gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Organic multiple-quantum well white electroluminescent devices (1999)

White light emission from organic multiple-quantum well (MQW) structures is investigated. Organic MQW white light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are fabricated using triphenyldiamine derivative (TPD) as a hole-transporting layer and potential barrier layers, blue fluorescent dye phenylpyridine beryllium (BePP<sub>2</sub>), orange rubrene, and green aluminum complex (Alq<sub>3</sub>) as three primary colors. BePP<sub>2</sub> and BePP<sub>2</sub> doped with rubrene act as quantum wells between TPD barriers. Alq<sub>3</sub> is used as an electron transporter and green emitter. The white light emission covers a wide range of visible region, and the Commission Internationale de 1 Eclairage (CIE) coordinates of the emitted light are (0.32, 0.38) at 9 V. Maximum brightness and luminous efficiency can reach 4000 cd/m<sup>2</sup> (at 19 V) and 0.41 m/W, respectively.
Reflex Control of Robotic Gait Using Human Walking Data (2014)

Control of human walking is not thoroughly understood, which has implications in developing suitable strategies for the retraining of a functional gait following neurological injuries such as spinal cord injury (SCI). Bipedal robots allow us to investigate simple elements of the complex nervous system to quantify their contribution to motor control. RunBot is a bipedal robot which operates through reflexes without using central pattern generators or trajectory planning algorithms. Ground contact information from the feet is used to activate motors in the legs, generating a gait cycle visually similar to that of humans. Rather than developing a more complicated biologically realistic neural system to control the robot's stepping, we have instead further simplified our model by measuring the correlation between heel contact and leg muscle activity (EMG) in human subjects during walking and from this data created filter functions transferring the sensory data into motor actions. Adaptive filtering was used to identify the unknown transfer functions which translate the contact information into muscle activation signals. Our results show a causal relationship between ground contact information from the heel and EMG, which allows us to create a minimal, linear, analogue control system for controlling walking. The derived transfer functions were applied to RunBot II as a proof of concept. The gait cycle produced was stable and controlled, which is a positive indication that the transfer functions have potential for use in the control of assistive devices for the retraining of an efficient and effective gait with potential applications in SCI rehabilitation.
The Contribution of a Business School to Management Education (1974)

It is a particular pleasure and privilege to be invited to address this conference of the Institute of Personnel Management in its Diamond Jubilee Year. It is an additional pleasure that this should take place during my first year in office as Principal of the London Business School, an honour accorded to my predecessor Dr Arthur Earle who spoke to the National Conference in 1965. A great deal of water has passed under the bridge since that time. Much has occurred in the field of management education which serves as a backcloth to my main purpose which is to make some attempt to delineate what I believe a business school may contribute to management education.
Investigation on accuracy of process overlay measurement (2011)

The shrinkage of design rule necessitated corresponding tighter overlay control. However, in advanced applications, the extension of current technology may not be able to meet the control requirement, consequently, additional breakthroughs are required. In this study, we investigated methods to enhance the overlay control, approaches by extraction of real overlay error out of overlay measurement. So far, only the destructive inspections like vertical SEM have enabled us to measure real misalignment. But, a concept of non-destructive method is proposed in this paper, extracting vertical information from the results of multiple measurements with various measurement conditions, keys or recipes. With this proposed method, the measurement accuracy can be improved and we can enable a new knob for overlay control.
DNA Separation Using Zr(IV)-Loaded Resin through Ligand Exchange (2002)

Cleverly designed supports for the affinity separation based on ligand exchange draw much attention. We presented here the development of the material for convenient separation of nucleotides through the ligand exchange using Zr(IV)-loaded phosphonate-based cation exchange resin, Diaion CRP-200. Adsorption and desorption of nucleotides were evaluated by batchwise method. The binding processes of the nucleotides on the resin were reversible for the pH changes; the nucleotides adsorbed onto the resin at pH 3 from aqueous solution, and could be almost desorbed at pH 8. The binding capacity of double-stranded DNA was ca. 100 mg DNA per g of the resin, which is extremely higher than that of conventional adsorbent such as so-called glass milk. The resin could retrieve the DNA from agarose gel.
C in plain English (1995)

