gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Customer Relationship Management: Making Hard Decisions with Soft Numbers (1996)

(NOTE: Each chapter begins with an introduction). 1. Customer Relationship Management. Relationships Have Become Very Important. Information Enables Quality Relationships. Market Forces in Action. What Customers Want from You. What is Customer Relationship Management. Bottom-line Return on Long-Term Customer Relationships. 2. Management Requires Measurement. Corporate Measurement Systems. Customer Satisfaction. 3. Qualitative Measurement Methods. Qualitative Measurement Defined. Free-Standing Qualitative Techniques. 4. Quantitative Measurement Methods. Connecting Internal and External Metrics. Mapping Quality Perception Drivers. Moving beyond Perception to Internal Metrics. Searching for Something Tangible to Measure. Developing the Impact Factor of Performance. Using a Strategic Improvement Matrix. 5. Calculating Relationship Indices. The Purpose of an Index. Tracking Internal Metrics. Calculating Indices. 6. Customer Relationship Survey Design. Developing a Mission Statement. Identifying Critical Relationships. Identifying Major Customer Service Processes. Qualitative Research. Developing the Survey. Drafting the Survey. Selecting Scales for the Survey Instrument. Selecting a Sample. Pretesting the Survey. Fielding the Survey. 7. Statistical Analysis of Customer Surveys. Selecting a Statistical Package. Entering the Customer Survey Data. Using a Data File. Investigating the Aggregate Sample of Surveys. Preparing the Data. Defining the Major Processes. Calculating Means of the Normalized Data. How Performance Impacts Satisfaction. Calculating PSIs. Calculating the Company's CSI. 8. Using Customer Relationship Survey Results. Case Overview. Survey Design andImplementation. From Data to Management Information. From Management Information to Action. 9. Changing Corporate Cultures. Defining Customer Focus. Company Focus Determines Outcome. Creating a Customer-Focused Culture. Focusing on Customer Relationship Recovery. Customer Focus: Satisfaction/Retention/Profits. Organizational Structure and Form Needed. 10. Case Studies. Case 1: To Go Beyond Patient Satisfaction. Case 2: The Calculus of Customer Relationships. Case 3: Introducting the Teletary. Case 4: Profiling the Customer Value. Case 5: The Perceived Dynamics of Service Quality. Fuzzy Logic Listing. References. Index.
Environmental Vulnerability to Climate Change and Anthropogenic Impacts in Dryland, (Pilot Study: Middle Draa Valley, South Morocco) (2014)

The Middle Draa Valley (MDV) is an oasitic region characterized by an arid climate. The local economy is based on agriculture, and also on tourism. Water scarcity and lack of dense vegetation make it an area vulnerable to climatic change. The environmental vulnerability is accelerated by human pressure and by the high poverty rate that is the highest in the country, thus forcing the population to the overexploitation of this oasitic ecosystem. The purpose of this paper is the realization, of a detailed qualitative analysis based on calculations of a representative number of indicators of environmental vulnerability index (EVI) developed by Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) and mapping additional factors specific of oasitic system that places an impact environmental vulnerability. The results of this study pave the way to classify this region as a vulnerable area to climate change and anthropogenic impacts.
cw laser recrystallization of 〈100〉 Si on amorphous substrates (1979)

A polycrystalline silicon film 0.55 μm thick was deposited in a low-pressure CVD reactor on a Si3N4 substrate. Islands of various sizes (2×20 μm up to 20×160 μm) were prepared by standard photolithographic techniques. Laser annealing was then performed under conditions which are known to cause an increase in grain size from ∼500 Å to long narrow crystals of 2×25 μm in a continuous polysilicon film. These same conditions were found to produce single-crystal 〈100〉 material in the (2×20 μm) islands. However, 25×25-μm and 20×160-μm islands remain polycrystalline after the laser scan.
Neutralizing Antibodies to Human Rhinovirus Produced in Laboratory Animals and Humans that Recognize a Linear Sequence from VP2 (1990)

