gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Serial Observations on Left Ventricular Dysfunction in Acute Myocardial Infarction (1971)

Systolic time intervals corrected for heart rate were studied serially in 50 patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) 1, 5, and 20 days after the onset of symptoms from simultaneously recorded kineto-, phono-, and electrocardiograms and carotid artery pulse tracings. Left ventricular ejection time (LVET), electromechanical systole (QA 2 ), and mechanical systole (M 1 A 2 ) decreased from the first to the fifth day ( P < 0.001) and increased again toward normal by the twentieth day. There was a clear correlation with the clinically assessed severity of AMI; the high prevalence of abnormal values indicated a frequent and early impairment of left ventricular performance. In severe power failure, deterioration was indicated by progressive shortening of the systolic time intervals, as contrasted to gradual improvement noted in uncomplicated infarctions. Similarly, LVET, QA 2 , and M 1 A 2 displayed a significant correlation with the grade of radiologically assessed pulmonary vascular congestion on the first day. A relationship between LVET, QA 2 , and isovolumic contraction time (ICT)/LVET and the degree of paradoxical cardiac pulsation became apparent on the fifth day. LVET, M 1 A 2 , ICT/LVET, and preejection period (PEP)/LVET were more abnormal in the nine patients who died than in the 41 survivors ( P < 0.05). PEP and ICT showed no correlation with clinically or radiologically assessed severity or prognosis of infarction, in contrast to findings in chronic heart failure. Decrease of contractility in AMI appears not to be directly reflected in preejection intervals. These findings indicate the value of externally measured left ventricular systolic time intervals, especially LVET, in assessment of the severity and prognosis of AMI.
Production of dyestuffs from indole derivatives by naphthalene dioxygenase and toluene dioxygenase (2003)

The data revealed the potential of isolates for collateral plant growth promotion, biocontrol and bioremediation. The selected strains may serve as an important bioresource for development of effective super-bioinoculants.
Investigations into the control of litter size in swine: I. Comparative studies on in vitro development of Meishan and Yorkshire preimplantation embryos (1993)

Three experiments were conducted to examine the in vitro development of preimplantation embryos from the prolific Chinese Meishan pig. Experiment 1 was conducted to assess whether Meishan embryos would develop in vitro and retain their viability, whereas Exp. 2 and 3 examined the developmental pattern of Meishan embryos. In all three experiments, Yorkshire embryos served as a contemporary comparison. Ovulation and embryo recovery rates were not different between Meishan and Yorkshire gilts. Meishan embryos cultured for 96 h were capable of establishing pregnancies. The number of cell nuclei present after 144 h of culture was lower (P < .01) for Meishan than for Yorkshire blastocysts. Meishan preimplantation embryos exhibited a slower (P < .02) in vitro rate of development from the four-cell to the compact morula stage than did Yorkshire embryos. Early blastocysts from Meishan gilts, although morphologically similar in size, contained fewer (P < .06) cells than did their counterpart Yorkshire embryos. These data demonstrate that Meishan embryos develop more slowly and contain fewer cells than do Yorkshire embryos. This differing developmental pattern of Meishan preimplantation embryos, if similar to that previously reported in miniature swine and mice, may relate to increased embryo survival.
Low-temperature ordering of L1–CoPt thin films promoted by Sn, Pb, Sb, and Bi additives (2001)

We have studied the effect of additional elements of Sn, Pb, Sb, and Bi on the ordering of L10–CoPt films. All of these additives are demonstrated to be very effective to promote the ordering and developing of a very large coercivity of the samples annealed at 400 °C. It is worth noting that this annealing temperature for ordering is 200 °C lower than that of pure CoPt. The crystallographic and chemical analyses have revealed that these additives easily diffuse and segregate onto the film surfaces by postannealing because of their very low surface free energy and extremely low solubility in Co. Therefore, it seems reasonable to conclude that the ordering in the CoPt film is significantly promoted at much lower temperature by the aid of a lot of defects produced by the additives excreted by postannealing.
Report of Subcommittee A on Recommendations of Referees (1958)

