gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Krise und Politik (1965)

In den vorangegangenen Kapiteln ist geschildert worden, wie sich die am 13. August ausgelöste Krise auf die politische Führung und die Bevölkerung Berlins auswirkte. Neben den Details sollte gezeigt werden, wie sich die durch die Bedrohung entstandenen Probleme aus der Perspektive Berlins darstellten und wie das politische Gemeinwesen Berlin darauf reagierte. Es bleibt nun noch zusammenfassend zu skizzieren, wie der politische Entscheidungsprozeß in der Krisenperiode verlief, wo die Schwerpunkte der Entscheidungen lagen, welche Rolle die »öffentliche Meinung« in den Entscheidungen hatte und wie wirksam dieser Prozeß in der Bewältigung der dem Gemeinwesen gestellten Probleme war1. Wie in jedem parlamentarisch-demokratischen System besteht in Berlin eine durch Verfassungsbestimmungen festgelegte politische Ordnung, die formal vorschreibt, wie politische Macht erworben wird, von wem und innerhalb welcher Grenzen sie ausgeübt werden darf. Der Abstand zwischen dem Buchstaben dieser Ordnung und der politischen Wirklichkeit ist jedoch in Berlin unvermeidlich größer als in anderen Gemeinwesen, weil es sich hier um ein politisches Gebilde ganz ungewöhnlicher Art handelt, dessen völkerrechtlicher Standort umstritten und kaum präzise zu definieren ist und dessen Regierung daher auch nicht mit den gebräuchlichen Kategorien: Regierung eines Bundeslandes, Regierung eines unabhängigen, souveränen Staates oder »Befehlsempfänger« von Anweisungen der Besatzungsmächte, zu fassen ist. West-Berlin ist keine völkerrechtlich souveräne Einheit.
Priceless: Turning Ordinary Products into Extraordinary Experiences (2002)

Whether their complaints are about customer-proof packaging, a never-ending voice mail loop, or a purchase that doesn't live up to its claims, customers are consistently disappointed in their interactions with companies. And while experts say that the creation of is the new requirement for success, few companies have managed to deliver.Now, veteran experience consultants, Diana LaSalle and Terry A. Britton take businesses from concept to practice, offering a tactical guide to creating value-adding experiences around any product or service - whether the offering is candles or computers, catering services or consulting advice. The authors argue that most managers remain stuck in a features and benefits mentality that zeroes in on what a product does. That focus needs to shift, they say, to what a product or service offers and how it affects customers' lives. LaSalle and Britton provide a hands-on model for understanding the relationship between value and experience, and then show how companies can leverage that knowledge to transform ordinary products and services into experiences that customers consider extraordinary - even priceless.Drawing from extensive research and the stories of experience pioneers, the authors introduce new systems - the 'Experience Engagement Process' and the 'Experience Event Matrix' - businesses can use to: evaluate the entire consumption experience through the customers' eyes; better understand what various customer groups value and why; identify areas where new dimensions of value can be added to an offering; eliminate customer sacrifice and increase rewards at every stage of the process; align products, service, and environment to deliver a complete value experience; and translate experience creation into bottom-line profits. Lively, practical, and entertaining, Priceless helps managers, marketers, and strategists recognize exactly what customers want and how to deliver it. We'll never look at what we sell - or buy - the same way again. Diana LaSalle and Terry A. Britton are founding partners of True North Strategies, a Savannah-based experience consulting firm.
Joint Online Routing, Wavelength Assignment and Regenerator Allocation in Translucent Optical Networks (2010)

In translucent (or managed reach) WDM optical networks, regenerators are employed at specific nodes. Some of the connections in such networks are routed transparently, while others have to go through a sequence of 3R regenerators that serve as ?refueling stations? to restore their quality of transmission (QoT). We extend an online multicost algorithm for transparent networks presented in our previous study, to obtain an IA-RWA algorithm that works in translucent networks and makes use, when required, of the regenerators present at certain locations of the network. To characterize a path, the algorithm uses a multicost formulation with several cost parameters, including the set of available wavelengths, the length of the path, the number of regenerators used, and noise variance parameters that account for the physical layer impairments. Given a new connection request and the current utilization state of the network, the algorithm calculates a set of non dominated candidate paths, meaning that any path in this set is not inferior with respect to all cost parameters than any other path. This set consists of all the cost-effective (in terms of the domination relation) and feasible (in terms of QoT) lightpaths for the given source-destination pair, including all the possible combinations for the utilization of available regenerators of the network. An optimization function or policy is then applied to this set in order to select the optimal lightpath. Different optimization policies correspond to different IA-RWA algorithms. We propose and evaluate several optimization policies, such as the most used wavelength, the best quality of transmission, the least regeneration usage, or a combination of these rules. Our results indicate that in a translucent network the employed IA-RWA algorithm has to consider all problem parameters, namely, the QoT of the lightpaths, the utilization of wavelengths and the availability of regenerators, to efficiently serve the online traffic.
The ability of direct fluorescence-based, two-colour assays to detect different physiological states of oral streptococci (2001)

