gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Single-wafer furnace RTCVD for silicon oxide, nitride, and oxynitride thin films (2002)

We have developed single-wafer RTP modules for LPCVD of silicon nitride, oxynitride, oxide, and oxide/nitride/oxide (ONO) composite films. All films were deposited from dichlorosilane (DCS) as a silicon source gas. The deposition of 20-40 /spl Aring/ silicon nitride films from DCS and NH/sub 3/ showed excellent thickness uniformity. Continuous 10-wafer runs at 735/spl deg/C resulted in 40 /spl Aring/ Si/sub 3/N/sub 4/ films with within-wafer uniformity below 0.55% (1/spl sigma/) and wafer-to-wafer uniformity of 0.50% (1/spl sigma/). Conformal coverage of nitride over non-planar substrates was also demonstrated. The hot-wall reactor configuration suppresses the condensation of NH/sub 4/Cl solid byproduct. An activation energy of 1.49 eV was derived from the depositions at a reactor pressure of 0.5 Torr and DCS:NH/sub 3/ =1:3. Oxynitride films were deposited from DCS/NH/sub 3//N/sub 2/O at 800/spl deg/C. A film composition of SiO/sub 0.6/N/sub 1.1/ with a refractive index of 1.80 was obtained. Silicon dioxide (high temperature oxide, HTO) films can also be grown at 800/spl deg/C from DCS and N/sub 2/O. ONO stack films of 170 /spl Aring/ were deposited in-situ at 800/spl deg/C using sequential depositions of HTO/nitride/HTO. An Auger electron spectroscopy depth profile of the film revealed a sandwich structure of the film composition.
Antioxidant Potential of an Extract of<i>Calendula officinalis</i>. Flowers<i>in Vitro</i>. and<i>in Vivo</i>. (2006)

An extract of Calendula officinalis. Linn. (Compositae) was evaluated for its antioxidant potential in vitro. and in vivo.. Calendula officinalis. extract was found to scavenge superoxide radicals generated by photoreduction of riboflavin and hydroxyl radicals generated by Fenton reaction and inhibited in vitro. lipid peroxidation. Concentrations needed for 50% inhibition (IC50) were 500, 480, and 2000 µg/mL, respectively. Extract scavenged ABTS radicals and DPPH radicals and IC50 were 6.5 and 100 µg/mL, respectively. IC50 values were compared with that of ginger extract, which is a standard antioxidant extract. The drug also scavenged nitric oxide, and the IC50 was found to be 575 µg/mL. Extract also produced dose-dependent scavenging of nitric oxide in culture. The oral administration of Calendula. extract inhibited superoxide generation in macrophages in vivo. by 12.6% and 38.7% at doses of 100 and 250 mg/kg b.wt. Oral administration of Calendula officinalis. to mice for 1 month significantly increased catalase activity. The extract produced significant increase in glutathione levels in blood and liver. Glutathione reductase was found to be increased, whereas glutathione peroxidase was found to be decreased after administration of Calendula. extract. These results indicated Calendula officinalis. has significant antioxidant activity in vitro. and in vivo..
HLA–B27–restricted CD8+ T cell response to cartilage‐derived self peptides in ankylosing spondylitis (2005)

Our findings suggest that cartilage-directed cellular autoimmunity might play an important role in joint-specific tissue damage in patients with AS. Future research is necessary to determine whether the identified peptide is of pathogenetic relevance.
Medical marijuana: Medical necessity versus political agenda (2011)

Marijuana is classified by the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) as an illegal Schedule I drug which has no accepted medical use. However, recent studies have shown that medical marijuana is effective in controlling chronic non-cancer pain, alleviating nausea and vomiting associated with chemotherapy, treating wasting syndrome associated with AIDS, and controlling muscle spasms due to multiple sclerosis. These studies state that the alleviating benefits of marijuana outweigh the negative effects of the drug, and recommend that marijuana be administered to patients who have failed to respond to other therapies. Despite supporting evidence, the DEA refuses to reclassify marijuana as a Schedule II drug, which would allow physicians to prescribe marijuana to suffering patients. The use of medical marijuana has continued to gain support among states, and is currently legal in 16 states and the District of Columbia. This is in stark contrast to the federal government's stance of zero-tolerance, which has led to a heated legal debate in the United States. After reviewing relevant scientific data and grounding the issue in ethical principles like beneficence and nonmaleficence, there is a strong argument for allowing physicians to prescribe marijuana. Patients have a right to all beneficial treatments and to deny them this right violates their basic human rights.
Quality evaluation of different products derived from Ganoderma (2012)

Quality assessment of commercial products derived from Lingzhi was performed based on both their small (triterpenes) and macro (polysaccharides) molecular bioactive components by using high-performance thin-layer chromatography (HPTLC) and high-performance size-exclusion chromatography-evaporative light scattering detector (HPSEC-ELSD). Enzyme (α-amylase) digestion was employed for avoiding the interference, induced by starch added in formula preparation, on the analysis of polysaccharides during HPSEC-ELSD analysis. The results showed the quality variation among Lingzhi products were obvious. The developed method is simple, rapid, reliable and suitable for evaluation of quality of Lingzhi and their products.

