gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Bromine, chlorine and boron modified phenolic resins with excellent flame retardance and thermal stability. (1987)

Bromine (BRP) or chlorine modified Phenolic resins (CLP) were prepared by the reaction of paraharogenated phenol-phenol mixtures with formaldehyde. Boron modified Phenolic resins (PBP) were prepared by the esterification of boric acid with phenol, followed by the polycondensation with paraformaldehyde.The flame retardance of the modified resins was evaluated in comparison with the unmodified resin (GP) by the measurement of oxygen index, and found to be in the order: BRP>PBP>CLP> GP.The higher was the heat-treatment temperature, the higher was the heat distortion temperature (HDT) of resin. The HDT of resin was in the order: PBP, GP>BRP>CLP. This order was the same as the results of flexual properties.The resistance against thermooxidative degradation of the resins was examined by means of thermogravimetry and differential thermal analysis, and the higher resistance was observed by the order of PBP>GP≈CLP>>BRP.
Mixed-format signal delivery and full-duplex operation in a WDM PON with a single shared source (1995)

Passive optical networks (PONs) have been proposed as subscriber-loop distribution systems because they require no power or processing between the central office (CO) and the optical-network units (ONUs).1 PONs have not been universally accepted, however. Conventional PONs, although inexpensive, have restricted service upgrades.2 Wavelength-division-multiplexed (WDM) PONs provide tremendous upgrade potential but are considered to be too expensive.1 We recently reported a PON (RITE-Net) that uses a waveguide-grating router3 (WGR) to share a single tunable distributed-Bragg-reflector (DBR) laser between the CO and all ONUs and adds significant operational advantages by looping back and overmodulating a portion of the downstream light with upstream data.4
Analytical Design and Experimental Testing of a Self-Cooled, Toroidally Wound Ring Motor With Integrated Propeller for Electric Rotorcraft (2021)

This article presents a ring motor that is wrapped around the outer diameter of a propeller for electric rotorcraft. The approach is motivated by the greater aerodynamic efficiency afforded by larger diameter propellers with lower rotational speeds, ultimately minimizing battery energy requirements in electric rotorcraft. Lower rotational blade speeds are mismatched with electric machines that derive power density from high-speed operation, thus a machine design with very high torque density is proposed to allow lower speed operation without the aid of gearing. By wrapping the machine around the outer diameter of the blades, the innate lever arm drastically increases the torque density of the machine without the need for liquid cooling. An analytical design approach is used to characterize the machine design space and design outcomes are verified with finite-element analysis. The final prototype design targets the “heavy-lift” drone space and was tested to verify performance. Measurements of back electromotive force and max torque per amp, along with unloaded and loaded (propeller) testing, benchmark the design and highlight the relative impacts among the various loss mechanisms. The measured specific torque density of the air-cooled design is 6.25 N·m/kg - total mass, 11.1 N·m/kg - active mass only. Key areas for improvement, such as bearing drag reduction and winding fault tolerance, are identified.
Controlling Phase Separation and Optical Properties in Conjugated Polymers through Selenophene−Thiophene Copolymerization (2010)

Selenophene-thiophene block copolymers were synthesized and studied. The properties of these novel block copolymers are distinct from those of statistical copolymers prepared from the same monomers with a similar composition. Specifically, the block copolymers exhibit broad and red-shifted absorbance features and phase-separated domains in the solid state. Scanning transmission electron microscopy and topographic elemental mapping confirmed that the domains are either rich in selenophene or thiophene, indicating that the blocks of distinct heterocycles preferentially associate with one another in the solid state. This preference is surprising in view of the chemical similarities between repeat units. The overall results demonstrate a phase separation that is controlled by elemental differences. As a result of this phase separation, these novel conjugated block copolymers should find utility in a variety of studies and optoelectronics uses.
A novel humanized mouse model of Huntington disease for preclinical development of therapeutics targeting mutant huntingtin alleles (2017)

