gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Environmental and Immersive Display Research at the University of Southern California (2006)

The University of Southern California and its collaborative research partner, Fakespace Labs, are participating in a number of research programs to invent and implement new forms of display technologies for immersive and semi-immersive applications. This paper briefly describes three of these technologies and highlights a few emerging results from those efforts. The first system is a rear projected 300 degree field of view cylindrical display. It is driven by 11 projectors with geometry correction and edge blending hardware. A full scale prototype will be completed in March 2006. The second system is a 14 screen projected panoramic room environment used as an advanced teaching and meeting space. It can be driven by a cluster of personal computers or low-cost DVD players, or driven by a single personal computer. The third is a prototype stereoscopic head mounted display that can be worn in a fashion similar to standard dust protection goggles. It provides a field of view in excess of 150 degrees.
Improvement of low-temperature gate dielectric formed in N<sub>2</sub>O plasma by an additional CF<sub>4</sub> pretreatment process (2002)

This study describes a novel technique to form low temperature oxide (<350/spl deg/C). Low-temperature oxides were formed by N/sub 2/O plasma in the plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) system with a CF/sub 4/ pretreatment. These oxides demonstrate excellent current-voltage (I-V) characteristics comparable to thermally grown oxides. Experimental results indicate that CF/sub 4/ plasma treatment can significantly improve the reliability of low-temperature oxides. With excellent electrical properties, the technique is highly promising for low-temperature processes.
Future of Integrated Coherent Optics: Pluggable Optics and Beyond (2015)

Coherent optical modems have fast become the dominant line-side transport solution in the telecommunications industry. Here we provide a user's view of the critical role played by optical components and analog electronics in the ongoing transition to ubiquitous coherent optical communications. How did they help us get to where we are today? How will they influence where we go in the future?
Skeleton binding protein-1-mediated parasite sequestration inhibits spontaneous resolution of malaria-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome (2021)

Malaria is a hazardous disease caused by Plasmodium parasites and often results in lethal complications, including malaria-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome (MA-ARDS). Parasite sequestration in the microvasculature is often observed, but its role in malaria pathogenesis and complications is still incompletely understood. We used skeleton binding protein-1 (SBP-1) KO parasites to study the role of sequestration in experimental MA-ARDS. The sequestration-deficiency of these SBP-1 KO parasites was confirmed with bioluminescence imaging and by measuring parasite accumulation in the lungs with RT-qPCR. The SBP-1 KO parasites induced similar lung pathology in the early stage of experimental MA-ARDS compared to wildtype (WT) parasites. Strikingly, the lung pathology resolved subsequently in more than 60% of the SBP-1 KO infected mice, resulting in prolonged survival despite the continuous presence of the parasite. This spontaneous disease resolution was associated with decreased inflammatory cytokine expression measured by RT-qPCR and lower expression of cytotoxic markers in pathogenic CD8+ T cells in the lungs of SBP-1 KO infected mice. These data suggest that SBP-1-mediated parasite sequestration and subsequent high parasite load are not essential for the development of experimental MA-ARDS but inhibit the resolution of the disease.
32.3: A New Approach to Electro‐Holography for TV and Projection Displays (2007)

Abstract Among 3D displays solely electro‐holographic displays are in principle capable of completely matching natural viewing. Our new approach to electro‐holography facilitates large object reconstructions with moderate resolution of the spatial light modulator. We verified our approach with a standard 20 inch LCD as spatial light modulator.
High Depth Resolution Depth Profile Analysis of Ultra Thin High-κ Hf Based Films using MEIS Compared with XTEM, XRF, SE and XPS (2009)

Nanometre thin high-k hafnium oxide (HfO2) layers combined with a sub-nm SiO2 layers or Hf silicate have become Si compatible gate dielectrics. Medium energy ion scattering (MEIS) analysis has been applied to a range of such MOCVD grown HfO2/SiO2 and HfSiOx(60%Hf)/SiO2 gate oxide films of thickness between 1 and 2 nm on top of Si(100), before and after decoupled plasma nitridation (DPN). MEIS in combination with energy spectrum simulation provides quantitative layer information with sub-nm resolution on these layer structures and their atomic composition that is in excellent agreement with a) the as grown layer parameters and b) results obtained from techniques, such as SE, XPS, XRF and XTEM. MEIS analysis of a metal gate, high-k TiN/Al2O3/HfO2/SiO2/Si stack shows the interdiffusion, after thermal treatment, of Hf and Al from the caplayer, which was inserted to modify the metal gate work function.
Bootstrapping trust in software defined networks (2017)

