gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Real Time Analysis of Volatile Organic Compounds from Polypropylene Thermal Oxidation Using Chemical Ionization Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry (2009)

The volatile organic compounds emitted during polypropylene thermal oxidation at constant temperature were analyzed in real time using proton transfer reaction associated with Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry. Four major compounds were identified: acetone, formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, and methylacrolein. The time dependence of the emissions showed a complex profile consisting successively in an induction period, a stationary state with low emission rate, and final rapid degradation of the sample. The formaldehyde mixing ratio increases by a factor of 3 between the stationary state stage and the fast degradation stage, while the other products remain in constant proportions. The kinetic and mechanistic implications of these results are discussed.
Treatment outcome in older patients with childhood acute myeloid leukemia (2012)

The survival rate for older children with AML has improved on the results of a recent trial and is now similar to that of younger patients. However, deaths from toxicity remain a significant problem for patients in the older age group. Future trials should focus on improving supportive care while striving to develop more effective antileukemic therapy.
Stochastic Gene Expression in Fluctuating Environments (2004)

Stochastic mechanisms can cause a group of isogenic bacteria, each subject to identical environmental conditions, to nevertheless exhibit diverse patterns of gene expression. The resulting phenotypic subpopulations will typically have distinct growth rates. This behavior has been observed in several contexts, including sugar metabolism and pili phase variation. Under fixed environmental conditions, the net growth rate of the population is maximized when all cells are of the fastest growing phenotype, so it is unclear what fitness advantage is conferred by population heterogeneity. However, unlike ideal laboratory conditions, natural environments tend to fluctuate, either periodically or randomly. Here we use a stochastic population model to show that, during growth in such fluctuating environments, a dynamically heterogenous bacterial population can sometimes achieve a higher net growth rate than a homogenous one. By using stochastic mechanisms to sample several distinct phenotypes, the bacteria are able to anticipate and take advantage of sudden changes in their environment. However, this heterogeneity is beneficial only if the bacterial response rate is sufficiently low. Our results could be useful in the design of artificial evolution experiments and in the optimization of fermentation processes.
APOL1 Genetic Variants in Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis and HIV-Associated Nephropathy (2011)

Trypanolytic variants in APOL1, which encodes apolipoprotein L1, associate with kidney disease in African Americans, but whether APOL1-associated glomerular disease has a distinct clinical phenotype is unknown. Here we determined APOL1 genotypes for 271 African American cases, 168 European American cases, and 939 control subjects. In a recessive model, APOL1 variants conferred seventeenfold higher odds (95% CI 11 to 26) for focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) and twenty-nine-fold higher odds (95% CI 13 to 68) for HIV-associated nephropathy (HIVAN). FSGS associated with two APOL1 risk alleles associated with earlier age of onset (P = 0.01) and faster progression to ESRD (P < 0.01) but similar sensitivity to steroids compared with other subjects. Individuals with two APOL1 risk alleles have an estimated 4% lifetime risk for developing FSGS, and untreated HIV-infected individuals have a 50% risk for developing HIVAN. The effect of carrying two APOL1 risk alleles explains 18% of FSGS and 35% of HIVAN; alternatively, eliminating this effect would reduce FSGS and HIVAN by 67%. A survey of world populations indicated that the APOL1 kidney risk alleles are present only on African chromosomes. In summary, African Americans carrying two APOL1 risk alleles have a greatly increased risk for glomerular disease, and APOL1-associated FSGS occurs earlier and progresses to ESRD more rapidly. These data add to the evidence base required to determine whether genetic testing for APOL1 has a use in clinical practice.
Panoramic security (1991)

