gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Comment on ‘‘Brillouin-scattering study of the elastic constants of phenothiazine through the phase transition’’ (1995)

In the paper of Sartwell and Eckhardt (denoted as SE) [Phys. Rev. B 48, 12 438 (1993)] controversial results about ferroelasticity of phenothiazine are presented. These authors cast some doubts on the validity of our measurements [Ecolivet et al., Phys. Rev. B 44, 4185 (1991)]. We detail here the method we used and its advantages and we point out some questionable results and assertions of the former paper. In particular, we present a comparison of the diagonal elastic constants of phenothiazine obtained from different techniques, which have been ignored or misused in the SE paper. The results here, rather, show a convergence against the results of the SE paper. Finally, the problem of the quality of the crystals is addressed.
Developmental toxicity associated with receptor tyrosine kinase Ret inhibition in reproductive toxicity testing (2008)

R788 promoted a spectrum of developmental toxicity, including renal and ureteric agenesis and a specific major vessel abnormality, retroesophageal right subclavian artery, in two different species. These effects are likely the result of inhibition of Ret kinase given its importance in the normal ontogeny of the urogenital and cardiovascular systems across species.
Plasma N-terminal Prosomatostatin and Risk of Incident Cardiovascular Disease and All-Cause Mortality in a Prospective Observational Cohort: the PREVEND Study (2016)

Plasma NT-proSST is positively associated with increased risk of future CVD and all-cause mortality, partly independent of traditional CVD risk factors. Further research is needed to address the nature of associations.
Block Macromolecule (2016)

In the past, aggregation and self-assembly have been associated principally with micellar and colloidal systems of molecules; however, with the advent of supramolecular chemistry, molecular self-assembly has been opened to a much wider understanding that has facilitated access to a variety of different shapes and sizes, along with the construction of new and fascinating molecular topologies. This document aims at defining more than 150 terms related to aggregation and self-assembly in the particular case of macromolecules. The list is restricted to the most commonly encountered terms.
A Multiband, High-Order Notch Filter for TX Leakage Suppression in FDD Receivers (2020)

This letter presents a tunable notch filter that can be reconfigured to improve rejection while offering high power handling. The notch filter uses a series N-path filter in conjunction with an impedance-transformed shunt N-path filter to improve the transmit (TX) rejection or notch concurrent bands. A 4th-order notch provides >40-dB rejection for a single TX channel. In the dual-notch mode, the notches can be tuned to two different TX channels. Finally, a low-power single-notch mode provides >20-dB rejection with low power consumption. The filter is implemented in a 45-nm CMOS SOI process and consumes between 11.9 and 43.9 mW at 1-V supply across a tuning range from 0.45 to 0.9 GHz while providing a peak rejection >50 dB and P1 dB as high as 15.8 dBm.
Architectural Support for Implementing Service Function Chains in the Internet (2019)

Network Functions (NFs) have a crucial role in today’s Internet infrastructure. They provide additional services on top of plain connectivity such as content caching, Network Address Translation (NAT), etc. However, standard IP networks staticity hinders the possibility of a flexible deployment of NFs in the Internet. In fact, initially, NFs were introduced in the network by hard-wiring the NF instances on the network traffic’s path. This is unacceptable, especially when multiple NFs are chained together to form the so-called Service Function Chain (SFC). On these grounds, the SFC problem space has attracted the attention of the research community. SFC solutions have proliferated to a great extent, especially with the advance in Software-defined Networking (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV). However, by comprehensively reviewing state of the art, this thesis shows that Network Providers are reluctant towards state of the art SFC solutions, as they target ”clean-state” system architecture i.e., they do not consider prior system architecture and equipment, which translates to greater investment. Therefore, this thesis introduces a ”ready-to-deploy” SFC solution that targets legacy Mobile Networks. It aims to fill the gap of the current state of the art helping Network Providers in the transition phase towards more complex and costly SFC solutions. This thesis further investigates Internet-wide SFCs, in which multiple NF providers are involved in the SFC provisioning. State of the art solutions use plain IP routing to steer the traffic through the SFC i.e., each NF composing the chain is identified by its IP address. However, there is no prior work on how to effectively support the SFC Resolution in the Internet. In tackling these challenges, this thesis proposes the Domain Name System (DNS) as a key element, in today’s Internet infrastructure, to implement the SFC Resolution. The inefficiencies of the current DNS when dealing with SFCs are highlighted. So, a collaborative SFC Resolution process is proposed. It efficiently supports the SFC Resolution process when multiple and independent NF providers are involved in the SFC provisioning. Moreover, this thesis highlights the importance of NFs which are strategically placed in the network, when dealing new application scenarios such as Internet of Things (IoT), vehicular networks, etc. In fact, in such use cases, NFs are placed at the network ”Edge”, in order to reduce the network latency required to reach the NFs. In order to support more variegated use cases, this thesis proposes a Multi-tier Edge Network architecture. It considers the case in which there is a large number of heterogeneous edge resources, widely distributed in the network. Therefore, an efficient placement algorithm is proposed. It exploits the multi-tier nature of the proposed network providing an optimized NF placement.
Simultaneous Direct Formation of Fine Copper Mesh Transparent Electrodes on Both Sides of Glass Substrate Using Wavelength Selective Photoreactive Niobium Complexes (2014)