Journal Article Report of Subcommittee A on Recommendations of Referees Get access J B Smith, J B Smith Chairman Rhode Island State College, Kingston, R. I Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Floyd Roberts, Floyd Roberts Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar C D Tolle C D Tolle Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Association of Official Agricultural Chemists, Volume 41, Issue 1, 1 February 1958, Pages 19–21, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaoac/41.1.19 Published: 07 February 2020
The dominant male. (1980)

I must agree with Ms. Taylor's conclusion that "a couple's equality in bed is likely to reflect their social and economic equality" (Sex and the 3rd world woman, June issue). My discomfort with the article arose partly from being among the mass of male sexual oppressors, but mainly from the shallowness of her report (more rhetoric than reporting). It may satisfy an appetite for feminist literature but let us think more clearly. What % of 3rd world women actually have their sexual organs tampered with? Female circumcision in Kenya, for instance, traditionally had nothing to do with this. Opportunities for women are fewest in strict Muslim societies. Ms. Taylor narrow-mindedly expects us to believe that this is entirely due to the dominant male. New Internationalist should reconsider publishing articles with so little substance as they will not aid in any real understanding of the fate of women in the 3rd world.
A<scp>NTIMICROBIAL</scp> A<scp>CTIVITY OF</scp> <i>P<scp>SORALEA GLANDULOSA</scp></i> L. (1997)

Antimicrobial activity of leaf extracts of Psoralea glandulosa L. (Papilionaceae) is reported. This study was carried out on the extracts and on the plant's most abundant metabolite, bakuchiol. Antimicrobial activity against Gram. positive bacteria was observed. Bioautographic assays showed that bakuchiol was the compound responsible for this activity.
A 23mW face recognition accelerator in 40nm CMOS with mostly-read 5T memory (2015)

This paper presents a face recognition accelerator for HD (1280×720) images. The proposed design detects faces from the input image using cascaded classifiers. A SVM (Support Vector Machine) performs face recognition based on features extracted by PCA (Principal Component Analysis). Algorithm optimizations including a hybrid search scheme that reduces the workload for face detection by 12×. A new mostly-read 5T memory reduces bitcell area by 7.2% compared to a conventional 6T bitcell while achieving significantly better read reliability and voltage scalability due to a decoupled read path. The resulting design consumes 23mW while processing both face detection and recognition in real time at 5.5 frames/s throughput.
UDP lite for real time multimedia applications (1999)

internet protocols, checksums, Ipv6, real time applications We introduce UDP Lite – a lightweight version of UDP with increased flexibility in the form of a partial checksum. It allows senders to specify packets as partially insensitive to errors. The coverage of the checksum is specified by the sending application on a per-packet basis. Because of its close relationship to UDP, UDP Lite is easily integrated into an existing UDP implementation. UDP is a simple best-effort transport protocol that adds multiplexing and an optional checksum to IP. Unlike TCP, UDP does not provide reliability, in-order delivery or congestion control, which has made it especially popular among delay-sensitive real-time applications. Audio/video applications often prefer damaged packets over lost packets. One way for an application to allow delivery of damaged packets is to disable the UDP checksum. This would mean, however, that important application-specific headers might pass unverified. Also, in the next version of IP, Ipv6, the UDP checksum is mandatory since there is no header checksum in Ipv6. These applications could benefit from using UDP Lite instead of UDP. By reflecting the UDP Lite policy with a partial checksum onto the link layer, the gain can be even higher.
Network Intrusion Detection Using Data Mining and Network Behaviour Analysis (2011)

Intrusion detection has become a critical component of network administration due to the vast number of attacks persistently threaten our computers. Traditional intrusion detection systems are limited and do not provide a complete solution for the problem. They search for potential malicious activities on network traffics; they sometimes succeed to find true security attacks and anomalies. However, in many cases, they fail to detect malicious behaviours (false negative) or they fire alarms when nothing wrong in the network (false positive). In addition, they require exhaustive manual processing and human expert interference. Applying Data Mining (DM) techniques on network traffic data is a promising solution that helps develop better intrusion detection systems. Moreover, Network Behaviour Analysis (NBA) is also an effective approach for intrusion detection. In this paper, we discuss DM and NBA approaches for network intrusion detection and suggest that a combination of both approaches has the potential to detect intrusions in networks more effectively.
Calcium alginate microparticles for oral administration: I: effect of sodium alginate type on drug release and drug entrapment efficiency (1999)

