gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Water Relations of Seed Development and Germination in Muskmelon (Cucumis meloL.) (1991)

Seed priming (imbibition in water or osmotic solutions followed by redrying) generally accelerates germination rates upon subsequent re-imbibition, but the response to priming treatments can vary both within and among seed lots. Seed maturity could influence responsiveness to priming, perhaps explaining variable priming effects among developmentally heterogeneous seed lots. In the current study, muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.) seeds at two stages of development, maturing (40 d after anthesis (DAA)) and fully mature (60 DAA), were primed in 0·3 M KNO3 for 48 h at 30 °C, dried, and imbibed in polyethylene glycol 8000 solutions of 0 to −1·2 MPa at 15, 20, 25, and 30 °C. Germination sensitivities to temperature and water potential (ψ) were quantified as indicators of the influence of seed maturity and priming on seed vigour. Germination percentages of 40 and 60 DAA control seeds were similar in water at 30 °C, but the mean germination rate (inverse of time to germination) of 40 DAA seeds was 50% less than that of 60 DAA seeds. Germination percentages and rates of both 40 and 60 DAA seeds decreased at temperatures below 25 °C. Reductions in ψ also delayed and inhibited germination, with the 40 DAA seeds being more sensitive to low ψ than the 60 DAA seeds. Priming significantly improved the performance of 40 DAA seeds at low temperatures and reduced ψ, but had less effect on 60 DAA seeds. Priming lowered both the minimum temperature (Tb) and the minimum ψ (ψb) at which germination occurred. Overall, priming of 40 DAA seeds improved their germination performance under stress conditions to equal or exceed that of control 60 DAA seeds, while 60 DAA seeds exhibited only modest improvements due to priming. As the osmotic environment inside mature fruits approximates that of a priming solution, muskmelon seeds may be ‘primed’ in situ during the late stage of development after maximum dry weight accumulation.
Supplementary Figure 4 from Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cells with Dissociated Signaling Domains Exhibit Focused Antitumor Activity with Reduced Potential for Toxicity <i>In Vivo</i> (2023)

&lt;p&gt;PDF file - 514K, Figure S4. A1847 (M+/F+) and A1847 (M+/F-) cells exhibit similar in vitro growth rate. 1 x 106 A1847 (M+/F+) and A1847 (M+/F-) cells were seeded on day 0 and their in vitro growth kinetics were monitored by determining viable cells using the trypan blue exclusion method.&lt;/p&gt;
Photoluminescence of Erbium Implanted in SiGe (1995)

The optical properties of an Er-implanted SiGe sample have been studied. Sharp and temperature-stable Er-related photoluminescence (PL) peaks were observed at around 1.5 µ m, which correspond to the Er 4 I 13/2 to 4 I 15/2 transition. It was found that the Er ions form more than three noncubic luminescence centers in the SiGe host. Although the PL intensity quenches at high temperatures, the Er-related PL signal can still be observed at room temperature. For a Si 0.87 Ge 0.13 :Er sample annealed at 850° C for 20 min, the activation energy is 130 meV which is slightly smaller than that of the Er-doped Si.
Comprehensive Monitoring of BPEL Processes (2009)

Service-oriented systems' distributed ownership has led to an increasing focus on runtime management solutions. Service-oriented systems can change greatly after deployment, hampering their quality and reliability. Their service bindings can change, and providers can modify the internals of their services. Monitoring is critical for these systems to keep track of behavior and discover whether anomalies have occurred. The Service-Centric Monitoring Language (SECMOL), a general monitoring specification language, clearly separates concerns between data collection, data computation, and data analysis, allowing for high flexibility and scalability. SECMOL also presents a concrete projection of the model onto three monitoring frameworks.
Improved Optical Amplification Efficiency by Using Turbo Cladding Pumping Scheme for Multicore Fiber Optical Networks (2019)

