gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Innovative lightweight concrete hollow blocks: thermal performance analysis (2015)

The thermal analysis of buildings opaque walls is strongly linked to the homogeneous and inhomogeneous materials that compose each single layer. Nowadays the insulation panels are the main component used to reduce buildings thermal losses, but the inhomogeneous layer, like hollow blocks, can help to improve the overall thermal performance of the wall if attention is paid to the materials that compose the solid part of the blocks.&#13;\nIn this paper the authors describe some results of a research activity concerning the thermal optimization of existing blocks and the design of a new line of innovative lightweight concrete blocks with recycled expanded glass. The innovative blocks are designed to fully satisfy the prescriptions of the Italian legislation in terms of product sustainability (in compliance with European Directive 009/125/CE) and structural and energy performance. Due to the complex geometry of the blocks, the analysis of the thermal performance was carried out with the finite elements method, according to the EN 1745 as well as with the simplified method according to the EN ISO 6946. The thermal analysis of the innovative blocks was preceded by the characterization of the value of the thermal conductivity of the lightweight concrete with recycled expanded glass, by means of guarded hot plate method according to the EN 12664.
Guest Editors' Introduction: Highlights from IEEE Pacific Visualization (2010)

This article looks briefly at four articles based on papers from the 2010 IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium. These articles, which strongly focus on visual design and applications, cover a range of applications in scientific visualization, information visualization, and graph visualization, showing the field's breadth.
Short wave infrared imaging spectrometer with simultaneous thermal imaging (2010)

A computed tomographic imaging spectrometer (CTIS) has been developed to allow simultaneous shortwave infrared (SWIR: 1-1.4 &mu;m) spectral imaging and mid-wave infrared (MWIR: 3-5 &mu;m) thermal imaging. The instrument utilizes a mechanically cooled indium antimonide focal plane array which is optically coupled using an Offner relay to a state-of the-art two-dimensional grating. The grating is a computer-generated hologram design fabricated by electron-beam lithography on a convex substrate. The system performs shapshot capture of the spatial and spectral information in a scene, enabling transient events to be characterized. The shortwave spectral information in the higher diffraction orders was reconstructed using existing expectation maximization methodologies while a co-registered thermal image from the zerothorder was analyzed. A co-registered contour map of the shortwave information was displayed superimposed on the thermal image and processed for accurate retrieval of scene knowledge. Spectral accuracy and radiometric test and evaluation results such as noise equivalence temperature difference (NEDT) and minimum resolvable temperature difference (MRTD) are presented for this new spectral imager and a general explanation is given for the theory of its tomographic operation.
Local axonal function of STAT3 rescues axon degeneration in the <i>pmn</i> model of motoneuron disease (2012)

Axonal maintenance, plasticity, and regeneration are influenced by signals from neighboring cells, in particular Schwann cells of the peripheral nervous system. Schwann cells produce neurotrophic factors, but the mechanisms by which ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) and other neurotrophic molecules modify the axonal cytoskeleton are not well understood. In this paper, we show that activated signal transducer and activator of transcription-3 (STAT3), an intracellular mediator of the effects of CNTF and other neurotrophic cytokines, acts locally in axons of motoneurons to modify the tubulin cytoskeleton. Specifically, we show that activated STAT3 interacted with stathmin and inhibited its microtubule-destabilizing activity. Thus, ectopic CNTF-mediated activation of STAT3 restored axon elongation and maintenance in motoneurons from progressive motor neuronopathy mutant mice, a mouse model of motoneuron disease. This mechanism could also be relevant for other neurodegenerative diseases and provide a target for new therapies for axonal degeneration.
Supplementary Methods from Notch Pathway Activity Identifies Cells with Cancer Stem Cell–like Properties and Correlates with Worse Survival in Lung Adenocarcinoma (2023)

&lt;p&gt;PDF file - 84K, Immunohistochemistry and PCR assays methodology.&lt;/p&gt;
Sparse Dynamic Filtering via Earth Mover's Distance Regularization (2018)