Software-Defined Networking (SDN) is a novel architectural model for cloud network infrastructure, improving resource utilization, scalability and administration. SDN deployments increasingly rely on virtual switches executing on commodity operating systems with large code bases, which are prime tar
Зонд на монолитной шаровой линзе с боковым наблюдением и общим оптическим путем для оптической когерентной томографии (2015)

Common path probes are highly desirable for optical coherence tomography as they reduce system complexity and cost by eliminating the need of dispersion compensation and polarization controlling optics. In this work, we demonstrate a monolithic ball lens based, common path, side viewing probe that is suitable for Fourier domain optical coherence tomography. The probe design parameters were simulated in Zemax modeling software and the simulated performance parameters were compared with experimental results. We characterized the performance of the probe by measuring its collection efficiency, resolution, and sensitivity. Our results demonstrated that with a source input power of 25 mW, we could achieve sensitivity of 100.5 dB, which is within 7 dB of the maximum possible sensitivity that could be achieved using a separate reference arm. The axial resolution of the system was found to be 15.6 μm in air and the lateral resolution (full width half maximum) was approximately 49 μm. The probe optics were assembled in a 1 mm diameter hypotube with a 500 μm inner diameter. Images of finger skin acquired using this probe demonstrated clear visualization of the stratum corneum, epidermis, and papillary dermis, along with sweat ducts.
Source Separation Of Polyphonic Music With Interactive User-Feedback On A Piano Roll Display. (2013)

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Rumble (2020)

This paper introduces Rumble, a query execution engine for large, heterogeneous, and nested collections of JSON objects built on top of Apache Spark. While data sets of this type are more and more wide-spread, most existing tools are built around a tabular data model, creating an impedance mismatch for both the engine and the query interface. In contrast, Rumble uses JSONiq, a standardized language specifically designed for querying JSON documents. The key challenge in the design and implementation of Rumble is mapping the recursive structure of JSON documents and JSONiq queries onto Spark's execution primitives based on tabular data frames. Our solution is to translate a JSONiq expression into a tree of iterators that dynamically switch between local and distributed execution modes depending on the nesting level. By overcoming the impedance mismatch in the engine , Rumble frees the user from solving the same problem for every single query, thus increasing their productivity considerably. As we show in extensive experiments, Rumble is able to scale to large and complex data sets in the terabyte range with a similar or better performance than other engines. The results also illustrate that Codd's concept of data independence makes as much sense for heterogeneous, nested data sets as it does on highly structured tables.
Preparation of Fine Implantable Needle Type Biosensors for Blood Vessel Glucose Monitoring (2013)

Fine needle type glucose sensors with variety of outer membrane were prepared and their glucose sensor properties were evaluated by in vitro measurement in phosphate buffer solution and horse serum, and in vivo measurement using the veins of rats and rabbits. Outer membrane materials of polyglutamic acid (PGA) and heparin, which provide hydrophilic surface were introduced in addition to polyurethane(PU)/polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) composite outer membrane. Glucose sensors with PU/PDMS outer and PGA extra-outer film showed glucose response on the day of implantation, while clear response was not obtained after 18 hours of implantation due to the adsorption of the thrombus on the sensor surface. On the other hand, the sensor with heparin outer membrane provided satisfactory glucose response also in the second day.
Removal Characteristics of Dissolved Organic Nitrogen and Its Bioavailable Portion in a Postdenitrifying Biofilter: Effect of the C/N Ratio (2017)

