gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Motion artifacts on 240‐Hz OLED stereoscopic 3D displays (2014)

Abstract Temporal multiplexing is a popular approach for presenting different images to the two eyes in stereoscopic 3D (S3D) displays. We examined the visibility of flicker and motion artifacts—judder, motion blur, and edge banding—on a 240‐Hz temporally multiplexed S3D OLED display. Traditionally, a frame rate of 120 Hz (60 Hz per eye) is used to avoid visible flicker, but there is evidence that higher frame rates provide visible benefits. In a series of psychophysical experiments, we measured the visibility of artifacts on the OLED display using temporal multiplexing and those of a 60‐Hz S3D LCD using spatial multiplexing. We determined the relative contributions of the frame rate of the content, update rate of the display, duty cycle, and number of flashes. We found that short duty cycles and low flash numbers reduce the visibility of motion artifacts, while long duty cycles and high flash numbers reduce flicker visibility.
Precision Neutral Computation Enables Efficient Robust Algorithms. (2020)

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13-week dietary study and in vitro and in vivo genotoxicity studies of a structuring fat produced through a microalgal fermentation process (2015)

Microalgae are increasingly being utilized as food ingredients for a variety of applications, including as sources of protein, egg and dairy substitutes, and cooking oils. The dietary safety of a new structuring fat produced using a heterotrophic fermentation process by a strain of <i>Prototheca moriformis</i> was evaluated in a 13-week dietary toxicity study and compared with kokum fat, a structuring fat of similar composition used in the food industry and derived from <i>Garcinia indica</i> seeds. The algal structuring fat was evaluated for its genotoxic potential using both <i>in vitro</i> and <i>in vivo</i> assays. No treatment-related adverse events occurred in rats consuming algal structuring fat or kokum fat in the 13-week study; no treatment-related effects were reported for body weight, food consumption, urinalysis, hematology, clinical chemistry, gross pathology, organ weights, or histopathology. While statistically significant effects occurred in some parameters, none were dose-related or considered adverse. Overall, the NOAELs for the algal structuring fat and the kokum fat were 100 000 ppm, the highest concentrations tested. The algal structuring fat was not mutagenic in the bacterial reverse mutation assay in the <i>Salmonella typhimurium</i> or <i>Escherichia coli</i> strains tested and was not clastogenic in the <i>in vivo</i> mouse bone marrow chromosome aberration assay.
Soft computing and small system integration (2004)

In this paper, we discuss two important topics: the first one, soft computing, is directly related to the digital image processing, while the second one, Small Systems Integration (SSI), is a broad-range extension of the first one, dealing with such interdisciplinary subjects, as optics, electronics, mechanics, materials, and heat management.
Tris(2,4,6-trimethoxyphenyl)phosphine - a Lewis base able to compete with phosphazene bases in catalysing oxa-Michael reactions (2022)

The performance of the strong Lewis base tris(2,4,6-trimethoxyphenyl)phosphine (TTMPP) in catalysing oxa-Michael reactions is assessed and compared with other electron-rich tertiary arylphosphines and, as the benchmark, with the Brønsted base 1-tert-butyl-2,2,4,4,4-pentakis-(dimethylamino)-2λ5,4λ5-catenadi-(phosphazen) (P2-tBu). A matrix of five varyingly strong Michael acceptors and four varyingly acidic alcohols is used to evaluate the activity of the catalysts. The study attributes TTMPP a significant superiority over other arylphosphine based Lewis bases and a similar activity as P2-tBu under highly concentrated, quasi solvent free conditions. Furthermore, the performance of TTMPP and P2-tBu is compared in the oxa-Michael polymerisation reactions of 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate (HEA) and of 1,4-butanediol diacrylate (BDDA) with diols under solvent free conditions. In the case of HEA TTMPP is to be preferred over P2-tBu because the latter gave a not fully soluble polymeric product. TTMPP is the first Lewis base capable of catalysing the oxa-Michael polymerisation of diacrylates and diols, albeit P2-tBu catalysis results in higher molar masses in this polymerisation reaction. Furthermore, the performance of the catalysts under diluted conditions was assessed and the activity of TTMPP is distinctly more concentration dependent than the activity of P2-tBu. The use of the polar, protic solvent t-butanol mitigates the negative impact of dilution exerted by nonpolar, aprotic and polar, aprotic solvents such as toluene or dimethylformamide. Finally, data attesting TTMPP a limited, but for practical work under air still acceptable, stability to oxygen are disclosed.
Class-Discriminative CNN Compression (2022)