Huntington disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disease caused by a mutation in the huntingtin (HTT) gene. HTT is a large protein, interacts with many partners and is involved in many cellular pathways, which are perturbed in HD. Therapies targeting HTT directly are likely to provide the most global benefit. Thus there is a need for preclinical models of HD recapitulating human HTT genetics. We previously generated a humanized mouse model of HD, Hu97/18, by intercrossing BACHD and YAC18 mice with knockout of the endogenous mouse HD homolog (Hdh). Hu97/18 mice recapitulate the genetics of HD, having two full-length, genomic human HTT transgenes heterozygous for the HD mutation and polymorphisms associated with HD in populations of Caucasian descent. We have now generated a companion model, Hu128/21, by intercrossing YAC128 and BAC21 mice on the Hdh-/- background. Hu128/21 mice have two full-length, genomic human HTT transgenes heterozygous for the HD mutation and polymorphisms associated with HD in populations of East Asian descent and in a minority of patients from other ethnic groups. Hu128/21 mice display a wide variety of HD-like phenotypes that are similar to YAC128 mice. Additionally, both transgenes in Hu128/21 mice match the human HTT exon 1 reference sequence. Conversely, the BACHD transgene carries a floxed, synthetic exon 1 sequence. Hu128/21 mice will be useful for investigations of human HTT that cannot be addressed in Hu97/18 mice, for developing therapies targeted to exon 1, and for preclinical screening of personalized HTT lowering therapies in HD patients of East Asian descent.
Preparation and Characterization of Stealth Archaeosomes Based on a Synthetic PEGylated Archaeal Tetraether Lipid (2011)

The present studies were focused on the formation and characterization of sterically stabilized archaeosomes made from a synthetic PEGylated archaeal lipid. In a first step, a synthetic archaeal tetraether bipolar lipid was functionalized with a poly(ethylene glycol), PEG, and (PEG(45)-Tetraether) with the aim of coating the archaeosome surface with a sterically stabilizing hydrophilic polymer. In a second step, Egg-PC/PEG(45)-Tetraether (90/10 wt%) archaeosomes were prepared, and their physicochemical characteristics were determined by dynamic light scattering (size, polydispersity), cryo-TEM (morphology), and by high-performance thin layer chromatography (lipid composition), in comparison with standard Egg-PC/PEG(45)-DSPE formulations. Further, a fluorescent dye, the carboxyfluorescein, was encapsulated into the prepared archaeosomes in order to evaluate the potential of such nanostructures as drug carriers. Release studies have shown that the stability of Egg-PC/PEG(45)-Tetraether-based archaeosomes is significantly higher at 37°C than the one of Egg-PC/PEG(45)-DSPE-based liposomes, as evidenced by the slower release of the dye encapsulated into PEGylated archaeosomes. This enhanced stability could be related to the membrane spanning properties of the archaeal bipolar lipid as already described with natural or synthetic tetraether lipids.
Synthesis and Properties of a Photopatternable Lithium‐Ion Conducting Solid Electrolyte (2017)

One of the important considerations for the development of on-chip batteries is the need to photopattern the solid electrolyte directly on electrodes. Herein, the photopatterning of a lithium-ion conducting solid electrolyte is demonstrated by modifying a well-known negative photoresist, SU-8, with LiClO<sub>4</sub> . The resulting material exhibits a room temperature ionic conductivity of 52 µS cm<sup>-1</sup> with a wide electrochemical window (>5 V). Half-cell galvanostatic testing of 3 µm thin films spin-coated on amorphous silicon validates its use for on-chip energy-storage applications. The modified SU-8 possesses excellent mechanical integrity, is thermally stable up to 250 °C, and can be photopatterned with micrometer-scale resolution. These results present a promising direction for the integration of electrochemical energy storage in microelectronics.
IEEE IRI 2014 invited industry talks (I): Managing shared information in multi-tenant service provider applications (2014)