	 

	Key words: Ganoderma, polysaccharides, triterpenes, high-performance thin-layer chromatography (HPTLC), high-performance size-exclusion chromatography (HPSEC
A simple PCR-based fluorometric system for detection of mutant fusion DNAs using a quencher-free fluorescent DNA probe and graphene oxide (2015)

We propose a facile fluorometric system for detection of gene mutations using graphene oxide (GO). A fluorescent probe DNA anneals to a specific mutant gene and is degraded by the 5'→ 3' exonuclease activity of Taq polymerase during PCR, and the released fluorophore retains fluorescence after addition of GO without quenching.
Homemaking in the Hills (2017)

"It's strenuous work and takes everything you've got, but somehow you can always go on," said Esther Brucklacher, H. Ec. Sr., as she told of her work for one year as Home Demonstration Agent in the southern highlands.
A molecular‐beacon‐based asymmetric PCR assay for detecting polymorphisms related to folate metabolism (2020)

The results demonstrate that our molecular-beacon-based asymmetric PCR assay is an easy, reliable, high-yield, and cost-effective method for the simultaneous detection of three polymorphisms related to folate metabolism. It could help evaluate the risk of perinatal-neonatal neural tube malformation, pregnancy hypertension, and other diseases and guide the individualized supplementation of folic acid. Data on the spectrum of mutations in the Dongguan District in this study are beneficial for guiding the supplementation of folic acid.
Paratransgenesis feasibility in the honeybee (<i>Apis mellifera)</i> using <i>Fructobacillus fructosus</i> commensal (2014)

This is the first study demonstrating the feasibility of genetically engineering honeybee commensals, thus establishing the tools necessary for honeybee paratransgenesis.
Automatic Localization for Distributed-Memory Multiprocessors Using a Shared-Memory Compilation Framework. (1994)

In this paper, we outlint an approach for compiling for distributed-memory multiprocessors that is inherited from compiler technologies for shared-memory multiprocessors. We believe that this approach to compiling for distributed-memory machines is promising because it is a logical extension of the sharedmemory parallel programming model, a model that is easier for programmers to worlc with, and that has been studied in great detail as a target for parallelizing and optimizing compilers. In particular, the paper focuses on the localization step, and presents optimal localization algorithms for a single global DOALL, and for special-case structures of muliiple global DOALLs.
Optimizing Resource Allocations for Dynamic Interactive Applications (2014)

Modern computing systems are under intense pressure to provide guaranteed responsive-ness to their workloads. Ideally, applications with strict performance requirements should be given just enough resources to meet these requirements consistently, without unnecessarily siphoning resources from other applications. However, executing multiple parallel, real-time applications while satisfying response time requirements is a complex optimization problem and traditionally operating systems have provided little support to provide QoS to applica-tions. As a result, client, cloud, and embedded systems have all resorted to over-provisioning and isolating applications to guarantee responsiveness. Instead, we present PACORA, a re-source allocation framework designed to provide responsiveness guarantees to a simultaneous mix of high-throughput parallel, interactive, and real-time applications in an ecient, scal-able manner. By measuring application behavior directly and using convex optimization techniques, PACORA is able to understand the resource requirements of applications and perform near-optimal resource allocation—2 % from the best allocation in 1.4ms while only requiring a few hundred bytes of storage per application.
Halofuginone-Coated Urethral Catheters Prevent Periurethral Spongiofibrosis in a Rat Model of Urethral Injury (2011)

HF can be coated successfully on silicone catheters. HF successfully inhibits periurethral type I collagen deposition after urethral injury. This may become an important therapy to prevent urethral stricture formation or recurrence after endoscopic therapy.
Template matching based on rank-order operations (1994)

Linear correlation techniques are useful approaches for template matching. However, they are computationally intensive since large numbers of multiplications are involved in their calculation. This paper introduces a family of rank-order-based criteria (ROBC) which are multiplier free and do not depend on the local average of the image/template. The most primitive member of this family has properties analogous to the properties of the normalized linear correlation. Hence, we call it normalized min-max cross-correlation (NMCC). Experimental results are presented that describe the performance of the introduced criteria in the presence of Gaussian and impulsive noise. These experiments show that the NMCC features sharp and robust indications in the presence of Gaussian noise. Other members of the ROBC family with more rank order terms also are robust with respect to impulsive noise.
Elevated Plasma Levels of Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist are Associated with Decreased Cellular BCL-2 Oncoprotein Expression in B-Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (1998)

