gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Evaluation on the Methane Production Potential of Wood Waste Pretreated with NaOH and Co-Digested with Pig Manure (2019)

Wood waste generated during the tree felling and processing is a rich, green, and renewable lignocellulosic biomass. However, an effective method to apply wood waste in anaerobic digestion is lacking. The high carbon to nitrogen (C/N) ratio and rich lignin content of wood waste are the major limiting factors for high biogas production. NaOH pre-treatment for lignocellulosic biomass is a promising approach to weaken the adverse effect of complex crystalline cellulosic structure on biogas production in anaerobic digestion, and the synergistic integration of lignocellulosic biomass with low C/N ratio biomass in anaerobic digestion is a logical option to balance the excessive C/N ratio. Here, we assessed the improvement of methane production of wood waste in anaerobic digestion by NaOH pretreatment, co-digestion technique, and their combination. The results showed that the methane yield of the single digestion of wood waste was increased by 38.5% after NaOH pretreatment compared with the untreated wood waste. The methane production of the co-digestion of wood waste and pig manure was higher than that of the single digestion of wood waste and had nonsignificant difference with the single-digestion of pig manure. The methane yield of the co-digestion of wood waste pretreated with NaOH and pig manure was increased by 75.8% than that of the untreated wood waste. The findings indicated that wood waste as a sustainable biomass source has considerable potential to achieve high biogas production in anaerobic digestion.
Polymerization of Vinyl Monomers Initiated By Poly[3-Dimethyl(Acryloyloxyethyl)-Ammonium Propane Sulfonate In Aqueous Solution (1990)

ABSTRACT The polymerization of vinyl monomers initiated by poly[3-dimethyl-(acryloyloxyethyl)ammonium propane sulfonate], poly(DAAPS), in aqueous solution was studied under vacuum at 85°C. the polymerization proceeds via a radical mechanism without any further initiator. the polymerization is thought to start with the formation of hydrophobic areas with poly(DAAPS) in the aqueous phase. the initiation mechanism involving hydrogen atom transfer is proposed. the effects of the efficiency of grafting, pH, overall activation energy, and the amount of water content and betaine polymer on the polymerization were investigated. A good linear relationship was obtained between the mass of vinyl monomers and the rate of polymerization (Rp ) by applying the Michaelis-Menten equation.
The effects of continued azacitidine treatment cycles on response in higher-risk patients with myelodysplastic syndromes: An update (2009)

The international, phase III, multi-centre AZA-001 trial demonstrated azacitidine (AZA) is the first treatment to significantly extend overall survival (OS) in higher risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) patients (Fenaux (2007) Blood110 817). The current treatment paradigm, which is based on a relationship between complete remission (CR) and survival, is increasingly being questioned (Cheson (2006) Blood108 419). Results of AZA-001 show CR is sufficient but not necessary to prolong OS (List (2008) Clin Oncol26 7006). Indeed, the AZA CR rate in AZA-001 was modest (17%), while partial remission (PR, 12%) and haematological improvement (HI, 49%) were also predictive of prolonged survival. This analysis was conducted to assess the median number of AZA treatment cycles associated with achievement of first response, as measured by IWG 2000-defined CR, PR or HI (major + minor). The number of treatment cycles from first response to best response was also measured.
On the role of exciton‐phonon interaction in the interpretation of the relative intensities in the Raman lattice spectrum of crystalline p‐chloroaniline (1981)

Abstract The relative intensities of bands in a polarized Raman Lattice spectrum of p ‐chloroaniline are interpreted in terms of the oriented gas model. Among different reasons for deviations from this model the vibronic intensity enhancement of B 1g and B 3g lattice bands has been found to be the most important one.
cIAP2 is a ubiquitin protein ligase for BCL10 and is dysregulated in mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphomas (2005)