A brief survey of the theoretical, physical, and psychophysical background of surveillance, the basis of security, is given, especially, in those cases when the signal carriers are electromagnetic waves. The concept of flat cylinder perspective (FCP) is introduced, allowing an undistorted 360-degree panoramic view. Technical considerations of designing such an optic, called PAL, satisfying these criteria are presented. Examples are given regarding how to use some instruments based on PAL-optic in surveillance and security related panoramic inspection tasks.
Longitudinal study of a heteroplasmic 3460 Leber hereditary optic neuropathy family by multiplexed primer-extension analysis and nucleotide sequencing. (1996)

Nucleotide-sequencing and multiplexed primer-extension assays have been used to quantitate the mutant-allele frequency in 14 maternal relatives, spanning three generations, from a family that is heteroplasmic for the primary Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) mutation at nucleotide 3460 of the mitochondrial genome. There was excellent agreement between the values that were obtained with the two different methods. The longitudinal study shows that the mutant-allele frequency was constant within individual family members over a sampling period of 3.5 years. Second, although there was an overall increase in the mutant-allele frequency in successive generations, segregation in the direction of the mutant allele was not invariant, and there was one instance in which there was a significant decrease in the frequency from parent to offspring. From these two sets of results, and from previous studies of heteroplasmic LHON families, we conclude that there is no evidence for a marked selective pressure that determines the replication, segregation, or transmission of primary LHON mutations to white blood cells and platelets. Instead, the mtDNA molecules are most likely to replicate and segregate under conditions of random drift at the cellular level. Finally, the pattern of transmission in this maternal lineage is compatible with a developmental bottleneck model in which the number of mitochondrial units of segregation in the female germ line is relatively small in relation to the number of mtDNA molecules within a cell. However, this is not an invariant pattern for humans, and simple models of mitochondrial gene transmission are inappropriate at the present time.
Uv Absorption Spectrum of Trapped S2 (1965)

The uv absorption spectrum of trapped S2 has been studied in N2, Ar, Kr, and Xe matrices at 4° and 20°K. Up to 26 vibrational bands of the v″=0 progression of the 3Σu—←3Σg— system were observed. In each of the matrices, the origin of the transition was shifted by an amount characteristic of the particular matrix; red shifts were observed for Xe, Kr, and Ar, while N2 yielded a blue shift. The vibrational spacing indicated distortion of the potential-energy curve under the influence of the matrix field. The absorption bands were slightly shaded towards the blue and had a half-width of about 150 cm−1. At low v′, doublet structure was observed. The ir absorption spectrum of the forbidden S2 vibration was also investigated.
CARBON NANOTUBE MATERIALS FOR HYDROGEN STORAGE (1996)

Carbon single-wall nanotubes (SWNTs) are essentially elongated pores of molecular dimensions and are capable of adsorbing hydrogen at relatively high temperatures and low pressures. This behavior is unique to these materials and indicates that SWNTs are the ideal building block for constructing safe, efficient, and high energy density adsorbents for hydrogen storage applications. In past work we developed methods for preparing and opening SWNTs, discovered the unique adsorption properties of these new materials, confirmed that hydrogen is stabilized by physical rather than chemical interactions, measured the strength of interaction to be ~ 5 times higher than for adsorption on planar graphite, and performed infrared absorption spectroscopy to determine the chemical nature of the surface terminations before, during, and after oxidation. We also made significant advances in the synthesis of SWNT materials by turning to a laser-vaporization method rather than the arc-generation method employed previously. In addition, we began to develop methods to purify nanotubes and cut nanotubes into shorter segments. This year we have made further advances in the development of our laser synthesis technique, and we now generate crude material containing 20-30 wt % SWNTs at a rate of ~150 mg / hr or ~ 1.5 g / day. In addition we
Considerations on Double Exchange (1955)

