gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Empirical determination ofin situtarget strengths of three loosely aggregated pelagic fish species (1996)

In situ measurements of target strength (TS) at 38 kHz have been taken from night-time scattering layers of anchovy, pilchard, and Cape horse mackerel in the course of routine surveys. These species have different numerical packing densities, which necessitates treating the TS data differently in each case, as the performance of single-target detectors is strongly dependent on target densities. Evidence for the presence of multiple targets in their TS distributions is presented, and empirical methods of extracting mean target strengths from them described. After careful assessment of the quality of each data point, and the removal of unwanted influences where possible, the data were used to fit TS/length expressions for the three species.
Micro Power Generation from Micro Fuel Cell Combined with Micro Methanol Reformer (2009)

Thanks to the breakthroughs in microfabrication technologies, numerous concepts of microsystems including micro aerial vehicles, microbots, and nanosatellites have been proposed. Contrary to ordinary electronic devices, these microsystems perform mechanical work and require the extended operation. As their functions are getting complex and advanced, their energy consumption is also increasing exponentially. In order to activate these microsystems, a high density power source in a small scale is required. However, present portable devices still extract power from existing batteries. The energy density of the current batteries is too low to support these microsystems Therefore, a new micro power source is essential for the successful development of new microsystems. Various concepts for micro power generations have been introduced such as micro engines, micro gas turbines, thermoelectric generators combined with a micro combustor, and micro fuel cells. All of these concepts extract energy from a chemical fuel that have energy density much greater than that of the existing batteries. The first challenge to micro power source was the miniaturization of conventional heat engines. However, the development of micro heat engine reached a deadlock due to the difficulties of microfabrication and realization of miniaturized fast moving components and kinematics' mechanism to generate power in micro scale. Micro fuel cells have drawn attention as a primary candidate for a micro power source due to its distinctive merits that are absence of moving parts and high efficiencies. The fuel cell is an electrochemical device that directly converts chemical energy to electric energy. Due to its different energy conversion path, the fuel cell has high thermal efficiency compared to the heat engines. The energy density of the fuel cell is higher than that of the existing batteries because it uses a chemical fuel such as hydrogen There are several types of fuel cell as summarized in Table 1 Of these fuel cells, PEMFC is suitable to a micro power device due to its low operating temperature and solid phase of electrolyte. Direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) is a kind of PEMFC except that it directly uses methanol instead of hydrogen as a fuel. Formic acid, chemical hydrides, and other alcohols can be used as a direct fuel.
Noise reduction in a load cell based peanut yield monitor using digital signal processing techniques (2002)

Precision farming describes the process of measuring and mapping land crop characteristics and then using these measurements to develop precise and intelligent application strategies that improve overall farm production. Yield monitoring is the phase of precision farming in which the crop yield variation within a field is measured and mapped. Yield maps from previous seasons can be used to determine the needed inputs in the field, whereas post harvest yield maps can be used to evaluate the implemented methods and make adjustments for the next season. Grain yield monitors are available, however there are few if any monitors for other crops. This paper examines the use of strain gauge load cells in a yield monitor for peanut combines and the development of methods for minimizing measurement noises thereby increasing reliability.
The transition from a filamentary dielectric barrier discharge to a diffuse barrier discharge in air at atmospheric pressure (2005)

A transparent plasma discharge reactor using air was used to investigate the transition from a filamentary dielectric barrier discharge (FDBD) operation regime into the diffuse barrier discharge regime. Recent results of other researchers indicate that the stability of diffuse barrier discharges in nitrogen may be attributed to the lack of a fully formed cathode fall layer when the discharge operates in a regime between the Townsend discharge and a normal glow discharge. We have demonstrated that a diffuse barrier discharge in air exhibits an increased accumulation of electric charge on the electrode's dielectric plates as compared with the FDBD. This may provide a means of stabilizing the discharge in a Townsend-to-glow discharge transition. Unlike operation in nitrogen, a streamer mechanism is involved in the formation of a uniform air plasma, though in a different manner than is associated with the FDBD. Numerous diffuse streamer clusters were observed on pre-charged dielectric plates at the breakdown voltage. Our conclusion is that the macroscopically uniform atmospheric-pressure DBD in air is obtained by the numerous radially expanding streamers that are temporally overlapping.
Soap—Based detergent formulations: XXV. Synthesis and surface active properties of higher molecular weight betaine lime soap dispersants (1979)