We realize a multicore erbium-doped fiber amplifier (MC-EDFA) with 2dB optical gain improvement (average) by recycling the residual 0.98μm pump light from the MC-EDF output. Eight-channel per core wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) Nyquist PM-16QAM optical signal amplification is demonstrated over a 40-minute period. Furthermore, we demonstrate the proposed MC-EDFA's stability by using it to amplify a Nyquist PM-16QAM signal and evaluating the resulting Q-factor variation. We found that our scheme contributes to reducing the total power consumption of MC-EDFAs in spatial division multiplexing (SDM)/WDM networks by up to 33.5%.
Hierarchical One-Dimensional Ammonium Nickel Phosphate Microrods for High-Performance Pseudocapacitors (2015)

High-performance electrochemical capacitors will drive the next-generation portable, flexible and wearable electronics. Unlike the conventional all-carbon supercapacitors (electric double layer capacitors, EDLC) with high power but poor energy density, pseudocapacitors capitalize the high energy density inherent to reversible redox reactions and provide a facile means to enhancing the energy ratings of supercapacitors. The high length-to-diameter ratio and anisotropic character of 1-D architecture makes them suitable for use in energy storage. For the first time, we report 1-D microrod structures (~ 36 nm width) of ammonium nickel phosphate hydrate (ANPmr) as a pseudocapacitor with high energy rating and power handling. To confirm the data, the ANPmr-based pseudocapacitor was subjected to various configurations (i.e., half-cell, symmetric, asymmetric, and flexible all-solid-state) and in each case it gave excellent values compared to any accessible literature to date. We clearly demonstrate that a flexible all-solid-state ANPmr-based pseudocapacitor achieved high areal capacitance of 66 mF cm(-2) with extra-ordinary energy (21.2 mWh cm(-2)) and power (12.7 mW cm(-2)) densities. This work opens doors for a facile, robust and scalable preparation strategy for low-cost, earth-abundant electrode materials for high-performance pseudocapacitors.
Polymer-polymer interaction parameters via melting point depression. A critical analysis (1991)

The procedures used to extract polymer-polymer interaction parameters (χ) from melting point data are critically reviewed and the reliability of derived χ values in different situations are commented. Measurement of accurate experimental melting points is an underappreciated problem and has a major impact on the reliability of extrapolated equilibrium melting points, from which χ is calculated. Example calculations illustrate that great caution must be exercised before interaction parameters derived from this method can be considered as reliable
Predictive Surgical Reasons for Failure After Coracoid Process Transfers (2016)

In our series, recurrent anterior shoulder instability after primary coracoid process transfer was more likely to occur during sports in young, male patients. The most common technical errors leading to revision were placing the graft inferior to the 5-o'clock position on the glenoid face or relying on single-screw fixation.
ChemInform Abstract: Convenient One‐Pot Synthesis of (E)‐β‐Aryl Vinyl Halides from Benzyl Bromides and Dihalomethanes. (2009)

Abstract ChemInform is a weekly Abstracting Service, delivering concise information at a glance that was extracted from about 200 leading journals. To access a ChemInform Abstract of an article which was published elsewhere, please select a “Full Text” option. The original article is trackable via the “References” option.
WE‐D‐304A‐03: Quantitative Image Analysis for Prognosis in Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer Patients with Sonographically Normal Appearing Lymph Nodes (2009)

Purpose: To investigate whether a computerized quantitative image analysis (QIA) system for diagnostic breast ultrasound can predict whether a breast cancer lesion has metastasized in patients with sonographically normal appearing axillary lymph nodes. Method and Materials: This study used a database of sonographic images of breast cancers in patients who presented with a single cancerous lesion and axillary lymph nodes that appeared normal on diagnostic breast ultrasound. The dataset contained images of 50 patients. In 20 patients, the breast cancer had metastasized and in 30 patients the cancer remained localized at the time of surgery. The truth regarding disease grade/pathology was obtained from the final breast surgery and lymphadectomy. Features including both lesion and parenchymal characteristics were calculated for each lesion. A leave‐one‐case‐out analysis was performed and each iteration stepwise feature selection was combined with the training of an LDA classifier for the task of distinguishing between cancerous lesions that metastasized and ones that remained localized. Results: In the leave‐one‐case‐out analysis, the most frequently selected combination consisted of 3 features. In this set, a single feature pertained to the lesion itself and the other 2 features described a difference between the lesion and the surrounding parenchyma. The features were the lesion echogenicity, the difference in echogenicity, and the difference in entropy. The LDA classifier yielded an area under the ROC curve (AUC value) of 0.80 (standard error 0.06) for the task of distinguishing between metastasized breast cancer index lesions and localized breast cancers. Conclusion: The QIA scheme obtained promising performance in this preliminary study and shows potential to diagnose metastatic disease. It is important to note that this study was performed using images only of patients for whom pre‐surgery imaging studies suggested that the breast cancer had remained localized. Conflict of Interest: Grants NIH and DOE. Stockholder, grant, royalties Hologic.
Regulation of plasminogen binding to neutrophils (2001)