Tracking time-varying signals is an important task for practical systems working with large discretized domains. Under such settings, sparsity-based approaches improve tracking accuracy since typically few targets appear in the scene (i.e. few locations in the discretized space are occupied). Discretization introduces a unique challenge: the traditional lp -norm dynamic constraints produce significant errors when there is even a small spatial mismatch between the predicted and true state. To overcome this, we present a tracking algorithm leveraging concepts from optimal transport, namely utilizing the earth-movers distance (EMD) as a dynamic regularizer to the l1 -regularized inference problem (i.e., LASSO [1], or BPDN [2]). We extend the problem formulation to complex valued signals and modify the optimization program to reduce the computational burden. We demonstrate the efficacy of our approach in imaging and frequency tracking applications.
Effects of Relaxation on Coherent Continuous-Pulse-Train Propagation (1979)

We have analyzed the effects of relaxation on coherent pulse-train propagation through a two-level absorber. It is shown that after the entire absorber has relaxed to a time-repetitive equilibrium with the field, the characteristic features of single-pulse self-induced transparency are still predicted.
Der funktionelle MMP-3 (-1171; 5A/6A) Polymorphismus ist kein Risikofaktor für die Entwicklung einer Alkohol-induzierten Leberzirrhose (2006)

Einleitung: Alkoholabusus ist eine Hauptursache der Leberzirrhose, die sich jedoch nur bei 15% aller schweren Trinker entwickelt. Daher werden genetische Faktoren vermutet, welche die Fibroseprogression modulieren. Ein Schlüsselenzym der Matrixdegradation ist die Matrixmetalloproteinase-3 (MMP-3), die einen funktionellen Polymorphismus mit einer Adenosininsertion (5A bzw. 6A Basen) an Position -1171 aufweist. In vitro-Analysen zeigten bei Genotyp 5A/5A eine höhere MMP-3 Expression und dieser Genotyp wurde mit der Progression der Primär-sklerosierender Cholangitis assoziiert. In der vorliegenden Studie haben wir untersucht, ob der MMP-3 Genotyp einen Risikofaktor für die Entstehung einer Alkohol-induzierten Lebercirrhose darstellt. Patienten und
Reactive Power Based Speed Control of Induction Motor Drive using Fuzzy Logic for Industrial Applications (2020)

The induction motor is largely used in many industrial applications due to its various properties and its precise variable speed operation. A variety of control algorithm such as direct torque control (DTC), field oriented control (FOC) etc. have been industrialized so far; however necessary precisions are supplementary for better and efficient speed control operations. This paper presents a unique reactive power based speed control of induction motor drive for wide speed range applications. This approach incorporates the control of reactive power curving in and out of the machine for speed control of induction machine using fuzzy logic. Expressively this approach not only recuperates the integration of complex flux estimators, observers etc. but more importantly the desired power factor operation is obtained. To validate the proposed scheme, the MATLAB simulation and experimental analysis for lhp induction machine is presented in this paper.
Analysis of slot injection beneath a thick hypersonic boundary layer (1989)

A simplified analysis of tangential slot injection into a hypersonic (or supersonic) external flow having a thick. turbulent initial boundary layer including the effects of turbulent mixing, viscid/inviscid interaction, modest initial pressure mismatch. skin friction and heat transfer and heat release for reactive injectants is derived. The treatment uses hypersonic (or supersonic) small disturbance theory, a power law shape for the initial boundary layer velocity profile and a Crocco integral to get the temperature profile, a turbulent entrainment model including the effect of a Convective Mach Number, a quasi-1D assumption in the mixing and burning region, an instantaneous, onestep heat release model and simple models of skin friction and heat transfer. Good agreement o f predictions with experiment for several cases without and with burning for gross flowfield variables such as P(x), A(x), M(x), T o ( x ) , etc. was achieved The calculations need only about 1-2 seconds of CPU time on an Amdahl 5890 class computer. Lastly, calculations for combustor flowfields for a generic Scramjet vehicle at a flight Mach number of 10 with a realistic range of values for the boundary layer thickness at the injection station and slot height and injection Mach number and total temperature are given and discussed. v
Effects of substrate temperature on the optical properties of polycrystalline CuInSe&lt;inf&gt;2&lt;/inf&gt; thin films (2010)