From the Publisher:
C++ In Plain English is an essential reference guide for beginning and intermediate programmers. In addition to hundreds of valuable techniques and practical tips, you get clear, concise definitions of basic C++ keywords, functions, and terms. C++ In Plain English also provides in-depth coverage of ANSI C++ features, classes, operators, and virtual functions.
A Machine Learning Approach to Waiting Time Prediction in Queueing Scenarios (2019)

Physically queueing is a reality on many industries that provide services or sell goods. Waiting in a queue can be stressful and exhausting for the clients because of the enforced idle time, and may lead to decreased customer satisfaction. Queueing theory has been widely used to assess client waiting times, to optimize staff schedules, and to increase the robustness of a queueing system against a variable demand for service. In this paper, we are exploring how multiple industries that require queues can benefit from machine learning to predict the clients' waiting times. We begin by predicting waiting times on bank queues, and then we propose how the procedure can be generalized to more industries and automatized. A publicly available dataset containing entries of people queueing in banks is initially utilized, and after training a fully connected neural network, a mean absolute error of 3.35 minutes in predicting client waiting times was achieved. We are then presenting a web application that is managing queues of different scenarios and industries. The queues may have unique parameters, and the system can adapt to each queue as it creates a per queue optimally trained neural network for waiting time prediction. The use and the capabilities of the system are validated with the use of a simulator. Machine learning, therefore, proves to be a viable alternative to queueing theory for predicting waiting time.
Heavy Duty Truck Tandem Suspension for On/Off Highway Applications (1974)

<div class="htmlview paragraph">This paper describes the design, development, and testing of a heavy duty truck tandem suspension intended for vehicles that must operate both on and off the highway.</div> <div class="htmlview paragraph">The notable features of this suspension are a nonlinear spring rate, improved axle vertical travel, the wide span over which the suspension is mounted to the frame, and the ease with which the suspension accommodates different spacings between the tandem axles.</div>
In–vitro Versuche zur Entfernbarkeit von Furansäure, Indoxylsulfat und Pentosidin im Plasma von chronischen Hämodialysepatienten mittels Albumindialyse (2009)

Da es bei Patienten mit chronischem Nierenversagen unter konventioneller Hämodialyse zur Akkumulation von urämischen, albumingebundenen Toxinen kommt, wurde in dieser Arbeit die Entfernbarkeit der Urämietoxine Furansäure (CMPF), Indoxylsulfat und Pentosodin mittels Albumindialyse geprüft. Dazu wurden In-vitro-Kreislaufversuche mit konventioneller Hämodialyse und Albumindialyse durchgeführt. Dabei zeigte sich, dass die stark albumingebundenen Toxine Furansäure (CMPF) und Indoxylsulfat durch die Albumindialyse signifikant besser entfernt wurden als durch die konventionelle Hämodialyse.
A DiffServ enhanced admission control scheme (2002)

We propose a scalable reservation protocol and admission control algorithm, DEAC, that combines features of both endpoint admission control and DiffServ architectures. We are able to make hard guarantees to individual flows without per-flow management in the network core. By allowing flows to probe the network for available bandwidth and routers to control the amount of simultaneous probe traffic, this scheme addresses the problems that limit the effectiveness of current endpoint admission control schemes. We describe the overall admission control process and our implementation. We give a detailed analysis of the parameters that control the admission control algorithm and present simulation results that verify the analysis.
Using Value-at-Risk to Control Risk Taking: How Wrong Can you Be? (1998)

We study a source of bias in value-at-risk estimates that has not previously been recognized.\nBecause value-at-risk estimates are based on past data, a trader will often have a good\nunderstanding of the errors in the value-at-risk estimate, and it will be possible for her to choose\nportfolios for which she knows that the value-at-risk estimate is less than the ???true??? value at risk.\nThus, the trader will be able to take on more market risk than risk limits based on value-at-risk\npermit. Biases can also arise if she does not have a good understanding of the errors, but uses the\nestimated covariance matrix to achieve certain portfolio objectives. We assess the magnitude of\nthese biases for three different assumptions about the motivations and behavior of the trader and\nfind that in all cases, value-at-risk estimates are systematically downward biased. In some\ncircumstances the biases can be very large. Our study of the distributions of the biases also\nsuggests a way to adjust the estimates to ???correct??? the biases.
ChemInform Abstract: Conformationally Restricted Arginine Analogues. (1991)