Abstract A series of surface active betaines have been prepared via the quaternization of a tertiary amine with drolysis. The betaines possessed a hydrophobic (C 12 ‐C 16 ) alkyl side chain, and the anionic and cationic sites were separated by one, two, or three methylene groups or a benzyl group. The betaines were more water soluble and were poorer lime soap dispersants than analogous sulfobetaines. Detergency of most soap‐based detergent formulations containing the betaine lime soap dispersants was good and generally close to that of a commercial control detergent containing 50% sodium tripolyphosphate in screening tests conducted in water of 300 ppm hardness.
Tailor‐Made Fructooligosaccharides by a Combination of Substrate and Genetic Engineering (2007)

The combination of sucrose analogues as novel substrates (substrate engineering) and highly active recombinant beta-fructofuranosidase from A. niger (genetic engineering) provides a new powerful tool for the efficient preparative synthesis of tailor-made saccharides of the important 1-kestose and 1-nystose type headed with different monosaccharides of interest. These novel compounds have been isolated. They did not display toxic effects or suppress cell growth in initial studies, making these new compounds potential candidates for prebiotics.
Unexpectedly late expression of intracellular CD3ϵ and TCR γδ proteins during adult thymus development (1999)

During adult thymus development immature CD4(-)CD8(-) [double-negative (DN)] precursor cells pass through four phenotypically distinct stages defined by expression of CD44 and CD25: CD44(hi)CD25(-) (DN1), CD44(hi)CD25(+) (DN2), CD44(lo)CD25(+) (DN3) and CD44(lo)CD25(-) (DN4). Although it is well established that the TCR beta, gamma and delta genes are rearranged and expressed in association with the CD3 components in DN thymocytes, the precise timing of expression of the TCR and CD3 proteins has not been determined. In this report we have utilized a sensitive intracellular (ic) staining technique to analyze the expression of ic CD3epsilon, TCR beta and TCR gammadelta proteins in immature DN subsets. As expected from previous studies of TCR beta rearrangement and mRNA expression, icTCR beta(+) cells were first detected in the DN3 subset and their proportion increased thereafter. Surprisingly, however, both icCD3epsilon(+) and icTCR gammadelta(+) cells were detected at later stages of development than was predicted by molecular studies. In particular icCD3epsilon protein expression coincided with the transition from the DN2 to DN3 stage of development, whereas icTCR gammadelta protein expression was only detected in a minor subset of DN4 cells. The implications of these findings for alphabeta lineage divergence will be discussed.
Delayed-Type Hypersensitivity Skin Testing Predicts Progression to AIDS in HIV-infected Patients (1993)

The DTH skin test response, a functional measure of cellular immunity, is an independent predictor of progression to AIDS in persons with HIV.
[Enhanced V(oc) in photovoltaic cell by electrodeposited polythiophene thin film]. (2011)

Poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) thin films were electrochemically deposited directly on indium tin oxide (ITO)/poly (3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT : PSS) substrates. Its optical absorption peak is located at about 410 nm and tailing to 610 nm, corresponding to 2.04 eV of bandgap. Its highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) energy is -5.21 eV, while the HOMO energy of the chemically synthesized P3HT is -5.02 eV. The lower HOMO energy of the electrodeposited P3HT may be attributed to the enhancement of regularity. The morphology of the P3HT thin film characterized by atomic force microscopy (AFM) indicates that the molecules contact firmly. The cyclic voltammetry results show that its electrochemical property is stable. The authors prepared photovoltaic cell with the P3HT and [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) as the active layer. Because of the lower HOMO of the electrodeposited P3HT, the open circuit voltage (V(oc)) of the device is up to 0.76 V, indicating a new way to enhance the V(oc) of the organic photovoltaic cells.
Porcine Circovirus 2 Uses Heparan Sulfate and Chondroitin Sulfate B Glycosaminoglycans as Receptors for Its Attachment to Host Cells (2006)