Service provider applications, for example in the form of Software-as-a-Service are different from traditional enterprise software systems because they need to enable serving multiple customers at a time with a shared infrastructure. While the property of multi-tenancy refers to the isolation of different customers on a shared system, multi-customer support enables a service provider to add value by taking advantage of different customers being (virtually) collocated in the same application. This can be used for efficiency purposes, which is important e.g. to render services based on data or infrastructure of multiple accounts, or analyze operations data from different accounts to gain common insights. This is quite common, e.g., in the case of service management systems such as help desk ticketing in which service provider employees work on problem tickets of different client companies but these tenants are isolated from each other. Alternatively, this also enables a service provider to share curated data that customers can pair with their own sources to gain insights, a typical big data application. This presentation will discuss issues of managing access in this scenario of multi-tenancy with controlled sharing of data and presents an approach to address this problem.
Hospital Costs of Total Hip Arthroplasty for Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (2014)

Level IV, economic and decision analyses. See Guidelines for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.
ChemInform Abstract: A Streamlined Route to Highly Conjugated, all‐(E) Polyenes Characteristic of Oxo Polyene Macrolide Antibiotics. (1997)

Abstract ChemInform is a weekly Abstracting Service, delivering concise information at a glance that was extracted from about 100 leading journals. To access a ChemInform Abstract of an article which was published elsewhere, please select a “Full Text” option. The original article is trackable via the “References” option.
Does family always matter? Public genomes and their effect on relatives (2013)

Cinnamon S Bloss Coinciding with the publication of the genome sequence of the HeLa cancer cell line last summer [1], US National Institutes of Health (NIH) administrators announced that they had been working closely with the family of Henrietta Lacks [2], the woman from whom the HeLa immortal cell line was derived, to address the family’s concerns regarding privacy and informed consent. NIH officials noted that ‘the full [HeLa] sequence data could potentially uncover unwanted information about people whose identity is widely known’ -n amely the family of Ms Lacks [2]. Such unwanted information could include disease risks, response to drugs, ancestral roots, and in some cases an individual’ sa ctual identity [3]. This article followed on the heels of another study published in March of this year that likewise presented a detailed account of the HeLa genome and included public posting of the data [4]. Days after publication of that article, a firestorm of commentary erupted on social media [5,6] and formal news outlets, questioning the ethics of the study and public deposition of the data. The posting of the data also reportedly upset the Lacks family, with one family member quoted as saying, ‘That is private family information…It shouldn’t have been published without our consent’ [7]. The NIH responded by entering into a much needed dialogue with the Lacks family to address these concerns. These events call attention to the issue of the impact of public release of an individual’s identified data on biological family members, and the need for empirical research in this area to inform policy-making with regard to data sharing. Biological relatives and genome sequencing Given the ubiquity of HeLa cells in research and medicine and the fact that Ms Lacks herself never gave consent for the use of her tissues, the sequencing of the HeLa genome is clearly a unique case in terms of the ethical issues raised and the need for a partnership with the Lacks family. However, this also raises a general issue about whether biological relatives have a ‘right’ to refuse, or consent, to another person’s desire to undergo genome sequencing themselves, and to publicly release their identified data. The quote from Ms Lacks’ family member implies that the family’s concerns are not confined to the initial lack of consent from Ms Lacks. It appears that at least some members of the family also feel that the information is their ‘private family information’ the use of which should be subject to their consent. This raises questions about individuals in other studies who have consented to have their genomes sequenced and agreed to put their identified data in the public domain. Should consent from those individuals’ family
Membrane‐Intercalating Conjugated Oligoelectrolytes: Impact on Bioelectrochemical Systems (2015)