The detection of viable but non-culturable bacteria requires more precise direct methods such as the fluorescent staining technique presented here, in addition to the classical plate count method.
Isolation and Characterization of Plasma Membranes from Human Blood Platelets (1970)

Abstract Human platelets were subjected to hypotonic lysis after being loaded intracellularly with glycerol (4.3 m) by centrifugation in a glycerol gradient under controlled conditions. A homogeneous membrane fraction, free of intracellular organelles, was isolated after a single density step centrifugation, while continuous sucrose density gradient centrifugation gave two subfractions with densities of 1.090 and 1.120, and with identical isoelectric points (pI 3.9) as determined by isoelectric focusing. Compositional studies indicated that the platelet membrane was a lipoglycoprotein with a carbohydrate content of approximately 7%. The sugar components were identified as glucose, galactose, mannose, hexosamines (GlcN:GalN = 6:1), sialic acid, and fucose. The chemical composition of the platelet membranes isolated at d, 1.090 was protein, 31.9%; lipid, 55.9%; carbohydrate, 7.3%; RNA, 0.3%; DNA, 0.0%; and for those isolated at d, 1.120, it was protein, 40.1%; lipid, 48.2%; carbohydrate, 6.9%; RNA, 0.4%; DNA, 0.0%. The membranes were characterized by a high molar ratio of cholesterol to phospholipid (0.49 and 0.45) that was similar to that found in liver plasma membranes. Phosphodiesterase, acid phosphatase and ATPase were purified 8-, 4-, and 2-fold, respectively, in the membrane fractions, whereas succinic dehydrogenase, esterase, and a variety of β-glycosidases were present only at very low levels. These results demonstrate the absence of intracellular membranes and, together with the chemical analyses, they suggest that the outer membrane of the platelet is similar to plasma membranes of other cells, and they provide biochemical confirmation of its origin from the plasma membrane of the megakaryocyte. The vesicles of the two membrane bands differed in ultrastructure, the lighter (d, 1.090) having an average diameter of 1750 A with numerous concentric double membrane structures, while the heavier (d, 1.120) consisted of single membranes of diameter 700 A.
What Matters to Patients and Physicians When Considering Biologic Therapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis (2008)

When considering BRM therapy for RA, the 3 most important factors for patients and physicians are safety, efficacy, and the physician's experience with the product.
Systematic detection of mycoplasmas by culture and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) procedures in 209 synovial fluid samples (1997)

The objective was to investigate the presence of mycoplasmas in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other chronic arthritides. Samples of synovial fluid (SF) were systematically collected from all patients presenting with an articular effusion. Each sample was divided into three parts. The first was kept for cytological count and culture on standard media for pyogens and mycobacteria, the second was cultivated on specific media for mycoplasmas and the third frozen for subsequent study by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). A total of 209 samples were studied. Half of the patients had inflammatory rheumatic diseases: RA (27), spondyloarthropathy (28), connective tissue disease (5), unclassified arthritis (45). The remaining suffered from other conditions, including osteoarthritis (60), gouty arthritis (19), haemarthrosis (5), post-traumatic effusion (2). Eight samples were positive by culture, two for Mycoplasma hominis; three for M. fermentans, one for M. salivarium, one for M. orale and one for Ureaplasma urealyticum. All the patients concerned had an inflammatory rheumatic disease: five had RA, one had psoriatic arthritis and two had unclassified arthritis. These results were confirmed by PCR in two cases (one M. fermentans, one U. urealyticum). The lack of sensitivity of the conventional PCR assay on SF is discussed. Mycoplasmas were mainly detected in SF of RA patients. These results raise the question of the possible role of mycoplasmas in the triggering and maintenance of inflammatory rheumatic diseases, especially RA.
Tyrosyl transfer ribonucleic acid synthetase from Bacillus stearothermophilus. Preparation and properties of the crystallizable enzyme (1974)

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTTyrosyl transfer ribonucleic acid synthetase from Bacillus stearothermophilus. Preparation and properties of the crystallizable enzymeGordon L. E. KochCite this: Biochemistry 1974, 13, 11, 2307–2312Publication Date (Print):May 1, 1974Publication History Published online1 May 2002Published inissue 1 May 1974https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/bi00708a011https://doi.org/10.1021/bi00708a011research-articleACS PublicationsRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views18Altmetric-Citations32LEARN 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
PREVALENCE AND SURVIVAL OF ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI (EEC) IN YOGHURT (1990)