The pathogenesis of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphomas is associated with independent chromosomal translocations that lead to the upregulation of either BCL10 or MALT1 or the generation of a fusion protein, cIAP2-MALT1. While both BCL10 and MALT1 are critically involved in antigen receptor-mediated NF-kappaB activation, the role of cIAP2 is not clear. Here we show that cIAP2 is a ubiquitin ligase (E3) of BCL10 and targets it for degradation, inhibiting antigen receptor-mediated cytokine production. cIAP2-MALT1 lacks E3 activity, and concomitantly, the BCL10 protein is stabilized in MALT lymphomas harboring this fusion. Furthermore, BCL10 and cIAP2-MALT1 synergistically activate NF-kappaB. These results reveal cIAP2 as an inhibitor of antigenic signaling and implicate its dysfunction in MALT lymphomas.
Teacher-student Deep Clustering for Low-delay Single Channel Speech Separation (2019)

The recently-proposed deep clustering algorithm introduced significant advances in monaural speaker-independent multi-speaker speech separation. Deep clustering operates on magnitude spectro-grams using bidirectional recurrent networks and K-means clustering, both of which require offline operation, i.e., algorithm latency is longer than utterance length. This paper evaluates architectures for reduced latency deep clustering by combining: (1) block processing to efficiently propagate the memory encoded by the recurrent network, and (2) teacher-student learning, where low-latency models learn from an offline teacher. Compared to our best performing offline model, we only lose 0.3 dB SDR at a latency of 1.2 seconds and 0.7 dB SDR at a latency of 0.6 seconds on the publicly available wsj0-2mix dataset. Moreover, by providing a detailed analysis of the failure cases for our low-latency speech separation models, we show that the cause of this performance gap is related to frame-level permutation errors, where the network fails to accurately track speaker identity throughout an utterance.
Regulation of thymidylate synthetase in mouse leukemia cells (L1210). (1980)

L1210 mouse leukemia cells were synchronized by isoleucine deprivation followed by hydroxyurea treatment. Changes of thymidylate synthetase activity both in cell extracts and in the intact cells (in situ) were followed throughout the cell cycle. The enzyme activity assayed in situ, by measuring tritium released from [5-3H]deoxyuridine, changed markedly in relation to the DNA synthesis pattern, whereas that assayed in cell extracts remained unchanged. In the S phase of the cell cycle, activity of the enzyme was much higher as measured in situ than as measured in cell extracts. Hydroxyurea (1 mM) inhibited DNA synthesis in exponentially growing L1210 cells and was found to inhibit thymidylate synthetase activity in situ. However, the enzyme activity in cell extracts was not inhibited by the drug. In cells with DNA synthesis inhibited by hydroxyurea, the pattern of change of in situ activity with time suggested product inhibition. Results of isotope-dilution analysis of the release of tritium from [5-3H]deoxyuridine in the intact cells indicated that thymidine added to the medium caused strong inhibition of thymidylate synthetase, the most likely limiting step in this pathway. These data allow the suggestion that, during cell growth, thymidylate synthetase activity is regulated by thymine nucleotide(s), and is dependent on the rate of DNA synthesis as well as the availability of the salvage pathway substrate, thymidine.
On the throughput of ALOHA in the presence of multiuser detection (2002)

We study the throughput of ALOHA based packet radio employing code division multiple access. In particular, we quantify the throughput increase achievable by linear multiuser detection and iterative multistage detection. In the context of ALOHA, multiuser detection is seen as a viable error recovery mechanism, which results in considerably smaller retransmission probabilities, and subsequently, higher throughput. The analysis suggests significant increase in throughput when compared to ALOHA operated in conjunction with a conventional CDMA receiver.
Quasiliving Carbocationic Polymerization. IV. Polymerization of p-tert-Butylstyrene (1982)

Abstract The mechanism of polymerization of p-tert-butylstyrene (ptBuSt) initiated by the cumyl chloride/BCl3 initiating system in CH2Cl2 at -50°C has been investigated. At and below ∼0.4 M ptBuSt, quasiliving polymerizations proceed, i.e., initiation is instantaneous, termination is absent or reversible, and chain transfer to monomer can be suppressed or eliminated. In the quasiliving range the M n versus [ptBuSt]0 plot is linear and passes through the origin, and a M w/M n decreases much below 2.0 with decreasing [ptBuSt]. GPC traces change from broad multimodal to narrow monomodal and the color of polymerization charges change from colorless to golden-yellow with decreasing [ptBuSt]. The effect of temperature jump subsequent to monomer addition has been examined; however, it does not explain the peculiar monomer concentration effect on the mechanism. Changes in the ionicity may be responsible for this phenomenon.
09201 Executive Summary – Self-Healing and Self-Adaptive Systems (2009)