Synthetic peptides representing amino acids 156 to 170 of virus capsid protein VP2 from human rhinovirus (HRV) type 2 have previously been used to elicit a neutralizing antibody response; polyclonal antisera against this peptide have been compared with a virus-neutralizing monoclonal antibody (8F5) which recognizes the same linear sequence. The neutralizing activity of both antibodies against virus is abolished by an amino acid substitution in VP2 at position 163 but only the peptide antiserum neutralizing activity is affected by a change in VP2 at position 158. The minimal binding site of 8F5 has been mapped, using overlapping peptides, to a sequence TRLNPD covering VP2 residues 160 to 165. Using affinity purification it has been shown that 8 to 10% of total neutralizing activity of polyclonal rabbit or guinea-pig antivirus antiserum is due to recognition of this linear VP2 156 to 170 determinant. Furthermore, a similar population of neutralizing antibodies appears to be associated with an immune response to recent HRV infection in humans. These results confirm the existence of linear determinants on the surface of HRV which may be mimicked by suitable synthetic peptides.
Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Requirement in Activation of the ras/C-raf-1/MEK/ERK and p70<sup>s6k</sup>Signaling Cascade by the Insulinomimetic Agent Vanadyl Sulfate (1999)

The mechanisms by which inorganic salts of the trace element vanadium mediate their insulinomimetic effects are not clearly understood and were investigated. We have shown previously that vanadium salts activate mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase activities (PI3-K) via a pathway that does not involve the insulin receptor (IR) tyrosine kinase function [Pandey, S. K., Anand-Srivastava, M. B., and Srivastava, A. K. (1998) Biochemistry 37, 7006-7014]. Herein, we have examined a possible role of PI3-K in the vanadyl sulfate (VS)-mediated increase in the level of ras-MAPK activation as well as the contribution of signaling components upstream to MAPK in this VS response. Treatment of IR-overexpressing cells with VS resulted in an increased level of tyrosine phosphorylation of p44(mapk) (ERK-1) and p42(mapk) (ERK-2) along with stimulation of MAPK, MAPK kinase (MEK), and C-raf-1 activities, and ras activation. Preincubation with wortmannin and LY294002, two structurally and mechanistically different inhibitors of PI3-K, blocked the VS-mediated increase in MAPK activity and phosphorylation of ERK-1 and ERK-2. Furthermore, wortmannin inhibited activation of ras, C-raf-1, and MEK in response to VS. The addition of a farnesyltransferase inhibitor, B581, to cells reduced the level of MAPK activation as well as ERK-1 and ERK-2 phosphorylation stimulated by VS. Finally, VS increased PI3-K activity in ras immunoprecipitates. A VS-mediated increase in p70(s6k) activity was also found to be inhibited by wortmannin. Taken together, these results demonstrate that the insulinomimetic effects of VS may be mediated, in part, by PI3-K-dependent stimulation of the ras-MAPK and p70(s6k) pathways.
A 2.5MS/s 225 µW 8-bit charge redistribution SAR ADC for multichannel applications (2010)

This paper presents a design of integrated analog-to-digital converter implemented in UMC CMOS 180nm technology dedicated to multichannel readout circuits. The successive approximation architecture with charge redistribution was proposed. A capacitive DAC is presented, where CMOS switches are described in detail in terms of speed and accuracy. In order to reduce the DAC's area, a resistive auxiliary sub-DAC is also presented. A synchronous 30 MHz latch with preamplifier is used as a comparator. Designed ADC achieves conversion rates of 3 MS/s at 225 µW. Final simulation results indicate low nonlinearity of 0.3 LSB of the presented circuit.
Free fatty acid and glucose metabolism in human aging: evidence for operation of the Randle cycle (1994)

We assessed insulin effects on plasma free fatty acid (FFA) and glucose metabolism in seven elderly (71 +/- 2 yr) and in seven younger (21 +/- 1 yr) subjects matched for body weight and body mass index but not for percent body fat (32.4 +/- 3.8% in elderly vs. 20.4 +/- 3.5% in young, P < 0.05), by performing sequential euglycemic clamps at five insulin doses (0.6, 1.5, 3, 6, and 15 pmol.min-1.kg-1) in combination with indirect calorimetry and [1-14C]palmitate plus [3-3H]glucose infusion. At baseline, plasma FFA concentration, turnover infusion. At baseline, plasma FFA concentration, turnover and oxidation, and total lipid oxidation were all increased in the elderly (897 +/- 107 vs. 412 +/- 50 mumol/l and 11.2 +/- 1.4 vs. 5.14 +/- 0.86, 3.45 +/- 0.65 vs. 1.37 +/- 0.25, and 4.63 +/- 0.72 vs. 3.01 +/- 0.33 mumol.min-1.kg-1 lean body mass, P < 0.05 for all comparisons), whereas glucose turnover was similar as a result of decreased glucose oxidation (8.2 +/- 1.4 vs. 13 +/- 1.9 mumol.min-1.kg-1 lean body mass, P < 0.05) and increased glucose storage (6.6 +/- 1.4 vs. 1.7 +/- 1.3 mmol.min-1.kg-1 lean body mass, P < 0.05). At all insulin infusions, plasma FFA concentration, turnover and oxidation, and total lipid oxidation were higher in the elderly than in the younger group (P < 0.05). However, if normalized per fat mass, all FFA and lipid metabolic fluxes, both in the postabsorptive state and during hyperinsulinemia, were comparable in the two groups.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
Good Outcome and Restoration of Lordosis After Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion With Additional Posterior Fixation (2004)