Monocyte/macrophage lineage cells are target cells in vivo for porcine circovirus 2 (PCV2) replication. The porcine monocytic cell line 3D4/31 supports PCV2 replication in vitro, and attachment and internalization kinetics of PCV2 have been established in these cells. However, PCV2 receptors remain unknown. Glycosaminoglycans (GAG) are used by several viruses as receptors. The present study examined the role of GAG in attachment and infection of PCV2. Heparin, heparan sulfate (HS), chondroitin sulfate B (CS-B), but not CS-A, and keratan sulfate reduced PCV2 infection when these GAG were incubated with PCV2 prior to and during inoculation of 3D4/31 cells. Enzymatic removal of HS and CS-B prior to PCV2 inoculation of 3D4/31 cells significantly reduced PCV2 infection. Similarly, when PCV2 virus-like particles (VLP) were allowed to bind onto 3D4/31 cells in the presence of heparin and CS-B, attachment was strongly reduced. Titration of field isolates and low- and high-passage laboratory strains of PCV2 in the presence of heparin significantly reduced PCV2 titers, showing that the capacity of PCV2 to bind GAG was not acquired during in vitro cultivation but is an intrinsic feature of wild-type virus. When Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells were inoculated with PCV2, relative percentages of PCV2-infected cells were 27% +/- 8% for HS-deficient and 12% +/- 10% for GAG-deficient cells compared to wild-type cells (100%). Furthermore, it was shown using heparin-Sepharose chromatography that both PCV2 and PCV2 VLP directly interacted with heparin. Together, these results show that HS and CS-B are attachment receptors for PCV2.
A wearable augmented reality system with personal positioning based on walking locomotion analysis (2004)

In this paper, we present a wearable augmented reality (AR) system with personal positioning based on walking locomotion analysis that allows a user to freely mover around indoors and outdoors. The user is equipped with self-contained sensors, a wearable camera, an inertial head tracker and display. The system is based on the sensor fusion of estimates for relative displacement caused by human walking locomotion and estimates for absolute position and orientation within a Kalman filtering framework. The former is based on intensive analysis of human walking behavior using self-contained sensors. The latter is based on image matching of video frames from a wearable camera with an image database that was prepared beforehand.
The Synthesis of Phenothiazines. VII.<sup>1</sup> Methyl- and Arylsulfonylation of Phenothiazine and Its 10-Substituted Derivatives (1962)

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTThe Synthesis of Phenothiazines. VII.1 Methyl- and Arylsulfonylation of Phenothiazine and Its 10-Substituted DerivativesJOHN J. LAFFERTY, ELEANOR GARVEY, EDWARD A. NODIFF, WALTER E. THOMPSON, and CHARLES L. ZIRKLECite this: J. Org. Chem. 1962, 27, 4, 1346–1351Publication Date (Print):April 1, 1962Publication History Published online1 May 2002Published inissue 1 April 1962https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jo01051a052https://doi.org/10.1021/jo01051a052research-articleACS PublicationsRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views233Altmetric-Citations5LEARN 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
Nonsaturating Pulse Circuits Using Two Junction Transistors (1955)

Junction transistors have been supposed to be too slow for many pulse applications. However, if they are used in a way in which their collector voltage is never permitted to become zero, saturation does not occur and the switching times achieved may be as low as several times the reciprocal of wo, the radian cut-off frequency of α. This time will be less than a microsecond for junction triodes presently available. Saturation is prevented through use of breakdown diodes which terminate switching transients by their breakdown. They may also serve other functions in the circuit. A binary counter described has stable points dependent upon the breakdown diodes and passive components, these points being virtually independent of the transistor or its temperature-sensitive Ic0. A class of two-transistor pulse circuits is described including a binary counter which with one kind of junction triode operates at 1.25 mc. Monostable and astable circuits of the same general nature are shown. The pulse requirements for switching of the binary counter are analyzed in some detail. It is shown that the switching charge is the significant quantity and that a crude estimate of the charge required is l/0 times the difference in conduction currents of the two transistors in the stable state.
Inhibition of Injury-Induced Cell Proliferation in the Dentate Gyrus of the Hippocampus Impairs Spontaneous Cognitive Recovery after Traumatic Brain Injury (2014)