The natural polymers alginate and chitosan were used for the preparation of controlled release nicardipine HCl gel microparticles. The effect of the mannuronic/guluronic acid content and the alginate viscosity on the prolonged action of the microparticles, which were prepared with different types of alginates, were investigated. The mean particle sizes and the swelling ratios of the microparticles were also determined. The in vitro release studies were carried out with a flow-through cell apparatus in different media (pH 1.2, 2.5, 4.5, 7 and 7.5 buffer solutions). The release of nicardipine was extended with the alginate gel microparticles prepared with guluronic acid rich alginate. After the determination of the most appropriate alginate type, the effect of alginate-chitosan complex formation was studied on the release pattern of drug incorporated. It was observed that the alginate-chitosan complex formation reduced the erosion of the alginate-chitosan matrix at pH 7-7.5. The release of drug from the chitosan-alginate gel microparticles took place by both diffusion through the swollen matrix and relaxation of the polymer at pH 1.2-4.5.
Full‐wavefield migration: using surface and internal multiples in imaging (2016)

ABSTRACT Multiple scattering is usually ignored in migration algorithms, although it is a genuine part of the physical reflection response. When properly included, multiples can add to the illumination of the subsurface, although their crosstalk effects are removed. Therefore, we introduce full‐wavefield migration. It includes all multiples and transmission effects in deriving an image via an inversion approach. Since it tries to minimize the misfit between modeled and observed data, it may be considered a full waveform inversion process. However, full‐wavefield migration involves a forward modelling process that uses the estimated seismic image (i.e., the reflectivities) to generate the modelled full wavefield response, whereas a smooth migration velocity model can be used to describe the propagation effects. This separation of modelling in terms of scattering and propagation is not easily achievable when finite‐difference or finite‐element modelling is used. By this separation, a more linear inversion problem is obtained. Moreover, during the forward modelling, the wavefields are computed separately in the incident and scattered directions, which allows the implementation of various imaging conditions, such as imaging reflectors from below, and avoids low‐frequency image artefacts, such as typically observed during reverse‐time migration. The full wavefield modelling process also has the flexibility to image directly the total data (i.e., primaries and multiples together) or the primaries and the multiples separately. Based on various numerical data examples for the 2D and 3D cases, the advantages of this methodology are demonstrated.
Central injection of interleukin-13 potentiates LPS-induced sickness behavior in rats (2001)

Systemic administration of the bacterial endotoxin lipopolysaccharide (LPS) has profound depressive effects on behavior that are mediated by the inducible expression of proinflammatory cytokines such as interleukin-1 (IL-1), IL-6 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) in the brain. To assess the regulatory effects of the anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-13 on LPS-induced sickness behavior, rats injected i.p. with LPS were administered rat recombinant IL-13 i.c.v. IL-13 (300 ng) potentiated the behavioral effects of LPS (125 microg/kg) when both molecules were co-injected. Administration of IL-13 (300 ng) 12 h prior to LPS (150 microg/kg) did not block the depressing effects of LPS on social exploration. These results indicate that IL-13 acts as a proinflammatory cytokine in the brain.
Design and implementation of a new portable thermoelectric generator for low geothermal temperatures (2013)

In this study, the design and implementation of a new portable thermoelectric generator of 100 W for low geothermal temperatures has been carried out. For this system, a new SCADA‐based testing and measuring system equipped with special software has been developed and employed for the first time. Thus, effects of the hot–cold water flow rates, the temperature differences between the surfaces and the load resistance affecting output power and efficiency of the thermoelectric generator have been investigated by a single testing and measuring system device. In the established SCADA‐based testing and measuring system, the hot–cold water flows passed throughout the surfaces of the thermoelectric generator were increased by up to 3.7 and 12.8 l/min, respectively. Then, the temperature difference between the surfaces of the thermoelectric generator was measured as 67°C. When the load resistance of the thermoelectric generator was about 15 Ω, the maximum power of the thermoelectric generator was obtained as 41.6 W and the conversion efficiency was calculated as 3.9% . Also, the SCADA‐based testing and measuring system will open up a new stage in examination of various thermoelectric generators.
Fungal Hallucinogens Psilocin, Ibotenic Acid, and Muscimol (2013)