Conjugated oligoelectrolytes (COEs), molecules that are defined by a π-delocalized backbone and terminal ionic pendant groups, have been previously demonstrated to effectively reduce charge-injection/extraction barriers at metal/organic interfaces in thin-film organic-electronic devices. Recent studies demonstrate a spontaneous affinity of certain COEs to intercalate into, and align within, lipid bilayers in an ordered orientation, thereby allowing modification of membrane properties and the functions of microbes in bioelectrochemical and photosynthetic systems. Several reports have provided evidence of enhanced current generation and bioproduction. Mechanistic approaches suggest that COEs influence microbial extracellular electron transport to abiotic electrode surfaces via more than one proposed pathway, including direct electron transfer and meditated electron transfer. Molecular dynamics simulations as a function of molecular structure suggest that insertion of cationic COEs results in membrane thinning as the lipid phosphate head groups are drawn toward the center of the bilayer. Since variations in molecular structures, especially the length of the conjugated backbone, distribution of ionic groups, and hydrophobic substitutions, show an effect on their antimicrobial properties, preferential cell localization, and microbial selection, it is promising to further design novel membrane-intercalating molecules based on COEs for practical applications, including energy generation, environmental remediation, and antimicrobial treatment.
Effects of the Ph-Controlled Hemoglobin Vesicles by CO2Gas (1998)

The hemoglobin vesicle (HbV) is a red cell substitute encapsulating purified concentrated Hb in a phospholipid vesicle. In order to improve the oxygen carrying capability of HbV, the pH value of the Hb solution should be adjusted to 7.0 in the HbV preparation, and then the pH value should be adjusted to 7.4 where HbV functions as an oxygen carrier, because the maximum value of [Hb]/[Lipid] was obtained in which the pH of the Hb solution was 7.0, and the metHb formation rate was suppressed in the pH 7.4. Generally, the pH control of the inner aqueous phase of HbV is difficult by changing the pH in the outer phase. We could control the pH of the Hb solution from 7.4 to 7.0 by dissolving CO2 into the Hb solution, and after the preparation of HbV, the pH of HbV is changed to 7.4 by reducing the pressure. The resulting pH-controlled HbV by CO2 gas showed a high [Hb]/[Lipid] value of 1.7 with a low rate of metHb formation.
ChemInform Abstract: A Novel Synthesis of Phosphonates from Diethyl (Trichloromethyl) phosphonate. (1995)

Abstract ChemInform is a weekly Abstracting Service, delivering concise information at a glance that was extracted from about 100 leading journals. To access a ChemInform Abstract of an article which was published elsewhere, please select a “Full Text” option. The original article is trackable via the “References” option.
Enantioselective Synthesis of cis- and trans-Borocyclopropylmethanol: Simple Building Blocks To Access Heterocycle-Substituted Cyclopropylmethanols (2019)

An enantioselective and non-oxidative methodology was developed to obtain enantioenriched cyclopropyl boronates using a diethanolamine-promoted selective decomplexation of dioxaborolane. The non-oxidative decomplexation of the dioxaborolane ligand from the cyclopropylmethoxide species formed in the dioxaborolane-mediated Simmons–Smith cyclopropanation reaction provided the enantio­enriched CIDA-based (CIDA = N-cyclohexyliminodiacetic acid) boro­cyclopropane in 92% yield and 95.6:4.4 er. A robustness screen has shown diethanolamine to be compatible with esters, carbamates and N-heterocycles, providing a tool to access enantioenriched cyclopropanes carrying not only base-sensitive but oxidizable functional groups as well. Diethanolamine was found to be compatible with the modified zinco-cyclopropanation reaction of allyl alcohol to remove residual dioxaborolane from the corresponding cis-N-heterocycle cyclopropylmethanol, thereby leading to improved yields.
Model-Based Quantification of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1–Induced Potentiation of Insulin Secretion in Response to a Mixed Meal Challenge (2016)

We describe a model that can quantitate the GLP-1-based contribution to insulin secretion in response to meal ingestion. This methodology will allow a better understanding of β-cell function at various stages of glucose tolerance.
Lumbar spinal stenosis. (2013)

Lumbar spinal stenosis affects many patients and is one of the most common reasons for spinal surgery in the elderly population. New research and surgical innovations have resulted in a better understanding of the disease and its diagnosis and treatment. To select the optimal treatment approach for each patient, it is helpful to review patient presentations, diagnostic workups, surgical and nonsurgical treatment options, evidence-based outcomes, and the pathophysiology of lumbar spinal stenosis.
Effects of electrostatic confinement in a silicon single-electron pump (2014)

