesticides and food additives has grown in recent years. The global market for plant-derived drugs over the last decade has been estimated to be approximately 30.69 billion USD. A relevant specific example of a plant that is very interesting for its numerous pharmacological properties, which include antidiabetic, anticarcinogenic, and neuroprotective effects is Gymnema sylvestre, used as a medicinal plant in Asia for thousands of years. Its properties are attributed to triterpenoidic saponins. In light of the considerable interest generated in the chemistry and pharmacological properties of G. sylvestre triterpenes and their analogues, we have undertaken this review in an effort to summarise the available literature on these promising bioactive natural products. The review will detail studies on the isolation, chemistry and bioactivity of the triterpenoids, which are presented in the tables. In particular the triterpenoids oxidised at C-23; their isolation, distribution in different parts of the plant, and their NMR spectral data; their names and physico-chemical characterisation; and the biological properties associated with these compounds, with a focus on their potential chemotherapeutic applications.
Dune migration and slip face advancement in the Rabe Crater dune field, Mars (2006)

Eight overlapping images of a dune slip face in Rabe Crater (35°E, 44°S) from the Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera show changes interpreted to be multiple grainflow events that would indicate present‐day sand saltation and dune migration. New occurrences of these features appear sporadically throughout late southern summer and early fall, and then no further changes occur throughout winter. By the following summer the pattern of old streaks had been almost completely covered by new dark streaks. Assuming that this activity is typical from year to year, migration rates are estimated to be on the order of 1–2 cm per martian year, produced by south to southeasterly winds that blow mostly during the southern spring and early summer. This slow migration rate is consistent with a present‐day sediment state that is either transport or availability limited.
Toward Adjustable Lightweight Authentication for Network Access Control (2005)

The increasing use of Internet access networks raises the demand for secure and reliable communication for both users and businesses. Traditionally, the aim has been to provide the strongest possible security. However, with the demand for low-power computing it has become desirable to develop security mechanisms which efficiently utilize available resources. The tradeoff between performance and security plays an important role. In general, strong security is added even if there is no attack. The implementation of strong and resource demanding security often implies more than a secure system; it may deteriorate the performance of a device with limited resources and pave the way for new threats such as resource exhaustion. It is, therefore, unwise to use strong cryptographic algorithms for devices with limited resources in the absence of an adversary. It is more efficient to begin with lightweight security, taking further measures when an attack is detected. The overall focus of this thesis is on adjustable and lightweight authentication protocols for network access control. The thesis studies the performance degradation of strong security using empirical tests on IP security (IPSec) with a visual bottleneck indicator based on the time-discrete fluid flow model and throughput histogram differences. The results emphasize the possibility of a Denial of Service (DoS) attack against IPSec itself. The redundant authentication performed in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) also motivates the development and evaluation of novel lightweight authentication protocols for the link and network layer. The developed authentication protocols are resource efficient, per-packet based, and robust in terms of handling packet loss. The protocols are further used as part of a hierarchical defense structure, which has been implemented and evaluated in order to mitigate protocol based DoS attacks. Finally, this thesis presents the concept of Always Best Security (ABS) and a practical decision making model based on the Analytic Hierarchy Process. The model takes a number of factors into consideration, including subjective and objective aspects of security in order to select an adequate authentication level. It is a flexible model which formalizes quantitative and qualitative considerations of a defined set of criteria, keeping Quality of Service in mind.
Vanadium and its role in life (1995)

Inorganic considerations on the function of vanadium in biological systems solution properties of vanadium(III) with regard to biological systems the vanadyl ion - molecular structure of co-ordinating ligands by electron paramagnetic resonance and electron nuclear resonance-spectroscopy vanadyl(IV) complexes of nucleotides interactions of vanadates(V) with biogenic ligands use of vanadate-induced photocleavage for detecting phosphate-binding sites in proteins vanadium-protein interactions stimulation of enzyme activity by oxovanadium complexes inhibition of phosphate-metabolizing enzymes by oxovanadium complexes vanadium-dependent halo-peroxidases vanadium nitrogenases of azotobacter amavadin, the vanadium compound of amanitae vanadium in ascidians and the chemistry of tunichromes biochemical significance of vanadium in a polychaete worm vanadium transport in animal systems vanadium in mammalian physiology and nutrition vanadium compounds as insulin mimics antitumor activity of vanadium compounds methods for the spectroscopic characterization of vanadium centers in biological and related chemical systems analytical procedures for the determination of vanadium in biological materials.
Fabrication and Modification of Thin-Film Composite Hollow Fiber NF Membranes (2017)

