gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Design of Deep Beams Using Strut-and-Tie Models--Part II: Design Recommendations (2008)

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Taxation changes ‐ are you ready? (1995)

AS discussed in an earlier issue, the Government has begun a complete reform of the system for dealing with personal tax (Trickey 1994). The new system concentrates on two main areas ‐ self assessment and a current year basis of assessment. This article looks at the new current year basis of assessment and the significant impact the changes have on the way in which partnerships are taxed.
Development of an air displacement method for whole body volume measurement of infants (1985)

An infant enclosed in a rigid-walled chamber displaces a volume of air equal to its own volume. The volume of air displaced can be estimated by the change in pressure produced by a standard reduction in the chamber's volume according to Boyle's law. An instrument embodying this principle has been developed in which the differential pressure between two identical chambers is measured during equal sinusoidally imposed volume changes in the two. Problems arising from variable departure of conditions of pressure cycling, from isothermal towards adiabatic, have been dealt with by empirically derived corrections. Data are presented on the use of the method for low birth-weight infants.
AT&T's MPLS OAM architecture, experience, and evolution (2004)

This article provides an overview of AT&T's MPLS OAM architecture, and gives examples of operational experience. Hallmarks of the architecture are a single, converged, and integrated MPLS/optical network, and the evolution to fully automated, zero-touch network operation. The concept of one converged IP/MPLS architecture will reduce operations, development, and capital costs. The concept of zero aims to bring full automation for every human-to-computer interaction currently required for setting up and maintaining network services, delivering services to customers in real time with zero defects and cycle time, and supporting both a network as well as an operational environment with six nines reliability. This approach effectively opens the network to the customer, enabling new levels of customer network management, service creation, and ordering, and empowering enterprise customers with the tools to create their own network services as they transform their own internal networks. In the article we describe AT&T's MPLS-enabled services, the corresponding MPLS operations architecture (including MPLS MIBs), our MPLS OAM operational experience, and MPLS OAM evolution needs for MPLS MIB enhancements and new network capabilities. By applying technologies such as artificial intelligence, self-healing/self-identifying network elements, expert systems, rules-based processes, and automatic speech recognition, the architecture will migrate from a predictive network that monitors, correlates, and recommends action; to an adaptive network that monitors, correlates, and takes action; to a cybernated network that has integrated components that dynamically manage by business rules and policies. We give several examples of how AT&T is already investing in and implementing this future vision, and conclude by challenging network researchers, developers, and key industry players to apply new technologies in fully realizing the operational vision.
Value-Added Chemicals from Animal Manure (2003)

The objective of the project proposed by Washington State University (WSU) and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) was to develop technology for the utilization of animal manures as feedstocks to produce value-added products. These included medium-volume commodity chemicals such as glycols or diols and protein-based products such as chemicals or feed supplements. The research focused on two aspects of this approach including the analysis and treatment of the feedstock to produce intermediate chemical precursors and the aqueous phase conversion of these intermediates to chemicals and other value-added products.
Suppression of Proinflammatory Cytokines Interleukin-1β and Tumor Necrosis Factor-α in Astrocytes by a V<sub>1</sub>Vasopressin Receptor Agonist: A cAMP Response Element-Binding Protein-Dependent Mechanism (2004)

