gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Water-peak-suppressed non-zero dispersion shifted fiber for full spectrum coarse WDM transmission in metro networks (2002)

We have successfully developed the water-peak-suppressed NZ-DSF best suited for full spectrum CWDM transmission in the metro networks. Its chromatic dispersion is well under control so as to match directly modulated DFB-LDs and future high-bit-rate transmission in the entire wavelength band. Transmission experiments including the 1.4 /spl mu/m signal wavelength have verified its transmission performance in a wide spectral range from 1.3 /spl mu/m to 1.6 /spl mu/m.
Disease Markers in Acute Multiple Sclerosis (1976)

Three serum components that are known to become elevated during inflammation and tissue destruction, C-reactive protein, C3 proactivator, and orosomucoid, which are acute phase reactants, and serum lgM were measured in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) hospitalized with acute exacerbations. Significantly elevated levels of one or more of these serum components were found in 12 of 13 patients with clinically active MS. Serial studies in two patients revealed that clinical improvement was accompanied by a decline in the serum levels of these factors. These findings suggest that measurement of these serum proteins may be of value in assessing progress of disease activity in MS patients.
HYDROLYTIC TENDENCIES OF FERRIC CHELATES<sup>1</sup> (1963)

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTHYDROLYTIC TENDENCIES OF FERRIC CHELATES1Richard L. Gustafson and Arthur E. MartellCite this: J. Phys. Chem. 1963, 67, 3, 576–582Publication Date (Print):March 1, 1963Publication History Published online1 May 2002Published inissue 1 March 1963https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/j100797a008https://doi.org/10.1021/j100797a008research-articleACS PublicationsRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views231Altmetric-Citations73LEARN 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 options Get e-Alerts
The Potential of HLA-G-Bearing Extracellular Vesicles as a Future Element in HLA-G Immune Biology (2016)

The HLA-G molecule is a member of the non-classical HLA class I family. Its surface expression is physiologically restricted to the maternal-fetal interface and to immune privileged adult tissues. Despite the restricted tissue expression, HLA-G is detectable in body fluids as secreted soluble molecules. A unique feature of HLA-G is the structural diversity as surface expressed and as secreted molecules. Secreted HLA-G can be found in various body fluids either as free soluble HLA-G or as part of extracellular vesicles (EVs), which are composed of various antigens/ligands/receptors, bioactive lipids, cytokines, growth factors, and genetic information, such as mRNA and microRNA. Functionally, HLA-G and its secreted forms are considered to play a crucial role in the network of immune-regulatory tolerance mechanisms, preferentially interacting with the cognate inhibitory receptors LILRB1 and LILRB2. The HLA-G mediated tolerance is described in processes of pregnancy, inflammation, and cancer. However, almost all functional and clinical implications of HLA-G in vivo and in vitro have been established based on simple single ligand/receptor interactions at the cell surface, whereas HLA-G-bearing EVs were in minor research focus. Indeed, cytotrophoblast cells, mesenchymal stem cells, and cancer cells were recently described to secrete HLA-G-bearing EVs, displaying immunosuppressive effects and modulating the tumor microenvironment. However, numerous functional and clinical open questions persist. Here, we (i) introduce basic aspects of EVs biology, (ii) summarize the functional knowledge, clinical implications and open questions of HLA-G-bearing EVs, and (iii) discuss HLA-G-bearing EVs as a future element in HLA-G biology.
Nutritional aspects of anastomotic operations with special reference to the sprue syndrome. (1949)

Necessary but radical operation which results in short-circuits between various levels of the digestive tract, with or without resections of portions of the esophagus, stomach or intestine, frequently cures the condition for which the operation was done, but leaves the patient with difficult nutritional problems. These nutritional disturbances are usually associated with inability to maintain or gain weight as a result of badly regulated movement of food material through the altered digestive tract, and by the removal or diversion of important digestive secretions, such as those elaborated by the stomach, pancreas, duodenum and small bowel. Increased intestinal rate and diminished specific gastrointestinal secretions reduce the ability of the small bowel to properly absorb food, with resulting malnutrition, deficiency disease, and at times specific avitaminosis. Inability to absorb fat and fat-soluble substances is a constant feature of these conditions. Successful treatment of the nutritional problems involves constant, prolonged overfeeding of nonbulky foods, usually given in regular, frequently administered meals of small volume. Vitamin concentrates may occasionally be of some temporary assistance but are not needed if a balanced diet is given and may cause undesirable and sometimes dangerous symptoms. The use of supplemental substances, such as liver extract and a wetting agent, such as "Tween 80," to improve fat absorption have been demonstrated to be of value.The postoperative conditions described are fairly similar to the condition known as sprue, and it is possible that the general principles underlying the treatment of this disease apply to the entire group of post-operative nutritional disturbances alluded to.
Differential Requirements of Two recA Mutants for Constitutive SOS Expression in Escherichia coli K-12 (2008)

