gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Time- and dose-limiting erysipeloid rash confined to areas of lymphedema following treatment with gemcitabine-a report of three cases (2000)

Gemcitabine is a deoxycytidine analog with broad antitumor activity. Its main toxicities include myelosuppression, flu-like symptoms, bronchospasms and mild skin rash. We report three cases, in which the patients developed time- and dose-limiting erysipeloid skin reactions confined to areas of impaired lymphatic drainage after application of gemcitabine. Three patients with metastatic tumors (breast cancer, endometrial cancer and non-small cell lung cancer) received weekly infusions of gemcitabine (1000 mg/m2). All patients suffered from lymphedema of different origin and developed an erysipeloid erythema 40-48 h after chemotherapy within their preexisting lymphedema. Genuine erysipela was ruled out by laboratory tests and clinical observation. The skin reaction was repeatedly observed and faded after 14 days without specific treatment. Although the pathogenesis of the observed reaction is unclear, it is suspected that the skin symptoms were caused by gemcitabine or its metabolites. Gemcitabine is usually metabolized fast and excreted renally. In areas with impaired lymphatic drainage pharmakocinetics might be altered: inactivation happens slower and the drug might accumulate in the s.c. and cutaneous tissue, thus increasing local toxicity. Clinical judgement and biochemical parameters can help to tell apart genuine erysipela and the erysipeloid reaction.
A Proposal for an Interactive Drama Architecture (2002)

We approach creating an interactive drama from the viewpoint that having a human author involved in the creation of the drama is a valuable component. Given that there is this author, we suddenly find opposing forces inherent to the system: the amount of interaction we desire to give the User of the system vs. the amount of dramatic control we wish to give the Writer. In this paper, we propose IDA, an Interactive Drama architecture, which is based on the principle of having a real-time Director agent intelligently guiding the User&apos;s experience towards the Writer&apos;s dramatic goals, while at the same time allowing as much User flexibility as possible.
Altered Fibrin Architecture Is Associated With Hypofibrinolysis and Premature Coronary Atherothrombosis (2006)

This first detailed study of clot properties in such a group of patients demonstrated that abnormal plasma fibrin architecture is an important feature of both premature CAD and fibrinolysis rate. The determinants of this particular phenotype warrant further investigation.
MEDA: a multi-expert distributed architecture as a testbed for distributed strategies (2002)

The multi-expert distributed architecture (MEDA) tests predefined strategies and also builds and evaluates strategies by the automatic learning and self-organization provided by the entities emancipation process (EEP). The testing of strategies, together with the knowledge standardization mechanism provided by the association to the knowledge of additional dimensions within specific universes which grant the expansion of expert knowledge towards a common representation, allows MEDA to constitute a testbed for distributed artificialintelligence (DAI) techniques. The MEDA tool for automatic acquisition and automatic improvement of distributed solving techniques is intended to expand research in DAI toward automatic knowledge discovery.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>
EFFECT OF CHOLINE IN ALL-CONCENTRATE DIETS OF FEEDLOT STEERS AND ON RUMINAL ACIDOSIS (1985)

Four trials with beef steers were conducted to determine if choline supplementation of an all-concentrate diet improved performance and affected ruminal lactic acidosis. Trial 1 was a preliminary feeding trial with 12 individually fed steers averaging 356 kg initial body weight. Trials 2 and 3 were feedlot trials with 64 and 80 steers averaging 359 and 320 kg initial body weights, respectively. Trial 4 was an intensive trial with three ruminal-fistulated steers in a 3 × 3 Latin square design in which subacute ruminal acidosis was produced. Choline supplementation neither consistently affected feedlot performance and carcass merit measurements in the feeding trials, nor consistently affected end products of ruminal fermentation. Choline appeared to reduce total plasma amino acids and increase plasma urea (measurements made in Trials 2 and 3) and reduce serum glucose, triglycerides and glutamic pyruvic transaminase while increasing serum total lipids and cholesterol (measurements made in Trial 3). Choline did not affect ruminal volatile fatty acid, pH, ammonia and lactic acid isomer changes associated with subacute lactic acidosis. The results indicate that the levels of choline supplementation of an all-concentrate diet for beef steers used in this study did not affect ruminal acidosis and did not improve performance of feedlot steers. Key words: Choline, acidosis, lactic acid, rumen, steer, beef cattle
Graph theoretic knowledge representation and knowledge organisation (2003)

An attempt is made to develop an alternative knowledge representation method using the interpretive structural modeling (ISM) technique. Applying ISM entails generation of oriented and hierarchically arranged digraphs. These are considered a combination of conceptual graphs. The advantage obtained is that digraphs are precise minimum edge maps of the problem domain at hand, based on contextual relation(s) assumed among domain elements. The contextual relations also influence the form of the mapping structure. Since there is sufficient background knowledge in ISM, logical rules which help create an appropriately organized knowledge base are easily obtained.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>
Image Feature Point Matching Based on Improved SIFT Algorithm (2019)