Plasminogen plays an integral role in the inflammatory response, and this participation is likely to depend on its interaction with cell surfaces. It has previously been reported that isolation of human neutrophils from blood leads to a spontaneous increase in their plasminogen-binding capacity, and the basis for this up-regulation has been explored as a model for mechanisms for modulation of plasminogen receptor expression. Freshly isolated human peripheral blood neutrophils exhibited relatively low plasminogen binding, but when cultured for 20 hours, they increased this capacity dramatically, up to 50-fold. This increase was abolished by soybean trypsin inhibitor and was susceptible to carboxypeptidase B treatment, implicating proteolysis and exposure of carboxy-terminal lysines in the enhanced interaction. In support of this hypothesis, treatment of neutrophils with elastase, cathepsin G, or plasmin increased their plasminogen binding, and specific inhibitors of elastase and cathepsin G suppressed the up-regulation that occurred during neutrophil culture. When neutrophils were stimulated with phorbol ester, their plasminogen binding increased rapidly, but this increase was insensitive to the protease inhibitors. These results indicate that plasminogen binding to neutrophils can be up-regulated by 2 distinct pathways. A major pathway with the propensity to markedly up-regulate plasminogen binding depends upon the proteolytic remodeling of the cell surface. In response to thioglycollate, neutrophils recruited into the peritoneum of mice were shown to bind more plasminogen than those in peripheral blood, suggesting that modulation of plasminogen binding by these or other pathways may also occur in vivo.
ChemInform Abstract: Dendrimeric Catalysts for the Activation of Hydrogen Peroxide. Increasing Activity per Catalytic Phenylseleno Group in Successive Generations. (1999)

Abstract ChemInform is a weekly Abstracting Service, delivering concise information at a glance that was extracted from about 100 leading journals. To access a ChemInform Abstract of an article which was published elsewhere, please select a “Full Text” option. The original article is trackable via the “References” option.
Execution monitoring and recovery planning with time (2002)

Focusing on the J.F. Allen and J.A. Koomen (1983) temporal planning scheme, the authors characterize the possible locations for failure during plan execution. By observing the interval collapse criterion during plan generation, the planner is able to integrate the planning of goal-directed actions and execution verification actions. This allows the planner to schedule sensor usage and reason about sensing and data processing delays. The authors also present a simple and robust recovery planning scheme which inserts corrective steps into the original plan. The authors generate purely inserted recovery plans efficiently, without destroying the original plan and without unnecessary temporal inferencing.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>
Asymmetric synthesis of a seven carbon anit-3,5-diol building block. A polyacetate derivative with completely resolved C 2 symmetry (1996)

T. F. J. Lampe and H. M. R. Hoffmann, Chem. Commun., 1996, 1931 DOI: 10.1039/CC9960001931
40Gbps Optical Receiver Based on Germanium Waveguide Photodetector Hybrid-Integrated with 90nm CMOS Amplifier (2012)

A receiver based on Ge waveguide photodetector wire-bonded to 90nm CMOS amplifier built in specialty SOI wafer demonstrates error-free operation up to 40Gbps. At 25Gbps the receiver achieved a sensitivity of −8.3dBm with 3.3pJ/bit power-efficiency.
Analysis of Parasitic Front-end Capacitance and Thermal Resistance in Hybrid Flip-chip-bonded GaAs SEED/Si CMOS Receivers (1995)