Compressing convolutional neural networks (CNNs) by pruning and distillation has received ever-increasing focus. In particular, designing a class-discrimination based approach would be desired as it fits seamlessly with the CNNs training objective. In this paper, we propose class-discriminative compression (CDC), which injects class discrimination in both pruning and distillation to facilitate the CNNs training goal. We first study the effectiveness of a group of discriminant functions for channel pruning, where we include well-known single-variate binary-class statistics like Student’s T-Test in our study via an intuitive generalization. We then propose a novel layer-adaptive hierarchical pruning approach, where we use a coarse class discrimination scheme for early layers and a fine one for later layers. This method naturally accords with the fact that CNNs process coarse semantics in the early layers and extract fine concepts at the later. Moreover, we leverage discriminant component analysis (DCA) to distill knowledge of intermediate representations in a subspace with rich discriminative information, which enhances hidden layers’ linear separability and classification accuracy of the student. Combining pruning and distillation, CDC is evaluated on CIFAR and ILSVRC-2012, where we consistently outperform the state-of-the-art results.
N+3 Aircraft Concept Designs and Trade Studies (2010)

MIT, Aerodyne Research, Aurora Flight Sciences, and Pratt & Whitney have collaborated to address NASA s desire to pursue revolutionary conceptual designs for a subsonic commercial transport that could enter service in the 2035 timeframe. The MIT team brings together multidisciplinary expertise and cutting-edge technologies to determine, in a rigorous and objective manner, the potential for improvements in noise, emissions, and performance for subsonic fixed wing transport aircraft. The collaboration incorporates assessment of the trade space in aerodynamics, propulsion, operations, and structures to ensure that the full spectrum of improvements is identified. Although the analysis focuses on these key areas, the team has taken a system-level approach to find the integrated solutions that offer the best balance in performance enhancements. Based on the trade space analyses and system-level assessment, two aircraft have been identified and carried through conceptual design to show both the in-depth engineering that underpins the benefits envisioned and also the technology paths that need to be followed to enable, within the next 25 years, the development of aircraft three generations ahead in capabilities from those flying today.
The Chemistry of Geminal Disulfenyl Dichlorides (1998)

Abstract The chemistry of geminal disulfenyl dichlorides R1R2C(SCl)2 is reviewed based on CAS and Beilstein Online substructure and supplementary searches.
Maraviroc-containing regimen suppresses HIV replication in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with neurological symptoms (2010)

We report the concentrations of maraviroc in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and plasma of six HIV-1-infected patients with both neurological impairment and detectable HIV-1 replication in CSF. One month after starting maraviroc, the viral load in the CSF decreased significantly (P = 0.005). The median (range) maraviroc concentration in plasma was 347 ng/ml (123-2678). Four patients had CSF concentrations above the protein-adjusted inhibitory concentration (IC90) of 0.57 ng/ml (0.06-10.7) with a median of 102 ng/ml (35-173).
Random Access Capacity Evaluation with Synchronized MTC Users over Wireless Networks (2011)

Increased attention has been drawn to machine type communication (MTC) lately, which represents important extension for user functionality in today's technologies, as well as an important potential for marketing expansion. GERAN studies over MTC has mainly focused on applications requiring low throughput and wide coverage such as smart meter, which could cause some impacts over normal data users if operating in a synchronous manner. This paper proposes a new methodology for studying the impact on signaling channels when mixture of synchronous and asynchronous traffic is present in the network. This is based on statistical analysis, considering signaling accessing attempts as driven by a Poisson process. In this approach successive random access attempts by the mobile stations are considered as well as the response on the network side. First implementation is held for GSM/GPRS network, although generalization of the method for other technologies is possible. The simulated results show potential problems to be solved when a large number of synchronized users is present. Additionally, an analysis on the effects of the different levels of synchronization and the addition of extra signaling channels is included. Results also point out possible development paths that could be taken when designing new features to make networks more robust to synchronized traffic.
Compound‐Source MBE for ZnSe‐Based Lasers (1995)