Previous research from our laboratory has demonstrated that V1 vasopressin receptor agonist (V1 agonist) induces a complex intracellular Ca2+-signaling cascade in cortical astrocytes that is initiated by G-protein-coupled V1a vasopressin receptor-mediated cytoplasmic and nuclear Ca2+ rise and converges during activation of the nuclear transcription factor cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB). In the current study, we pursued the downstream functional consequences of V1 agonist-induced Ca2+-signaling cascade for gene expression. Because astrocytes can exert immune effects analogous to immune cells in the periphery, we investigated V1 agonist regulation of cytokine gene expression in astrocytes. Results from gene array studies indicated that V1 agonist dramatically decreased the mRNA level of five cytokines. Two prominent proinflammatory cytokines, interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), were selected for detailed analysis, and their expression was also confirmed with reverse transcriptase-PCR. Furthermore, ELISA analyses demonstrated that the peptide level of IL-1beta and TNF-alpha in the astrocyte medium was also decreased in response to V1 agonist. Using CREB antisense to determine the causal relationship between V1 agonist-induced CREB activation and suppression of IL-1beta and TNF-alpha, we demonstrated that decreased IL-1beta and TNF-alpha gene expression was dependent on upstream CREB activation. V1 agonist-induced decrease of cytokine release from cortical astrocytes was also shown to be neuroprotective in cortical neurons. To our knowledge, this is the first documentation of V1 agonist modulation of cytokine gene expression in any cell type. Implications for vasopressin as an antipyretic agent and the role of vasopressin in neurodegeneration, autoimmune diseases, stress, and neuropsychiatric behaviors are discussed.
Power Response of Loudspeakers with Noncoincident Drivers-The Influence of Crossover Design (1986)

Reponse en puissance acoustique d'un haut parleur ayant des excitateurs separes analysee en utilisant un modele de monopole
Rhodesia and the United Nations : the lawfulness of international concern - a qualification (1969)

A non member has no duty to obey Security Council resolutions, and yet, if it disregards them, thereby committing no unlawful act, it is liable to have punitive measures visited upon it by the Security Council if, in the circumstances, customary law allows such punitive measures as instruments of policy or otherwise.
Caffeine as a Stimulant Against Suicide (1997)

In a recent article, Kawachi et al<sup>1</sup>found an inverse correlation between coffee drinking and suicide in a cohort of 121 700 female registered nurses. The authors attributed their results to the mood-elevating effect of coffee. While I agree with the mood-altering mechanism, I suggest that there is a more revealing explanation for the problem. First, I propose a diagnostic distinction within suicide. Impulsive suicides may result from an imbalance in levels of serotonin; they may not necessarily be associated with depression; they could result from an instant decision; and they often are violent.<sup>2</sup>Nonimpulsive suicides are frequently related to frontal cortex understimulation; they can show repetitive attempt patterns; they are usually planned; and they frequently involve less violent means (eg, drug overdose). Naturally, there can be a combined mechanism as well. A typical nonimpulsive subject sets a date for his or her attempt. He or she receives
Dynamic superconcentration at critical-point double-layer gates of conducting nanoporous granules due to asymmetric tangential fluxes (2008)

A transient 10(6)-fold concentration of double-layer counterions by a high-intensity electric field is demonstrated at the exit pole of a millimeter-sized conducting nanoporous granule that permits ion permeation. The phenomenon is attributed to a unique counterion screening dynamics that transforms half of the surface field into a converging one toward the ejecting pole. The resulting surface conduction flux then funnels a large upstream electro-osmotic convective counterion flux into the injecting hemisphere toward the zero-dimensional gate of the ejecting hemisphere to produce the superconcentration. As the concentrated counterion is ejected into the electroneutral bulk electrolyte, it attracts co-ions and produce a corresponding concentration of the co-ions. This mechanism is also shown to trap and concentrate co-ion microcolloids of micron sizes too (macroions) and hence has potential application in bead-based molecular assays.
A New Subtype of Pre-B Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia With t(5; 12)(q31q33; p12), Molecularly and Cytogenetically Distinct From t(5; 12) in Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia (1997)