Nanoscale single-electron pumps could serve as the realization of a new quantum standard of electrical current. Here, a silicon quantum dot with tunable tunnel barriers is used as a source of quantized current. By controlling the electrostatic confinement of the dot via purposely engineered gate electrodes, we show that the robustness of the pumping mechanism can be dramatically enhanced and the detrimental effects due to non-adiabatic transitions are largely reduced. Our pump can produce a current in excess of 80 pA with experimentally determined relative uncertainty lower than 50 parts per million.
An algorithm to find linear approximations and its applications 8 rounds of the DES (2009)

International audience
Comparison of aircraft tyre replacement policy at Saudi aviation facility to the international standard (1996)

States that aircraft tyres are critical for safety and they must have high reliability. Compares two policies for tyre replacement and their reliability and cost which are for Saudi aviation and the international standards.
Deposition of Silver Nanoparticles on Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes Grafted with Hyperbranched Poly(amidoamine) and Their Antimicrobial Effects (2008)

A nanohybrid comprising silver nanoparticles within third-generation dendritic poly(amidoamine) (PAMAM) grafted onto multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) was applied as an antimicrobial agent in solution. The high abundance of amine groups on the dendrimer-modified MWNTs (d-MWNTs) provided sites for reduction and precipitation of silver nanoparticles from silver acetate aqueous solution, resulting in carbon nanotubes/Ag nanohybrids (d-MWNTs/Ag). The content of PAMAM grafted on d-MWNTs determined by using a thermal gravimetric analyzer (TGA) was about 45%. The silver nanoparticles produced were determined to be face-centered cubic silver nanocrystals by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD). The nanohybrids were investigated with scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), Raman spectroscopy, and X-ray energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS). The antimicrobial properties of acid-treated MWNTs (MWNTs-COOH), d-MWNTs, and d-MWNTs/Ag were investigated against Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus), Escherichia coli (E. coli), and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa). Against E. coli and P. aeruginosa which are Gram-negative, d-MWNTs and d-MWNTs/Ag which are equally effective were found to have a stronger antimicrobial effect than MWNTs-COOH. Against S. aureus (Gram-positive), d-MWNTs/Ag showed a stronger antimicrobial effect than d-MWNTs (92.3% kill versus 71.6% kill), while MWNTs-COOH only killed 15.4% of this bacteria. Possible mechanisms are proposed to explain the higher antimicrobial activity by d-MWNTs/Ag nanohybrids. These findings suggest that PAMAM/Ag grafted onto insoluble MWNTs may be used as effective antimicrobial materials.
Nanocrafting Iron–Cobalt for Fischer–Tropsch Catalysis (2013)

A Fischer-mans friend: The nanostructuring of iron and cobalt oxides with core–shell structures through rational design allows the development of a synthetic approach to a very efficient, cost-effective, scalable, and selective catalyst for Fischer–Tropsch synthesis and for the conversion of syngas into liquid fuel.
Low bit rate high-quality MDCT audio coding of the 3GPP EVS standard (2015)

This paper presents a low bit-rate MDCT coder, which is adopted as a part of the recently standardized codec for Enhanced Voice Services. To maximize codec performance for NB to SWB input signals for low bit-rates (7.2 to 16.4 kbps), new adaptive bit-allocation and spectrum quantization schemes, which emphasize perceptually important spectrum while efficiently coding full spectrum, was introduced into the low bit-rate MDCT coder. Further, small symbol switched Huffman coding is exploited for reducing the bits consumption for quantizing band energies of the spectrum. Finally, the performance of the coder is illustrated with some listening test results.
On the Practical Security of a Leakage Resilient Masking Scheme. (2013)

At TCC 2012, Dziembowski and Faust show how to construct leakage resilient circuits using secret sharing based on the inner product [2]. At Asiacrypt 2012, Ballash et al. turned the latter construction into an efficient masking scheme and they apply it to protect an implementation of AES against side-channel attacks [1]. The so-called Inner-Product masking (IP