二種類のニトロベンジルカルボニルカテコール－ニオビウム錯体膜を用いた光反応とパターン形成について研究を行った。誘導体の波長選択性光励起反応と選択的無電解めっきを組み合わせることにより，ガラス板の両面別々にパターン形成が出来，さらに位置アライメントした同一形状の透過性導電パターンを同時に形成する方法を開発した。ニオブ酸の選択的パラジウム吸着性を利用し，形成された潜像に選択的にめっきが可能であり，これらのパターン形成法を用いることによりガラス両面へ電極材料として線幅5 μm，ピッチ100 μmの銅メッシュパターンを形成することにより，面抵抗1－2 Ω/□，約90%の透過率を実現した。
Posthuman Space in Samuel Beckett's Short Prose (2019)

A reading of the philosophical idea of world as it relates to the posthuman subject in Beckett’s short prose Jonathan Boulter offers the reader a way of understanding Beckett’s presentation of the human, more precisely, posthuman, subject in his short prose. These texts are notoriously difficult yet utterly compelling. This compelling difficulty arises from Beckett’s radical dismantling of the idea of the human. His short texts offer instead an image of a being who may be posthumous, or ultimately beyond categories of life and death. And yet, despite this dismantling, the narrators of these texts still find themselves placed within material, recognisable, spaces. This book explores what the idea of ‘world’ can mean to a subject who appears to have moved into a material, even ecological, space that is beyond categories of life and death, being and world. Key Features: Provides a philosophical reading of Samuel Beckett Rethinks Beckett in relation to the posthuman Contributes to a relatively ignored aspect of Samuel Beckett's writing, the short prose
Probing carrier lifetimes in photovoltaic materials using subsurface two-photon microscopy (2013)

Accurately measuring the bulk minority carrier lifetime is one of the greatest challenges in evaluating photoactive materials used in photovoltaic cells. One-photon time-resolved photoluminescence decay measurements are commonly used to measure lifetimes of direct bandgap materials. However, because the incident photons have energies higher than the bandgap of the semiconductor, most carriers are generated close to the surface, where surface defects cause inaccurate lifetime measurements. Here we show that two-photon absorption permits sub-surface optical excitation, which allows us to decouple surface and bulk recombination processes even in unpassivated samples. Thus with two-photon microscopy we probe the bulk minority carrier lifetime of photovoltaic semiconductors. We demonstrate how the traditional one-photon technique can underestimate the bulk lifetime in a CdTe crystal by 10× and show that two-photon excitation more accurately measures the bulk lifetime. Finally, we generate multi-dimensional spatial maps of optoelectronic properties in the bulk of these materials using two-photon excitation.
Dissecting the role of Engrailed in adult dopaminergic neurons – Insights into Parkinson disease pathogenesis (2015)