Smart pixels [1] consisting of photodetectors, electronic circuitry, and E/O converters utilizing free-space optical interconnections show promise to relieve the interconnection bottleneck in computing and switching systems. [2] To reduce the propagation delay through a smart pixel, the receiver requires a fast response, hence it is essential to reduce the front end capacitance (C in ). C in has three main components: the photodiode active area, the amplifier input, and the stray interconnect capacitance (C s ). The FET-SEED technology minimizes C s through the monolithic integration of photodetectors, modulators and electronic circuitry. [3][4]] However, current system demonstrations using FET-SEEDs have been limited to using medium scale integration (MSI) smart pixel arrays. Hybrid integration of VLSI Si CMOS electronic circuitry with photodetectors, modulators, or emitters is an attractive approach in obtaining VLSI smart pixels in the near term.
Review—Electrochemical Biosensors Based on ZnO Nanostructures (2017)

In recent years, electrochemical biosensors based on semiconductor and metal nanostructures have attracted a great deal of attention as new instruments in the healthcare arsenal that could substantially enhance early diagnostics capabilities and thus enable active health management. Among numerous materials studied, nanostructured ZnO has been recognized as a promising platform for biomedical applications owing to its low cost, relative ease of preparation leading to a rich variety of nanostructures with high aspect ratios (nanowires, nanobelts, nanoflakes), proven biocompatibility in the bulk form, electronic properties supporting various device types, and catalytic surface activity. In this contribution, we review the recent progress in development of enzymatic and non-enzymatic biosensors based on ZnO nanostructures. After a critical discussion of biocompatibility of nanostructured ZnO, we segue into the discussion of ZnO-based devices for detection of physiologically important analytes, including glucose, cholesterol, L-lactic acid, uric acid, metal ions, and pH. Special attention is given to ZnO nanorod based sensors for intracellular measurements.
The Bacillus subtilis spo0J gene: evidence for involvement in catabolite repression of sporulation (1991)

Previous observations concerning the ability of the Bacillus subtilis bacteriophages SP10 and PMB12 to suppress mutations in spo0J and to make wild-type sporulation catabolite resistant suggested that spo0J had a role in catabolite repression of sporulation. This suggestion was supported in the present report by the ability of the catabolite-resistant sporulation mutation crsF4 to suppress a Tn917 insertion mutation of the B. subtilis spo0J locus (spo0J::Tn917 omega HU261) in medium without glucose. Although crsF4 and SP10 made wild-type B. subtilis sporulation catabolite resistant, neither crsF4 nor SP10 caused a mutant with spo0J::Tn917 omega HU261 to sporulate in medium with glucose. Sequencing the spo0J locus revealed an open reading frame that was 179 codons in length. Disruption of the open reading frame resulted in a sporulation-negative (Spo-) phenotype that was similar to those of other spo0J mutations. Analysis of the deduced amino acid sequence of the spo0J locus indicated that the spo0J gene product contains an alpha-helix-turn-alpha-helix unit similar to the motif found in lambda Cro-like DNA-binding proteins.
The gene expression profile of patients with new-onset heart failure reveals important gender-specific differences (2009)

This is the first study that identified gender-specific transcriptomic differences in new-onset HF. Our findings may offer novel insights into fundamental biological differences in the pathophysiology of HF between sexes and provide a platform for personalized medicine.
Thin-film recording media on flexible substrates for tape applications (2005)

Co-based alloys were investigated as candidates for sputtered thin-film magnetic tape media. Magnetic media on polymeric substrates having acceptable magnetic properties were obtained by applying NiAl/CrMn underlayers prior to CoCrPt deposition with a nonmagnetic CoCrTa intermediate layer. Typical sputtered tape media deposited on traditional polymeric substrates at room temperature revealed sideband modulation noise and large intergranular exchange coupling. A substantial improvement in surface roughness by utilizing smooth polymeric substrates eliminated this modulation noise and accounted for the signal dependent broad-band noise power. This suggests that transition noise is a dominant component of medium noise in sputtered tape media. Additionally, substrate bias is shown to be effective in producing grain decoupling that is necessary for good signal-to-noise ratio.
A low leakage 500MHz 2T embedded dynamic memory with integrated semi-transparent refresh (2011)