Psychoactive drugs of fungal origin, psilocin, ibotenic acid, and muscimol among them have been proposed for recreational use and popularized since the 1960s, XX century. Despite their well-documented neurotoxicity, they reached reputation of being safe and nonaddictive. Scientific efforts to find any medical application for these hallucinogens in psychiatry, psychotherapy, and even for religious rituals support are highly controversial. Even if they show any healing potential, their usage in psychotherapy is in some cases inadequate and may additionally harm seriously suffering patients. Hallucinogens are thought to reduce cognitive functions. However, in case of indolealkylamines, such as psilocin, some recent findings suggest their ability to improve perception and mental skills, what would motivate the consumption of "magic mushrooms." The present article offers an opportunity to find out what are the main symptoms of intoxication with mushrooms containing psilocybin/psilocin, muscimol, and ibotenic acid. The progress in analytical methods for detection of them in fungal material, food, and body fluids is reviewed. Findings on the mechanisms of their biologic activity are summarized. Additionally, therapeutic potential of these fungal psychoactive compounds and health risk associated with their abuse are discussed.
From model to FPGA: Software-hardware co-design for efficient neural network acceleration (2016)

Presents a collection of slides covering the following topics: FPGA; software-hardware co-design; neural network acceleration; DeePhi Tech; deep learning; CNN acceleration; efficient inference engine; processing element architecture; and LSTM.
Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy materials for reduced current switching devices (2010)

Recently, spin-transfer switching of magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJ's) has become a very active area of research. It is theoretically postulated that using perpendicular magnetic anisotropy materials will substantially reduce the critical current density for switching, resulting in lower energy devices, while keeping the thermal stability high. A range of perpendicular anisotropy material systems, including (i) multilayers, (ii) crystalline alloys, and (iii) amorphous alloys have been intensively studied in this dissertation. The surface and bulk anisotropy, damping parameter, and structural properties of these material systems have been investigated. Magnetic tunnel junctions based on some of these perpendicular material schemes have been fabricated, and their transport properties have been measured and related to the anisotropy. We have found several promising approaches to magnetic tunnel junctions utilized in spin-torque transfer random access memory (STT-RAM). (Published By University of Alabama Libraries)
Effects of Solid-State Fermented Rice on Lipid Metabolism and Antioxidant Status in High-Cholesterol-Fed Rats (2007)

We investigated the effect of solid-state fermented rice cultured with Basidiomycota (sangwhang) and Monascus ruber on lipid metabolism and antioxidant activity. Forty 4-week-old male Sprague-Dawley rats were fed high cholesterol diets in which carbohydrate sources in the treatment groups consisted of non-fermented rice and sangwhang or M. ruber rice at 80% and 20%, respectively, for 5 weeks. Supplementation with sangwhang and M. ruber rice had no effect on growth and food intakes in high-cholesterol-fed rats. The plasma triglyceride concentration was not significantly different among the groups. Supplementation with M. ruber rice resulted in lower plasma and hepatic cholesterol concentrations and atherogenic index compared to the control group, while the plasma high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol concentration was elevated. In addition, fermented rice cultured with M. ruber-supplemented animals had greater bile acid excretion. The M. ruber groups had significantly lower plasma and hepatic levels of thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances than the control group. Moreover, hepatic antioxidant enzyme activities, including catalase and superoxide dismutase, were significantly higher in the M. ruber group. In conclusion, fermented rice, especially M. ruber rice, was very effective for improving the lipid metabolism and reducing oxidative stress by up-regulating the hepatic antioxidant enzymes in high-cholesterol-fed rats.
The Unique Solution Structure and Immunochemistry of theCandida albicans β-1,2-Mannopyranan Cell Wall Antigens (2002)

