gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Compositional gossip (2007)

Most proposed gossip-based systems use an ad-hoc design. We observe a low degree of reutilization among this proposals. We present how this limits both the systematic development of gossip-based applications and the number of applications that can benefit from gossip-based construction. We posit that these reinvent-the-wheel approaches poses a significant barrier to the spread and usability of gossip protocols. This paper advocates a conceptual design framework based upon aggregating basic and predefined building blocks (B 2 ). We show how to compose building blocks within our framework to construct more complex blocks to be used in gossip-based applications. The concept is further depicted with two gossip-based applications described using our building blocks.
Barriers to Marketing Implementation in U.K. Professional Service Firms (1992)

This paper focuses upon the critical role that imple- mentation plays in determining the 'success' or 'failure' of the mar- keting function. The authors discuss the particular implementation problems that are faced by marketers in professional service firms in the UK where marketing is still a relatively new function, and pro- pose a number of ways in which marketers may be able to overcome some of these internal barriers.
An adaptive receiver for space-time trellis codes based on per-survivor processing (2002)

An adaptive receiver based on per-survivor processing is proposed for detecting space-time trellis codes transmitted over time-selective flat-fading channels, and its performance is examined through simulations. Results suggest that the new receiver can outperform iterative approaches based on Kalman filtering and the expectation-maximization algorithm, at the cost of increased receiver complexity.
Enhanced anisotropy of gold nanorods-polymer composite films for optical applications (2012)

The strong optical absorption, scattering and local electric field enhancement associated with the longitudinal Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) of gold nanorods (AuNRs) have important applications in imaging, sensing, nonlinear optics, thermal therapy and data encoding. The longitudinal SPR mode can be optimally excited only in the NRs that are most aligned with the electric field of a linearly polarized incident light. Thus, in cast polymer based nanorod composite films, where the NRs orientation is random, only a fraction of the embedded NRs is actually usable to the maximal extent for the intended applications. To enhance the degree of alignment of the AuNRs by uniaxial stretching and increase the application efficiency, we have improved the polymer matrix with respect to plastic deformation and designed a suitable drawing device to reduce the fracture risks of the polymer. The resulting nanocomposite film was characterized by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and by spectroscopy using linearly polarized light in the UV-Visible range. The linear dichroic ratio of the stretched nanocomposite film was calculated based on the ratio of the peak absorbance of the incident light parallelly polarized, to that of the light polarized perpendicularly to the NRs long axes.
Free Electron Lasers with Variable Parameter Wigglers (1980)

A general discussion of the free-electron lasers (FEL's) with variable parameter wigglers is presented with a view towards their potential for the production of high power optical radiation at reasonable efficiency. The theoretical analysis is based upon a one-dimensional relativistic Hamiltonian formulation and is developed in a manner to take advantage of the analogy between the FEL process and radio frequency accelerators. Three promising operational modes are identified and analyzed. The first may be thought of as an electron decelerator and is thought to have the most promise for single-pass devices. Both oscillator and amplifier configurations are studied. The second is based upon adiabatic trapping and detrapping, intended to reduce the spread in electron energy typically induced by the FEL process. The third is based upon the method of phase area displacement. It has the advantage of wide gain bandwidth and small induced energy spread, and is thought to have the most promise for storage ring applications. Generally speaking, it is found that high peak power is intrinsic to these modes of operation. Potential problems from parasitic oscillations analogous to the stimulated Raman effect are analyzed, and some others arising from transverse inhomogeneity are identified.
X‐Ray Fluorescence for Coating Thickness Measurement (1983)

The X‐Ray fluorescence method of coating thickness measurement of ISO 3497, BS 5411 (A), DIN 50987, and ASTM B568–79 is discussed from a practical point of view. A brief illustration of the method's technical principles, advantages, applications, and example instrumentation is given together with some of the precautions to be taken.
Identité alsacienne... par le sang et nationalité française... par le sol : retour sur une réalité historique franco-allemande. (2017)