This study focuses on the preparation and modification of a thin-film composite (TFC) hollow fiber polyamide membrane fabricated by the interfacial polymerization of Piperazine (PIP) and trimesoyl chloride (TMC) on a porous polysulfone substrate. The effects of triethylenetetramine (TETA) and silica nanoparticles (SiO2) contents in the aqueous phase (as the additives) on the morphology and performance of the hollow-fiber composite membranes were studied. The morphologies, chemical composition and the surface image of membranes were investigated by using FTIR, SEM, AFM and contact angle analyzes. TETA resulted a more hydrophilic as well as lower surface roughness in the modified membranes. In addition, the active layer of the membranes had uniform, smooth and dense structures compared with the neat membrane (control sample). In case of the SiO2 nanoparticles, AFM images showed rougher surfaces in the modified membranes. However, the nanoparticles’ size is close to the membrane pore size. As a result, the silica particles block a few pure water channels of the membranes. The obtained results showed that the water flux increased with increasing the silica contents in the aqueous phase. Furthermore, the NaCl rejection increased by increasing the TETA concentration. This showed that adding optimal concentration of the both SiO2 and TETA in the aqueous phase would increase the both flux and rejection, as well as prepared appropriate hollow fiber TFC membrane. The hollow fiber composite membrane possessed a salt (NaCl) rejection of about 26 % and flux of about 31 L.m-2.h-1.
DIRECTIONALLY DYSLEXIC? : DON'T WORRY, THE CAR KNOWS THE WAY (1995)

This article describes PathMaster, a car navigation system that provides either a map or driving instruction, depending on driver preference. The instructions include both voice and audio warning of upcoming turns, as well as graphics showing when and how to turn.
Investigation and treatment of resistant urinary incontinence. (1971)

Recently much interest has been expressed about the manage- ment of urinary incontinence.' 2 This paper describes the investigation and management of 211 consecutive cases of incontinence of urine seen in the unit for electronic control of incontinence at the Shaftesbury Hospital (St. Peter's Hospitals and Institute of Urology, London) since October 1967.
Utilizing Textual Information in Knowledge Graph Embedding: A Survey of Methods and Applications (2020)

Techniques that map the entities and relations of the knowledge graph (KG) into a low-dimensional continuous space are called KG embedding or knowledge representation learning. However, most existing techniques learn the embeddings based on the facts in KG alone, suffering from the issues of imperfection and spareness of KG. Recently, the research on textual information in KG embedding has attracted much attention due to the rich semantic information supplied by the texts. Thus, in this paper, a survey of techniques for textual information based KG embedding is proposed. Firstly, we introduce the techniques for encoding the textual information to represent the entities and relations from perspectives of encoding models and scoring functions, respectively. Secondly, methods for incorporating the textual information in the existing embedding techniques are summarized. Thirdly, we discuss the training procedure of textual information based KG embedding techniques. Finally, applications of KG embedding with textual information in the specific tasks such as KG completion in zero-shot scenario, multilingual entity alignment, relation extraction and recommender system are explored. We hope that this survey will give insights to researchers into textual information based KG embedding.
The spineless tagless G-machine (1989)

The Spineless Tagless G-machine is an abstract machine based on graph reduction, designed as a target for compilers for non-strict functional languages.As its name implies, it is a development of earlier work, especially the G-machine and TIM.It has a number of unusual features: the abstract machine code is rather higher-level than is common, allowing better code generation; the representation of the graph eliminates most interpretive overheads; vectored returns from data structures give fast case-analysis; and the machine is readily extended for a parallel implementation.
An Antigenic Difference between Intracellular and Extracellular Rabbitpox Virus (1971)