Zener has suggested a type of interaction between the spins of magnetic ions which he named "double exchange." This occurs indirectly by means of spin coupling to mobile electrons which travel from one ion to the next. We have calculated this interaction for a pair of ions with general spin $S$ and with general transfer integral, $b$, and internal exchange integral $J$.One result is that while the states of large total spin have both the highest and lowest energies, their average energy is the same as for the states of low total spin. This should be applicable in the high-temperature expansion of the susceptibility, and if it is, indicates that the high-temperature Curie-Weiss constant $\ensuremath{\theta}$ should be zero, and $\frac{1}{\ensuremath{\chi}}$ vs $T$ a curved line. This is surprising in view of the fact that the manganites, in which double exchange has been presumed to be the interaction mechanism, obey a fairly good Curie-Weiss law.The results can be approximated rather well by a simple semiclassical model in which the spins of the ion cores are treated classically. This model is capable of rather easy extension to the problem of the whole crystal, but the resulting mathematical problem is not easily solved except in special circumstances, e.g., periodic disturbances (spin waves).
A 100-MHz ultrasound imaging system for dermatologic and ophthalmologic diagnostics (1996)

A major design problem concerning high-frequency broad-band ultrasound imaging systems is caused by the strong dispersive attenuation of the tissue, which gives rise to images with inhomogeneous resolution and poor signal to noise ratio (SNR). To address the noise problem, strongly focused transducers with high energy density in a narrow focal region are utilized, which also provide more isotropic images due to improved lateral resolution. To account for the short depth of the focal area two suitable imaging conceptions are used: 1) synthetic aperture concept and 2) B/D-scan concept. To avoid the inhomogeneity of the images, different transmitter signals for each depth are applied, which are pseudoinversely prefiltered according to the transfer function of the tissue. To gain signal energy required for inverse filtering, a pulse compression technique with nonlinearly frequency modulated chirp signals is utilized. These procedures have been implemented in an ultrasound imaging system, which has been developed in the authors' laboratory for eye and skin examinations, It can be used with transducers in a frequency range from 20 to 250 MHz.
Evaluation of Oxyrase® enrichment method for isolation of Campylobacter jejuni from inoculated foods (1995)

Recovery limits were evaluated for Campylobacter jejuni in an existing Food and Drug Administration (FDA) enrichment broth (EB) formula supplemented with Oxyrase enzyme. Cultures of Camp. jejuni were inoculated into EB or EB containing 10% raw milk, raw oysters, crabmeat or mushrooms. After 24 and 48 h of enrichment, Camp. jejuni was isolated on four selective agars. No significant differences in recovery rates for Camp. jejuni were observed in the Oxyrase enrichment under normal atmosphere or in the existing FDA method under modified atmosphere. Increase of enrichment time from 24 to 48 h did not improve the recovery rates. However, the Oxyrase enrichment was cost effective, less time consuming, and simpler to perform than the established method.
DeepCrash: A Deep Learning-Based Internet of Vehicles System for Head-On and Single-Vehicle Accident Detection With Emergency Notification (2019)

Most individuals involved in traffic accidents receive assistance from drivers, passengers, or other people. However, when a traffic accident occurs in a sparsely populated area or the driver is the only person in the vehicle and the crash results in loss of consciousness, no one will be available to send a distress message to the proper authorities within the golden window for medical treatment. Considering these issues, a method for detecting high-speed head-on and single-vehicle collisions, analyzing the situation, and raising an alarm is needed. To address such issues, this paper proposes a deep learning-based Internet of Vehicles (IoV) system called DeepCrash, which includes an in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) telematics platform with a vehicle self-collision detection sensor and a front camera, a cloud-based deep learning server, and a cloud-based management platform. When a head-on or single-vehicle collision is detected, accident detection information is uploaded to the cloud-based database server for self-collision vehicle accident recognition, and a related emergency notification is provided. The experimental results show that the accuracy of traffic collision detection can reach 96% and that the average response time for emergency-related announcements is approximately 7 s.
A hybrid knowledge representation as a basis of requirement specification and specification analysis (1992)