L’identite alsacienne s’applique par le droit du sang selon la seule definition applicable a une personne : son acte de naissance, donc par l’ascendance parentale et son histoire familiale, et non a son seul lieu de naissance. La genealogie est l’outil qui permet de determiner les origines ancestrales basees sur des sources valides et fia-bles. L’etat francais, colonisateur a l’epoque, a utilise l’indigenat alsacien-lorrain : pour etre indigene d’une re-gion il fallait justifier de trois generations y ayant vecu. Ainsi se confirme l’appartenance a une region historique et a la population indigene locale : on ne peut s’en revendiquer que par son ascendance et son passe familial historique. C’est cette population qui maintient en les pratiquant les traditions, les us et coutumes de cette re-gion, et sa culture dans le sens le plus large.
Le concept de nation francaise est liee a une definition specifique a l’histoire de la France metropolitaine : au droit du sol, et non, comme dans de nombreux pays europeens, au droit du sang. C’est pour cela qu’une identite francaise est mise en parallele avec la nationalite francaise, la premiere etant impossible a definir. Le centralisme francais n’est plus en mesure de repondre aux defis populationnels et aux risques migratoires intra- et inter-nationaux. La souverainete nationale francaise impose l’uniformisation et mene a la regression, alors que l’evolution ne peut se faire quand dans la diversite a travers un systeme federatif.
Repopulation of different layers of host human Bruch's membrane by retinal pigment epithelial cell grafts. (1999)

The morphology and subsequent behavior of the RPE reattached to BM depends on the anatomic layer of BM available for cell reattachment. The results suggest that the ability of transplanted RPE to repopulate BM in age-related macular degeneration and other disorders may depend on the layer of BM available to serve as a substrate for cell reattachment.
Cardiac phase detection in intravascular ultrasound images (2008)

Image gating is related to image modalities that involve quasi-periodic moving organs. Therefore, during intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) examination, there is cardiac movement interference. In this paper, we aim to obtain IVUS gated images based on the images themselves. This would allow the reconstruction of 3D coronaries with temporal accuracy for any cardiac phase, which is an advantage over the ECG-gated acquisition that shows a single one. It is also important for retrospective studies, as in existing IVUS databases there are no additional reference signals (ECG). From the images, we calculated signals based on average intensity (AI), and, from consecutive frames, average intensity difference (AID), cross-correlation coefficient (CC) and mutual information (MI). The process includes a wavelet-based filter step and ascendant zero-cross detection in order to obtain the phase information. Firstly, we tested 90 simulated sequences with 1025 frames each. Our method was able to achieve more than 95.0% of true positives and less than 2.3% of false positives ratio, for all signals. Afterwards, we tested in a real examination, with 897 frames and ECG as gold-standard. We achieved 97.4% of true positives (CC and MI), and 2.5% of false positives. For future works, methodology should be tested in wider range of IVUS examinations.
Yield enhancement prediction with statistical process simulations in an advanced poly-emitter complementary bipolar technology (2002)

This paper presents an approach for yield enhancement using TCAD tools in a state-of-the-art custom IC fabrication process. We have shown that yield can be correctly predicted, which allows the use of TCAD tools for yield enhancement. The proposed methodology proved to be significantly faster and more cost-effective than the traditional approach involving fabline experiments. As the most important part of this work, we identified reasons for yield loss in an advanced poly-emitter complementary bipolar technology, and predicted a 15% yield improvement with a change in the process flow, which was confirmed by the measured results.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>
Delayed maturation of the frontal cortex in childhood autism (1995)

Since CBF patterns in children are related to maturational changes in brain function, these results indicate a delayed frontal maturation in childhood autism. Such a delayed brain maturational process is consistent with the clinical data and cognitive performance of autistic children.
A Self-optimizing Run-Time Architecture for Configurable Dependability of Services. (2003)

Abstract. Many human activities today depend critically on systems where substantial functionality has been realized using complex software. Therefore, appropriate means to achieve a sufficient degree for dependability are required, which use the available information about the software components and the system architecture. For the special case of service-based architectures, we identify in this paper a set of architectural principles which can be used to improve dependability. We then describe how the identified architectural principles have been used in a realized service-based architecture which extends Jini. The dependable operation of the infrastructure services of the architecture further enables to systematically control and configure some dependability attributes of application services. We present a qualitative and quantitative evaluation of the dependability for a configuration of multiple identical services which are executed with the architecture and show how the different parameters effect the dependability. Additionally, a scheme for the dynamic control of the required dependability of the application services in the case of changing failure characteristics of the environment is outlined. Finally, we present a first evaluation of the developed architecture and its dynamic control of dependability. 1
Silicon-on-diamond MOS-transistors with thermally grown gate oxide (2002)