SUMMARY Extracellular rabbitpox virus released naturally from infected cells differed antigenically from intracellular virus released by artificial disruption of cells. Intracellular virus was neutralized by antiserum prepared against live rabbitpox virus and by antiserum against inactivated vaccinia virus. In contrast, extracellular virus was neutralized only by rabbitpox antiserum. The antibodies responsible for the neutralization of intracellular and extracellular virus could be absorbed separately from rabbitpox antiserum. Morphologically, extracellular virus differed from intracellular virus in possessing an outer envelope. This envelope was probably the site of the virus antigen characteristic of extracellular virus, and fluorescent antibody staining of infected cells suggested that it was derived from the modified host cell membrane. Antibody directed against extracellular virus was responsible for the ability of rabbitpox antiserum to control the spread of rabbitpox virus in tissue culture and probably for its ability to protect rabbits from rabbitpox infection. Extracellular virus should therefore be used as the test virus in titrations of neutralizing antibody if these are to assess the protective activity of an antiserum.
UNFAIR DISMISSAL: <i>Dismissal and the doctrine of frustration</i> (1982)

Journal Article UNFAIR DISMISSAL: Dismissal and the doctrine of frustration Get access RICHARD GILLIS RICHARD GILLIS Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Industrial Law Journal, Volume 11, Issue 1, 1982, Pages 127–130, https://doi.org/10.1093/ilj/11.1.127 Published: 01 June 1982
A model‐based approach to treatment comparison in acute migraine (2006)

Comparison of the effects of two or more drugs based on preset sampling times does not allow proper assessment of the antimigraine properties in vivo. Disease dynamics must be considered to evaluate treatment response adequately and optimise the dosing regimen in migraine.
The Sequential Switching Shunt Maximum Power Regulator and its Application in the Electric Propulsion System of a Spacecraft (2007)

This paper describes a baseline solution of a Power Conditioning and Distribution Unit (PCDU) for Electrical Propulsion (EP) systems. The solution adopted uses two high efficiency, low-mass power regulators; a solar array regulator (SAR) based on the classical Sequential Switching Shunt Regulator with Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) capability followed by a step-up converter to achieve the desired regulated bus voltage. This paper focuses on the first part of the PCDU, the Sequential Switching Shunt Maximum Power Regulator (S3MPR). This electrical architecture has been adapted and recently proposed for the Electric Propulsion power system of the European and Japanese Mercury Mission (BepiColombo). A scaled-down electrical model of the proposed system has been manufactured in order to prove the concept.
What Causes Keratoconus? (2012)

We agree with the hypothesis that there is a genetic predisposition that requires a "second hit" or environmental event to elicit progressive disease in keratoconus. Eye rubbing may serve as the "second hit" in some predisposed individuals. Inflammatory mediator studies question if keratoconus is really a noninflammatory thinning disorder of the cornea.
Spatio-temporal correlation based fast motion estimation algorithm for MPEG-2 (2001)

A fast motion estimation algorithm having computational complexity independent of search range is presented for MPEG-2 video encoding. The algorithm is based on spatial and temporal correlation of motion vectors. The algorithm yields good tradeoff between motion estimation distortion and number of computations. The speed up achieved by the algorithm is in the order of 160-250 and the SAD (sum of absolute difference) increase is 8-15 % compared to full search. The number of bits required to code motion vectors is less as the algorithm is based on correlation of motion vectors. Overall performance of the algorithm is compared with full search and other fast algorithms using speed-up, average SAD per MB, and PSNR measure.
Mechanization of codes with bounded synchronization delays (1970)

Bounded synchronization delay codes have the property that no proper cyclic rearrangement of the letters of a codeword is another codeword. Because of this property research in code design has centered on criteria for selecting one word from each nonperiodic cyclic equivalence class to satisfy various additional constraints. This is all that is necessary when it is feasible for the encoder and decoder to use table look-up procedures. However, even for moderate word length, the dictionary size can be quite large and prove a major obstacle in practical applications. This paper describes a systematic procedure for mapping data sequences into nonperiodic cyclic equivalence classes and for performing the inverse mapping. The scheme is arithmetic in nature and does not require large tables.