An improved SIFT algorithm (SIFT-BRISK) is proposed for the acquisition of image feature points due to the multi-scale, noise, light intensity and rotation between images, which cause image matching is not ideal and feature point matching time is too long. The feature points are collected in the form of DOG pyramid. By comparing the pixel points of the upper and lower layers of the DOG pyramid at multiple scales, we find the extreme points as our feature points. When constructing the feature point descriptors, we abandon the traditional basis. then use the BRISK algorithm to construct concentric circles of different radii in uniform sampling mode as sample points to generate binary descriptors, this way and traditional SIFT descriptor generation Compared to the faster speed, the sample points are more unique because of the different levels of filtering. In the image matching part, the traditional violent matching is matched and innovative. From finding the shortest Hamming distance between the different pictures, the group matching method is used to find the Hamming distance with the nearest set of matching descriptors. The description sub-pair of the shortest Hamming distance greatly reduces the time for matching between binary descriptors and improves efficiency.
<title>Thermal comparison of emissive infrared projector devices</title> (1993)

The three emissive technologies--thin film resistor, silicon bridge resistor and suspended membrane resistor--currently being investigated for dynamic infrared projection applications are thermally compared and contrasted. It is shown that the technologies may be compared quantitatively in terms of both the strong power/speed trade-off that exists and the maximum effective blackbody temperature capability. The suspended membrane technology is shown to be superior in thermal terms, followed by the thin films technology which is found to be practical for high speed small array applications, or for large array applications provided that only small levels of effective blackbody temperature are required. In comparison, it is found that the capability of the silicon bridge technology is constrained in thermal terms both by the comparatively high thermal conductivity of silicon and by the small values of fill factor inherent to the technology.
The role of Biot slow waves in electroseismic wave phenomena (2002)

The electromagnetic fields that are generated as a spherical seismic wave (either P or S) traverses an interface separating two porous materials are numerically modeled both with and without the generation of Biot slow waves at the interface. In the case of an incident fast-P wave, the predicted electric-field amplitudes when slow waves are neglected can easily be off by as much as an order of magnitude. In the case of an incident S wave, the error is much smaller (typically on the order of 10% or less) because not much S-wave energy gets converted into slow waves. In neglecting the slow waves, only six plane waves (reflected and transmitted fast-P, S, and EM waves) are available with which to match the eight continuity conditions that hold at each interface. This overdetermined problem is solved by placing weights on the eight continuity conditions so that those conditions that are most important for obtaining the proper response are emphasized. It is demonstrated that when slow waves are neglected, it is best to also neglect the continuity of the Darcy flow and fluid pressure across an interface. The principal conclusion of this work is that to properly model the electromagnetic (EM) fields generated at an interface by an incident seismic wave, the full Biot theory that allows for generation of slow waves must be employed.
In Search of Understanding: The Case for Constructivist Classrooms (1993)

Introduction. I. THE CALL FOR CONSTRUCTIVISM. 1. Honoring the Learning Process. 2. Considering the Possibilities. 3. Coming to Know One's World. II. SOME GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF CONSTRUCTIVISM. 4. Posing Problems of Emerging Relevance to Students. 5. Structuring Learning around Primary Concepts: The Quest for Essence. 6. Seeking and Valuing Students' Points of View. 7. Adapting Curriculum to Address Students' Suppositions. 8. Assessing Student Learning in the Context of Teaching. III. CREATING CONSTRUCTIVIST SETTINGS. 9. Becoming a Constructivist Teacher. 10. Pursuing Meaningful Victories. Bibliography.
Réponse à C. Ducos, P.-B. Joly, M. Moreaux (1985)

Berlan J.-P. Réponse à C. Ducos, P.-B. Joly, M. Moreaux. In: Économie rurale. N°165, 1985. pp. 50-51.
Research of resource scheduling in cloud computing based on chaos strategy and dynamic adaptive factor (2014)

Aiming at how to carry out reasonable resources scheduling under the environment of cloud computing has always been the focus of the current research.This paper first analyzed the problem of cloud resource scheduling,and then on the basis of the basic shuffled frog leaping algorithm,through introducing the chaos strategy in the subgroup classification stage of the frog group,and bringing in the reverse learning strategy in the internal search and the dynamic adaptive factor in the process of global information exchange,made the improved shuffled frog leaping algorithm more convergent,and shortened the time of global search and optimization,provided a reference template for the complex problem of cloud resource scheduling,and performed a simulation experiment on the algorithm through CloudSim cloud computing.The results show that the improved shuffled frog leaping algorithm can reduce the average time spent in the completion of tasks,improve the efficiency of the system processing tasks and make the resource scheduling in cloud computing reasonable and effective.
Simulated annealing analysis of Rutherford backscattering data (1997)