It is concluded that not all recA(C) alleles cause SOS(C) expression by the same mechanism. It is hypothesized that RecA4142 is loaded on to a double-strand end of DNA and that the RecA filament is stabilized by the presence of DinI and destabilized by RecX. RecFOR regulate the activity of RecX to destabilize the RecA filament. RecA730 causes SOS(C) expression by binding to ssDNA in a mechanism yet to be determined.
DISCUSSION ON WORKS CONSTRUCTION PAPER NO. 36: PORTISHEAD ``B`` POWER STATION, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE CIRCULATING-WATER WORKS. (1957)

"DISCUSSION ON WORKS CONSTRUCTION PAPER NO. 36: PORTISHEAD ``B`` POWER STATION, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE CIRCULATING-WATER WORKS.." Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 8(4), pp. 435–436
Liquid Crystalline Materials for Biological Applications (2011)

Liquid crystals have a long history of use as materials that respond to external stimuli (e.g., electrical and optical fields). More recently, a series of investigations have reported the design of liquid crystalline materials that undergo ordering transitions in response to a range of biological interactions, including interactions involving proteins, nucleic acids, viruses, bacteria and mammalian cells. A central challenge underlying the design of liquid crystalline materials for such applications is the tailoring of the interface of the materials so as to couple targeted biological interactions to ordering transitions. This review describes recent progress toward design of interfaces of liquid crystalline materials that are suitable for biological applications. Approaches addressed in this review include the use of lipid assemblies, polymeric membranes containing oligopeptides, cationic surfactant-DNA complexes, peptide-amphiphiles, interfacial protein assemblies and multi-layer polymeric films.
Compressive Response of Pyramidal Lattices Embedded in Foams (2013)

Recent endeavors to combine the desirable energy-absorption characteristics of stochastic foams with the comparatively high strengths of pyramidal lattices have shown promise for creating composites that outperform their constituents alone under compressive loading. Herein we employ numerical and analytical models to identify both the mechanisms by which synergistic behavior is obtained in such composites and the constituent mass fractions that yield maximum benefits. We find that the loading boundary conditions play a crucial role. When, for instance, composites are loaded between plates that are well bonded to the composites, their specific strengths invariably exceed those predicted by a rule-of-mixtures; however, these strengths can always be improved through an optimized lattice of equivalent mass. In contrast, when the composites are loaded between frictionless plates, their specific strengths exceed not only rule-of-mixtures predictions but, in many cases, also that of any mass-equivalent pyramidal lattice alone subject to the same (frictionless) conditions. The origin of this behavior is found to arise from foam-stabilization of lattice bending and splaying: deformation modes that govern strength in the absence of foam. In essence, the foam causes a transition from bend-dominated to stretch-dominated behavior in the lattice.
Emerging viral diseases and infectious disease risks (2006)

New pathogens and antimicrobial-resistant forms of older pathogens continue to emerge, some with the potential for rapid, global spread and high morbidity and mortality. Pathogens can emerge either through introduction into a new population or when the interaction with the vector changes; emergence is also influenced by microbiological adaptation and change, global travel patterns, domestic and wild animal contact and other variants in human ecology and behaviour. Quick, decisive action to detect and control novel pathogens, and thereby contain outbreaks and prevent further transmission, is frequently hampered by incomplete or inadequate data about a new or re-emerging pathogen. Three examples of pathogens that are current causes for human health concern are avian influenza, West Nile virus (WNV) and the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus. Pathogens directly or indirectly transmitted by aerosolized droplets, such as avian influenza and SARS, pose considerable containment challenges. Rapid screening tests for other newly described pathogens such as WNV require time for development and may be <100% reliable. The importance of vigilance in the detection and control of newly recognized infectious threats cannot be overstressed. The presence of infectious agents in the blood supply could again have a significant impact on the safe use of both blood and blood-derived products in the care of patients with haemophilia, as did the human immunodeficiency virus in the 1980s. Emerging pathogens will continue to be a reality requiring the collaborative efforts of public health and individual healthcare providers worldwide to contain outbreaks and prevent transmission.
Stem Cell Sources and Their Potential for the Treatment of Retinal Degenerations (2016)