The homeoprotein Engrailed (Engrailed-1/Engrailed-2, collectively En1/2) is not only a survival factor for mesencephalic dopaminergic (mDA) neurons during development, but continues to exert neuroprotective and physiological functions in adult mDA neurons. Loss of one En1 allele in the mouse leads to progressive demise of mDA neurons in the ventral midbrain starting from 6 weeks of age. These mice also develop Parkinson disease-like motor and non-motor symptoms. The characterization of En1 heterozygous mice have revealed striking parallels to central mechanisms of Parkinson disease pathogenesis, mainly related to mitochondrial dysfunction and retrograde degeneration. Thanks to the ability of homeoproteins to transduce cells, En1/2 proteins have also been used to protect mDA neurons in various experimental models of Parkinson disease. This neuroprotection is partly linked to the ability of En1/2 to regulate the translation of certain nuclear-encoded mitochondrial mRNAs for complex I subunits. Other transcription factors that govern mDA neuron development (e.g. Foxa1/2, Lmx1a/b, Nurr1, Otx2, Pitx3) also continue to function for the survival and maintenance of mDA neurons in the adult and act through partially overlapping but also diverse mechanisms.
Large-scale cognitive GWAS Meta-Analysis Reveals Tissue-Specific Neural Expression and Potential Nootropic Drug Targets (2017)

Abstract Neurocognitive ability is a fundamental readout of brain function, and cognitive deficits are a critical component of neuropsychiatric disorders, yet neurocognition is poorly understood at the molecular level. In the present report, we present the largest genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of cognitive ability to date (N=107,207), and further enhance signal by combining results with a large-scale GWAS of educational attainment. We identified 70 independent genomic loci associated with cognitive ability, 34 of which were novel. A total of 350 genes were implicated, and this list showed significant enrichment for genes associated with Mendelian disorders with an intellectual disability phenotype. Competitive pathway analysis of gene results implicated the biological process of neurogenesis, as well as the gene targets of two pharmacologic agents: cinnarizine, a T-type calcium channel blocker; and LY97241, a potassium channel inhibitor. Transcriptome-wide analysis revealed that the implicated genes were strongly expressed in neurons, but not astrocytes or oligodendrocytes, and were more strongly associated with fetal brain expression than adult brain expression. Several tissue-specific gene expression relationships to cognitive ability were observed (for example, DAG1 levels in the hippocampus). Finally, we report novel genetic correlations between cognitive ability and disparate phenotypes such as maternal age at first birth and number of children, as well as several autoimmune disorders.
Semantic Web Services Monitoring: An OWL-S Based Approach (2008)

In this paper we describe mechanisms for execution monitoring of semantic Web services, based on OWL-S. The use of semantic descriptions and ontologies is a valuable extension to current SOA conceptualizations. The described mechanisms are implemented as extensions of the OWL-S virtual machine that we have previously developed. The OWL-S virtual machine is a component that controls the interactions between a client and the Web service it uses. The presented extensions are a result of practical requirements that arose in the course of involvement with two projects that utilize OWL-S based semantic Web services. In particular, we present an event-based model for monitoring and logging interactions. The interaction trace allows a human or software agent to analyze, replay or debug the execution. Additionally, we describe proposed extensions to current specification in OWL-S for reporting and handling of errors. Finally, we describe extensions to the OWL-S virtual machine based on introspection to enable dynamic interactions with process mediators.
Network forensics (2012)

Computer (and human) networks have long had to contend with spreading viruses. Effectively controlling or curbing an outbreak requires understanding the dynamics of the spread. A virus that spreads by taking advantage of physical links or user-acquaintance links on a social network can grow explosively if it spreads beyond a critical radius. On the other hand, random infections (that do not take advantage of network structure) have very different propagation characteristics. If too many machines (or humans) are infected, network structure becomes essentially irrelevant, and the different spreading modes appear identical. When can we distinguish between mechanics of infection? Further, how can this be done efficiently? This paper studies these two questions. We provide sufficient conditions for different graph topologies, for when it is possible to distinguish between a random model of infection and a spreading epidemic model, with probability of misclassification going to zero. We further provide efficient algorithms that are guaranteed to work in different regimes.
Abstract 77: A Phase I Open-Label Study Evaluating the Safety of Acellular Adipose Tissue (AAT), a Novel Soft Tissue Reconstruction Solution, in Healthy Volunteers (2017)