Anterior lumbar interbody fusion with SynCage and additional posterior fixation is a safe and effective procedure. Intervertebral height is corrected, and lumbosacral lordosis is restored. An initial improvement in VAS and Oswestry scores is partly lost at the 4-year follow-up observation, but 4-year results are still significantly better than the preoperative scores.
Porous Media With Linearly Variable Hydraulic Properties (1991)

The similar media concept is reformulated and extended to allow for analysis of unsaturated or saturated flow in a system of parallel nonhomogeneous one‐, two‐, or three‐dimensional soil profiles. The resulting invariance of Richards' equation for a set of soil profiles is valid for certain initial and boundary conditions only. Simple techniques are outlined and demonstrated by examples for direct identification of scaling factors based on measured soil hydraulic data, and indirect identification based on measured dynamic characteristics of a soil water system. Suggested applications of the discussed concept are (1) the classification of soils according to the shape of their reference hydraulic properties and (2) the description of time and space variability of soil water properties for numerical modeling purposes.
Indirect Computed Tomography Venography With a Low-Tube-Voltage Technique (2011)

Computed tomography venography with a low-tube-voltage technique allows reducing the radiation dose and the amount of contrast material without image quality degradation.
Product and project challenges in electronic commerce software development (2002)

Electronic commerce (E-commerce) software development organizations face unique challenges based on rapidly changing markets, demanding customers with ill-defined requirements, and resulting priority conflicts between product line development and customer projects. A model of this unique development environment is identified with important linkages among the product function, the project function, and the underlying software development function within an organization. Guided by this model of the E-commerce development environment, a case study of a medium-sized E-commerce company was conducted. Based on this study, eight critical challenges to the successful development of top quality software systems are identified. From these challenges a research model and propositions are presented. As each challenge is discussed unique impacts of the E-commerce environment are reinforced by direct quotes from in-depth interviews. On-going research will draw upon the research model and propositions to provide insights on how best to develop software products and deliver customer projects in E-commerce environments.
Surface modification of promising cerium oxide nanoparticles for nanomedicine applications (2016)

Biocompatible organosilane surface modification of cerium oxide nanoparticles (CNPs) open promising therapeutic avenues in nanomedicine.
PAPER PATTERNS OF DRESS FOR 3-DIMENSIONAL CAD/CAM AND THEIR AUTOMATICAL DIVISION INTO FINITE ELEMENTS (1986)

We designed a data structure for paper pattern that enables to describe how the fragments or parts of a dress are sewed together and how the dress is put on the body. Such information is required in our system for 3-dimensional CAD for dress. In this system, we input the shape of each fragment, assign the lines to be sewn and mark some lines which are to put at some characteristic position of the body (e. g., waist line). Then the computer divides the fragments into finite elements, establishes the topology of the dress by referring the sewing information, estimates the rough position of each element (i.e., put on the body), calculates the form and distortion of the dress from mechanical characteristics of the cloth and body shape data, and displays the solid view of the result on 3-dimensional graphic display. The fact that our CAD system can simulate the formation of the final shape of the dress, assures that the information given in our paper pattern suffices to indicate how the parts should be assembled and sewn in CAM or automated sewing system. In this paper we describe the data structure of the paper pattern and the automatical division of it into finite elements.A pattern of a dress usually consists of some pieces of cloth which are to be sewn together, and each piece has rather complicated boundary curves. Even though the lines which will be sewn together have different shapes and lengths, our program generates the points correctly corresponding with each other on every line. Moreover, when the shape of a line is complicated, the pitch of division is automatically reduced so that the line defined by the calculated dividing points well approximates the original line. Then every fragment is divided into a collection of triangles (formally, into a two dimensional simplicial complex).Our program can divide an arbitrary pattern and can produce well formed triangles, even if there is no additional information for division instructed by the user. Hence, it is suited for the use by those who are not expert with the mechanical analysis by finite element method.
Laboratory Evaluation of a Eucalyptus-based Repellent against Four Biting Arthropods (1996)