From May 10th 2009 to May 15th 2009 the Dagstuhl Seminar 09201 ``Self-Healing and Self-Adaptive Systems'' was held in Schloss Dagstuhl~--~Leibniz Center for Informatics. During the seminar, several participants presented their current research, and ongoing work and open problems were discussed. The topics, goals, schedule and overview of group work is given in this paper.
Longitudinal Study of Error Prevalence in Pennsylvania Physicians' Office Laboratories (1988)

We examined the results of the low-volume-laboratory proficiency testing program for new physician office participants in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Serum glucose, hemoglobin, urinalysis, throat culture, urine culture, and Gram's stain were included in the study. Quarterly error rates for each analyte were determined; between one fourth and all of the laboratories that made at least one error during the first two quarters of proficiency testing made at least one more error in the same analyte during the subsequent two quarters. We show that participation in the quarterly proficiency testing program for a 12- to 15-month period did not lead to a measurable increase in performance. For proficiency testing to be effective, we suggest that it be supplemented by additional methods to lower error rates, such as regulation or intensive consultation and training services for personnel of physicians' office laboratories.
Experimental Demonstration of Tunable Homodyne Detection for Two Channels Simultaneously using Nonlinear Optical Signal Processing to Automatically Lock a Single “Local” Pump Laser to Two 20-Gbaud BPSK Data Signals (2015)

We demonstrate homodyne detection for multiple channels using nonlinear optical signal processing to automatically lock a single “local” pump laser to these data channels simultaneously and perform experimental demonstration with two 20-Gbaud BPSK channels.
Improvement of memory performance by high temperature annealing of the Al2O3 blocking layer in a charge-trap type flash memory device (2010)

The effect of postdeposition annealing (PDA) of the Al2O3 blocking layer in a charge-trap type memory device is investigated. Significant improvements are achieved by high temperature PDA at 1100 °C, achieving faster operation speed, good charge retention, and a wide program/erase window. Experimental evidence shows that the underlying mechanism is not the changes in the band gap of the crystallized Al2O3 but is due to the higher trap density in the Si3N4 trapping layer at a deeper energy level by the intermixing between Al2O3 and Si3N4. The reduced trapping efficiency of the annealed Al2O3 also helps improve the retention property.
Idleness-Aware Dynamic Power Mode Selection on the i.MX 7ULP IoT Edge Processor (2020)

Power management is a crucial concern in micro-controller platforms for the Internet of Things (IoT) edge. Many applications present a variable and difficult to predict workload profile, usually driven by external inputs. The dynamic tuning of power consumption to the application requirements is indeed a viable approach to save energy. In this paper, we propose the implementation of a power management strategy for a novel low-cost low-power heterogeneous dual-core SoC for IoT edge fabricated in 28 nm FD-SOI technology. Ss with more complex power management policies implemented on high-end application processors, we propose a power management strategy where the power mode is dynamically selected to ensure user-specified target idleness. We demonstrate that the dynamic power mode selection introduced by our power manager allows achieving more than 43% power consumption reduction with respect to static worst-case power mode selection, without any significant penalty in the performance of a running application.
Electron Transport through Thin Organic Films in Metal−Insulator−Metal Junctions Based on Self-Assembled Monolayers (2001)