Translocation t(5; 12)(q33; p13), resulting in an ETV6/PDGFRB gene fusion, is a recurrent chromosomal abnormality associated with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML). An analogous translocation was also found in four cell lines with features of pre-B acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) we show here that in three of these cell lines identical complex rearrangements occurred. However, the regions involved on 5q and 12p are different from the breakpoints in CMML, and the translocation is accompanied by seemingly identical cryptic deletions of both 5q and 12p chromosome sequences in all analyzed pre-B ALL cell lines. The similar cytogenetic, FISH, and immunophenotyping findings in the three cell lines suggest that the t(5; 12)(q31q33; p12) defines a new entity of pre-B ALL.
Synthesis of Magnetite–Graphene Oxide-Layered Double Hydroxide Composites and Applications for the Removal of Pb(II) and 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid from Aqueous Solutions (2015)

Magnetic composites consisting of magnetite (Fe3O4), graphene oxide (GO), and Mg3Al-OH layered double hydroxide (LDH), denoted as MGL composites, with varying GO contents (RGO) were synthesized by a mechano-hydrothermal (MHT) route using Fe3O4, Mg(OH)2, and Al(OH)3 as the inorganic starting materials. The application of the synthesized MGLs for removing the heavy-metal Pb(II) and the hydrophobic organic pesticide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) from aqueous solutions was investigated. Chemical bonding among the GO, Fe3O4, and LDH components was observed in the MGLs. The MGL composites showed good water-dispersity, strong magnetic response, and high sorption capacities and removal efficiencies for both Pb(II) and 2,4-D pollutants. The sorption capacities of the MGL for the pollutants significantly increased with an increase in RGO. Increasing pH could increase the removal efficiency for Pb(II) but decrease that for 2,4-D. The MGLs showed more affinity for Pb(II) than for 2,4-D in the competitive sorption. In addition, the MGLs could remain almost constant removal efficiency for the pollutants after reuse over six cycles, indicating their potential use as sorbents in wastewater treatment. Furthermore, a Cs effect was observed in the sorption equilibriums, which could be described using the Langmuir-SCA and Freundlich-SCA isotherms. The removal mechanisms of the MGL for Pb(II) and 2,4-D were discussed. The MHT method provided a simple and environmentally friendly route for synthesizing GO-LDH composite materials.
Recombinant αi-3 Subunit of G Protein Activates Gk-gated K+ Channels (1989)

G proteins, particularly those sensitive to pertussis toxin, are difficult to separate biochemically, creating uncertainty in functional assignments. For this reason the cDNAs encoding G alpha i-3 and two of the G alpha s splice variants were expressed as fusion proteins in Escherichia coli using a T7 promoter-based expression system. These proteins were denoted r alpha i-3 and r alpha s (short and long) and accumulated in bacteria to as much as 5-10% of total cellular protein, of which 5-10% was soluble in lysates. Soluble r alpha subunits were tested for stimulation of K+ channel activity in inside-out atrial membrane patches and for reconstitution of cyc- adenylyl cyclase activity. r alpha i-3, activated either by guanosine 5'-(3-thio)triphosphate (GTP gamma S) or AlF-4, stimulated in a concentration-dependent manner single channel K+ currents in isolated atrial membrane patches of three species: guinea pigs, neonatal rats, and embryonic chick. In contrast, GTP gamma S-activated r alpha s did not. In agreement with a similar study by Graziano et al. (Graziano, M. P., Casey, P. J. and Gilman, A. G. (1987) J. Biol. Chem. 262, 11375-11381), both r alpha s forms reconstituted GTP gamma S-stimulated cyc- adenylyl cyclase activity, albeit at concentrations 50-100 times higher than those needed with native Gs. The concentrations of r alpha i-3 needed to stimulate the K+ channels were also higher than needed with native human erythrocyte Gk, in this case 30-50 times. Single K+ channel currents stimulated by r alpha i-3 were indistinguishable from those stimulated by the natural effector acetylcholine. Thus, bacterial expression of G alpha subunits provided the means to demonstrate unequivocally that Gi-3 has intrinsic Gk activity.
Trellis coded 3-dimensional OFDM system (2009)