Stem cells offer unprecedented opportunities for the development of strategies geared toward the treatment of retinal degenerative diseases. A variety of cellular sources have been investigated for various potential clinical applications, including tissue regeneration, disease modeling, and screening for non–cell-based therapeutic agents. As the field transitions from more than a decade of preclinical research to the first phase I/II clinical trials, we provide a concise overview of the stem cell sources most commonly used, weighing their therapeutic potential on the basis of their technical strengths/limitations, their ethical implications, and the extent of the progress achieved to date. This article serves as a framework for further in-depth analyses presented in the following chapters of this Special Issue.
Acoustically Mounted Microcrystals Yield High-Resolution X-ray Structures (2011)

We demonstrate a general strategy for determining structures from showers of microcrystals. It uses acoustic droplet ejection to transfer 2.5 nL droplets from the surface of microcrystal slurries, through the air, onto mounting micromesh pins. Individual microcrystals are located by raster-scanning a several-micrometer X-ray beam across the cryocooled micromeshes. X-ray diffraction data sets merged from several micrometer-sized crystals are used to determine 1.8 Ǻ resolution crystal structures.
The Use of Data from Sampling for Bacteriology for Genetic Selection Against Clinical Mastitis (2008)

One breeding objective of Dutch cattle breeders is to improve genetic resistance against clinical and subclinical mastitis. Because of a lack of direct mastitis information, udder health breeding values are based on indirect traits. Inclusion of direct information on clinical mastitis could improve reliability of breeding values. The aim of this study was to investigate whether data from milk samples sent in for bacteriology are potential sources of information for the occurrence of mastitis, which may be used in animal breeding, and if so how this data can be used. Although there are 2 separate flows of milk samples for bacteriology in the Netherlands, it was not considered necessary to account for the origin of the samples. In both flows, the majority of the samples are visually normal and flow-specific traits are highly correlated. Therefore, information from these flows is combined for genetic analysis. Nearly two-thirds of the bacteriology data could be linked to milk recording and pedigree records. Relatively few farmers (<3%) took 5 or more samples for bacteriology between January 1, 2003, and March 31, 2006. Their herds had, on average, greater milk production and lower cell counts than herds for which no samples were taken. However, the range and variation within both groups of herds for these variables was similar and there was a large overlap in sires used within both groups. Whether or not samples were taken for bacteriology turned out to be a potentially useful indicator for clinical mastitis at the cow level, because this trait had a strong positive genetic correlation with clinical mastitis registered by farmers (0.84 or 0.89, depending on the data set) and similar heritability (2%) and genetic variation. Also, genetic correlations of bacteriology with SCC traits were similar to those for farmer-registered clinical mastitis. An important advantage of these bacteriology data is that they are already collected routinely and stored in a central database in the Netherlands; this is not the case for registration of clinical cases. Thus, data from bacteriological culturing can be used for genetic improvement of udder health.
Comparison of the crystal and solution structures of calmodulin and troponin C (1988)

X-ray solution scattering data from skeletal muscle troponin C and from calmodulin have been measured. Modeling studies based on the crystal structure coordinates for these proteins show discrepancies between the solution data and the crystal structure that indicate that if the size and shape of the globular domains are the same in solution as in the crystal, the distances between them must be smaller by several angstroms. Bringing the globular domains closer together requires structural changes in the interconnecting helix that joins them.
Resistance of Palmer Amaranth (<i>Amaranthus palmeri</i>) to the Dinitroaniline Herbicides (1992)

Trifluralin-resistant Palmer amaranth populations were confirmed at eight locations within two of the ten-county cotton growing region of South Carolina. Different levels of resistance to six dinitroaniline herbicides were observed, but no resistance was observed to herbicides from nine other chemical groups. Five to six times more trifluralin was required to control a resistant than a susceptible biotype under field conditions.
Managing equity: structure, policy and justice influences (2004)

This paper outlines the methods and outcomes of a study into equity management strategies in Australian private sector organisations reporting to the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA). Reports from 1,976 organisations indicate 11 key factors characterising equity management in Australia. The study highlights differences within previously identified social structural policies, temperamental and opportunity policies and identifies a further policy type, categorised as “support policies”. Differences have also been identified in relation to distribution structures, suggesting that gender is not the sole consideration in determining equity management strategies. The justice principle of distribution also figures strongly in equity management implementation.
Mode and Transducer Selection for Long Range Lamb Wave Inspection (2001)