Abstract ChemInform is a weekly Abstracting Service, delivering concise information at a glance that was extracted from about 100 leading journals. To access a ChemInform Abstract of an article which was published elsewhere, please select a “Full Text” option. The original article is trackable via the “References” option.
End-to-End Delay Minimization for Scientific Workflows in Clouds under Budget Constraint (2014)

Next-generation e-Science features large-scale, compute-intensive workflows of many computing modules that are typically executed in a distributed manner. With the recent emergence of cloud computing and the rapid deployment of cloud infrastructures, an increasing number of scientific workflows have been shifted or are in active transition to cloud environments. As cloud computing makes computing a utility, scientists across different application domains are facing the same challenge of reducing financial cost in addition to meeting the traditional goal of performance optimization. We develop a prototype generic workflow system by leveraging existing technologies for a quick evaluation of scientific workflow optimization strategies. We construct analytical models to quantify the network performance of scientific workflows using cloud-based computing resources, and formulate a task scheduling problem to minimize the workflow end-to-end delay under a user-specified financial constraint. We rigorously prove that the proposed problem is not only NP-complete but also non-approximable. We design a heuristic solution to this problem, and illustrate its performance superiority over existing methods through extensive simulations and real-life workflow experiments based on proof-of-concept implementation and deployment in a local cloud testbed.
Congenital Long-QT Syndrome Caused by a Novel Mutation in a Conserved Acidic Domain of the Cardiac Na <sup>+</sup> Channel (1999)

We characterized the genetics and molecular pathophysiology of a novel SCN5A sodium channel mutation, E1784K. The functional defect exhibited by the mutant channel causes delayed myocardial repolarization, and our data on the effects of multiple charge neutralizations in this region of the C-terminus suggest that the molecular mechanism of channel dysfunction involves an allosteric rather than a direct effect on channel gating.
Seismic design of coupled walls - a case for mixed construction (1997)

A new form of mixed construction, using structural steel beams to couple reinforced concrete walls, is proposed as an alternative seismic lateral load resisting system. iShear criticali steel coupling beams are proposed as an alternative to diagonally reinforced concrete coupling beams and iflexure criticali steel beams are proposed in lieu of conventionally reinforced concrete coupling beams. Design and detailing procedures for the steel coupling beams and their embedments in the concrete walls are presented. The results of full-scale, reversed cyclic loading tests of portions of walls coupled with steel beams are presented. The responses of the steel coupling beams are compared with those of diagonally and conventionally reinforced concrete coupling beams. Resume : Une nouvelle forme de construction, utilisant des poutres diacier de construction pour unir des msrs de bOton armO, est proposOe comme un systme alternatif pour rOsister aux charges sismiques latOrales. Des poutres de « cisaillement critique » en acier sont proposOes comme une alternative aux poutres de couplage en bOton diagonalement armOes, alors que des poutres de « flexion critique » en acier sont proposOes au lieu des poutres de couplage en bOton conventionnellement armOes. Les Otapes de conception et de calculs pour ces poutres de couplage en acier et leur encastrement dans les murs de bOton sont prOsentOes. Les rOsultats diessais ‡ liOchelle avec chargement cyclique inverse appliquO sur des portions de msrs couplOes ‡ liaide de poutres en acier, sont prOsentOs. Les rOponses des poutres de couplage en acier sont comparOes avec celles des poutres de couplage en bOton armOes conventionnellement ou diagonalement.
Health care providers' judgments in chronic pain: the influence of gender and trustworthiness (2016)