30 yoghurt samples were collected randomly from Assiut city markets, and examined for presence of enteropathogenic E.coli (EEC). E.coli could be isolated from 46.6% of the 7 examined yoghurt samples. The highest frequency distribution of E.coli (23.3%) lies within the range of 10-100/g. Nine out of 14 E.coli strains isolated from yoghurt samples (64.3%) were serotypes of EEC. They were serotyped as 026/86, 025/Kll, 044/ B74, 0111/B, 0124/E17, 0125/B 15 and 0126/B16. Survival of EEC (Serotype 0125/815) in yoghurt kept at 5+1°C was also studied. EEC survived until the end of the tenth day of storage at a population of less than 10 cells/g. The pH value of yoghurt decreased from 6.5 to 4.5 by the end of preparation and reached to 3.9 at the end of refrigerated storage.
Efficacy and safety of a ceramide containing moisturizer followed by fixed-dose clindamycin phosphate 1.2%/benzoyl peroxide 2.5% gel in the morning in combination with a ceramide containing moisturizer followed by tretinoin 0.05% gel in the evening for the treatment of facial acne vulgaris. (2012)

Combination therapy addressing multiple pathogenic factors should be used to achieve optimal outcomes in treating acne. The following study demonstrated both safety and efficacy of fixed-dose clindamycin phosphate 1.2%/benzoyl peroxide 2.5% in the morning with micronized tretinoin 0.05% gel in the evening. Both products were applied to the skin following the use of a ceramide containing moisturizing lotion.
A comparative study of moment invariants and Fourier descriptors in planar shape recognition (2002)

Recent developments in the area of pattern recognition have brought up various methodologies to the problem of planar shape recognition. In this study, two popular feature sets, namely moment invariants and Fourier descriptors are applied to the problem of classification of 2-D images of airplanes, and their performance is compared vis-a-vis computational load and accuracy. An alternative form of the moment invariant technique, Zernike moments, is also compared with ordinary moment invariants.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>
Policy Based Resource Allocation in Cloud Systems (2011)

Cloud Systems provide computing resources in a flexible manner. There are several key requirements that need to be addressed regarding the resource allocation in Clouds and the most important of them is providing on demand elasticity. This paper focuses on adding new features to the Cloud resource allocation mechanism that enhance on demand elasticity. Most of the resource managers that are now on the market use static allocation. We propose a novel solution that uses dynamic allocation, based on well defined policies. Moreover, the proposed solution offers authentication and accountability for the actions of the users which is very important for the commercial aspect of public clouds.
La privación selectiva de sueño de movimientos oculares rápidos (MOR) durante 24 h no modifica la inmunoreactividad de c-Fos en la Columna Respiratoria Ventral (VRC) de rata (2017)

La generacion y modulacion de la respiracion es controlada por la columna respiratoria ventral (VRC), la cual incluye: el grupo 
respiratorio parafacial/nucleo retrotrapezoide (pFRG/RTN), el complejo Botzinger (BotC) y el complejo preBotzinger 
(preBotC). Una correlacion entre el sueno y la respiracion es particularmente clara en condiciones como la apnea obstructiva 
del sueno y el sindrome de hipoventilacion central congenita. En este trabajo, mediante la inmunoreactividad contra c-Fos 
como un marcador indirecto de la actividad neuronal, se estudio el efecto de la privacion selectiva de sueno MOR a corto 
plazo sobre la actividad de las neuronas en la VRC. Ratas macho Wistar fueron divididas en dos grupos: control (n=6) y 24 h 
de privacion selectiva de sueno MOR utilizando la tecnica de florero invertido (n=11). La frecuencia respiratoria, la frecuencia 
cardiaca, la temperatura y la saturacion de oxigeno (SpO2) se midieron antes y durante la privacion de sueno MOR. El grupo 
de privacion de sueno MOR no mostro diferencias estadisticamente significativas con respecto al grupo control. Sin embargo, 
la frecuencia cardiaca del grupo de privacion de sueno MOR aumento y la SpO2 disminuyo significativamente en comparacion 
con los valores basales. Estos datos sugieren que, en ausencia de sueno MOR, la actividad de las neuronas respiratorias en la 
VRC esta altamente regulada para asegurar la homeostasis de gases y una tasa de respiracion estable y que los cambios 
fisiologicos encontrados probablemente estan regulados por nucleos no relacionados con la generacion del ritmo respiratorio
Simple Analogues of Acyclonucleosides: Synthesis of <i>N</i>‐Substituted Pyrido[3′,2′:4,5]thieno[3,2‐<i>d</i>]pyrimidine Derivatives (2006)

Abstract The synthesis of N‐substituted pyridothienopyrimidines bearing ethoxymethyl, benzyloxymethyl, methylthiomethyl, benzoylmethyl, allyl, sec‐butyl, and 2‐acetyloxyethyl chains as a sugar mimic was described. The O‐substituted pyridothienopyrimidines were obtained during some reactions.
Fracture Behavior of Tubular Bombs (1968)