This paper describes an experimentally simple system for measuring rates of electron transport across organic thin films having a range of molecular structures. The system uses a metal--insulator--metal junction based on self-assembled monolayers (SAMs); it is particularly easy to assemble. The junction consists of a SAM supported on a silver film (Ag-SAM(1)) in contact with a second SAM supported on the surface of a drop of mercury (Hg-SAM(2))--that is, a Ag-SAM(1)SAM(2)-Hg junction. SAM(1) and SAM(2) can be derived from the same or different thiols. The current that flowed across junctions with SAMs of aliphatic thiols or aromatic thiols on Ag and a SAM of hexadecane thiol on Hg depended both on the molecular structure and on the thickness of the SAM on Ag: the current density at a bias of 0.5 V ranged from 2 x 10(-10) A/cm(2) for HS(CH(2))(15)CH(3) on Ag to 1 x 10(-6) A/cm(2) for HS(CH(2))(7)CH(3) on Ag, and from 3 x 10(-6) A/cm(2) for HS(Ph)(3)H (Ph = 1,4-C(6)H(4)) on Ag to 7 x 10(-4) A/cm(2) for HSPhH on Ag. The current density increased roughly linearly with the area of contact between SAM(1) and SAM(2), and it was not different between Ag films that were 100 or 200 nm thick. The current--voltage curves were symmetrical around V = 0. The current density decreased with increasing distance between the electrodes according to the relation I = I(0)e(-beta d(Ag,Hg)), where d(Ag,Hg) is the distance between the electrodes, and beta is the structure-dependent attenuation factor for the molecules making up SAM(1). At an applied potential of 0.5 V, beta was 0.87 +/- 0.1 A(-1) for alkanethiols, 0.61 +/- 0.1 A(-1) for oligophenylene thiols, and 0.67 +/- 0.1 A(-1) for benzylic derivatives of oligophenylene thiols. The values of beta did not depend significantly on applied potential over the range of 0.1 to 1 V. These junctions provide a test bed with which to screen the intrinsic electrical properties of SAMs made up of molecules with different structures; information obtained using these junctions will be useful in correlating molecular structure and rates of electron transport.
Auditing Boolean attributes (2000)

We study the problem of auditing databases which support statistical sum queries to protect the security of sensitive information; we focus on the special case in which the sensitive information is Boolean. Principles and techniques developed for the security of statistical database in the case of continuous attributes do not apply here. We prove certain strong complexity results suggesting that there is no general efficient solution for the auditing problem in this case. We propose two efficient algorithms: The first is applicable when the sum queries are one-dimensional range queries (we prove that the problem is NP-hard even in the two-dimensional case). The second is an approximate algorithm that maintains security, although it may be too restrictive. Finally, we consider a “dual” variant, with continuous data but an aggregate function that is combinatorial in nature. Specifically, we provide algorithms for two natural definitions of the auditing condition when the aggregate function is MAX.
Eigendecomposition-Free Training of Deep Networks for Linear Least-Square Problems (2020)

Many classical Computer Vision problems, such as essential matrix computation and pose estimation from 3D to 2D correspondences, can be tackled by solving a linear least-square problem, which can be done by finding the eigenvector corresponding to the smallest, or zero, eigenvalue of a matrix representing a linear system. Incorporating this in deep learning frameworks would allow us to explicitly encode known notions of geometry, instead of having the network implicitly learn them from data. However, performing eigendecomposition within a network requires the ability to differentiate this operation. While theoretically doable, this introduces numerical instability in the optimization process in practice. In this paper, we introduce an eigendecomposition-free approach to training a deep network whose loss depends on the eigenvector corresponding to a zero eigenvalue of a matrix predicted by the network. We demonstrate that our approach is much more robust than explicit differentiation of the eigendecomposition using two general tasks, outlier rejection and denoising, with several practical examples including wide-baseline stereo, the perspective-n-point problem, and ellipse fitting. Empirically, our method has better convergence properties and yields state-of-the-art results.
EP1111 Effectiveness of drainage following laparoscopic pelvic lymph node dissection (2019)