A formal requirement specification language, the frame-and-rule oriented requirement specification language FRORL, developed to facilitate the specification, analysis, and development of a software system is presented. The surface syntax of FRORL is based on the concepts of frames and production rules that may bear hierarchical relationships to each other, relying on multiple inheritance. To provide thorough semantic foundations, FRORL is based on a nonmonotonic variant of Horn-clause logic. Using the machinery of Horn-clause logic, various properties of a FRORL specification can be analyzed. Among the external properties of FRORL are formality, object-orientedness, and a wide spectrum of life cycle phases. Intrinsic properties are modularity, provision for incremental development, inheritance, refinement, reusability, prototyping, and executability. A software development environment based on FRORL has been implemented using the C language on a Sun workstation.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>
Reactions of iron(II) nitrilotriacetate and iron(II) ethylenediamine-N,N'-diacetate complexes with hydrogen peroxide (1988)

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTReactions of iron(II) nitrilotriacetate and iron(II) ethylenediamine-N,N'-diacetate complexes with hydrogen peroxideJ. D. Rush and W. H. KoppenolCite this: J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1988, 110, 15, 4957–4963Publication Date (Print):July 1, 1988Publication History Published online1 May 2002Published inissue 1 July 1988https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja00223a013https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00223a013research-articleACS PublicationsRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views559Altmetric-Citations101LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail Other access optionsGet e-Alertsclose Get e-Alerts
Stimulation of plant growth and biocontrol by Bacillus amyloliquefaciens subsp. plantarum FZB42 engineered for improved action (2014)

Abstract During the last decade, the use of plant-root colonizing bacteria with plant growth-promoting activity has been proven as an efficient and environmental-friendly alternative to chemical pesticides and fertilizers. Biofertilizer and biocontrol formulations prepared from endospore-forming Bacillus strains are increasingly applied due to their long shelf life, which is comparable with that of agrochemicals. Today, spore suspensions from natural representatives of mainly Bacillus amyloliquefaciens , Bacillus subtilis , and Bacillus pumilus are available. However, these biofertilizers, directly prepared from environmental strains, are sometimes hampered in their action and do not fulfill in each case the expectations of the appliers (Borriss R, Bacteria in agrobiology: plant growth responses, Springer, 2011, pp. 41-76). This review will focus on several ways to improve the action of B. amyloliquefaciens subsp. plantarum FZB42 T , the type strain for the group of plant-associated B. amyloliquefaciens strains. We are focusing here on genomics and genetic engineering techniques as helpful tools for developing more powerful biofertilizer and biocontrol agents.
Iloprost inhibits neutrophil function in vitro and in vivo and limits experimental infarct size in canine heart. (1987)

The prostacyclin analogue iloprost (ZK 36374) inhibits neutrophil activation in vitro, reduces neutrophil accumulation in inflammatory skin lesions, and reduces ultimate infarct size in an anesthetized open-chest canine model of regional ischemia and reperfusion. Iloprost (0.1-100 microM) inhibited the in vitro production of superoxide anion by canine neutrophils in a concentration-dependent manner. Iloprost (100 ng/kg/min i.v.) inhibited C5a-induced neutrophil migration into inflammatory skin lesions as assessed by the neutrophil-specific enzyme marker, myeloperoxidase. The myeloperoxidase activity determined 2 hours after the intradermal administration of C5a in each of the groups was control 13.3 +/- 1.8 units/g tissue (n = 12) and iloprost 6.5 +/- 0.9 units/g (n = 12), p less than 0.01. Iloprost was administered to anesthetized open-chest dogs (100 ng/kg/min) 10 minutes after left circumflex coronary artery (LCCA) occlusion and continued during the 90-minute occlusion period and the first 2 hours of reperfusion. Regional myocardial blood flow was similar between treatment groups at baseline, 5 minutes and 80 minutes after LCCA occlusion, and after 1 hour of reperfusion. Infarct size, assessed 6 hours after reperfusion, was reduced by iloprost treatment: 22.4 +/- 3.1% of the area at risk (n = 15) compared with 42.4 +/- 3.3% of control (n = 13), p less than 0.01. Iloprost treatment reduced the accumulation of neutrophils (measured by myeloperoxidase activity) in the ischemic myocardium at the interface between infarcted and noninfarcted tissue: control (n = 9) 9.0 +/- 1.8 units/g tissue, iloprost (n = 6) 2.0 +/- 0.4 units/g, p less than 0.01.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
How Position, Velocity, and Temporal Information Combine in the Prospective Control of Catching: Data and Model (2005)