Addition of external carbon sources to postdenitrification biofilters (DNFs) is frequently used in municipal wastewater treatment plants to enhance dissolved inorganic nitrogen removal. However, little is known about its influence on the removal of dissolved organic nitrogen (DON). This study investigated the effect of the carbon-to-nitrogen (C/N) ratio (3, 4, 5, and 6) on the removal characteristics of DON and bioavailable DON (ABDON) in the pilot-scale DNFs treating real secondary effluent. Results showed that DNFs effluent DON accounted for 31.2-39.8% of the effluent total nitrogen. The maximum effluent DON and ABDON concentrations both occurred in DNF operated at a C/N ratio of 3. There was no significant difference in effluent DON concentrations in DNFs at C/N ratios of 4, 5, and 6; however, effluent ABDON and DON bioavailability significantly decreased with C/N ratios (p < 0.05, t-test). According to the chemical composition analysis, effluent DON at high C/N ratios tends to contain less % molecular weight < 1 kDa nitrogenous organic compounds and proteins/amino sugars-like nitrogenous organic formulas, which is likely responsible for its low bioavailability. Overall, this study indicates the benefit of a high C/N ratio during the DNF process in terms of controlling the DON forms that readily stimulate algal growth.
Coordinating SON instances: Reinforcement learning with distributed value function (2014)

With the emergence of Self-Organizing Network (SON) functions network operators are faced with a practical problem: coordination of SON instances. The SON functions are usually designed in a standalone manner, i.e. they do not take into account the possibility that other instances of the same or different SON functions may be running in the network. This creates the risk of conflicts and network instability. Therefore a SON COordinator (SONCO) is needed. In this paper we design an operator centric SONCO that sees the SON instances as black-boxes, i.e. it does not know the algorithm inside the SON functions. Our aim is to improve the network stability (i.e. number of parameter changes) for SON instances of the same SON function. We employ Reinforcement Learning (RL) in order to profit from the information on the past SONCO decisions. We simplify the expression of the action-value function and we use state aggregation to further reduce the required state space, making it scale linearly with the number of coordinated cells. We provide a study case with the Mobility Load Balancing (MLB) function independently instantiated on every cell. The results show that the proposed SONCO improves the network stability.
Silver Vanadium Phosphorous Oxide, Ag0.48VOPO4: Exploration as a Cathode Material in Primary and Secondary Battery Applications (2012)

Silver vanadium phosphorous oxides (SVPO) have been recently shown to be a promising new class of materials for primary lithium batteries with the synthesis and electrochemical investigation of Ag2VO2PO4. More recently a second silver vanadium phosphorous oxide, Ag0.48VOPO4·1.9H2O, was reported. The investigation reported here provides mechanistic information regarding the reduction mechanism of Ag0.48VOPO4·1.9H2O via magnetic susceptibility measurements, quantitative XRD, and the use of galvanostatic intermittent titration (GITT) type tests. Ag0.48VOPO4·1.9H2O shows promise as a cathode material for primary cell applications demanding high voltage, state of charge indication, and good pulse performance such as biomedical battery applications. Additionally, the first exploration of electrochemical reversibility of a silver vanadium phosphorous oxide material is reported. Via slow scan voltammetry and ex-situ XRD of both discharged and charged material, Ag0.48VOPO4•1.9H2O shows reversibility of the vanadium center however, little reincorporation of the silver metal produced during the discharge is observed during the charge step.
Translational Research in Pediatric Extracorporeal Life Support Systems and Cardiopulmonary Bypass Procedures: 2011 Update (2011)

Over the past 6 years at Penn State Hershey, we have established the pediatric cardiovascular research center with a multidisciplinary research team with the goal to improve the outcomes for children undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and extracorporeal life support (ECLS). Due to the variety of commercially available pediatric CPB and ECLS devices, both in vitro and in vivo translational research have been conducted to achieve the optimal choice for our patients. By now, every component being used in our clinical settings in Penn State Hershey has been selected based on the results of our translational research. The objective of this review is to summarize our translational research in Penn State Hershey Pediatric Cardiovascular Research Center and to share the latest results with all the interested centers.
Stimulated Raman diagnostics in diesel droplets. (1991)