An evaluation of a new plant-based biting insect repellent (PMD) with the princial active ingredient p-menthane-3,8-diol is presented. Laboratory trials testing 50% active ingredient formulations of the repellent on a human forearm show good repellency against the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae Giles s.s. with an average ED90 value of 0.68 μL/cm2 and effective protection from biting for around 5 h. These results compare favourably with a 20% deet product, (ED90 value of 0.48 μL/cm2 with 5 h protection), and are far superior to the best known existing plant-based product, citronella (ED90 value of 1.37 μL/cm2 and 2 h protection). PMD was also found to give total protection against the biting midge, Culicoides variipennis Coquillett, for at least 6 h at 0.35 μL/cm2. When evaluated against the deer tick, Ixodes ricinis L., attachment and subsequent feeding of I. ricinis nymphs was significantly reduced on rabbit ears treated with 0.36 μL/cm2 of PMD. Against the stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans L, an application of 0.5 mL PMD to a human forearm reduced biting to 6% of the control biting level. It is concluded that PMD is a broad spectrum repellent with considerable potential as means of personal protection against nuisance biting and insect-borne disease.
Re: Testicular Torsion: Pitfalls of Color Doppler Sonography, by G. F. Steinhardt, S. Boyarsky and R. Mackey, J. Urol., 150: 461–462, 1993 (1994)

No AccessJournal of Urology1 Jul 1994Re: Testicular Torsion: Pitfalls of Color Doppler Sonography, by G. F. Steinhardt, S. Boyarsky and R. Mackey, J. Urol., 150: 461–462, 1993 Kevin T. Stone, and Evan J. Kass Kevin T. StoneKevin T. Stone More articles by this author , and Evan J. KassEvan J. Kass More articles by this author View All Author Informationhttps://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-5347(17)32851-3AboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints ShareFacebookLinked InTwitterEmail "Re: Testicular Torsion: Pitfalls of Color Doppler Sonography, by G. F. Steinhardt, S. Boyarsky and R. Mackey, J. Urol., 150: 461–462, 1993." The Journal of Urology, 152(1), p. 172 © 1994 by The American Urological Association Education and Research, Inc.FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Volume 152Issue 1July 1994Page: 172 Advertisement Copyright & Permissions© 1994 by The American Urological Association Education and Research, Inc.MetricsAuthor Information Kevin T. Stone More articles by this author Evan J. Kass More articles by this author Expand All Advertisement PDF DownloadLoading ...
Characterization of the binding of a novel radioligand to CCK<sub>B</sub>/gastrin receptors in membranes from rat cerebral cortex (1999)

1. We have investigated the binding of a novel radiolabelled CCKB/gastrin receptor ligand, [3H]-JB93182 (5[[[(1S)-[[(3,5-dicarboxyphenyl)amino]carbonyl]-2-phenylethyla mino]-carbonyl]-6-[[(1-adamantylmethyl) amino]carbonyl]-indole), to sites in rat cortex membranes. 2. The [3H]-JB93182 was 97% radiochemically pure as assessed by reverse-phase HPLC (RP-HPLC) and was not degraded by incubation (150 min) with rat cortex membranes. 3. Saturation analysis indicated that [3H]-JB93182 labelled a homogeneous population of receptors in rat cortex membranes (pKD=9.48+/-0.08, Bmax=3.61+/-0.65 pmol g(-1) tissue, nH=0.97+/-0.02, n=5). The pKD was not significantly different when estimated by association-dissociation analysis (pKD=9.73+/-0.11; n=10). 4. In competition studies, the low affinity of the CCKA receptor antagonists, L-364,718; SR27897 and 2-NAP, suggest that, under the assay conditions employed, [3H]-JB93182 (0.3 nM) does not label CCKA receptors in the rat cortex. 5. The affinity estimates obtained for reference CCKB/gastrin receptor antagonists were indistinguishable from one of the affinity values obtained when a two site model was used to interpret [125I]-BH-CCK8S competition curves obtained in the same tissue (Harper et al., 1999). 6. This study provides further evidence for the existence of two CCKB/gastrin sites in rat cortex. [3H]-JB93182 appears to label selectively sites previously designated as gastrin-G1 and therefore it may be a useful compound for the further discrimination and characterization of these putative receptor subtypes.
Comparison of the Pharmacokinetic Properties of Naloxone Following the Use of FDA‐Approved Intranasal and Intramuscular Devices Versus a Common Improvised Nasal Naloxone Device (2019)

