gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Do Hemophilia A and von Willebrand Disease Protect Against Carotid Atherosclerosis? A Comparative Study Between . Coagulopathics and Normal Subjects by Means of Carotid Echo-Color Doppler Scan (1999)

Atherosclerosis is a multifactorial disease caused by genetic and environmental factors with important clinical sequelae. The aim of this study was to evaluate the degree of carotid atherosclerosis by echo-color Doppler scan in a group of patients affected by hemophilia A and von Willebrand disease versus a group of normal subjects apparently free of atherosclerotic risk factors. All coagulopathics and normal patients who came to our Internal Medicine Department (Padua Hospital) underwent physical exam, blood analysis, standard electrocardiogram, chest x-ray, echo-color Doppler scan, and a thorough history. We examined 156 subjects, 76 coagulopathics (46 men, 30 women) and 77 normals (37 men, 40 women). Coagulopathics were affected by hypertension in 28.9% of cases, diabetes mellitus in 6.5%, dislipidemia in 17.1%, smoke in 39.4%, and obesity in 36.8% (p < .05). Echo-color Doppler scan revealed carotid plaques in 27.2% of control patients versus 13.1% of coagulopathics (p < .05). Hemophilics and subjects with von Willebrand disease with a more serious illness had fewer plaques than those with lighter defects. Coagulopathics showed 23.6% of the plaques we revealed on the whole, versus 76.3% of control subjects (p < .01), with a lighter degree of stenosis (p < .01). Our data demonstrate that patients with hemophilia A and von Willebrand disease have fewer carotid plaques and a smaller degree of carotid stenosis than normal subjects of the same sex and age. These data seem to strengthen the hypothesis that blood coagulation defects may allow protection against carotid atherosclerosis and its sequelae.
Experience of a "slip" among alcoholics treated with naltrexone or placebo (1996)

These findings support the hypothesis that a central effect of naltrexone is the modification of alcohol-induced craving.
Model regularization for stable sample rollouts (2014)

When an imperfect model is used to generate sample rollouts, its errors tend to compound – a flawed sample is given as input to the model, which causes more errors, and so on. This presents a barrier to applying rollout-based plan-ning algorithms to learned models. To ad-dress this issue, a training methodology called “hallucinated replay ” is introduced, which adds samples from the model into the training data, thereby training the model to produce sensible predictions when its own samples are given as input. Capabilities and limitations of this ap-proach are studied empirically. In several exam-ples hallucinated replay allows effective planning with imperfect models while models trained us-ing only real experience fail dramatically. 1
Hyperspectral image lossy-to-lossless compression using the 3D Embedded Zeroblock Coding alogrithm (2008)

In this paper, we propose a hyperspectral image lossy-to-lossless compression coder based on the Three-Dimensional Embedded ZeroBlock Coding (3D EZBC) algorithm. This coder adopts the three-dimensional integer wavelet packet transform with unitary scaling to decorrelate and the 3D EZBC algorithm without motion compensation to process bitplane zeroblock coding. For hyperspectral image compression using the 3D EZBC algorithm, the lossy-to-lossless compression performances are compared on the basis of the diverse 3D wavelet transform structures and wavelet filters. Moreover, experimental results show that our coder outperforms other state-of-the-art wavelet-based algorithms (3D SPECK, 3D SPIHT, AT-3D SPIHT and JPEG2000-MC) in the integer-based lossy mode by 0.2 ~ 1.3 dB on average, and lossless coding performance of 3D EZBC is about 5% ~ 7% better than that of 3D SPECK, 3D SPIHT and AT-3D SPIHT. So the 3D EZBC algorithm is also a good candidate to compress hyperspectral images.
Turbulent transition by photon-correlation spectroscopy (1988)