Neurogenesis persists throughout life in the neurogenic regions of the mature mammalian brain, and this response is enhanced after traumatic brain injury (TBI). In the hippocampus, adult neurogenesis plays an important role in hippocampal-dependent learning and memory functions and is thought to contribute to the spontaneous cognitive recovery observed after TBI. Utilizing an antimitotic agent, arabinofuranosyl cytidine (Ara-C), the current study investigated the direct association of injury-induced hippocampal neurogenesis with cognitive recovery. In this study, adult rats received a moderate lateral fluid percussion injury followed by a 7-day intraventricular infusion of 2% Ara-C or vehicle. To examine the effect of Ara-C on cell proliferation, animals received intraperitoneal injections of 5-bromo-2-deoxyuridine (BrdU), to label dividing cells, and were sacrificed at 7 days after injury. Brain sections were immunostained for BrdU or doublecortin (DCX), and the total number of BrdU(+) or DCX(+) cells in the hippocampus was quantified. To examine the outcome of inhibiting the injury-induced cell proliferative response on cognitive recovery, animals were assessed on Morris water maze (MWM) tasks at 21-25 or 56-60 days postinjury. We found that a 7-day infusion of Ara-C significantly reduced the total number of BrdU(+) and DCX(+) cells in the dentate gyrus (DG) in both hemispheres. Moreover, inhibition of the injury-induced cell proliferative response in the DG completely abolished the innate cognitive recovery on MWM performance at 56-60 days postinjury. These results support the causal relationship of injury-induced hippocampal neurogenesis on cognitive functional recovery and suggest the importance of this endogenous repair mechanism on restoration of hippocampal function.
<i>In vivo</i>immunological function of mast cells derived from embryonic stem cells: An approach for the rapid analysis of even embryonic lethal mutations in adult mice<i>in vivo</i> (2000)

An important goal of tissue engineering is to achieve reconstitution of specific functionally active cell types by transplantation of differentiated cell populations derived from normal or genetically altered embryonic stem cells in vitro. We find that mast cells derived in vitro from wild-type or genetically manipulated embryonic stem cells can survive and orchestrate immunologically specific IgE-dependent reactions after transplantation into mast cell-deficient Kit(W)/Kit(W-v) mice. These findings define a unique approach for analyzing the effects of mutations of any genes that are expressed in mast cells, including embryonic lethal mutations, in vitro or in vivo.
Metformin - The gold standard:a scientific handbook (2007)

Metformin may play in important role in the future in helping to prevent the development of diabetes: it is a strong candidate therapy for delaying the onset of the disease and potentially as part of a treatment programme to correct features of the metabolic syndrome. This book celebrates 50 years of research into metformin and its use in the treatment of diabetes. Metformin is still the drug of choice for managing patients with type 2 diabetes and all new drugs are tested in comparison with this, the gold standard. Comprising seven sections, addressing different aspects of research on metformin and its applications, this book is edited by a world class team of expert diabetologists and beautifully presented in two colour throughout. It also includes a bibliography of all papers published on metformin and a complete list of all authors on those papers.
Learning lightness from human judgement on relative reflectance (2015)

We develop a new approach to inferring lightness, the perceived reflectance of surfaces, from a single image. Classic methods view this problem from the perspective of intrinsic image decomposition, where an image is separated into reflectance and shading components. Rather than reason about reflectance and shading together, we learn to directly predict lightness differences between pixels. Large-scale training from human judgement data on relative reflectance, and patch representations built using deep networks, provide the foundation for our model. Benchmarked on the Intrinsic Images in the Wild dataset [4], our local lightness model achieves on-par performance with the state-of-the-art global lightness model, which incorporates multiple shading/reflectance priors and simultaneous reasoning between pairs of pixels in a dense conditional random field formulation.
Enhanced Race-To-Halt: A Leakage-Aware Energy Management Approach for Dynamic Priority Systems (2011)