Summary form only given. Self-heating in Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) devices has during the past years attracted lots of attention and is a problem that remains to be solved. It has, furthermore, been shown that in smart power devices, thick buried oxides of 3 /spl mu/m or more are desired to prevent the substrate potential to lower breakdown voltages. However, these thicker buried oxides will only aggravate the thermal limitations imposed by the buried oxide. Due to the outstanding thermal properties of diamond compared to silicon dioxide, it would consequently be advantageous if silicon dioxide could be replaced with diamond in future SOI materials. Even though it has been shown that diamond is compatible with conventional silicon processing, no MOS-transistors with thermally grown gate oxide has been manufactured up to date, due to the difficulty in protecting diamond during furnace oxidations. In this paper Silicon-On-Diamond (S-O-D) MOS-transistors with thermally grown gate oxide are presented for the first time.
Electromagnetic Field Sensitivity (1991)

A multiphase study was performed to find an effective method to evaluate electromagnetic field (EMF) sensitivity of patients. The first phase developed criteria for controlled testing using an environment low in chemical, particulate, and EMF pollution. Monitoring devices were used in an effort to ensure that extraneous EMF would not interfere with the tests. A second phase involved a single-blind challenge of 100 patients who complained of EMF sensitivity to a series of fields ranging from 0 to 5 MHz in frequency, plus 5 blank challenges. Twenty-five patients were found who were sensitive to the fields, but did not react to the blanks. These were compared in the third phase to 25 healthy naive volunteer controls. None of the volunteers reacted to any challenge, active or blank, but 16 of the EMF-sensitive patients (64%) had positive signs and symptoms scores, plus autonomic nervous system changes. In the fourth phase, the 16 EMF-sensitive patients were rechallenged twice to the frequencies to which they were most sensitive during the previous challenge. The active frequency was found to be positive in 100% of the challenges, while all of the placebo tests were negative. we concluded that this study gives strong evidence that electromagnetic field sensitivity exists, and can be elicited under environmentally controlled conditions.
Scheduling periodic jobs using imprecise results (1987)

One approach to avoid timing faults in hard, real-time systems is to make available intermediate, imprecise results produced by real-time processes. When a result of the desired quality cannot be produced in time, an imprecise result of acceptable quality produced before the deadline can be used. The problem of scheduling periodic jobs to meet deadlines on a system that provides the necessary programming language primitives and run-time support for processes to return imprecise results is discussed. Since the scheduler may choose to terminate a task before it is completed, causing it to produce an acceptable but imprecise result, the amount of processor time assigned to any task in a valid schedule can be less than the amount of time required to complete the task. A meaningful formulation of the scheduling problem must take into account the overall quality of the results. Depending on the different types of undesirable effects caused by errors, jobs are classified as type N or type C. For type N jobs, the effects of errors in results produced in different periods are not cumulative. A reasonable performance measure is the average error over all jobs. Three heuristic algorithms that lead to feasible schedules with small average errors are described. For type C jobs, the undesirable effects of errors produced in different periods are cumulative. Schedulability criteria of type C jobs are discussed.
The water method combined with chromoendoscopy enhances adenoma detection (2011)

BACKGROUND: The water method is easy-to-learn and improves colonoscopy outcomes. Dye-spray chromoendoscopy enhances ADR but has not been widely accepted for routine application in screening or surveillance colonoscopy. HYPOTHESIS: With dye added to the water used in the water method, ADR can be enhanced compared with the water or air method alone. OBJECTIVE: To compare ADR determined by the air method, water method alone, and water method with indigo carmine (0.008%) added. DESIGN: Review of prospectively collected data in a performance improvement program. SETTING: VA endoscopy unit. PATIENT: Screening or surveillance colonoscopy. METHODS: Patients (n=50/group) underwent colonoscopy with each of the three methods. Water method involved warm water infusion in lieu of air insufflation coupled with removal of residual air by suction and residual feces by water exchange. ADR and procedural data were collected prospectively to monitor performance. MAIN OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS: ADR. RESULTS: ADR in the air method, water method alone and water method with indigo carmine were 36%, 40% and 62%, respectively. Water method with indigo carmine produced significantly higher ADR than the air or water method alone (p<0.05). LIMITATIONS: Non-randomized data, single VA site, retrospective comparison. Absence of significant difference between air and water methods could be a type II error due to small number of patients CONCLUSIONS: The approach with indigo carmine added to the water used in the water method yielded significantly higher ADR than the water or the air method alone. The data suggest that a prospective RCT to compare the different methods is warranted.
Activation of the c-<i>abl</i> Oncogene by Viral Transduction or Chromosomal Translocation Generates Altered c-<i>abl</i> Proteins with Similar In Vitro Kinase Properties (1985)