The technique of photon-correlation spectroscopy was exploited to study turbulent pipe flow behind a grid. We measure the correlation function g(t) of the light intensity scattered by small particles suspended in the turbulent fluid. The results imply that the probability distribution function for the small relative velocity fluctuations in the turbulent grid flow is Lorentzian-like. The statistical properties of the small velocity fluctuations over varying length scales possess a self-similar feature. This self-similarity was seen only when the Reynolds number becomes larger than a specific value ${\mathrm{scrR}}_{c}$. All the measurements suggest that the flow changes its character at this point.
Analysis of a 3D toroidal network for a shared memory architecture (1988)

Horizon is a shared-memory multiple-instruction-stream-multiple-data-stream architecture currently under development. A synchronized network model suitable for this architecture is described. The model is defined in terms of a topology and routing policy. A three-dimensional toroidal topology is investigated for its multiple redundant paths, memory locality, and simplicity in both routing and construction. The routing policy is based on a desperation routing scheme in which it is not guaranteed that a message will make progress on a given network cycle. This scheme requires no complex deadlock avoidance algorithms or node-to-node flow control, allowing a very simple and efficient implementation. Design considerations and preliminary performance results are discussed. >
Music and Suicidality (2015)

In recent years, the question whether personal suicidality is reflected in individual music preferences has been discussed. We assessed associations of preferred music genres and cumulative exposure to and rating of 50 preselected songs, including 25 suicide-related songs, with suicide risk factors in an online survey with 943 participants. Preferences for sad music were associated with high psychoticism, while fanship of music genres with predominantly joyful contents was linked to low psychoticism. There was a dose-response relationship of positive rating of suicide songs with high life satisfaction and low hopelessness. Music preferences partly reflect suicide risk factors, but enjoyment of suicide songs is negatively associated with risk factors of suicide, which may indicate a psychological defense mechanism against suicidal impulses.
Drug-Associated Pancreatitis (1996)

In the past, numerous reports on drugs probably causing acute pancreatitis have been published. However, most of these case reports were anecdotal with a lack of obvious evidence and did not present a comprehensive summary. Although drug-associated pancreatitis is rare, it is gaining increasing importance with the introduction of several potent new agents, i.e., anti-acquired immunodeficiency syndrome drugs. The following comprehensive review scrutinizes the evidence present in the world literature on drugs associated with acute or chronic pancreatitis and, based on this, categorizes in a definite, probable, or possible causality. In addition, explanations for the pathophysiological mechanisms are discussed.
A-shapes of a finite point set (1997)

Article A-shapes of a finite point set Share on Author: Mahmoud Melkemi L.I.G.I.M. Université Claude Bernard Lyonl. 43 boulevard du 11 Novembre 1918, Bat. 710, 69622 Villeurbanne L.I.G.I.M. Université Claude Bernard Lyonl. 43 boulevard du 11 Novembre 1918, Bat. 710, 69622 VilleurbanneView Profile Authors Info & Claims SCG '97: Proceedings of the thirteenth annual symposium on Computational geometryAugust 1997 Pages 367–369https://doi.org/10.1145/262839.263005Online:01 August 1997Publication History 18citation359DownloadsMetricsTotal Citations18Total Downloads359Last 12 Months3Last 6 weeks1 Get Citation AlertsNew Citation Alert added!This alert has been successfully added and will be sent to:You will be notified whenever a record that you have chosen has been cited.To manage your alert preferences, click on the button below.Manage my AlertsNew Citation Alert!Please log in to your account Save to BinderSave to BinderCreate a New BinderNameCancelCreateExport CitationPublisher SiteGet Access
Interfacial reactions between aluminum and transition-metal nitride and carbide films (1982)

Recently transition-metal nitrides and carbides have received great interest as diffusion barrier materials in contact structures for silicon semiconductor devices. Excellent stability of the contact structure is achievable through heat treatments of up to 600 °C when Ni is used as the top metal layer. However, the same transition-metal compounds show poor barrier properties with Al as the top layer if heat treated to 600 °C. We have therefore investigated the failure mechanism of transition-metal nitride and carbide barrier materials in Al overlayer metallizations. This knowledge has enabled us to develop high-temperature contact structures for silicon semiconductor devices by using an intermetallic compound of Al instead of plain Al for the top layer.
Inaccurate projection of rat soleus motoneurons: A comparison of nerve repair techniques (1997)