Stimulated Raman spectroscopy (SRS) can simultaneously measure droplet sizes and the associated component concentrations in a fuel injection. As spray evaporation is crucial in determining the performance parameters of a diesel engine, such as cold start and particulate emission formation, the new application of the method for spatially and temporally resolved measurements is a useful new diagnostic, extending our understanding of spray processes. Droplet sizes can be obtained from single shot SRS spectra by measuring the separation between morphology-dependent resonances (MDR) that correspond to standing wave modes confined near the droplet circumference. Power spectrum analysis allows the measurement of more than one droplet from a spectrum using a pumped laser sheet in the fuel spray. The MDRs are responsible for the simultaneous stimulation of multiple Raman spectral lines over and above those seen in bulk liquids. The SRS method for concentration measurement is effectively self-calibrating in that the relative intensity of two adjacent lines is used to measure concentration. Any particular fuel has a unique ratio of SRS antisymmetric to symmetric C-H stretch intensity. If individual components in a fuel blend are characterized beforehand, one can monitor the evolution of the spray during injection by measuring signal intensity ratios which yield the volume fraction of the component of interest. The SRS technique is being used to examine a number of spray dynamics phenomena such as fuel atomization, droplet evolution and front-end volatility effects, which are of current interest in diesel development studies.© (1991) COPYRIGHT SPIE--The International Society for Optical Engineering. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.
MOUSE ISOANTIGENS: SEPARATION OF SOLUBLE TL (THYMUS-LEUKEMIA) ANTIGEN FROM SOLUBLE H-2 HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN BY COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY (1967)

Mouse H-2 histocompatibility antigen has been extracted, solubilized, and partly purified from the cells of an A strain spontaneous leukemia carrying TL (thymus-leukemia) antigens. H-2 and TL. 1, 2, 3 activities were measured by inhibition of the cytotoxic effect of the corresponding isoantibodies. TL activity was associated with the H-2 active fraction obtained by solubilization and fractionation by gel filtration. TL specificity was largely separated from H-2 antigen by subsequent chromatography on DEAE Sephadex as an adjacent component in a series of fractions. The soluble H-2 antigen prepared from the leukemia cells was tested for most of the specificities determined by H-2(a) with no exceptional results. TL. 1, 2, 3 activities, measured as each component separately, were located in approximately the same position; there is no clear indication yet whether the three TL specificities are separable from one another. It appears that in addition to the close genetic linkage between the H-2 and TL loci, and their reciprocal interaction in producing H-2 and TL antigens, these antigens exhibit some similarity at the chemical level.
Synthesis and biological evaluation of chalcone-linked pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidines as potential anticancer agents (2017)

A series of pyrazolo[1,5-<i>a</i>]pyrimidines substituted at C5 with 1-phenylprop-2-en-1-one (<b>6a-q</b>) and 3-phenylprop-2-en-1-one (<b>7a-k</b>) was synthesized and evaluated for antiproliferative activity. Among them, <b>6h</b> was found to be the most active compound against the MDA-MB-231 cell line with an IC<sub>50</sub> of 2.6 μM . The antiproliferative activity of this series of compounds ranged from 2.6 to 34.9 μM against A549 (lung cancer), MDA-MB-231 (breast cancer) and DU-145 (prostate cancer) cell lines. FACS analysis revealed that these hybrids arrest the cell cycle at the subG1 phase. Western blot analysis and an immunofluorescence assay showed the inhibition of the EGFR and STAT3 axis, which plays an important role in cell survival and apoptosis. Western blot and RT-PCR analyses that displayed an increase in apoptotic proteins such as p53, p21 and Bax and a decrease in the anti-apoptotic proteins Bcl-2 and procaspase-9 confirmed the ability of these hybrids to trigger cell death by apoptosis. Molecular docking studies described the binding of these hybrids to the ATP binding site of EGFR.
An NAD + -dependent transcriptional program governs self-renewal and radiation resistance in glioblastoma (2016)

Accumulating evidence suggests cancer cells exhibit a dependency on metabolic pathways regulated by nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD<sup>+</sup>). Nevertheless, how the regulation of this metabolic cofactor interfaces with signal transduction networks remains poorly understood in glioblastoma. Here, we report nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (NAMPT), the rate-limiting step in NAD<sup>+</sup> synthesis, is highly expressed in glioblastoma tumors and patient-derived glioblastoma stem-like cells (GSCs). High NAMPT expression in tumors correlates with decreased patient survival. Pharmacological and genetic inhibition of NAMPT decreased NAD<sup>+</sup> levels and GSC self-renewal capacity, and NAMPT knockdown inhibited the in vivo tumorigenicity of GSCs. Regulatory network analysis of RNA sequencing data using GSCs treated with NAMPT inhibitor identified transcription factor E2F2 as the center of a transcriptional hub in the NAD<sup>+</sup>-dependent network. Accordingly, we demonstrate E2F2 is required for GSC self-renewal. Downstream, E2F2 drives the transcription of members of the inhibitor of differentiation (ID) helix-loop-helix gene family. Finally, we find NAMPT mediates GSC radiation resistance. The identification of a NAMPT-E2F2-ID axis establishes a link between NAD<sup>+</sup> metabolism and a self-renewal transcriptional program in glioblastoma, with therapeutic implications for this formidable cancer.
Controlled growth and characterization of epitaxially-laterally-overgrown InGaN/GaN quantum heterostructures (2010)