Abstract Compound‐source molecular beam epitaxy (CSMBE) for ZnSe‐based lasers is developed. This method employs compound sources instead of elemental sources. The ZnCdSe/ZnSSe/ZnMgSSe separate confinement heterostructure is grown by this method. Continuous‐wave operation of the device by CSMBE at room temperature is demonstrated.
Clinical predictors for biphasic reactions in children presenting with anaphylaxis (2009)

Children who received >1 dose of adrenaline and/or a fluid bolus for treatment of their primary anaphylactic reaction were at increased risk of developing a biphasic reaction.
183 HIV Exposes Major “Trafficking” in HERV- K HML-2 Viruses Which are Critical to the Pathogenesis of HIV Infection and Lymphoma (2011)

We have shown that in HIV Infection the human endogenous retrovirus- K (HML-2) (HERV K) is found in the plasma of patients(Pts) with HIV and HIV associated lymphoma (HIV-L) to concentrations as high as 1010. HERV K virions can be seen in plasma by immunoelectron microscopy, detected by gagRT-PCR and can demonstrate reverse transcriptase activity in the appropriate viral density using iodoxanol gradients. Similar high titer HERV K is found in non-HIVassociated Lymphoma (nonHIV-L). Using primers for RT-PCR which span >1000bp of the HERV K type 1 and type2 env and then cloning and sequencing amplicons, we detect different HERV K species in plasma of HIV, HIVL and non HIVL Pts. We constructed neighbor joining phylogenetic trees (MEGA) (PhyTs) to relate these to the known HERV K species defined in the NCBI and the HERVd data bases. We found 15/171 different Type-1 and 18/115 different Type-2 HERV-K (HML-2) cloned sequence in HIV patients. Viruses demonstrated frequent recombination between Type1/Type1 and Type 1/Type2 HERV K. A unique new HERV K type 1 virus called K111 was discovered as a multicopy polyprovirus. PhyTs were similarly constructed from plasma samples taken serially years before and up to the development of HIV L. Pts showed increasing HERV K viral loads prior to HIV L. Multiple HERV Ks appeared with high rates of recombination. Several new viruses with unresolved topologies appear in HIV L. Patients with HIV Diffuse Large B cell (DLBL) lymphoma show a different HERV K pattern than those with HIV Burkitt's lymphoma (BL). PhyTs are now being constructed from patients with non HIV L. HERV K Rec Antibodies are also elevated in lymphomas. HERV K HML-2 viruses are actively being trafficked in blood in HIV and nonHIV L providing new insights to the pathogenesis of lymphoma.
Compensatory responses in mice carrying a null mutation for Ins1 or Ins2. (2001)

Intrauterine growth retardation and postnatal acute diabetes result from insulin deficiency in double homozygous null mutants for Ins1 and Ins2 (Duvillié B, et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 94:5137-5140, 1997). The characterization of single homozygous null mutants for Ins1 or Ins2 is described here. Neither kind of mutant mice was diabetic. Immunocytochemical analysis of the islets showed normal distribution of the endocrine cells producing insulin, glucagon, somatostatin, or pancreatic polypeptide. Analysis of the expression of the functional insulin gene in Ins1-/- or Ins2-/- mice revealed a dramatic increase of Ins1 transcripts in Ins2-/- mutants. This compensatory response was quantitatively reflected by total pancreatic insulin content similar for both types of mutants and wild-type mice. Moreover, both mutants had normal plasma insulin levels and normal glucose tolerance tests. The determination of beta-cell mass by morphometry indicated beta-cell hyperplasia in the mutant mice. The beta-cell mass in Ins2-/- mice was increased almost threefold, which accounts for the increase of Ins1 transcripts in Ins2-/-mutants. This study thus contributes to evaluate the potential of increasing the beta-cell mass to compensate for low insulin production.
Supplementary Tables 1-7 from Robust Gene Expression Signature from Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded Samples Predicts Prognosis of Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer Patients (2023)

