gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Localization, Localization, Localization (2004)

Localization of the two Mars Exploration Rovers involved three independent approaches to place the landers with respect to the surface of Mars and to refine the location of those points on the surface with the Mars control net: 1) Track the spacecraft through entry, descent, and landing, then refine the final roll stop position by radio tracking and comparison to images taken during descent; 2) Locate features on the horizon imaged by the two rovers and compare them to the MOC and THEMIS VIS images, and the DIMES images on the two MER landers; and 3) 'Check' and refine locations by acquisition of MOC 1.5 meter and 50 cm/pixel images.
The Surface Waxes of the Sultana Vine (Vitis Vinifera Cv. Thompson Seedless) (1965)

The surface wax from leaves, fruits, and stems of the sultana vine obtained by extraction with cold chloroform has been analysed by chromatographic methods. The composition of the hydrocarbon, alcohol, and acid fractions was determined by gasliquid chromatography. No considerable changes in the amount of wax during fruit or leaf development has been observed. Leaves were found to have only 0·008-0·011 mg wax per square centimetre, whereas 0·09-0 ·11 mg wax per square centimetre was found on grapes. The surface wax of grapes at all developmental stages contained oleanolic acid as the major constituent, but this compound was present only in small amounts on leaves. That part of all waxes soluble in light petroleum had a similar composition.
120. Cyclic amidines. Part VI. 5- and 7-Substituted 2-amino-4-hydroxyquinolines (1958)

R. Hardman and M. W. Partridge, J. Chem. Soc., 1958, 614 DOI: 10.1039/JR9580000614
Enhancing Lotus Notes for carrier grade hosting (2002)

Summary form only given. Lotus Development Corporation and AT&T have formed a strategic alliance to create AT&T Network Notes. Network Notes combines Lotus Notes, the leading business collaborative software, with the sophisticated communications and service capabilities of the AT&T worldwide intelligent network. The goal is for Network Notes to become a global "Internet of Notes Networks", with tremendous value-added service provided by the carrier via replication management, intelligent agents, and world wide on-line connectivity for Notes clients.
Information protection in the Swedish ISDN (2005)

A new information protection service a planned for the Swedish ISDN, protecting the access network from the subscribers premises to the network exchange by encryption of data. It will be offered to the customers on a subscription basis as an optional facility. The operation will be completely automatic and fully illustrated by the Swedish Telecom. The service is intended for customers with medium grade security demands.
Displacement and tilt transducers of 140 dB range (1969)

Use of a ratio transformer bridge for comparison of capacitances in a differential capacitance transducer gives a seven figure bridge reading which is linear in displacement or tilt. Principal application is to a portable tiltmeter reading to 10−9 rad with a range of 10−2 rad.
You Saw THAT?: Social Networking Sites, Self-Presentation, and Impression Formation in the Hiring Process (2012)

Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn – individuals have more opportunities than ever before to present themselves in public using social networking sites (SNSs). However, individuals tend to live segmented lives and often develop different selfpresentations depending on the audience. The combination of opportunities to present publicly and presenting different selfpresentations can have unforeseen impacts for job candidates. From employers’ perspectives, access to this public information represents a new source of information about job candidates. This paper studies how self-presentations of candidates in SNSs affect impressions formed of candidates by individuals faced with a hiring decision. Utilizing the selfpresentation and impression management literature, a model is developed and tested utilizing data from an online surveybased experiment. Findings of the study suggest information from self-presentations is seen as valuable, yet can create ambiguity for decision makers. Implications for theory and hiring organizations assessing the influence of SNSs on hiring are discussed.
Payments and Inclusion:From Branchless Banking to Bankless Banking (2008)