For more than a decade, first responders and the general public have been able to treat suspected opioid overdoses using an improvised nasal naloxone device (INND) constructed from a prefilled syringe containing 2 mg of naloxone (1 mg/mL) attached to a mucosal atomization device. In recent years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved Ezvio, an autoinjector that delivers 2 mg by intramuscular injection and Narcan nasal spray (2- and 4-mg strengths; 0.1 mL/dose) for the emergency treatment of a known or suspected opioid overdose. The present study was conducted to compare the pharmacokinetics of naloxone using the FDA-approved devices (each administered once) and either 1 or 2 administrations using the INND. When naloxone was administered twice using the improvised device, the doses were separated by 2 minutes. The highest maximum plasma concentration was achieved using the 4-mg FDA-approved spray. The highest exposures at 5 minutes postdose, based on AUC values, were after administration with the autoinjector and the 4-mg FDA-approved spray; at 10, 15, and 20 minutes postdose, the latter yielded the greatest exposure. Even after 2 administrations, the INND failed to achieve naloxone plasma levels comparable to the FDA-approved devices at any time. The ease of use and higher plasma concentrations achieved using the 4-mg FDA-approved spray, compared with the INND, should be considered when deciding which naloxone device to use.
Alumination and Ion Exchange of Mesoporous SBA-15 Molecular Sieves (1999)

Mesoporous silica SBA-15 molecular sieve has been synthesized and incorporated with aluminum via three different postsynthesis procedures by reacting SBA-15 with AlCl3 in dry ethanol (route 1), with aluminum isopropoxide in dry hexane (route 2) and with an aqueous solution of sodium aluminate (route 3) followed by calcination. Characterization by transmission electron microscopy, N2 adsorption, electron probe microanalysis, powder X-ray diffraction, 27Al magic-angle-spinning NMR, and electron spin resonance spectroscopies has been carried out to evaluate the efficiency of these alumination methods and their effect on the pore structure and ion exchange capacity of SBA-15. The Si/Al ratios in the resulting materials are in close agreement with the composition in the postsynthesis mixtures over a range of 40−10, indicating that the aluminum is mostly incorporated into silica SBA-15. The silanol groups on the internal wall surfaces of SBA-15 are suggested to be the sites for aluminum incorporation. The incorporation procedure has a strong effect on the aluminum coordination, pore structure and ion exchange capacity of the resulting materials. At comparable Si/Al ratios around 20, the percentage of aluminum with tetrahedral symmetry in the synthesized materials is about 100% (route 3) > 76% (route 1) > 71% (route 2), indicating that alumination by aqueous sodium aluminate is most effective. This is probably due to the presence of Na+ ions which balance the negative charges associated with tetrahedral aluminums. The BET specific surface areas are 85% (route 1) > 60% (route 2) > 42%(route 3), showing that alumination by AlCl3 in ethanol best maintains the mesoporous structure of SBA-15. Electron-spin resonance reveals a linear dependence of the Cu(II) ion exchange capacity on the tetrahedral aluminum content of the aluminum-containing SBA-15 materials. This suggests that the incorporated aluminums in the tetrahedral framework do serve as ion exchange sites.
Weighted Centroid Localization Algorithm: Theoretical Analysis and Distributed Implementation (2011)

Information about primary transmitter location is crucial in enabling several key capabilities in cognitive radio networks, including improved spatio-temporal sensing, intelligent location-aware routing, as well as aiding spectrum policy enforcement. Compared to other proposed non-interactive localization algorithms, the weighted centroid localization (WCL) scheme uses only the received signal strength information, which makes it simple to implement and robust to variations in the propagation environment. In this paper we present the first theoretical framework for WCL performance analysis in terms of its localization error distribution parameterized by node density, node placement, shadowing variance, correlation distance and inaccuracy of sensor node positioning. Using this analysis, we quantify the robustness of WCL to various physical conditions and provide design guidelines, such as node placement and spacing, for the practical deployment of WCL. We also propose a power-efficient method for implementing WCL through a distributed cluster-based algorithm, that achieves comparable accuracy with its centralized counterpart.