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N-substituted-1,2,3-triazoles: synthesis, characterization and evaluation as cannabinoid ligands (2010)

A series of new N1-, N2-and N3-substituted 1,2,3-triazole derivatives has been synthesized by cycloaddition of butyltin azide with substituted alkynes followed by a N-alkylation reaction. The regioisomers have been isolated and characterized using NMR techniques. GIAO/B3LYP calculations of the absolute shieldings have been performed to verify the assignments and so the structures have been unequivocally identified. The proportion in which the three isomers are obtained corresponds with the relative order of stability indicated by the energy values calculated at the B3LYP level. CB1 cannabinoid receptor binding assays have been performed but none of the compounds showed significant activity.
P‐82: In‐Plane Lateral Driving Phenomena in Electrophoretic Displays (2012)

Abstract We proposed a method that is, driving waveforms were added basic waveforms whose characteristics were obtained by analyzing the lateral observation indexes. We improved the performance of electrophoretic displays (EPDs) by eliminating the resistant force. EPD's response time, ghost image and bi‐stability were further enhanced.
The detection technology of the based on pulse induction and its simulation (2009)

In view of the application insufficiency of the exchange magnetic field survey law and the absolute magnetic field survey law, the paper proposed the submarine optical fiber cable detection system based on the pulse induction(OFCDS-PI).First introduced the OFCDS-PI system principle, then introduced this system's functional model and then the high speed data gathering electric circuit and with the PC machine interface circuit's design, the data processing software programming are introduced detailed.Finally to the system plan which proposed has carried on the computer simulation test.The simulation result indicated that the voltage decline slope is bigger, distance between the coil and the fiber optics is farther, therefore the OFCDS-PI system design plan is effective and credible.
The piezo-resistive effect in silicon for arbitrary crystal orientation (2006)

The piezo-resistive effect describes the change of resistance due to mechanical stress. Although known for a long time it is not so evident which wafer orientation and which layout minimizes resistance drifts due to stress changes. To this end, a general expression describing the piezo-resistance effect for arbitrary orientation in cubic crystal systems is deduced. Assuming the series connection of two nominally equal resistances with different directions of current flow, we discuss the influence of various components of the stress tensor on the total resistance. For the case of practical relevance with dominant in-plane normal and shear stresses, the two resistances should be oriented perpendicular to each other ("L-layout"). The highly anisotropic behavior is visualized for the first time by use of 3D plots. Practical conclusions are drawn how to minimize drift of electronic parameters caused by package related mechanical stress on integrated resistors and MOS transistors.
1203 Optimal Design of Posterior Fixation Device with Intervertebral Stiffness (2005)

The spine consists of vertebrae separated by flexible intervertebral disks. The intervertebral disks act as the flexible spacer between vertebrae and carry significant compressive loads from gravitational and muscle forces. The spine fixation surgery apply to many spinal disorders. The rigid fixation, however, might cause the damage of intervertebral disks. Therefore, it is important to develop the spinal fixation device with the biological intervertebral stiffness. In this study, the flexion, extension, lateral bending and axial rotation stiffness of bovine lumber spine were measured experimentally. And, the finite element based optimization technique was used to design the posterior fixation device with measured stiffness. As a result, optimal design of posterior fixation device was obtained using the proposed method.
Abstract 1423: The Cardioprotective Effects of Postconditioning Against Acute Myocardial Infarction are Mediated by Adenosine A2A Receptor Activation (2006)

Background: Postconditioning significantly reduces myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury and infarct size in animals and humans. Pharmacological inhibition studies suggest that endogenous adenosin...
Syphilis and Madness (2011)

Davis's book is breathtaking Gayle Davis, ‘The Cruel Madness of Love’: Sex, Syphilis and Psychiatry in Scotland, 1880–1930, Rodopi, 2008, €58.00 hardback 978 90 420 2463 2. in its comprehensiveness...
The effect of clinical experience on dentine bonding effectiveness: students versus trained dentists (2010)