The objectives of this study were 1) to determine the degree to which soleus motoneurons find their appropriate target following crush and transection injuries to the sciatic nerve, and 2) to determine whether repair of a transected nerve with a silicone tube leads to greater specificity of reinnervation and recovery of muscle function than the standard epineurial suture repair method. Sixty adult female Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly assigned to one of three sciatic nerve injury groups: crush injury, transection with epineurial suture repair, or transection with a silicone tube repair. The degree to which soleus motoneurons were able to find their appropriate target following a sciatic nerve injury was examined using a double labeling dye technique in which the original soleus motor pool was labeled with fast blue and reinnervating motoneurons were labeled with Dil. Soleus motoneurons were able to find their appropriate target following a crush injury. The accuracy of reinnervation following a transection injury and repair, however, was relatively poor. Only 14% of the original soleus motoneurons found the correct target following a transection injury. Repair of a lesioned nerve with a silicone tube and a 5-mm gap as opposed to epineurial sutures did not increase the specificity of reinnervation or the degree of muscle recovery.
ETANA-DL (2004)

Archaeological research results in the generation of large quantities of heterogeneous information managed by different projects using custom information systems. We will demonstrate a prototype Digital Library (DL) for integrating and managing archaeological data and providing services useful to various user communities ETANA--DL is a model--based, componentized, extensible, archaeological DL that manages complex information sources using the client--server paradigm of the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI--PMH).
Efficacy of Compost and Some Biocontrol Agents in Controlling Cucumber White Mould Disease under Protected House Conditions (2021)

Five different Trichoderma isolates and three different bacterial genera (Serratia marcescens, Bacillus subtilis, Pseudomonas fluorescens) were used in the present study either separately or combined with compost to evaluate their biocontrol potential against Sclerotinia sclerotiorum either in vitro or in vivo. The results showed that all tested bioagents significantly affected the radial growth of the pathogen under laboratory conditions. The highest reduction (61.85%) was detected with isolates T. asperellum followed by T. album which inhibited the radial growth by 60.74%. The combination between T. viride + T. asperellum + T. album was the most effective in reducing disease severity during both seasons and increased yield up to 2.5 kg/plant. The influence of the tested biocontrol fungi and bacteria on essential lysis enzymes activity i.e. chitinase and Beta 1,3- glucanase was investigated. The results showed that both tested fungal and bacterial agents alone or combined with compost affected the activity of both enzymes positively. Similar findings were observed with aspect to three different oxidative enzymes activity i.e. peroxidase (PO), polyphenoloxidase (PPO) and phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL). The profiling of peroxidase activity was induced in treated cucumber plants. Moreover, the results revealed that treating cucumber plants with the investigated bioagents expressed new protein bands.
Rapid assessment of literacy levels of adult primary care patients. (1991)

Health education materials, medical instructions, consent forms, and self-report questionnaires are often given to patients with little regard for their ability to read them. Reading ability is rarely tested in medical settings. The Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine (REALM) was developed as a quick screening tool to assist physicians in identifying patients with limited reading skills and in estimating patient reading levels. This information can be used to tailor materials and instructions to patients' abilities. The REALM and the reading sections of the Peabody Individual Achievement Test-Revised and the Slosson Oral Reading Test were used to test reading ability in 207 adults in six public and private primary care clinics. REALM scores correlated highly with those of the standardized reading tests. The REALM, which takes three to five minutes to administer and score, appears to be a practical instrument to estimate patient literacy in primary care, patient education, and medical research.
DNA vaccines against tuberculosis. (1999)

Application of the DNA vaccine approach to tuberculosis in laboratory animals is helping to clarify the immunological mechanisms underlying protective immunity. Unexpectedly, it has also indicated clear potential for clinical application. This review looks at the implication of recent advances for the development of practical TB vaccines.
Simulation and design of a Class E power amplifier (2009)