PURPOSE: Adipose tissue is used by surgeons for a variety of applications, including soft tissue reconstruction and wound healing. However, harvesting adipose tissue from patients presents challenges such as donor-site morbidity, outcome variability, and difficulty in obtaining adequate volumes to correct large defects. To address this clinical challenge, we aimed to create an “off-the-shelf” adipose material using mechanical and chemical processing techniques which remove lipids and living cells while processing the tissue into an injectable form preferred by patients and physicians. Preclinical testing of this Acellular Adipose Tissue (AAT) conducted in mouse, rat, and swine models demonstrated the biocompatibility of the AAT implants and their ability to provide soft tissue volume replacement while promoting the migration of adipose stem cells (ASCs) into the tissue matrix. The aim of our present study is to assess the safety of AAT in healthy human volunteers. METHODS: A 12-week, prospective, Phase I study in healthy volunteers assessing the safety and tolerability of AAT intended for the repair of soft tissue defects in humans was initiated. The trial evaluated subcutaneous injections of AAT administered in redundant tissues previously scheduled for surgical removal in an elective surgical procedure (i.e., panniculectomy). Participants enrolled in excision time points ranging from 1 to 12 weeks post-injection. Excised implants were assessed using histopathological analyses including hematoxylin and eosin staining (H&E) and by flow cytometry (FACS). The primary outcome of safety was determined by the incidence and rate of adverse and unanticipated events. The secondary outcome of tolerability was determined by patient- and physician-reported satisfaction with the intervention. Histological analysis evaluated cell migration into the matrix and tissue development, two key components of long-term efficacy. RESULTS: Eight healthy volunteers participated in this Phase I study assessing the safety of AAT. No patients experienced an adverse or unanticipated event related to their participation in this study. AAT implants were well-tolerated and demonstrated satisfactory participant comfort and physician ease-of-use ratings. Additionally, we evaluated immune profiles of AAT using flow cytometry to quantify the presence of T cells, B cells, dendritic cells, macrophages, M1-polarized (inflammatory) macrophages, and M2-polarized (wound-healing) macrophages. Our preliminary results indicate that AAT is associated with pro-regenerative immune responses, including M2 macrophage polarization and increased IL-4 expression. CONCLUSION: AAT is a new soft tissue reconstruction material showing promising results in this Phase I study for safe use in humans. Further studies, including a Phase II trial, are necessary to determine efficacy in humans.
Analysis of Carrier Transport in Short-Channel MOSFETs (2014)

A method for extracting transport parameters in short-channel FETs is presented in the context of the Lundstrom model for quasi-ballistic short-channel FETs. The parameters extracted from measured data are unidirectional thermal velocity, critical length, and mean free path at low and high drain biases. The method is based on an analysis of the channel length dependence of apparent mobility and virtual-source (VS) velocity, which are obtained by fitting the VS model to measured data. Data from (100)-oriented undoped-body extremely thin silicon-on-insulator FETs with neutral stress liners are used to validate the method. Since this method does not assume any theoretical knowledge of band structure parameters, it can be applied to short-channel FETs with any geometry, any channel material, and with unknown levels of channel stress.
Poly(1,4‐cyclohexylenedimethylene‐1, 4‐cyclohexanedicarboxylate): analysis of parameters affecting polymerization and cis–trans isomerization (2011)

Abstract Weatherable semicrystalline polyesters based on 1,4‐cyclohexanedimethanol, 1,4‐cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid (CHDA) or dimethyl 1,4‐cyclohexane dicarboxylate (DMCD) can be prepared under normal melt‐phase conditions, using titanium tetrabutoxide as catalyst. The effect of monomer ratio, reaction temperature and catalyst loading on the final polymer properties was studied. Under the proper polymerization conditions, poly(1,4‐cyclohexylenedimethylene‐1,4‐cyclohexanedicarboxylate) polymers with high molecular weight can be obtained. During polymerization, isomerization can occur towards the thermodynamically stable cis ‐ trans ratio of 34–66 mol%. Carboxylic acid end groups can catalyze the isomerization and therefore the polymerization is more critical starting from CHDA rather than DMCD. Moreover, temperature control becomes a key factor to avoid or to limit isomerization. The study of the isomerization of the different monomers permitted a better understanding of the isomerization and therefore of the polymerization process. Copyright © 2011 Society of Chemical Industry
Evaluation of Thermal Neutron Scattering Cross Sections for CaH2 (2023)