Clinical successful application of dentine adhesives depends not only on material-related but also on operator-related factors. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the dentine bonding effectiveness of a self-etch composite cement applied by operators with or without clinical experience under well-standardized, randomized and blind conditions. Forty-eight bovine dentine surfaces were randomly divided into two groups. The first group consisted of eight dental students with no clinical experience at all, and the second group consisted of eight dentists with extensive experience in adhesive dentistry (mean experience of 11.4 years). Next, a 4-mm-diameter stainless steel rod (SUS-304) was bonded to the dentine surface using Panavia Fluoro cement (Kuraray Medical Inc., Tokyo, Japan). After application procedures, the specimens were randomized and shear bond-strength measurements were performed by a single blinded operator. Mann-Whitney U test was used to determine statistical differences in bond strength between the two groups, and Kruskal-Wallis was used to determine statistical difference between the student and dentist groups. The means and standard deviations of bond strength were 11.5 +/- 8.1 MPa for the student group and 7.1 +/- 4.3 MPa for the dentist group, respectively. The bond strength of the student group was significantly higher than that of the dentist group. However, the variability in bond strength was significantly higher in the student group, and some specimens failed prior to actual testing (included as 0 MPa). Clinical experience did not have a positive effect on the bonding effectiveness of the self-etch composite cement to dentine.
Effects of Return Channel With Splitter Vanes on Performance of Multistage Centrifugal Compressor (2015)

The effects of a return channel with splitter vanes on the performance of a multistage centrifugal compressor were investigated. As a preliminary study, the optimum location of the splitter vanes was numerically examined with the aim of achieving high overall efficiency. The results indicated that the optimum location was the 30% of the normalized pitchwise distance from the suction side of the main vane, with the leading-edge located at a radius ratio to the main vane trailing-edge of 1.77. To investigate the effects of the return channel with and without the optimum splitter vanes on the overall performance, performance tests were carried out using a one-and-half-stage test rig. Three pre-swirl vanes, whose vane angles from the tangential direction at the trailing-edge were 20, 30 and 40° were used to simulate three operating conditions with low, design and high flow coefficients, respectively. The design flow coefficient of the downstream impeller was 0.073 and the peripheral Mach number was 0.87. The test results showed that the return channel with the optimum splitter vanes achieved 11.8% higher overall efficiency at the high flow coefficient with respect to the case without the splitter vanes while maintaining the same efficiency at both low and design flow coefficients. The return channel with the optimum splitter vanes was concluded to be effective for improving the efficiency of a multistage centrifugal compressor.
Supplementary Figure Legends from Distinct Subtypes of Gastric Cancer Defined by Molecular Characterization Include Novel Mutational Signatures with Prognostic Capability (2023)

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The transition from normal lung anatomy to minimal and established fibrosis in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) (2021)

The transition from normal lung anatomy to minimal and established fibrosis is associated with genes that are involved in the tissue repair processes, the activation of immune responses as well as the increased infiltration of CD4, CD8, B cell lymphocytes, and macrophages. These molecular and cellular events correlate with the development of structural abnormality of IPF and probably contribute to its pathogenesis.
Sinewave representations of nonmodality (2011)

Regions of nonmodal phonation, exhibiting deviations from uniform glottal-pulse periods and amplitudes, occur often and convey information about speaker- and linguistic-dependent factors. Such waveforms pose challenges for speech modeling, analysis/synthesis, and processing. In this paper, we investigate the representation of nonmodal pulse trains as a sum of harmonically-related sinewaves with time-varying amplitudes, phases, and frequencies. We show that a sinewave representation of any impulsive signal is not unique and also the converse, i.e., frame-based measurements of the underlying sinewave representation can yield different impulse trains. Finally, we argue how this ambiguity may explain addition, deletion, and movement of pulses in sinewave synthesis and a specific illustrative example of time-scale modification of a nonmodal case of diplophonia. Index Terms: sinewave analysis, sinewave synthesis, nonmodal phonation
ChemInform Abstract: Chemical Methods to Interrogate Bacterial Quorum Sensing Pathways (2013)

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