For many governments, financial inclusion is an important element of policy and it is sensible for both businesspersons and technologists to focus on ways to support this policy strand and see it implemented effectively. In the U.K., there is a Financial Inclusion Taskforce to oversee progress, the Treasury has a “Payments and Inclusion Team ” and while financial inclusion is not a statutory obligation on the Financial Services Authority (FSA), I am assured that it is something they do take seriously in the context of other objectives on consumer protection and public awareness. The government’s 2004 report on Promoting Financial Inclusion highlighted some of the costs of exclusion [1]: Higher charges for basic financial transactions and credit. The lack of access to a bank account means that certain financial transactions such as money transfer and cheque cashing may be more expensive; No access to some products and services. Many services, such as contract mobile telephones, require a bank account for regular direct debits; A lack of security in holding and storing money. Operating solely on a cash budget leaves people more vulnerable to loss or theft; Barriers to employment, because a bank account for receipt of wages is a basic
<title>Large Scale Multipurpose Interactive Image Processing Facility At ETH-Zurich</title> (1982)

Image processing activities at the Institut fur Kommunikationstechnik are concerned with biological and remote sensing applications which are carried out in close collaboration with external research groups. To date, image processing entirely relied on the services provided by the central computing facilities and photomechanical image read/write hardware at the institute. Systematic image manipulations like geometric and radiometric corrections, enhancement and restoration or some types of non-linear filtering were performed in volume within the given configuration. Considerable turnaround times have frustrated attempts at scene related processing. An interactive image processing facility was designed to provide computing power compatible with the central computing facilities, fast data handling, and multi-user access for image processing sessions and software development. The configuration is based on a VAX 11/780 host computer linked to two front end image display stations with local intelligence and to high quality image read/write devices. Data management is facilitated by two tape drives and more than 300 Mbyte disk storage.
Using a human face in an interface (1994)

We investigated subjects’ responses to a synthesized talking face displayed on a computer screen in the context of a questionnaire study. Compared to subjects who answered questions presented via text display on a screen, subjects who answered the same questions spoken by a talking face spent more time, made fewer mistakes, and wrote more comments. When we compared responses to two different talking faces, subjects who answered questions spoken by a stern face, compared to subjects who answered questions spoken by a neutral face, spent more time, made fewer mistakes, and wrote more comments. They also liked the experience and the face less. We interpret this study in the light of desires to anthropomorphize computer interfaces and suggest that incautiously adding human characteristics, like face, voice, and facial expressions, could make the experience for users worse rather than better.
Microsoft Windows Xp Unleashed (2001)

From the Publisher:
Windows XP Unleashed guides the advanced reader through nearly every Windows XP topic imaginable giving ideas and solutions practical to typical problems encountered by professionals. Examples of topics covered are: 

Installations, use, and maintenance; 
Performance tuning; 
Optimizing memory; 
Detailed registry info; 
Pushing hardware profiles to their limits; 
XP system tools; 
How to build network bridges between Dissimilar operating systems; 
Working with compatibility modes to enable older O/S to interact with XP; 
Device driver rollback; 
Automatic driver update; 
Ensuring perfect printing always; 
Maximizing XP for the internet, intranet, and security.
FSHD: copy number variations on the theme of muscular dystrophy (2010)

In humans, copy number variations (CNVs) are a common source of phenotypic diversity and disease susceptibility. Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is an important genetic disease caused by CNVs. It is an autosomal-dominant myopathy caused by a reduction in the copy number of the D4Z4 macrosatellite repeat located at chromosome 4q35. Interestingly, the reduction of D4Z4 copy number is not sufficient by itself to cause FSHD. A number of epigenetic events appear to affect the severity of the disease, its rate of progression, and the distribution of muscle weakness. Indeed, recent findings suggest that virtually all levels of epigenetic regulation, from DNA methylation to higher order chromosomal architecture, are altered at the disease locus, causing the de-regulation of 4q35 gene expression and ultimately FSHD.
Personalized information retrieval in context by exploiting semantic knowledge and implicit uses feedback (2008)

Tesis doctoral inedita. Universidad Autonoma de Madrid. Escuela Politecnica Superior, mayo de 2008.
Difficulties in Follow-Up of Rape Victims (1981)