The plastic deformation behavior and modes of fracture exhibited by tubular bomb casings are greatly influenced by the stress state imposed by explosive and inertial forces. These forces combine to produce triaxial compression over a varying inner portion of the tube wall. Noting that compressive hoop stresses would exist over a portion of the wall, Taylor has previously developed a hypothesis for prediction of fracture radius, assuming a radial fracture mode. This paper introduces hypotheses related to the influences of stress state and thermoplasticity upon fracture mode as well as fracture radius. The resulting prediction model closely predicts fracture radius and explains the development of commonly observed shear-lip fractures. It illustrates why radial fractures are typical only when detonation pressures are relatively low, and why shear fractures are typical when detonation pressures are high.
An improved design method and experimental performance of two dimensional curved wall diffusers (1972)

A computer design program was developed to incorporate the suction slots in solving the potential flow equations with prescribed boundary conditions. Using the contour generated from this program two Griffith diffusers were tested having area ratios AR = 3 and 4. The inlet Reynolds number ranged from 600,000 to 7 million. It was found that the slot suction required for metastable operation depends on the sidewall suction applied. Values of slot suction of 8% of the inlet flow rate was required for AR = 4 with metastable condition, provided that enough sidewall suction was applied. For AR = 3, the values of slot suction was about 25% lower than those required for AR = 4. For nearly all unseparated test runs, the effectiveness was 100% and the exit flow was uniform. In addition to the Griffith diffusers, dump and cusp diffusers of comparable area ratios were built and tested. The results obtained from these diffusers were compared with those of the Griffith diffusers. Flow separation occurred in all test runs with the dump and cusp diffusers.
A Location-Based Authentication System Leveraging Smartphones (2014)

This paper investigates a location-based authentication system where authentication questions are generated based on users' locations tracked by smartphones. More specifically, the system builds a location profile for a user based on periodically logged Wi-Fi access point beacons over time, and leverages this location profile to generate authentication questions. To evaluate the various aspects of this location-based authentication approach, we deployed the application on users' smartphones and conducted a real-life study for one month with 14 users. To simulate various kinds of adversaries (e.g., Naive vs. Knowledgeable), in our study, we recruited volunteers in pairs (e.g., Friends), in addition to single participants. Over the course of the experiment, each user is periodically presented with two sets of authentication questions. The first set is generated based on a user's own data. The second set is generated based on a randomly selected user's data. Additionally, in cases of paired participants, each user is presented with a third set of questions which is generated based on the user's friend's data. In each case, three different kinds of questions of varying difficulty levels are generated and presented to the user. Finally, we present a Bayesian classifier based authentication algorithm that can authenticate legitimate users with high accuracy by leveraging individual response patterns. We also discuss various aspects of location-based authentication mechanisms based on our findings in this paper.
The Effects of Weight Loss on FABP4 and RBP4 in Obese Women with Metabolic Syndrome (2013)

Fat accumulation is associated with the release of many novel adipokines such as retinol-binding protein 4 and fatty acid-binding protein 4. These adipokines have been linked to insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Since weight loss is the first step for the treatment of metabolic syndrome, which increases the risks for both type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, we have investigated the effects of weight loss on serum retinol-binding protein 4 and fatty acid-binding protein 4 in obese individuals with this syndrome. Twenty-nine obese female subjects with metabolic syndrome, aged 18-62 years completed a 2-month weight loss diet plan. Data were collected from dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and indirect calorimetry. Blood was taken at baseline and at 2 months and assayed for adipokines, lipids, and insulin resistance parameters. The change in circulating fatty acid-binding protein 4 levels were inversely correlated with total weight loss (p<0.02) and lean mass loss (p<0.01), but not with fat mass loss. Retinol-binding protein 4 levels did not track with any measure of body composition. Changes in leptin levels were found to correlate with weight loss (p<0.02), fat loss (p<0.03), and lean mass loss (p<0.05). Fatty acid-binding protein 4 levels increased and retinol-binding protein 4 levels did not change during moderate weight loss in obese women with metabolic syndrome; however, several other risk factors for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease did improve with weight loss.
Low-bandwidth Web access with tandem proxies (2002)

This thesis explores techniques for building special-purpose proxies to speed web access in the developing world. It presents a design for Tandem Proxies (TP), a system of two cooperating proxies that utilize a combination of caching, diffs, and compression to minimize data sent across poor quality bottleneck links. These three methods are then explored in greater depth: a procedure for aggressive caching is analyzed for its efficacy, a method of performing diffs relative to an entire database of files, rather than a single file, is detailed, and an algorithm for image compression with large dictionaries is specified and demonstrated. Taken together, the Tandem Proxy architecture can enable users in the developing world to access content that was previously beyond reach.