The combinatorial optimization simulated annealing algorithm is applied to the analysis of Rutherford backscattering data. The analysis is fully automatic, i.e., it does not require time-consuming human intervention. The algorithm is tested on a complex iron-cobalt silicide spectrum, and all the relevant features are successfully determined. The total analysis time using a PC 486 processor running at 100 MHz is comparable to the data collection time, which opens the way for on-line automatic analysis.
The Use of Alpha‐adrenergic Blockers in Benign Prostatic Obstruction (1976)

Summary As a result of previous in‐vitro studies on the a‐adrenergic receptor activity of the human prostate and prostatic capsule a trial was made of a‐adrenergic blockers for the relief of obstructive prostatic symptoms. Considerable benefit was obtained in several groups of patients, as demonstrated either by the relief or prevention of complete retention, or by diminution in residual urine or improvement in urinary flow‐rate recordings. A number of illustrative cases are described, and the indications for the use of this treatment are suggested. It is emphasised that this treatment provides symptomatic relief only, and in no sense purports to be a treatment of the enlarged prostate itself.
EXTRACTING PROTOSTRONGYLID NEMATODE LARVAE FROM UNGULATE FECES (1997)

A major weakness of the Baermann funnel technique for extracting nematode larvae from feces is the funnel. As many as 67% of Parelaphostrongylus tenuis first-stage larvae lodged on the sloping surface of glass Baermann funnels. The number of larvae collected after 24 hr was not significantly correlated with total numbers in the samples, whether feces were supported over tissue paper or over window screening. Instead, we collected about 8 times as many larvae and achieved a significant relationship between larvae collected and the total numbers present when pelleted fecal material was submerged over screening in vertical-sided beakers. The methodology of this more efficient and more accurate way of estimating numbers of protostrongylid larvae is described. Most larvae were located on and in the mucous layer covering fecal pellets and readily left fresh pellets emersed in water; 72% of these larvae left after 6 min and only 11% remained after 1 hr. Larvae in water at room temperature sank as fast as 6 cm/min, but those close to a vertical glass surface sank more slowly (97% sank 18.5 cm in 105 min).
Diffraction of an H-polarized electromagnetic wave by a circular cylinder with an infinite axial slot (1983)

A comparison of three methods of solution for the problem of scattering and diffraction of a transverse electric (TE) polarized plane wave by an infinite circular cylinder having an infinite axial slot is presented. In one method of solution, the aperture field integral equation (AFIE) method, the fields in and around the cylinder are found from the aperture <tex xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">E</tex> -field and the Green's functions for the interior and exterior of a cylinder. In the other two methods, the fields are determined from the surface current, which is obtained by solution of the <tex xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">H</tex> -field integral equation (HFIE) or the <tex xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">E</tex> -field integral equation (EFIE). The field in the aperture of the cylinder is found from the three methods, and the advantages and disadvantages of each method of solution are discussed. In addition, it is also shown that for shell thickness less than 1/20 of a wavelength, the aperture fields do not differ signifcantly from those of an infinitely thin shell cylinder.
Primary care screening and brief counselling for overweight or mildly obese children does not improve BMI, nutrition or physical activity (2010)

Commentary on: M Wake, LA Baur, B Gerner, et al.. Outcomes and costs of primary care surveillance and intervention for overweight or obese children: the LEAP 2 randomised controlled trial. BMJ2009;339:b3308.
Utilization of polyglycerol esters (1938)

THE polymerization of glycerol to di-and tri-glycerol and to more highly polymerized glycerols has been described by a number of investigators, including Harris [1935], who has also prepared mixed esters of these polyglycerols with fatty acids. The large variety of esters which may be thus synthesized, though in many respects resembling fats, are distinguished by their wetting, emulsifying and other capillary-active properties, these being apparently related to the structure of the molecule in that it has a lipophilic group, in the form of a long- chain fatty acid residue, and hydrophilic groups in the form of free hydroxyl at or near an end of the molecule. These surface-active functions of the poly- glyceride esters are being utilized in various industries, and Harris [1933] describes their mechanism and suggests the use of these esters as emulsifying agents in edible emulsions. He also suggests their use in small percentages in
Synthesis of substituted 2H-1,3-oxazine-2,6-diones by reaction of trimethylsilyl azide with maleic anhydrides (1975)