Lamb waves can propagate many metres along plate and shell structures, and so have great potential in ‘smart structure’ applications where it is important for a transducer to interrogate a significant area of the surrounding structure. However, there are many different types of Lamb wave and in order to obtain simple signals that can be reliably interpreted, it is important to excite a single mode in a well controlled direction. The choice of which Lamb wave mode to use in a particular application depends on numerous factors, including the resolution required, the type of defects or damage to be detected, the attenuation and the available transduction options. This paper sets out a rational procedure for identifying suitable Lamb wave modes and operating frequencies for a particular inspection task. It is shown that the properties of the system to be inspected determine which mode and frequencies can be used, and that this then dictates the type of transducer required. A procedure for evaluating the performance of Lamb wave transducers is also demonstrated. As an illustrative example, it is shown that the well known angle incidence transduction technique is not generally suitable in applications where the structure to be inspected is liquid loaded. In such cases it is necessary to consider alternative transduction options such as electromagnetic acoustic transducers (EMATs) or shear piezoelectric devices.
Rapid prototyping of microfluidic devices with a wax printer (2007)

We demonstrate a rapid and inexpensive approach for the fabrication of high resolution poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS)-based microfluidic devices. The complete process of fabrication could be performed in several hours (or less) without any specialized equipment other than a consumer-grade wax printer. The channels produced by this method are of high enough quality that we are able to demonstrate the sizing and separation of DNA fragments using capillary electrophoresis (CE) with no apparent loss of resolution over that found with glass chips fabricated by conventional photolithographic methods. We believe that this method will greatly improve the accessibility of rapid prototyping methods.
14.2: Integration of a Clear Capacitive Touch Screen with a 1/8‐VGA FSTN‐LCD to form and LCD‐based TouchPad (2002)

Abstract Synaptics cPad™ is an LCD‐based TouchPad™ that provides PC notebook users with a secondary display for feedback and visual clues as well as superior touch interface and navigation. Utilizing Synaptics capacitive ClearPad™ touch screen technology, the cPad serves as both a navigation device for cursor control, and as a platform for interactive information display.
Physical assembly for analog compilation of high voltage ICs (2003)

A description is given of the aspects of mixed analog and digital physical assembly relevant to analog silicon compilation. The approach addresses system-level analog design automation through silicon compilation; currently this consists of the synthesis of analog and predesigned digital blocks. The compilation is based on successive decompositions of high-level specifications and physical assembly requirements into those of lower level subblocks and devices. The driving applications are high-voltage application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs). Details of analog and system level physical assembly to satisfy a set of mixed analog, digital, and high-voltage requirements are presented together with the results from an implementation of the compiler.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>
Effect of dichloroacetate on lactate concentration in exercising humans (1989)

The precise mechanism responsible for the increase in plasma lactate concentration during exercise in humans is not known. We have used dichloroacetate to test the hypothesis that a limitation in pyruvate dehydrogenase activity is responsible for the rise in plasma lactate. Dichloroacetate stimulates the activity of pyruvate dehydrogenase, which is normally the regulatory enzyme in the oxidation of glucose when tissue oxygenation is adequate. Six subjects were studied twice according to a randomized, crossover protocol, involving one test with saline infusion and another with dichloroacetate infusion. Exercise load on a bicycle ergometer was increased progressively until exhaustion. Blood samples were drawn each minute throughout exercise and periodically throughout 120 min of recovery. Dichloroacetate significantly lowered the lactate concentration during exercise performed at less than 80% of the average maximal O2 consumption. The peak concentration of lactate at exhaustion was not affected by dichloroacetate treatment, but dichloroacetate did lower lactate concentration throughout recovery. These results suggest that a limitation in pyruvate dehydrogenase activity contributes to the increase in plasma lactate during submaximal exercise and recovery.
Proposed data audit system enhances use in accordance with the data owner's policy (2016)

This article presents a data audit system, which confirms that proper use of data is performed on the iKaaS platform (intelligent Knowledge as a Service) platform. The proposed data audit system can alleviate ambiguous anxiety of data owner about unauthorized use by providing measures to understand that illegal use of data cannot occur. This achievement is expected to support the construction of the data use environment and encourage the discovery of novel knowledge.
An Experiment in Education of Formative Arts and Design Using Computer Graphics in the Study of Form (1993)

Today education using computers has become an important issue. Even in the field of formative arts and design, some reform is required by increasing the use of the computer. It is a tool with continually advancing technology and the latest computer graphics, are capable of individual expresson. We therefore read a new teaching method.In this paper we explain what we have been considering about the basic educational connection between computer graphics and formative arts and design and their creativity, giving some examples of a course which adopts computer graphics practically in the college and the professional school. This time we describe especially the study of form. We researched to learn how the study of form is taught in conventional course, for example, “proportion and arrangement”, “visual effects and the development of form”, “the making of forms and their constitution”. We then examinal methods and forms using computer graphics.