It has been generally recognized that it is important to do follow-up counseling with rape victims, not only for good clinical care but also to establish a research data base on the long-term effects of rape. In our study we had difficulty achieving ongoing follow-up on many of the victims. Although our sample was small, it seems representative of certain populations of rape victims previously described in the literature and in crime statistics. Several factors inherent in the trauma of rape make follow-up difficult--the victim's defenses of denial and suppression, the characteristics of some women who are more vulnerable to rape, the response of some victims to change their phone numbers and addresses following a rape, and anger at the assailant being projected on to the "assault" of the follow-up. In working with rape victims it is important to be aware of these inherent difficulties in follow-up and try to devise methods of dealing with them.
Melt rheology of poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF)/low density polyethylene (LDPE) blends (2015)

The aim of this work is to study the rheological properties of PVDF/LDPE blends in the molten state, in relation to shear rate, shear stress and temperature. Blends of LDPE and PVDF at different compositions, namely PVDF/LDPE = 0/100, 30/70, 50/50, 70/30, 100/0 were realized. The blends were prepared by using brabender plastograph and measurements were carried out by using capillary rheometer. For studying the viscous properties non-Newtonian index n, true viscosity η and the flow activation energy E were determined. The melt elasticity has been studied in term of die swell ratio B. The results show that PVDF/LDPE blends behave in pseudo-plastic manner (n < 1), plots of true viscosity versus blending ratio go through a minimum nearly at blending ratio (50/50), and the flow activation energy decreases with increasing shear rate at the wall γ but it increases with increasing true shear stress τ. The results of die swell ratio show that, B increases linearly with increasing true shear stress τ, while B decreases with increasing L/R. It was also found that a maximum of elastic properties is observed at certain blending ratio. This phenomenon can be attributed to the amount of elastic deformation energy stored in the melt flow and its transition due to the viscoelastic difference between the two phases.
ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE ON THE EFFECT OF X-RAY AND ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION ON MUTATION IN MAIZE (1957)

With the advent of superior cytological techniques such as PAINTER’S salivary gland method in Drosophila and MCCLINTOCK’S pachytene technique in maize and their use in the analysis of the various X-ray induced cases, it became quite clear that the majority of the X-ray induced alterations were actually chromosomal alterations or extragenic changes. Taking a skeptical approach, STADLER began a rather extensive study of individual X-ray induced changes at particular loci in maize to determine whether or not they were actually discrete changes of the gene itself. Such criteria as association with a visible chromosomal aberration, transmission through male and female germ cells, viability of the homozygote, and ability to revert to the original nonmutant form were used in this determination. STADLER (1954) could find no evidence that X-rays cause gene mutation. He suggested that in view of the data a re-examination of our definition of the gene might be necessary. As the number of radiation experiments multiplied, two important aspects of the problem arose. The first was the discovery of a type of position effect in Drosophila in which an X-ray induced chromosomal aberration that removed a locus, normally residing in euchromatin, to a new position next to heterochromatin could cause that locus to express itself as a mutable allele. The new form generally showed a mosaic of dominant and recessive phenotypes. If this locus was moved away from the heterochromatin it reverted to the normal wild type allele. This behavior satisfied Journal Series Paper No. 1675 approved by the Director of the Missouri Agricultural ExperiThis work was supported in its initial stages by a grant from the Atomic Energy Commission. ment Station.
First measurements of total chlorine and bromine in the lower stratosphere (1980)

A total halogen collection system employing ultra‐pure activated charcoal traps has been developed for use in the stratosphere aboard aircraft and balloon sampling platforms. Neutron activation techniques for low‐level chlorine, bromine, and iodine analysis within the activated charcoal sampling matrix were developed. Initial results from six aircraft flights and one balloon mission in the lower stratosphere are presented for latitudes ranging from 16°N to 67°N. Little variability was observed in twelve total, gaseous and particulate chlorine (Cl tot ) determinations as a function of latitude at 20 km with values ranging between 2.7 ± .9 ppbv and 3.2 ± .7 ppbv. Five total bromine (Br tot ) values showed substantial variability ranging from 7 ± 4 pptv to 40 ± 11 pptv. No iodine was observed in any samples but a calculated I tot upper limit of < 3 pptv was determined.
Efficient Iris Recognition Based on Optimal Subfeature Selection and Weighted Subregion Fusion (2014)