Solid metal hydrides have long been considered viable moderators for nuclear reactor designs due to their moderating ratios, hydrogen densities, high dissociation temperatures, and mechanical properties. CaH<sub>2</sub> is an orthorhombic saline-hydride that has recently been investigated and shows promise for use as a moderator in microreactors. At present, there is no Thermal Scatting Law (TSL) evaluation for CaH<sub>2</sub> in the ENDF/B-VIII.0 database. An evaluation does exist in the JEFF-3.3 database, performed by Serot, however it was limited by the implemented methods and thus both drastically over-predicts the incoherent elastic contribution and completely ignores the coherent elastic contribution to scattering from the metal ions. The thermal neutron scattering cross sections of CaH<sub>2</sub> are evaluated in this work to establish accurate data for use in reactor design. The present evaluation corrects the inaccuracies of the JEFF-3.3 data, and yields three distinct libraries: Ca in CaH<sub>2</sub>, H<sub>1</sub> in CaH<sub>2</sub>, and H<sub>2</sub> in CaH<sub>2</sub>.
Nanocrystalline cobalt oxide: a catalyst for selective alkane oxidation under ambient conditions (2006)

Nanocrystalline cobalt oxide activates propane, yielding propene at room temperature and pressure.
Pro-Cam SSfM: Projector-Camera System for Structure and Spectral Reflectance from Motion (2019)

In this paper, we propose a novel projector-camera system for practical and low-cost acquisition of a dense object 3D model with the spectral reflectance property. In our system, we use a standard RGB camera and leverage an off-the-shelf projector as active illumination for both the 3D reconstruction and the spectral reflectance estimation. We first reconstruct the 3D points while estimating the poses of the camera and the projector, which are alternately moved around the object, by combining multi-view structured light and structure-from-motion (SfM) techniques. We then exploit the projector for multispectral imaging and estimate the spectral reflectance of each 3D point based on a novel spectral reflectance estimation model considering the geometric relationship between the reconstructed 3D points and the estimated projector positions. Experimental results on several real objects demonstrate that our system can precisely acquire a dense 3D model with the full spectral reflectance property using off-the-shelf devices.
X-Ray Diffraction Profiles for Near 180° Scattering from Mosaic Crystals (1988)

Reflectivity curves have been calculated for mosaic crystals in the case of normal-incidence Bragg diffraction with soft X-rays. The enormously broadened angular width of a reflection when the angle of incidence to the reflecting Bragg plane approaches 90° allows a single crystal with a mosaic spread as much as a few degrees to give a reflectivity profile very similar to that of a perfect crystal, when the incident photon energy is scanned. The insensitivity of the diffraction process to crystal mosaicity can be exploited in standing-wave experiments aimed at the determination of substrate-overlayer interface structures.
1006 Simultaneous Tracking of Harmonic and Resonance Components (2001)

The purpose of this study is to track harmonic and resonance components in rotating machinery simultaneously using Kalman Filter and Vold-Kalman Filter. Experimental study was also performed using a rotating machinery in order to verify that this order tracking means was able to decouple close and crossing order such as harmonic and resonance components in a rotating machinery. Displacement response was measured while rotational frequency was sweeped over its natural frequency. Frequencies and amplitudes were estimated from this response data with Kalman Filter and Vold-Kalman Filter. In this experiment, this order tracking method was verified to capable of decoupling and tracking simultaneously harmonic and resonance components in a rotating machinery.
Low-loss silicon-on-insulator photonic crystal waveguides (2002)

Silicon-on-insulator-based photonic crystal waveguides have been optically characterised. Measured total insertion loss is below 19 dB in the waveguides with unpolarised light. With the length mask technique, it is found that the photonic crystal waveguides show propagation losses below 4 dB/mm.