Controlled growth and characterization of epitaxially-laterally-overgrown InGaN/GaN quantum heterostructures are reported. The epi-sample with 4 μm mask and growth window widths yielded the hightest PL peak intensity with the narrowest spectrum.
PO-0927 The Difference Spectrum Of Activity Of Synthetic Interferon Inductors (2014)

<h3>Objectives</h3> Until now the stimulating effects of these interferonogens have been shown for type I and II IFNs, however the data regarding induction of type III IFNs has not been available. Methods The IFN (α, β, γ and λ2/3) inducing activities of low-molecular synthetic interferonogens tilorone (amixin), meglumine acridonacetate (cycloferon), sodium carboxymethylcellulose and gossypol conjugate (kagocel) are compared in CBA mice. Results Administration of tilorone in comparison to cycloferon and kagocel has a significant dose-dependent effect on IFNs concentration in mice serum. Maximal level of all IFNs in serum was observed after 24 h of administration of tilorone (IFNα 176 ± 10 and 398 ± 12 pg/ml for the doses of 40 and 400 mg/kg, IFNβ 8 ± 4–110 ± 6, IFNγ 4 ± 1–46 ± 10, IFNλ2/3 1337 ± 93 and 2231 ± 93 pg/ml). Cycloferon and kagocel do not induce the increase of IFNα, IFNβ and IFNγ in mice serum. The highest level of IFNλ2/3 after introduction of kagocel at the both doses was seen after 48 h (616 ± 135–382 ± 46 pg/ml). Administration of cycloferon at a dose of 150 mg/kg significantly stimulated IFNλ2/3 level in serum after 72–120 h of administration (391 ± 31–388 ± 80 pg/ml). Cycloferon at the highest dose significantly increased the IFNλ2/3 levels between 12–24 h after administration (434 ± 79–441 ± 47 pg/ml). <h3>Conclusion</h3> Tilorone induces synthesis of type I and type II IFNs as well as type III IFNs (IFNλ2/3) in serum, while administration of kagocel and cycloferon stimulates only type III IFNs (IFNλ2/3) in serum. Tilorone (amixin) has the widest spectrum of activity and is the most promising of the studied interferon inducers.
Organizational Prospects, Influence Costs, and Ownership Changes (1992)

We augment efficiency-based theories of ownership by including influence costs. Our principal conclusion is that the prospect of organizational decline and layoffs creates additional influence costs in multiunit organizations that would be absent if there was no prospect of layoffs and would be lessened or eliminated in focused organizations. This helps explain the tendency of firms to divest poorly performing units, as well as the pattern of sales of such units to firms already in businesses related to that of the divested unit. Copyright 1992 by MIT Press.
Revised Magnetics Performance Factors and Experimental Comparison of High-Flux Materials for High-Current DC–DC Inductors (2011)

High-flux-density materials, such as iron-based amorphous metal and 6.5% silicon steel for gapped inductors, and powdered alloys for gapless inductors, are very competitive for high-power-density inductors. The high-flux-density materials lead to low weight/volume solutions for high-power dc-dc converters used in hybrid-electric and electric vehicles. In this paper, the analytical selection of the magnetic materials is investigated, and modified performance factors are introduced for convection- and conduction-cooled magnetic components. The practical effects of frequency, dc bias, flux-density derating, duty cycle, airgap fringing on the core loss, and thermal configuration based on lamination direction are investigated for iron-based amorphous metal, 6.5% silicon steel, and iron-based powdered alloy material. A 2.5-kW converter is built to verify the optimum material selection and thermal configuration. Analytical, simulation, and experimental results are presented.
Supplementary Figure 4 from miR-31 Is a Broad Regulator of β1-Integrin Expression and Function in Cancer Cells (2023)

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