Class E switching-mode tuned power amplifier offers high efficiency at high frequencies. Class E power amplifier concept, introduced by Sokal, is not defined by a special topology. The most simple topology for class E power amplifier consists in a single switch device that operate at carrier frequency of the output signal and a load network that must extract only a single spectral frequency component. The load network consists in a capacitor shunting the switch device and a series-tuned output circuit. To derive the basic equations for class E amplifier we use Fourier series techniques. These equations are implemented in Matlab with a friendly interface. This implementation and this interface can be a very useful tool for students that are interested in class E operation and also a good tool for class E circuit design. In this paper you can find a description of class E power amplifier with functional equations.
Economic Applications of an Electronic Clinical Database for Nurse Practitioner Students (2004)

A Web-based clinical log provides an opportunity for NP students to collect and analyze data on clinical encounters. Considerable resources must be invested in order to expand the use and sophistication of eClinicaLog.
Design of digital watermarking system robust to the number of removal attacks (2013)

Abstract—In this paper it is proved that in fact the zero-bit digital watermarking system based on local maxima embedding in frequency area heuristically proposed recently is resistant to a number of removal attacks. It is shown how the watermark can survive after such conversions as shift cropping rescaling rotation and jpeg transform. The theoretical base of each transformation is given. Also it is shown how the image Fourier amplitude spectrum is affected by the image distortions and how the watermark can overcome those distortions and stay untouched. I.
Trace metal content of chicken eggs (1975)

Abstract Results are presented for the levels of cadmium, chromium, cobalt, copper, iron, lead, manganese, mercury, nickel and zinc in each of 100 shelled chicken egg samples, as determined by atomic absorption spectrophotometry. The range and mean for each of the trace metals are as follows: cadmium, n.d. to 0.03 and 0.01 parts/million; chromium, n.d. to 0.15 and 0.06 parts/million; cobalt, n.d. to 0.06 and 0.03 parts/million; copper, 0.54 to 0.88 and 0.66 parts/million; iron, 17.1 to 27.5 and 21.5 parts/million; lead, n.d. to 0.08 and 0.01 parts/million; manganese, 0.14 to 0.53 and 0.29 parts/million; mercury, 0.001 to 0.023 and 0.006 parts/million; nickel, n.d. to 0.35 and 0.04 parts/million; zinc, 10.7 to 18.4 and 14.6 parts/million. No apparent differences were observed among the different regions of the country.
The bootstrap variable inductance: a new FACTS control element (2003)

A new FACTS controller, the bootstrap variable inductance, can emulate variable positive and negative inductance. Unlike the conventional capacitive approach for reducing inductive reactance in AC power systems, it has the advantage that resonance is impossible. The bootstrap variable inductance has a variety of FACTS applications: series compensation of lines, fault-current limiting, reactive-power control and load power-factor improvement. The analyze its operation with particular attention to harmonics, and confirm the results through simulations.
XII. <i>On the resultant of a large number of vibrations of the same pitch and of arbitrary phase</i> (1880)

(1880). XII. On the resultant of a large number of vibrations of the same pitch and of arbitrary phase. The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science: Vol. 10, No. 60, pp. 73-78.
Potential role of preoperative serum CA125 for the differential diagnosis between uterine leiomyoma and uterine leiomyosarcoma. (2006)

These findings demonstrated that preoperative serum CA125 had a potential role in the differential diagnosis between early-stage and advanced-stage uterine leiomyosarcoma. Further investigation with a larger sample size at adequate power is necessary to verify the current study.
The <i>Salmonella enterica</i> Serovar Typhimurium Translocated Effectors SseJ and SifB Are Targeted to the <i>Salmonella</i> -Containing Vacuole (2002)

The Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium type III secretion system (TTSS) encoded in Salmonella pathogenicity island 2 (SPI-2) promotes replication within host cells and systemic infection of mice. The SPI-2 TTSS is expressed following Salmonella internalization into host cells and translocates effectors across the membrane of the Salmonella-containing vacuole (SCV). Two effectors with similar amino-terminal domains, SseJ and SifB, localize to the SCV membrane in infected HEp-2 cells and subsequently traffic away from the SCV along Salmonella-induced-filaments (Sifs). Following infection of RAW cells, SseJ and SifB localize to the SCV as well as LAMP-1-positive, vesicular-appearing structures distant from the SCV. Trafficking of SseJ and SifB away from the SCV requires the SPI-2 effector SifA. Deletion of sseJ, but not sifB, leads to attenuation of Salmonella replication in mice following intraperitoneal inoculation. The contribution of SseJ to in vivo replication is identical in wild-type and sifA deletion backgrounds, suggesting that SseJ trafficking away from the SCV along Sifs is unnecessary for its virulence function.
Computer model for in situ oil shale retorting: effects of input-gas properties. [RISE] (1977)

A one-dimensional mathematical model has been developed for simulating the chemico-physical processes involved in the concurrent, vertical retorting of a rubblized bed of oil shale. Both hot-gas retorting and combustion retorting can be simulated. The flow rate of the gas stream and the composition and temperature of both the gas stream and the shale particles are calculated as a function of time and location in the retort. The rates of recovery of oil and water from the retort are also computed. The model is used to predict commercial in-situ retorting phenomena for typical conditions of shale composition, particle size, packing fraction, and input-gas properties. The predicted effects of input-gas properties (flow rate, temperature, and composition) are examined in detail. The model indicates that a gas input of air diluted with steam or CO/sub 2/ is effective in controlling the temperature and maximizing the oil yield, without causing the large decrease in retorting rate associated with the use of a mixture of air and recycle gas. The air/steam mixture is also attractice because it yields a retort product gas with a higher heating value.
Efeitos da introducao do gene braquitico (br2) em sete variedades de milho (Zea mays L) (1991)

O presente trabalho teve por objetivo avaliar o efeito da introducao do gene br2 em sete variedades de milho. As verses braquiticas e normais this variedades e, nalmente, as testemunhas foram avaliadas em quatro ensaios de producalo, em blocos an acaso, corn tire's repeticees. As reduces es medias, na altura de planta e de espiga, devidas a incorporacao do ge- ne br2 foram de 43,20% e 56,65%, respectivamente, nap consistente para todos os genotipos, variando de 21,32% a 54,94% e de 38,60% a 69,42%, respectivamente. Para as populacoes estudadas, a posicaro relafiva da espiga no caule, medida pact indice de posicao da espiga, foi menor nas versoes braquiticas. Esse fats ajuda a confe- rir as vers-es braquiticas major resistencia ao acamamento e a quebra de colmo. Em media, nas versoes braquiticas, as reducoes de plantar quebradas, em Vicosa e Coim- bra, foram de 75,80% e 74,04% e as reducoes de 'Mantas acamadas foram de 37,31% e 62,77%, respectivamente. 0 gene br2 nao alterou o stand das populacees estudadas. Para wimero de folhas acima da primeira espiga e ntitnero de folhas abaixo da primeira espiga, houve ligeiro acrescimo e ligeiro decrescitno, respectivamente. O indite de espigas das versoes braqufticas representou, em m6dia, 88,37% do va- lor das versoes normais. Veriftcou-se tendencia de aumento do peso de grans das versoes braqufticas, cuja media foi 10,84% acima da media das versoes normals. Os dados de producao de graos e peso de espigas mostraram que o gene br2 afetou igualmente esses caracteres. Em comparacio corn as verges normals, a product% de grans das verses braqufticas nap foi satisfatoria, corn reducao media de 30,42%. As versoes braquiticas foram avaliadas sem passar }or se ergoapes a introducito do gene br2. Assim, os resultados poderio apresentar alteragio se for realizada selectio pr6via do material braquitico.
Refrigerated Inlet Arrangement for Mass Spectrometric Studies of Unstable Species at Low Temperatures (1966)

A refrigerated mass spectrometer inlet apparatus is described which also functions as a multipurpose low temperature reactor and a rough separative device. The arrangement has proven to be a powerful tool in the study of the synthesis, reactivity, and energetics of compounds that are stable only at very low temperatures.