In this paper, the structure of a trellis-coded 3-dimensional orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (3-D OFDM) is proposed and its error performance in additive white Gaussian channel is analyzed. We present the set-partitioning of a 3-D 8-ary constellation for trellis coding. As a result, the trellis-coded 3-D OFDM system has around 6 dB coding gain over an uncoded one when an 8-ary constellation is exploited. And it also has around 3 dB better symbol error probability as compared to the uncoded system when a 4-ary constellation is employed. Thus, the proposed trellis-coded 3-D OFDM may be appropriate for an application in the high-quality wireless communication system for the next generation.
Content-based color image retrieval with relevance feedback (2003)

We describe the main features of Quicklook, a prototype system that allows the user to query an image database and progressively refine the system's response by indicating the relevance, or nonrelevance of the retrieved items. Our experience with Quicklook demonstrates that user interaction with the system greatly improves retrieval results, making it possible, with no significant effort by the user, to tune the similarity measure used by the system to the user's notion of image similarity.
Solving crime with DNA : the DNA Project (2012)

CSI has undoubtedly become one of television's most popular series. But, while many of the scenarios and characters depicted in CSI are far from believable, continuous references to the cutting-edge DNA technology used by the CSI crime labs in solving their cases are not too far from the truth. Moreover, the use of DNA profiling for criminal intelligence in this popular TV series has increased public awareness to the point where people cannot conceive of a case being investigated without DNA - regardless of whether the case calls for it or not! But how much of these TV programmes is actually fact and how much is fiction? Let's look at the facts and establish to what extent forensic DNA technology is used in South Africa and to what effect ..
Clinical Applications of the 532-nm Diode Laser for the Treatment of Facial Telangiectasia and Pigmented Lesions: Literature Review, History, and Discussion of Clinical Experience (2001)

Introduction: Facial telangiectasias are common lesions resulting from multiple factors. Multiple therapies and devices have been used for the treatment of facial telangiectasia with varied success and complication rates. The 532-nm diode (diode-pumped, frequency-doubled Nd:YAG) laser is compared with other laser and nonlaser modalities for the office-based cosmetic surgery practice. Materials and Methods: This article provides a literature review and examines the history of laser treatment of facial telangiectasia and the evolution of modern laser therapy. Clinical experience is also detailed in the treatment of facial telangiectasia and pigmented lesions. Results: 532-nm diode lasers are lightweight, extremely portable systems that are effective in the treatment of facial telangiectasia and various pigmented lesions. When compared to other popular modalities and laser wavelengths, the 532-nm diode laser can successfully treat facial telangiectasia and some pigmented facial lesions with less chance of collateral tissue damage and resultant complications. Discussion: The 532-nm diode laser is representative of technological innovations that enable small, lightweight, and affordable lasers to be used by the office-based cosmetic surgeon. Distinct advantages are evident when it is compared with other wavelength lasers. Because of the smaller spot size and depth of penetration, this laser also has treatment limitations; however, it provides a welcomed addition to the armamentarium for the surgeon treating facial ectatic and pigmented lesions. Conclusion: Because of its demonstrated clinical effectiveness, ease of use, and lack of resultant purpura, as well as affordability and portability, this laser is well suited for the office-based cosmetic practice.
Improved Bioresorbable Microporous Intravascular Stents for Gene Therapy (1996)

Drug imbibing microporous stents are under development at a number of centers to enhance healing of the arterial wall after balloon coronary angioplasty procedures. The authors improved the mechanical strength and reservoir properties of a biodegradable microporous stent reported to this Society in 1994. A combined tubular/helical coil stent is readily fabricated by flotation/precipitation and casting/ winding techniques. A two stage solvent swelling technique allows precise adjustment of the surface hydrophilic/hydrophobic balance. These developments permit seven-fold improvement in drug capacity without significantly altering mechanical properties. Stents modified in this manner retain tensile and compressive strength and are suitable for remote deployment. Elution kinetics of these modified stents suggest they are suitable for gene delivery. Successful gene transfer and transmural expression have been demonstrated after implantation of stents impregnated with a recombinant adenovirus carrying a nuclear localizing beta-galactosidase reporter gene into rabbit carotid arteries. These studies suggest that surface modified, bioresorbable polymer stents ultimately may be useful adjunctive devices for gene transfer during percutaneous transluminal revascularization.
Results from Over One Year of Follow-Up for Absorbable Mesh Insertion in Partial Mastectomy (2011)