With progressing CMOS technology miniaturization, the leakage power consumption starts to dominate the dynamic power consumption. The recent technology trends have equipped the modern embedded processors with the several sleep states and reduced their overhead (energy/time) of the sleep transition. The dynamic voltage frequency scaling (DVFS) potential to save energy is diminishing due to efficient (low overhead) sleep states and increased static (leakage) power consumption. The state-of-the-art research on static power reduction at system level is based on assumptions that cannot easily be integrated into practical systems. We propose a novel enhanced race-to-halt approach (ERTH) to reduce the overall system energy consumption. The exhaustive simulations demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach showing an improvement of up to 8 % over an existing work.
A human lung mast cell chymotrypsin-like enzyme. Identification and partial characterization. (1986)

We have used a high performance liquid chromatography assay, which detects chymotryptic cleavage of the phe8-his9 bond of angiotensin I to yield angiotensin II, in order to examine human lung mast cells for the presence of chymotryptic activity. Mast cells, purified from human lung by enzymatic dispersion, countercurrent elutriation, and Percoll gradient centrifugation, were lysed or challenged with goat anti-human IgE. In multiple experiments angiotensin II-converting activity was detected in lysates of 10-99% pure mast cell preparations. Regression analysis of net percent release values of histamine and the angiotensin I-converting activity from dose-response experiments demonstrated a correlation between the two parameters, indicating that the chymotrypsin-like enzyme is a constituent of the mast cell secretory granule. The chymotryptic activity was completely inhibited by 10(-3) M phenylmethylsulfonylfluoride but not by 10(-3) M Captopril, and the pH optimum of activity was 7.5-9.5. Gel filtration of released material separated the activity from tryptase and demonstrated an approximate molecular weight of 30-35,000. The mast cell enzyme, like a human skin chymotrypsin-like proteinase, can be distinguished from leukocyte cathepsin G by lack of susceptibility to inhibition by bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor. Thus, an enzyme with limited chymotryptic specificity is present in human lung mast cells. The Michaelis constant of the enzyme for angiotensin I of 6.0 X 10(-5) M is similar to that of endothelial cell angiotensin-converting enzyme and is consistent with a reaction of physiologic importance.
Smoking and pH Response to H<sub>2</sub>-Receptor Antagonists (1989)

Smoking has been shown to impair the therapeutic effect of H2-receptor antagonists. To evaluate the acid-reducing capacity of H2-receptor antagonists in relation to smoking habits, we tested the effect of ranitidine (Ran) and famotidine (Fam) under physiologic conditions, using ambulatory pH-metry. Intragastric pH was measured over 20 h. Each of 18 healthy volunteers, 9 smokers and 9 nonsmokers, received 40 mg Fam, 300 mg Ran, or placebo in a double-blind, randomized study as a single evening dose. With both drugs 20-h acidity was markedly suppressed. After Fam treatment mean inhibition was 61% in smokers and 76% in nonsmokers and after Ran 51% and 67%, respectively. When areas under the pH curves for each individual were calculated and treatment compared with placebo (= 100%), the response was smaller in smokers than in nonsmokers with either drug (Fam, 153 +/- 21% versus 214 +/- 19%, p less than 0.01; Ran, 176 +/- 21% versus 232 +/- 29%, p less than 0.05) during the first 4 h after drug intake. A similar effect was observed in the morning period from 0600 to 1000 h (Fam, 118 +/- 19% versus 206 +/- 19%, p less than 0.001; Ran, 133 +/- 21% versus 207 +/- 31%, p less than 0.02). During the nighttime there were no significant differences. These findings indicate that smoking impairs the response to both drugs tested.