Polycrystalline CuInSe <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">2</sub> (CIS) thin films ~100 nm thick were deposited using the co-evaporation method onto fused quartz substrates held at three different substrate temperatures (T <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">s</sub> ): 450°C, 525°C, and 600°C. The films were characterized with spectroscopic ellipsometry (SE) both from the film side and through the glass. These SE data with both measurement geometries were analyzed together, based on an optical model containing a bulk CIS layer and a thin surface over-layer. The resulting optical properties of the CIS films were analyzed with the critical point (CP) parabolic band approximation. CP parameters indicate that CIS grain size increases significantly from 450°C to 525°C, but the difference between 525°C and 600°C is small. This is consistent with the scanning electron microscopy measurements. A steady blue shift in CP energies with increasing T <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">s</sub> was also observed, possibly due to the tensile strain in the CIS films, which was confirmed by the X-ray diffraction characterizations.
Supplementary Figure 2 from Clinicopathologic, Genomic, and Immunophenotypic Landscape of &lt;i&gt;ATM&lt;/i&gt; Mutations in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer (2023)

&lt;p&gt;Supplementary Figure 2. Proportion of samples with PD-L1 TPS ≥1%, ≥50%, ≥90% according to ATM mutation status (ATMMUT versus ATMWT).&lt;/p&gt;
Hydrogen gas sensors based on thermally evaporated nanostructured MoO3 Schottky diode : a comparative study (2011)

In this paper, a comparative study of Pt/nanostructured MoO3/SiC Schottky diode based hydrogen gas sensors is presented. MoO3 nanostructured films with three different morphologies (nanoplatelets, nanoplatelets-nanowires and nano-flowers) were deposited on SiC by thermal evaporation. We compare the current-voltage characteristics and the dynamic response of these sensors as they are exposed to hydrogen gas at temperatures up to 250°C. Results indicate that the sensor based on MoO3 nano-flowers exhibited the highest sensitivity (in terms of a 5.79V voltage shift) towards 1% hydrogen; while the sensor based on MoO3 nanoplatelets showed the quickest response (t90%-40s).
Sustained Release of Brimonidine from a New Composite Drug Delivery System for Treatment of Glaucoma (2017)

A novel layered double hydroxide (LDH) nanoparticle/thermogel composite drug delivery system (DDS) for sustained release of brimonidine (Bri) has been designed, prepared, and characterized in this study for treatment of severe glaucoma. Brimonidine is first loaded onto LDH (Bri@LDH) nanoparticles, which are then dispersed in the thermogel consisting of plenty of micelles based on poly(dl-lactic acid-co-coglycolic acid)-polyethylene glycol-poly(dl-lactic acid-co-coglycolic acid) (PLGA-PEG-PLGA) copolymer. The Bri@LDH/Thermogel DDS containing 125.0 μg/g of brimonidine has been found to sustainably release the drug for up to 144 h, significantly extending the drug release period compared to that from Bri@LDH nanoparticles. The Bri@LDH/Thermogel DDS is not cytotoxic to human corneal epithelial cells and shows good biocompatibility. In vivo drug release from the special contact lens made of Bri@LDH/Thermogel DDS has been sustained for at least 7 days, which more effectively modulates the relief of intraocular pressure (IOP). Thus, the Bri@LDH/Thermogel DDS is a promising drug delivery alternative that can be used for treatment of severe glaucoma.
Onion-Like Carbon in Microwaves: Electromagnetic Absorption Bands and Percolation Effect (2009)

Microwave absorption properties of onion-like carbons (OLC) have been studied in microwave frequency range. A consistent analysis of the electromagnetic (EM) attenuation provided by OLC-based suspensions with variable concentration of OLC has been carried out in Ka-band (26-37 GHz). The first study of spectral features of the given suspensions (7.2-28.6 volume percents of OLC stuff in vaseline) demonstrates that the percolation threshold of OLC is strongly dependent on the average nanocarbon cluster size. It has been found also that raising the annealing temperature of a precursor nanodiamond leads to the enhanced absorption ability of onion-like carbon. The way to manipulate the OLC absorption ability through the OLC cluster size and nanodiamond annealing temperature is proposed for producing the effective EM coatings.
Computerized Detection of Lung Nodules (2002)