The cerebral cortex contains circuitry for continuously computing properties of the environment and one's body, as well as relations among those properties. The success of complex perceptuomotor performances requires integrated, simultaneous use of such relational information. Ball catching is a good example as it involves reaching and grasping of visually pursued objects that move relative to the catcher. Although integrated neural control of catching has received sparse attention in the neuroscience literature, behavioral observations have led to the identification of control principles that may be embodied in the involved neural circuits. Here, we report a catching experiment that refines those principles via a novel manipulation. Visual field motion was used to perturb velocity information about balls traveling on various trajectories relative to a seated catcher, with various initial hand positions. The experiment produced evidence for a continuous, prospective catching strategy, in which hand movements are planned based on gaze-centered ball velocity and ball position information. Such a strategy was implemented in a new neural model, which suggests how position, velocity, and temporal information streams combine to shape catching movements. The model accurately reproduces the main and interaction effects found in the behavioral experiment and provides an interpretation of recently observed target motion-related activity in the motor cortex during interceptive reaching by monkeys. It functionally interprets a broad range of neurobiological and behavioral data, and thus contributes to a unified theory of the neural control of reaching to stationary and moving targets.
Differential Expression of Three α-Galactosidase Genes and a Single β-Galactosidase Gene from <i>Aspergillus niger</i> (1999)

A gene encoding a third alpha-galactosidase (AglB) from Aspergillus niger has been cloned and sequenced. The gene consists of an open reading frame of 1,750 bp containing six introns. The gene encodes a protein of 443 amino acids which contains a eukaryotic signal sequence of 16 amino acids and seven putative N-glycosylation sites. The mature protein has a calculated molecular mass of 48,835 Da and a predicted pI of 4.6. An alignment of the AglB amino acid sequence with those of other alpha-galactosidases revealed that it belongs to a subfamily of alpha-galactosidases that also includes A. niger AglA. A. niger AglC belongs to a different subfamily that consists mainly of prokaryotic alpha-galactosidases. The expression of aglA, aglB, aglC, and lacA, the latter of which encodes an A. niger beta-galactosidase, has been studied by using a number of monomeric, oligomeric, and polymeric compounds as growth substrates. Expression of aglA is only detected on galactose and galactose-containing oligomers and polymers. The aglB gene is expressed on all of the carbon sources tested, including glucose. Elevated expression was observed on xylan, which could be assigned to regulation via XlnR, the xylanolytic transcriptional activator. Expression of aglC was only observed on glucose, fructose, and combinations of glucose with xylose and galactose. High expression of lacA was detected on arabinose, xylose, xylan, and pectin. Similar to aglB, the expression on xylose and xylan can be assigned to regulation via XlnR. All four genes have distinct expression patterns which seem to mirror the natural substrates of the encoded proteins.
Supporting Soft Real-Time Services in MANETs Using Distributed Admission Control and IEEE 802.11e Technology (2005)

QoS support in MANETs is a hard and challenging task due to the intrinsic complexities of these networks. In this work we present a solution called DACME to support real-time services in MANETs based on distributed admission control. Using the IEEE 802.1 Ie MAC technology as our basis for traffic differentiation, we develop a technique based on probes to assess available bandwidth in an end-to-end path, as well as the end-to-end delay and jitter. Results show that our technique is quite promising due to the degree of accuracy achieved estimating the different network parameters, while maintaining acceptable levels of traffic overhead and admission delay. Also, since no demands are imposed on intermediate stations, it can be easily deployed.