<h3>Introduction/Background</h3> Drainage, following pelvic lymph node (PLN) dissection for gynecological oncologic surgery to prevent postoperative lymphocyst formation and postoperative infection in pelvis, is controversial. The aim of this study is to elucidate the efficacy of drainage following PLN dissection especially in laparoscopic surgery. <h3>Methodology</h3> We evaluated 374 patients who underwent systemic PLN dissection at our institution between January 2012 and October 2018. The drainage tubes were placed in the retroperitoneal fossa in all patients. All tubes were removed a day after laparoscopic surgery. For those who underwent laparotomy, tubes were removed four days after operation until March 2016, and a day after operation in March 2016 or later. Clinical information such as drainage volume, lymphedema and lymphocysts were collected from medical records and analyzed retrospectively. <h3>Results</h3> 80 patients were treated by laparoscopy (Group A), while 294 patients were treated by laparotomy (Group B). No patients were re-operated due to postoperative hemorrhage. The median drainage volume a day after operation is 176.5 ml in Group A and 172 ml in Group B (P&gt;0.05). Laparoscopy had significantly lower rates of lymphocysts (5% vs 16.7%, P&lt;0.05), however incidence of lymphedema (5% vs 3%) and symptomatic lymphocysts (1.3% vs 3.4%) were similar between two groups. In laparotomy group, tubes were removed a day after operation (Group B1) in 172 patients, while tubes were removed four days after post operation (Group B2) in 122 patients. Between these two groups, there was no significant difference in incidence of lymphedema (3.5% vs 2.5%), lymphocysts (16.3% vs 17.2%) and symptomatic lymphocysts (1.3% vs 3.4%). <h3>Conclusion</h3> Our data suggests drainage has low importance both as an informative means and as an preventative means. Moreover, as incidence of lymphocyst was lower in laparoscopic group, drainage may not be necessary especially in laparoscopic surgery. <h3>Disclosure</h3> Nothing to disclose
Intraspinal implantation of hNT neurons into SOD1 mice with apparent motor deficit (2001)

These results suggest that hNT neuron transplantation may be a promising therapeutic strategy for ALS in the later phase of the neurodegeneration.
Magnetically Self-Bearing Drive System for Ultracentrifugation: towards 100'000 rpm and 200'000 g (2021)

A novel magnetically double self-bearing drive system for ultracentrifugation is presented. It features an operating speed of 100’ 000 rpm, enabling centrifugal acceleration levels of 200’ 000g. The new drive system uniquely allows simple access to the centrifuge rotor for removal and loading. The design requirements are derived and the system feasibility is proved. The drive system working principle is demonstrated, a self-bearing motor prototype and an according test-system is shown. A control method thereof is proposed and the system resonance behavior is analyzed analytically and with 3D-FEM. An experimental validation of the control strategy on a control system test-platform completes the feasibility proof.
Determination of Lipid Layer Thickness with Broadband Diffuse Optical Spectroscopy (2006)

Broadband Diffuse Optical Spectroscopy (DOS) measurements performed on the forearm of ten subjects with varying lipid layer thicknesses are correlated with skin fold calipers values to show that DOS can be used independently to measure lipid layer thickness.
CMOS class-AB current mirrors for precision current-mode analog-signal-processing elements (1996)

CMOS class-AB current mirrors for high-precision current-mode analog-signal-processing elements are described. The class-AB configuration allows us to reduce the offset error caused by device mismatch, the nonlinearity distortion, and power consumption. The offset error due to the device mismatch is greatly reduced by the reduction of the bias current. The class-AB current-mirror has less sensitivity to the mismatch since the bias current relative to the signal current can be reduced. The excellent precision is confirmed by Monte Carlo simulation and SPICE based on 1 /spl mu/m CMOS LSI parameters.
High temperature multiparameter sensor (2011)

Spectral characteristics of fiber Bragg gratings are affected by both strain and temperature. While this makes gratings useful for sensing, care must be taken to ensure adequate discrimination between spectral shifts associated with strain and those due to changes in temperature. Recently, monitoring of cladding modes has been utilized for this purpose. In this paper, such measurement capabilities are evaluated at high temperature by exploiting the characteristics of Type II femtosecond infrared written gratings, achieving similar responsivity with significantly improved thermal durability.
Bilateral GORE Iliac Branch Endoprosthesis with prior open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (2019)

The GORE Iliac Branch Endoprosthesis (W. L. Gore & Associates, Flagstaff, Ariz) has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use in the treatment of aortoiliac and common iliac aneurysms, with promising results to date. The efficacy of using the device to overlap with a Dacron graft has yet to be elucidated. We present the case of a patient with prior open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair who we treated with bilateral iliac branch endoprostheses.