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among both American women and men. 
The disease is expected to claim the lives of 157,400 Americans in 2001, a figure that 
represents 25% of cancer deaths among women and 31% of cancer deaths among men 
(1). Moreover, an anticipated 169,500 new lung cancer cases (13% of all new cancer 
cases) will be diagnosed in the United States in 2001 (1). Unfortunately, clinical 
symptoms of lung cancer, such as shortness of breath, chronic cough, and hemoptysis, 
usually do not occur until the disease has reached a more advanced stage, when patient 
prognosis is especially poor. The 5-year survival rate for lung cancer patients is only 13% 
(2).
Comparison of Non-Linear and Linearized CFD Analysis of the Stator-Rotor Interaction of a Compressor Stage (2014)

The prediction of resonance amplitudes due to stator-rotor interactions is still an important task within the design process of turbomachinery bladings. In this paper the stator-rotor interaction of a compressor stage which consists of an inlet guide vane and a rotor blade is studied with a non-linear and a linearized CFD code. First, a quasi-3D-study of a section close to the tip region is considered. The passing of the wake of the inlet guide vane over the rotor is studied for six different vibration mode shapes of increasing complexity (first bending mode up to 4th chordwise bending mode). Whereas for low rotor speeds the comparison between linearized and non-linear calculations is quite good, large differences are found for high rotor speeds. It is shown that an acoustic interaction between the two stages with a cut-on mode is the cause for the large differences, leading to much higher unsteady pressure amplitudes on the rotor blade. This in turn leads to different aerodynamic work on the rotor blade for the different mode shapes. The extension of the investigations to 3D shows essentially the same effects.
Identification of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) issues relevant to individuals with Huntington disease (2012)

This qualitative study explored health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in individuals with Huntington disease (HD). Sixteen focus groups were conducted (n = 6 groups with symptomatic HD individuals; n = 5 with individuals who are at-risk or prodromal for HD; n = 3 non-clinical HD caregivers; n = 2 groups with HD clinicians). Qualitative analysis indicated that 28% of focus group comments were related to emotional health, 27% to social participation, 26% to physical health, 10% to cognitive health, and 9% to end of life issues. Findings highlight the importance of developing HD-targeted items to ensure sensitive assessment of HRQOL in HD research and clinical practice.
Solitonlike dynamics in submicron ferroelectric liquid-crystal cells (1998)

Using a linear electro-optic response technique we have determined the phase mode dynamics of a chiral ferroelectric smectic-${C}^{*}$ liquid crystal confined in a wedge-type cell. Below the smectic-$A$--smectic-${C}^{*}$ phase transition we have observed two polar phase modes. The relaxation rate of the higher-frequency mode scales as the inverse square of the cell thickness and is identified as a transverse solitary wave in the splayed ferroelectric structure. The relaxation rate of the slow mode is on the other hand nearly thickness independent. By increasing measuring voltage, this mode shows a nonlinear crossover to the collective switching of the polarization of the cell as a whole. The observed dynamics is described within the Landau-Khalatnikov theory, where the polarization renormalized dynamics and the effects of confinement are taken into account.
Data-driven decomposition of sequential programs for determinate parallel execution (2010)