This paper presents a low-leakage 128 kbit dynamic memory based on a 2T dynamic cell. The design is implemented in a logic 90 nm technology and achieves a low static power consumption of 130 μW and an access time of 2 ns. It has a worst case retention time of 175 μs. This performance is achieved by introducing an optimized hierarchical organization and peripheral circuits for the read, the write and the refresh operations. A novel writing mechanism for 2T cells using a two phases approach is demonstrated. The area penalty of using short read bitlines is alleviated using a charge transfer sense amplifier. A novel local write sense amplifier that can operate as a latch makes it possible to perform the refresh operation at the local level, improving the energy efficiency of the refresh operation. The memory includes an integrated automatic refresh mechanism. During refresh cycles, most read and write operations can still be performed. In cases where the address conflicts with the refresh operation, the memory handles access recovery internally.
Characterization of Ti-doped CaFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> prepared from a malic acid complex (2014)

Ti-doped and undoped CaFe2O4 powders were prepared from a malic acid complex and their properties were evaluated using analytical instruments. According to an XRD measurement, there were no traces of impurity phases in 5 mol % Ti-doped CaFe2O4 powder, while impurity phases such as α-Fe2O3 and CaTiO3 were observed for 10 mol % Ti-doped CaFe2O4. When Ti was added to CaFe2O4, the crystallite growth of CaFe2O4 was suppressed and the BET surface area increased. SEM observation revealed that the addition of Ti atoms to CaFe2O4 causes interconnected CaFe2O4 particles to separate. From the results of an XRF measurement, it is suggested that Fe atoms are substituted with Ti atoms. The optical band gap of CaFe2O4 hardly changed as a result of doping with Ti.
TCR Affinity for In Vivo Peptide-Induced Thymic Positive Selection Fine-Tunes TCR Responsiveness of Peripheral CD8+ T Cells (2019)

The affinity for TCR interactions with self-peptide/MHC complexes (pMHC) in the thymus critically affects immature thymocytes that newly express TCRs. Previous fetal thymus organ culture experiments have indicated that difference in the affinity for thymic TCR/pMHC interactions not only determines thymocyte fate between positive and negative selection, but also affects Ag responsiveness of positively selected thymocytes. In the current study, we examined whether TCR/pMHC affinity during positive selection in the thymus would further affect Ag responsiveness of mature T cells in the periphery. To do so, OVA peptide variants were in vivo administered to TAP1-deficient OT-I/TCR-transgenic mice in which T cell development was otherwise arrested at CD4<sup>+</sup>CD8<sup>+</sup> thymocytes because of the lack of self-pMHC presentation in thymic APCs. We found that a group of peptide variants induced the transient generation of OT-I CD8<sup>+</sup> T cells in the thymus and the periphery. We also noticed that the affinity threshold for positive and negative selection detected in adult mice in vivo was higher than that measured in fetal thymus organ culture experiments in vitro. Interestingly, we further found that the affinity for positively selecting peptides proportionally affected TCR responsiveness of peripheral naive CD8<sup>+</sup> T cells. These results indicate that in vivo administration of a peptide can promote T cell selection in the thymus and the affinity for TCR/pMHC interaction during positive selection fine-tunes Ag responsiveness of peripheral T cells.
Food Allergies: The Basics (2015)

IgE-associated food allergy affects approximately 3% of the population and has severe effects on the daily life of patients-manifestations occur not only in the gastrointestinal tract but also affect other organ systems. Birth cohort studies have shown that allergic sensitization to food allergens develops early in childhood. Mechanisms of pathogenesis include cross-linking of mast cell- and basophil-bound IgE and immediate release of inflammatory mediators, as well as late-phase and chronic allergic inflammation, resulting from T-cell, basophil, and eosinophil activation. Researchers have begun to characterize the molecular features of food allergens and have developed chip-based assays for multiple allergens. These have provided information about cross-reactivity among different sources of food allergens, identified disease-causing food allergens, and helped us to estimate the severity and types of allergic reactions in patients. Importantly, learning about the structure of disease-causing food allergens has allowed researchers to engineer synthetic and recombinant vaccines.