Estimates of patients' pain, and judgments of their pain expression, are affected by characteristics of the observer and of the patient. In this study, we investigated the impact of high or low trustworthiness, a rapid and automatic decision made about another, and of gender and depression history on judgments made by pain clinicians and by medical students. Judges viewed a video of a patient in pain presented with a brief history and rated his or her pain, and the likelihood that it was being exaggerated, minimized, or hidden. Judges also recommended various medical and treatment options. Contrary to expectations, trustworthiness had no main effect on pain estimates or judgments, but interacted with gender producing pervasive bias. Women, particularly those rated of low trustworthiness, were estimated to have less pain and to be more likely to exaggerate it. Unexpectedly, judgments of exaggeration and pain estimates were independent. Consistent with those judgments, men were more likely to be recommended analgesics, and women to be recommended psychological treatment. Effects of depression history were inconsistent and hard to interpret. Contrary to expectations, clinicians' pain estimates were higher than medical students', and indicated less scepticism. Empathy was unrelated to these judgments. Trustworthiness merits further exploration in healthcare providers' judgments of pain authenticity and how it interacts with other characteristics of patients. Furthermore, systematic disadvantage to women showing pain is of serious concern in healthcare settings.
Short-Term Synaptic Plasticity (2002)

Synaptic transmission is a dynamic process. Postsynaptic responses wax and wane as presynaptic activity evolves. This prominent characteristic of chemical synaptic transmission is a crucial determinant of the response properties of synapses and, in turn, of the stimulus properties selected by neural networks and of the patterns of activity generated by those networks. This review focuses on synaptic changes that result from prior activity in the synapse under study, and is restricted to short-term effects that last for at most a few minutes. Forms of synaptic enhancement, such as facilitation, augmentation, and post-tetanic potentiation, are usually attributed to effects of a residual elevation in presynaptic [Ca(2+)]i, acting on one or more molecular targets that appear to be distinct from the secretory trigger responsible for fast exocytosis and phasic release of transmitter to single action potentials. We discuss the evidence for this hypothesis, and the origins of the different kinetic phases of synaptic enhancement, as well as the interpretation of statistical changes in transmitter release and roles played by other factors such as alterations in presynaptic Ca(2+) influx or postsynaptic levels of [Ca(2+)]i. Synaptic depression dominates enhancement at many synapses. Depression is usually attributed to depletion of some pool of readily releasable vesicles, and various forms of the depletion model are discussed. Depression can also arise from feedback activation of presynaptic receptors and from postsynaptic processes such as receptor desensitization. In addition, glial-neuronal interactions can contribute to short-term synaptic plasticity. Finally, we summarize the recent literature on putative molecular players in synaptic plasticity and the effects of genetic manipulations and other modulatory influences.
Inkjet-Printed Flexible mm-Wave Van-Atta Reflectarrays: A Solution for Ultralong-Range Dense Multitag and Multisensing Chipless RFID Implementations for IoT Smart Skins (2016)

In this effort, the authors implement the first ultralong-range chipless sensing sticker, by providing more than an order of magnitude increase in reading range, compared with the state of the art. The theoretical advantages of the use of millimeter-wave frequencies for high-performance chipless radio-frequency identification (RFID) sensor implementations are first argued before both a new fully inkjet-printed flexible device, based on the Van-Atta reflectarray structure, as well as a new chipless RFID polarimetric interrogation, and time-frequency data-processing approach is then presented and implemented, for operation in the Ka-band. The array, fully inkjet printed on Kapton HN polyimide, was demonstrated as being robust to variations of interrogation angle (between ±70° from normal), as well as to bending. With its demonstrated range, in excess of 30 m, and its proven adequacy for dense multitag and multisensing implementations in indoor environments, the structure may set the foundation for the emergence of flexible printable low-cost sensing smart skins for the Internet of Things.
Polymerization of organic compounds in an electrodeless glow discharge. VI. Acetylene with unusual comonomers (1975)

Abstract Polymerizations of acetylene with nonpolymerizing gases and vapors such as H 2 O, N 2 , and CO in a plasma generated by inductive coupling of 13.5 MHz radio frequency are investigated. It is found that acetylene copolymerizes with those comonomers and that properties of copolymers are distinctly different from that of plasma polymer of acetylene. The copolymerization with H 2 O has a significant effect in reducing the trapped free radicals in the plasma polymer (to a nonexistent level). Infrared and electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopies and elemental analysis of polymers are used to investigate the incorporation of H 2 O, N 2 , and CO into the plasma polymers.
Size Dependence of Morphology of Diamond Surfaces Prepared by DC Arc Plasma Jet Chemical Vapor Deposition (1992)