The transition of the microprocessor industry to multi-core processors poses a significant challenge to the information technology industry. Realizing the full potential of these processors requires decomposition of software into units of work amenable to parallel execution. This places an enormous burden on software developers—conventional approaches to parallel programming, such as multithreading, present a programming model that is radically different from sequential programming, and may result in a wide range of execution behaviors that are neither predictable nor repeatable. These problems threaten to greatly increase the time and cost required to develop software applications. 
This dissertation proposes data-driven decomposition as a mechanism to overcome many of the difficulties associated with deriving parallel execution of software. Data-driven decomposition dynamically decomposes a sequential program according to the data manipulated by its constituent operations. Operations that manipulate disjoint sets of data may execute in parallel, while operations on overlapping data are serialized—executed one-at-a-time in program order—to ensure they produce the same result as a sequential execution of the program. Thus data-driven decomposition both preserves both the intuitive sequential programming interface, as well as its predictable, repeatable execution. 
This dissertation also describes the design and implementation of PROMETHEUS, a library comprising two components supporting data-driven decomposition of programs written in the C++ language. The first component of PROMETHEUS is a programming interface that allows programmers to express the relationship between computational operations and the data they manipulate via the widespread practices and idioms of object-oriented programming. The second component of PROMETHEUS is runtime support for efficiently orchestrating data-driven decomposition. These mechanisms allow PROMETHEUS programs to realize the benefits of data-driven decomposition, while achieving performance competitive with programs parallelized via conventional, control-driven techniques.
In vitro glucose concentration estimation by means of fractional order impedance models (2016)

This paper presents the application of fractional calculus tools, i.e. fractional order impedance and Cole-Cole elements to detect, measure and estimate glucose concentrations by means of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. In this paper, the fractional order impedance model is presented and compared with the measured impedance. The model parameters are related to various physical conditions of the test-cells and a baseline measurements along with blind evaluation are presented. The results obtained indicate that the fractional order impedance model can capture the dynamics of the measured impedance.
Buccal mucosal cell immunohistochemistry: a simple method of determining the ABH phenotype of baboons, monkeys, and pigs (2006)

There was complete consistency among the results obtained using all of the above methods, except that no determination could be made from staining of RBCs in one pig. Staining of buccal mucosal cells proved to be the preferred method in all three species because: (i) expression of A or H antigen is weak on pig RBCs, making an accurate blood type determination difficult, and A, B, and H expression is non-existent on baboon and monkey RBCs, (ii) neither venepuncture nor organ biopsy is necessary, (iii) time-consuming adsorption of anti-human antibodies from the sera of the test animal is not required, and (iv) it proved a quick method of evaluation.
A Unified Control Framework for Traction Machine Drive Using Linear Parameters Varying-Based Field-Oriented Control (2020)

Abstract The performance of an electrified powertrain in extreme operating conditions is greatly compromised. This is due to the fact that meeting the road loads, ensuring efficient powertrain operation, and minimizing the loss of lifetime (aging) of an electric machine are three essential but conflicting targets. In this paper, a unified multi-objective linear parameters varying (LPV)-based field-oriented control (FOC) framework is proposed to solve the problem of conflicting objectives mentioned above. The outer loop in a unified control framework generates the reference currents using linear matrix inequality (LMI)-based torque and flux controllers. Moreover, optimal flux is estimated using LPV observer to ensure efficient machine operations. In the inner loop of a unified control framework, the multi-objective controller (MOC) is synthesized by selecting optimal weighting functions using LMI-based convex optimization approach. The stability of the proposed unified control framework is also analyzed. The effectiveness of the proposed unified control framework is tested for a direct drive electrified powertrain of a three-wheeled vehicle commonly found in urban transportation for Asian countries. The urban driving schedule-based simulation results confirm that the lifetime of traction machine can be enhanced by appropriate control framework design without compromising its performance.
Cerebrospinal fluid biochemical markers of central nervous system metastases (1980)

beta-Glucuronidase and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) were measured in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with cancer. Both substances were found to reliably detect the presence of leptomeningeal infiltration by carcinoma. Neither substance was reliable in the detection of leptomeningeal infiltration by lymphoma or of metastases to the brain parenchyma or spinal epidural space. beta-Glucuronidase was moderately elevated in chronic infectious meningitis, whereas CEA was not. Both markers approached control levels with favorable treatment of the leptomeningeal metastases, reflecting the effectiveness of treatment. Both beta-glucuronidase and CEA hold promise as indicators of early metastatic involvement of the leptomeninges by carcinoma.