The v-abl protein of Abelson murine leukemia virus is a tyrosine-specific kinase. Its normal cellular homolog, murine c-abl, does not possess detectable tyrosine kinase activity in vitro. Previously, we have detected tyrosine kinase activity in vitro for an altered c-abl gene product (c-abl P210) in the K562 human chronic myelogenous leukemia cell line. The expression of this variant c-abl gene product correlates with chromosomal translocation and amplification of the c-abl gene in K562 cells. Like v-abl, c-abl P210 is a fusion protein containing non-abl sequences near the amino terminus of c-abl. We compared the in vitro tyrosine kinase activity of c-abl P210 with that of wild-type murine v-abl. The remarkable similarities of these two proteins with respect to cis-acting autophosphorylation, trans-acting phosphorylation of exogenous substrates, and kinase inhibition, using site-directed abl-specific antisera, suggested that c-abl P210 could function similarly to v-abl in vivo. In addition, c-abl P210 possessed an associated serine kinase activity in immunoprecipitates. The serine kinase activity was not inhibited by site-directed, abl-specific antisera that inhibit the tyrosine kinase activity, suggesting that the serine kinase activity is not an intrinsic property of c-abl P210. Thus, the activation of the c-abl gene in a human leukemia cell line may have functional consequences analogous to activation of the c-abl gene in Abelson murine leukemia virus.
Photodecomposition of Complex Oxalates—Some Preliminary Experiments by Flash Photolysis (1959)

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTPhotodecomposition of Complex Oxalates—Some Preliminary Experiments by Flash PhotolysisC. A. Parker and C. G. HatchardCite this: J. Phys. Chem. 1959, 63, 1, 22–26Publication Date (Print):January 1, 1959Publication History Published online1 May 2002Published inissue 1 January 1959https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/j150571a009https://doi.org/10.1021/j150571a009research-articleACS PublicationsRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views512Altmetric-Citations97LEARN 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
Practical, Scalable, Enantioselective Synthesis of (2<i>R</i>,3<i>R</i>)-<i>N</i>-Boc-2-amino-3- cyclohexyl-3-hydroxypropanoic Acid (2005)

An enantioselective synthesis of (2R,3R)-2-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)amino-3-cyclohexyl-3-hydroxypropanoic acid has been described starting from enantiomerically enriched ethyl 3-cyclohexyl-2,3-dihydroxypropanoate, easily available by Sharpless asymmetric dihydroxylation. The key reaction is the direct preparation of a sulfate by diol treatment with sulfuryl chloride, thus avoiding ruthenium-catalyzed sulfite oxidation.
Acute Manic Psychosis Following the Dermal Application of<u>N</u>,<u>N</u>-Diethyl-M-Toluamide (deet) in an Adult (1986)

Extensive animal testing and 30 years of human experience have established the general safety of DEET when applied episodically to skin or bedclothes. Local and systemic toxic and allergic reactions to DEET have been observed in man. Three weeks prior to admission, for the purpose of self-medication, a 30 year old man began daily applications of the insect repellant, DEET followed by a 1-2 hour period in a light-bulb heated box. Sedation and incoherence were noted for short periods following each application session. Aggressiveness and psychotic ideation led to hospital admission where he displayed psychomotor hyperactivity, rapid and pressured speech, tangentiality, flight of ideas, and grandiose delusions. Treatment was begun with haloperidol. Clinical improvement was complete within 6 days, atypical for classic endogenous mania. Drug and metabolites were identified in the urine more than 2 weeks after the last drug application.
SiteEngines: recognition and comparison of binding sites and protein-protein interfaces (2005)

Protein surface regions with similar physicochemical properties and shapes may perform similar functions and bind similar binding partners. Here we present two web servers and software packages for recognition of the similarity of binding sites and interfaces. Both methods recognize local geometrical and physicochemical similarity, which can be present even in the absence of overall sequence or fold similarity. The first method, SiteEngine (http:/bioinfo3d.cs.tau.ac.il/SiteEngine), receives as an input two protein structures and searches the complete surface of one protein for regions similar to the binding site of the other. The second, Interface-to-Interface (I2I)-SiteEngine (http:/bioinfo3d.cs.tau.ac.il/I2I-SiteEngine), compares protein-protein interfaces, which are regions of interaction between two protein molecules. It receives as an input two structures of protein-protein complexes, extracts the interfaces and finds the three-dimensional transformation that maximizes the similarity between two pairs of interacting binding sites. The output of both servers consists of a superimposition in PDB file format and a list of physicochemical properties shared by the compared entities. The methods are highly efficient and the freely available software packages are suitable for large-scale database searches of the entire PDB.