Synthetic oligomers of the antigenic Candida albicans (1-->2)-beta-mannopyranans adopt a compact solution conformation that leads to numerous inter-residue nuclear Overhauser effects, including unprecedented nuclear Overhauser effects between n and n + 3 residues. In excellent agreement with experimentally determined distances, unrestrained molecular dynamics point to a single family of conformations that approximate a compact helical motif with a three-residue repeat for this unique homopolymer. When the synthetic di- to hexasaccharides were employed as inhibitors of monoclonal antibodies, which protect mice against a lethal dose of the yeast pathogen, a novel pattern of inhibitor activity was observed. Instead of the paradigm first reported by Kabat (Kabat, E. A. (1962) Fed. Proc. 21, 694-701; Kabat, E. A. (1966) J. Immunol. 97, 1-11), wherein homo-oligosaccharides exhibit increasing inhibitory activity with increasing size, here the maximum activity is reached for di- and trisaccharides and diminishes significantly for tetra-, penta-, and hexasaccharides. These immunochemical data correlate with the ordered conformation of the beta-1,2-linked mannopyranan and imply that a uniquely small antigenic determinant has potential as a component of synthetic conjugate vaccines against Candida albicans.
Activation of Raf-1 Signaling by Protein Kinase C through a Mechanism Involving Raf Kinase Inhibitory Protein (2003)

Protein kinase C (PKC) regulates activation of the Raf-1 signaling cascade by growth factors, but the mechanism by which this occurs has not been elucidated. Here we report that one mechanism involves dissociation of Raf kinase inhibitory protein (RKIP) from Raf-1. Classic and atypical but not novel PKC isoforms phosphorylate RKIP at serine 153 (Ser-153). RKIP Ser-153 phosphorylation by PKC either in vitro or in response to 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate or epidermal growth factor causes release of RKIP from Raf-1, whereas mutant RKIP (S153V or S153E) remains bound. Increased expression of PKC can rescue inhibition of the mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase signaling cascade by wild-type but not mutant S153V RKIP. Taken together, these results constitute the first model showing how phosphorylation by PKC relieves a key inhibitor of the Raf/MAP kinase signaling cascade and may represent a general mechanism for the regulation of MAP kinase pathways.
Physics-aware Deep Generative Models for Creating Synthetic Microstructures (2018)

A key problem in computational material science deals with understanding the effect of material distribution (i.e., microstructure) on material performance. The challenge is to synthesize microstructures, given a finite number of microstructure images, and/or some physical invariances that the microstructure exhibits. Conventional approaches are based on stochastic optimization and are computationally intensive. We introduce three generative models for the fast synthesis of binary microstructure images. The first model is a WGAN model that uses a finite number of training images to synthesize new microstructures that weakly satisfy the physical invariances respected by the original data. The second model explicitly enforces known physical invariances by replacing the traditional discriminator in a GAN with an invariance checker. Our third model combines the first two models to reconstruct microstructures that respect both explicit physics invariances as well as implicit constraints learned from the image data. We illustrate these models by reconstructing two-phase microstructures that exhibit coarsening behavior. The trained models also exhibit interesting latent variable interpolation behavior, and the results indicate considerable promise for enforcing user-defined physics constraints during microstructure synthesis.
Improving the Error Rate Performance of Turbo Codes using the Forced Symbol Method (2007)

This letter presents a method that significantly improves the error rate performance of turbo codes, especially in the error flare region, without changing the basic encoder structure. This method applies repeated decoding, with one or more symbols being forced to certain values, when an error is detected. This forces the decoder to output alternate sets of decisions that can then be checked for errors. The effectiveness of this method is demonstrated by its ability to lower the error flare by several orders of magnitude as soon as the error flare region is encountered. For the DVB-RCS 8-state, rate 1/2, double-binary turbo code and packets of 1504 information bits (MPEG-size), this method yields performance about 0.4 dB from the sphere-packing bound down to a packet error rate of 10-7.