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTSynthesis of substituted 2H-1,3-oxazine-2,6-diones by reaction of trimethylsilyl azide with maleic anhydridesJames D. Warren, John H. MacMillan, and Stephen S. WashburneCite this: J. Org. Chem. 1975, 40, 6, 743–746Publication Date (Print):March 1, 1975Publication History Published online1 May 2002Published inissue 1 March 1975https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jo00894a016https://doi.org/10.1021/jo00894a016research-articleACS PublicationsRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views522Altmetric-Citations31LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail Other access optionsGet e-Alertsclose Get e-Alerts
Studies on Trlplold Seed Production in Watermelons (1962)

In order to determine what proportion of diploid and tetraploid plants would produce, by open-pollination, as many triploid seeds as possible from mixplanting of diploid and tetraploid plants, 3 plots, each of them representing the ratios of 1(2x) : 1(4x), l(2x) : 3(4x) and 1(2x) : 8(4x) were laid out. The amount of triploid seeds differed among the 3 plots. The total number of triploid seeds obtained was highest in the plot with mix-planting ratio of l(2x) : 3(4x), but their percentage of the total number of tetraploid plus triploid seeds was highest in that of 1(2x) : 1(4x) ratio. The plot with mixplanting ratio of 1(2x) : 8(4x) gave the smallest amount and the lowest percentage of triploid seeds. When tetraploid plants are exposed to open-polliation in the field, mixplanting of dip-loid and tetraploid plants will give the best results if their ratio is 1 : 3 respectively.
Robust Agent Control of an Autonomous Robot with Many Sensors and Actuators (1993)

This thesis presents methods for implementing robust hexpod locomotion on an autonomous robot with many sensors and actuators. The controller is based on the Subsumption Architecture and is fully distributed over approximately 1500 simple, concurrent processes. The robot, Hannibal, weighs approximately 6 pounds and is equipped with over 100 physical sensors, 19 degrees of freedom, and 8 on board computers. We investigate the following topics in depth: distributed control of a complex robot, insect-inspired locomotion control for gait generation and rough terrain mobility, and fault tolerance. The controller was implemented, debugged, and tested on Hannibal. Through a series of experiments, we examined Hannibal's gait generation, rough terrain locomotion, and fault tolerance performance. These results demonstrate that Hannibal exhibits robust, flexible, real-time locomotion over a variety of terrain and tolerates a multitude of hardware failures. Distributed control, Autonomous robot, Fault tolerance, Adaptive behavior, Legged locomotion, Behavior based control.
Survival of healthy older people. (1976)

The purpose of this study was to discover any relationships which might exist between measurable variables recorded when a healthy group of men and women, aged 70 years and over, were examined and their subsequent survival time. It was found that height, body weight, systolic and diastolic blood pressures, haemoglobin, hand grip power, cardiothoracic ratio, and pulse rate are of no predictive value in the estimation of survival time. Survival is not influenced by marital status or occupational class. For both sexes the degree of kyphosis and age are useful predictive criteria in respect of survival time. However, much research work requires to be done to explain why many people die at the time they do.
Sources of Fluoride Intake in Children (1995)

Wide variations in fluoride intake among children make estimating fluoride intake difficult. This paper discusses the various sources of fluoride intake among children, beginning with a review of the fluoride concentrations of water and other beverages, foods, and therapeutic fluoride products. A review of previous studies' estimates of fluoride intake from diet, dentifrice, fluoride supplements, fluoride mouthrinses, and gels, as well as total fluoride intake also is presented. Then, estimates of fluoride intake among young children of different age groups are summarized, and examples demonstrating the high level of variability of fluoride intake, both from individual sources and in total, are presented. Lastly, this paper discusses the implications of our current level of knowledge of children's fluoride intake, and presents recommendations for the use of fluoride for children in light of this current knowledge. The major recommendations are that: (1) the fluoride content of foods and beverages, particularly infant formulas and water used in their reconstitution, should continue to be monitored closely in an effort to limit excessive fluoride intake; (2) ingestion of fluoride from dentifrice by young children should be controlled, and the use of only small quantities of dentifrice by young children should be emphasized; and (3) dietary fluoride supplements should be considered a targeted preventive regimen only for those children at higher risk for dental caries and with low levels of ingested fluoride from other sources.
Antithrombotic alternatives for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation: critical differences and remaining questions (2013)

Three therapeutic alternatives for prevention of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation are available in dabigatran (an oral direct thrombin inhibitor), rivaroxaban, and apixaban (both oral blood coagulation factor Xa inhibitors). Compared with warfarin, these new agents have a more predictable pharmacodynamic response and fewer major clinically relevant drug-drug interactions. These agents also have few, if any, food-drug interactions, and infrequent or no need for routine laboratory monitoring. These agents also bring new disadvantages, particularly lack of clearly defined reversal strategies, inability to effectively monitor patient response, and higher cost. Selection of the most appropriate oral antithrombotic agent for a given patient is dependent on clinician knowledge of the similarities and critical differences between the available antithrombotic medications.