Absorbable mesh insertion has been established as a technically feasible, time-saving procedure after breast excision. However, the follow-up results showed some noticeable side effects and the oncologic safety of the procedure is unconfirmed. Therefore, we suggest that mesh insertion should be considered only in select cases and should be followed-up carefully.
On-Line Estimation of Tool/Chip Interface Temperatures for a Turning Operation (1988)

This research has been concerned with the measurement of on-line temperature in a turning operation. The goal has been to develop a measurement sensor and algorithms that allow tool-chip interface temperatures to be estimated during machining. The measuring scheme relies on the signal from a standard thermocouple, located at the bottom of the tool insert, the response time of which has been observed to be on the order of one second. The important feature of the prediction scheme is that it can also estimate the interface temperatures for an interrupted cut and for the case when tool wear is present. The estimated interface temperatures have been compared with those obtained with a previously described metallographic technique [1] and a difference of 5–13 percent between these two results has been reported.
Reaction injection pultrusion of thermoplastic and thermoset composites (1995)

Abstract Coventional pultrusion of thermoset composites is under increasing examination for emissions of harmful volatiles from the resin wetout tank. Even though the pultrusion of thermoplastic matrix composites produces no emissions, it is difficult to wet individual fibers due to their high melt viscosities. This paper addresses both the issues of volatiles and wetting with a process called Reaction Injection Pultrusion (RIP). A prototype RIP machine was used to make both thermoplastic polyurethane and thermoset polyisocyanurate matrix composites. The RIP process produces pultruded parts with low void content, good surface finish, and acceptable mechanical properties. The low viscosity constituents used in RIP help improve fiber impregnation, while the small volume of the impregnation bath reduces emissions. Processing parameters such as line speeds, catalyst levels, and die temperaures were varied to establish processing guidelines for sustained production.
Suppression of Mediterranean Fruit Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) With Trimedlure and Biolure Dispensers in Coffea arabica (Gentianales: Rubiaceae) in Hawaii (2017)

To assess the potential to suppress Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann; Diptera: Tephritidae), via mass trapping with Trimedlure (TML), we compared fly catch (as catch per trap per time period) provided by either a novel, solid, triple-lure dispenser with TML, methyl eugenol (ME), and raspberry ketone (RK) (TMR) or solid TML plugs, both without insecticides, in addition to Biolure bait stations. Work was done in a coffee plantation that had a dense C. capitata population. Three treatments were compared: 1) TMR or TML (50 traps per ha), 2) Biolure (50 traps per ha), 3) TML (25 per ha) or TMR (25 per ha) + Biolure (25 per ha), and 4) an untreated control. During coffee season, based on C. capitata captures (mean flies per trap per wk) inside plastic McPhail traps, all treatments were significantly different than the control: Biolure (9.57) = TMR (11.28) = Biolure +TMR (13.50) < Control (36.06 flies/trap/wk). During non-coffee season, all treatments were significantly different than the control and TML was significantly lower than Biolure (wax matrix bait stations): TML (0.95) < Biolure (1.43) = Biolure +TML (1.77) < Control (2.81 flies/trap/wk). Surprisingly, captures were not lower in plots treated with combinations of Biolure + TMR or TML, compared to individual plots with Biolure or TML or TMR alone. Mass trapping with either TML or TMR dispensers deserves further study as a component of Integrated Pest Management programs for C. capitata in Hawaii and may have global potential for management of C. capitata.