In this paper, we propose three discriminative feature selection strategies and weighted subregion matching method to improve the performance of iris recognition system. Firstly, we introduce the process of feature extraction and representation based on scale invariant feature transformation (SIFT) in detail. Secondly, three strategies are described, which are orientation probability distribution function (OPDF) based strategy to delete some redundant feature keypoints, magnitude probability distribution function (MPDF) based strategy to reduce dimensionality of feature element, and compounded strategy combined OPDF and MPDF to further select optimal subfeature. Thirdly, to make matching more effective, this paper proposes a novel matching method based on weighted sub-region matching fusion. Particle swarm optimization is utilized to accelerate achieve different sub-region's weights and then weighted different subregions' matching scores to generate the final decision. The experimental results, on three public and renowned iris databases (CASIA-V3 Interval, Lamp, and MMU-V1), demonstrate that our proposed methods outperform some of the existing methods in terms of correct recognition rate, equal error rate, and computation complexity.
An enzymic microassay for starch (1979)

Abstract Conditions are described for measuring the starch content of plant tissues or extracts as glucose over the range from 10 −7 mol to 10 −14 mol. The method is based on the hydrolysis of gelatinized starch by amyloglucosidase; the glucose released is measured by reduction of NADP + by coupled enzymic reactions. The NADPH is determined directly either spectrophotometrically or fluorimetrically, or after enzymic amplification. Amyloglucosidases were tested for contaminating enzymes which might degrade glucans other than starch, and a commercial preparation from Rhizopus niveus was found to be suitable for use without pretreatments. Glucose present in tissues and extracts may be measured and subtracted from starch values using appropriate blanks, or first destroyed by dilute alkali and heat. Addition of α‐amylase to amyloglucosidase during starch hydrolysis was not found to increase percentage hydrolysis from the normal range of 86–99% from starches of different sources. The procedures described are rapid and several orders of magnitude more sensitive than current methods, and can be used to measure the starch content of single cells.
Section Review: Pulmonary-Allergy, Dermatological, Gastrointestinal & Arthritis: Leukotriene B<sub>4</sub>receptor antagonists: Recent clinical developments (1996)

This brief review concentrates on the latest developments involving the application of leukotriene B4 (LTB4) receptor antagonists to the treatment of inflammation, with special emphasis on early clinical results. Since last reviewed [1], a select number of LTB4 antagonists have become the subject of Phase I/II studies designed to demonstrate oral bioavailability and pharmacologic efficacy. The role of this dihydroxy fatty acid, derived from arachidonic acid via the 5-lipoxygenase pathway, in the initiation and progression of inflammation, has been discussed at length [2]. Most of the biological functions of LTB4 are ascribed to its activation and recruitment of inflammatory cells, particularly neutrophils, in nanomolar concentrations via a receptor mechanism. It has been postulated that reduction of LTB4 levels in man could palliate the symptoms associated with inflammatory conditions as diverse as rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and asthma [3]. Zileuton, which reduces levels of both LTB4 and the cysteinyl leukotrienes via inhibition of 5-lipoxygenase, has already shown good clinical efficacy in the treatment of aspirin-induced asthma, but was less effective in IBD [4]. As a novel anti-inflammatory therapy, treatment with an LTB4 receptor antagonist may provide a useful alternative to current intervention centring on administration of cyclo-oxygenase inhibitors and steroids.
Improved PCR method for detecting monoclonal immunoglobulin heavy chain rearrangement in B cell neoplasms. (1992)