The size dependence of the surface morphology of a diamond crystal prepared by the dc arc plasma jet chemical vapor deposition (CVD) is observed using a high-resolution field-emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM). The difference in the change of the surface morphology between the {111} surface and the {100} surface is caused by the difference in the growth mode; the {111} surface is formed by the multi-nucleation growth mode, whereas the {100} surface is formed by the single nucleation growth mode.
Cloning of the β-Isopropylmalate Dehydrogenase Gene from<i>Acetobacter aceti</i>and Its Use for Construction of a New Host-vector System for<i>Acetobacter</i> (1988)

The β-isopropylmalate dehydrogenase (β-IPMDH) gene of Acetobacter aceti No. 1023, which complemented the leuB mutation of Escherichia coli, was cloned and expressed in E. coli. Plasmids pCAL1 and pCAL4, carrying a 5.44 kilobase pairs (kb) HindIII-fragment in the opposite orientation, conferred the same β-IPMDH activity as that of the wild type strain of E. coli. Restriction mapping and deletion analysis indicated that the β-IPMDH gene was located on a 1.65 kb AatII-HindIII fragment. Plasmids pMVL1 and pMVL2, composing the cloned β-IPMDH gene and plasmid pMV102, a plasmid indigenous to Acetobacter, were constructed as plasmid cloning vectors which allow selection of leu+ transformants in an A. aceti leu- host. The A. aceti leu- host was obtained through the insertional inactivation occurring as a result of homologous recombination between the chromosome of A. aceti and the cloned β-IPMDH gene, which was disrupted by insertion of the kanamycin resistance gene from pACYC177 into the BamHI site in the AatII-HindIII fragment. This system constitutes a relatively simple technique for gene disruption or replacement in Acetobacter that requires a single transformation.
Dysphagia in Huntingtonʼs Disease (1989)

Although not the most obvious symptom of Huntington's disease (HD), difficulty swallowing, or dysphagia, is a common symptom and may be associated with fatal complications. Management of dysphagia requires an understanding of the process of normal food ingestion and how this process is impaired in HD. This article describes HD and how it interferes with food intake. An effective nursing approach to the management of dysphagia is presented.
Upregulation of nerve growth factor expression by human airway smooth muscle cells in inflammatory conditions (2002)

Recent studies have suggested that nerve growth factor (NGF) may play a role in inflammation and bronchial hyperresponsiveness in asthma. Neither the types of cells that produce NGF in the human airways nor the effect of inflammation on NGF expression are clear. The two-fold aim of the present study was to determine whether airway smooth muscle produces NGF in vitro, and, if so, whether the pro-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) affects this expression. Human airway smooth muscle cells in culture were incubated in the presence or absence of IL-1beta. NGF production was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. NGF messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) was measured using a specific real-time fluorescent polymerase chain reaction technique, and expressed in relation to glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) mRNA levels. Human airway smooth muscle cells in vitro expressed NGF constitutively (21.4+/-7.8 pg x mL(-1); 14.6+/-5.4 pg NGF complementary deoxyribonucleic acid (cDNA) x pg GAPDH cDNA(-1) (mean+/-SEM)). Stimulation with IL-1beta (0.1-30 U x mL(-1)) for 24 h induced a dose-dependent increase in NGF production (22.1 pg x mL(-1) at 10 U x mL(-1); p<0.05). The IL-1beta (10 U x mL(-1))-induced increase in NGF expression was time-dependent. It was highest for NGF protein at 10 h (1.6-fold increase over control; p<0.001) and for NGF mRNA at 2.5 h (2.4-fold increase over control; p<0.05). In conclusion, the present study clearly shows that the human airway smooth muscle cell is a source of nerve growth factor, the expression of which is upregulated in inflammatory conditions, mimicked in vitro by the addition of interleukin-1beta.