Deletions and extensive somatic mutations within the FrIII region may give false negative results with primers homologous to the region. A PCR using the method described, with a repertoire of primers homologous to the FrII and FrIII regions, will therefore increase the frequency of detection of monoclonality.
Lygus on vegetable seed crops: Promising new insecticides and combinations revealed by tests on beet and carrot seed plants in Sacramento Valley (1959)

New treatments for control of lygus bug–Lygus hesperus Knight–should be evaluated in terms of their effects on beneficial as well as harmful insects.
Contact Lens Detection Based on Weighted LBP (2010)

Spoof detection is a critical function for iris recognition because it reduces the risk of iris recognition systems being forged. Despite various counterfeit artifacts, cosmetic contact lens is one of the most common and difficult to detect. In this paper, we proposed a novel fake iris detection algorithm based on improved LBP and statistical features. Firstly, a simplified SIFT descriptor is extracted at each pixel of the image. Secondly, the SIFT descriptor is used to rank the LBP encoding sequence. Then, statistical features are extracted from the weighted LBP map. Lastly, SVM classifier is employed to classify the genuine and counterfeit iris images. Extensive experiments are conducted on a database containing more than 5000 fake iris images by wearing 70 kinds of contact lens, and captured by four iris devices. Experimental results show that the proposed method achieves state-of-the-art performance in contact lens spoof detection.
Inflammatory reaction and airway damage in cystic fibrosis. (1976)

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P>The <i>International Passenger Survey</i> (IPS) aims to collect data on both credits and debits for the travel account of the Balance of Payments, provide detailed visit information on overseas visitors to the United Kingdom (UK) for tourism policy, and collect data on international migration.<br>
Report on Chemical Analysis of Soil Conditioners (1955)

Journal Article Report on Chemical Analysis of Soil Conditioners Get access Fred J Roth Fred J Roth Associate Referee California Department of Agriculture, Sacramento, Calif Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Association of Official Agricultural Chemists, Volume 38, Issue 2, 1 May 1955, Pages 250–252, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaoac/38.2.250 Published: 23 January 2020
Feature Selection for Brain-Computer Interfaces (2007)

Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) systems are a means of establishing communication for severely paralyzed patients. Based on the brain activity signals during the execution of mental tasks by a user, a computer system translates those signals first into higher-level features and finally into control commands for communication interfaces. This involves a number of algorithmic steps that have to be optimized individually for each patient in order to attain high performance of the BCI. One of these steps is the choice of a suitable set of brain signal features. This set is supposed to provide good discriminability of the mental tasks, allow for introspection, simplify the experimental effort and thus increase acceptance in patients. In terms of EEG electrodes, a smaller feature set entails a reduction of the immense effort of the daily setting-up of electrodes prior to the start of an experiment. The problem of feature selection is hard to tackle as optimal features may vary between subjects and even between sessions with the same subject. This thesis proposes a new signal processing framework for BCI that incorporates a quick and fully algorithmic feature selection step combined with an SVM classification in embedded form. For the evaluation of this new methodology, the results of own online and offline studies with electroencephalogram (EEG), electrocorticogram (ECoG) and magnetoencephalogram (MEG) will be presented, including the first ever implementation of a motor-imagery BCI system in MEG. In addition, the framework has been evaluated against several existing filter and wrapper approaches for feature selection. According to these results, the new method is capable of adapting to the changing signal characteristics of BCI users, can be used without prior neurophysiological knowledge about underlying mental tasks, reduces the number of features from several hundreds to just about 10% of the original features all while remaining highly accurate in terms of classification performance. Furthermore, the results of the feature selection step prove to be plausible in terms of neurophysiology, i.e. chosen EEG channels agree well with the expected underlying cortical activity patterns during the mental tasks. Under restricted conditions, it is shown that the optimized feature sets determined by the new signal processing framework can be transferred across subjects with only a small drop in performance.
Comparable biocompatibility of Phisio- and Bioline-coated cardiopulmonary bypass circuits indicated by the inflammatory response (2010)

The two circuits exhibited a comparable degree of in vivo biocompatibility.