Plasma IL-1Ra levels and cellular BCL-2 oncoprotein expression were measured in a total of forty blood samples obtained from twenty-eight B-CLL patients and four healthy subjects. High IL-1Ra plasma levels (as defined by mean + three times standard deviation of normal controls) were observed in eleven samples (ten patients) which showed a significantly decreased cellular expression of BCL-2 protein (14.7 +/- 16.3% of cells as determined by immunofluorescence) when compared to B-CLL samples with no elevated IL-1Ra (BCL-2, 31.0 +/- 18.6%; p < or = 0.0115). Albeit correlational only, our results may encourage further experiments to elucidate potential regulatory effects of IL-1Ra for cellular BCL-2 oncoprotein expression.
Plane Networks and their Applications (2001)

Surely most geodesists have been occupied by seeking optimal shapes of a net work. I'm no exception. This book contains the more fruitful results on the topic. No matter how you choose to understand t
Phase I trial of erbulozole (R55104). (1994)

Erbulozole (R55 104) is a water soluble congener of the microtubule inhibitor tubulozole, which has proven to possess anti-invasive, antitumoral and radiosensitizing capacities. A dose-finding study was performed on respectively 9 patients (every three weeks; doses ranging from 20 mg/m2 to 100 mg/m2; maximum 2 cycles per patient) and 6 patients (weekly; doses ranging from 20 mg/m2 to 50 mg/m2; maximum 60 cycles per patient). At all dosages, hematological and biochemical toxicity was very limited. Seven patients complained of pain at the tumor site (grade I to III). Dose limiting toxicity appeared at respectively 100 mg/m2 (one administration every three weeks) and 50 mg/m2 (weekly administration). At this level, 2 patients displayed a dose-limiting Wernicke's encephalopathy-like syndrome. Other secondary effects were headache, fever, exacerbation of dyspnea and moderate nausea and vomiting.
ENZYMATIC SYNTHESIS AND BREAKDOWN OF A PYRIMIDINE, OROTIC ACID (1954)

Considerable evidence has accumulated from studies in vivo and with tissue slices indicating that erotic acid (4-carboxyuracil), or a closely related compound, is a precursor of the pyrimidines in nucleic acid (l-6).In order to study the pathway of erotic acid metabolism at the enzymatic level, a source material capable of metabolizing large amounts of erotic acid was sought.Such a system was found in an erotic acid-fermenting bacterium, Zymobacterium oroticum,
Immunological aspects of chronic non-infectious pulmonary diseases of the lower respiratory tract in man. (1983)

These observations demonstrate that many of the chronic lung disorders of the lower respiratory tract are mediated by inflammatory and immune mechanisms. In fact, it is this inflammatory lesion which mediates permanent injury to the alveolar structures. Bronchoalveolar lavage has been an extremely useful procedure to evaluate the inflammatory process of these disorders. More recently, these types of evaluations have been utilized in making therapy decisions in patients with these disorders. Although much still remains to be learned about most of the chronic disorders of the lower respiratory tract, these types of studies have set the stage so that these evaluations can occur in the future.
A Semantic Approach To Autonomous Mixing (2013)

In this work, we give an overview of current automatic mixing approaches, and note the absence of using high-level, semantic knowledge to inform mixing decisions. We then propose a system where processing parameters for music production are inferred from instrument-specific rules rather than low-level features. To this end, we compile a body of rules from practical mixing engineering literature, and assess the potential of a system using just these rules. We compare the system to human mixing engineers and traditional automatic mixing systems that only use extracted, low-level signal features. Its performance is discussed and future directions are established. 1
Fast Thermal Runaway Detection for Lithium-Ion Cells in Large Scale Traction Batteries (2018)

Thermal runaway of single cells within a large scale lithium-ion battery is a well-known risk that can lead to critical situations if no counter measures are taken in today’s lithium-ion traction batteries for battery electric vehicles (BEVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) and hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs). The United Nations have published a draft global technical regulation on electric vehicle safety (GTR EVS) describing a safety feature to warn passengers in case of a thermal runaway. Fast and reliable detection of faulty cells undergoing thermal runaway within the lithium-ion battery is therefore a key factor in battery designs for comprehensive passenger safety. A set of various possible sensors has been chosen based on the determined cell thermal runaway impact. These sensors have been tested in different sized battery setups and compared with respect to their ability of fast and reliable thermal runaway detection and their feasibility for traction batteries.
High bandwidth memory system using wavelength multiplexed volume holograms (2002)

We consider the potential of volume holographic storage and the parallelism of optics for fast, high bandwidth, data access. We present results together with a colour video illustrating the storage of multiple data images in LiNbO/sub 3/ using wavelength multiplexing.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>
Whole-field optically sectioned fluorescence lifetime imaging (2000)

We describe a novel three-dimensional fluorescence lifetime imaging microscope that exploits structured illumination to achieve whole-field sectioned fluorescence lifetime images with a spatial resolution of a few micrometers.
Laser surface texturing for high friction contacts (2015)

A pulsed, nanosecond fibre laser with wavelength of 1064 nm was used to texture grade 316 stainless steel and ‘low alloy’ carbon steel in order to generate contacts with high static friction coefficients. High friction contacts have applications in reducing the tightening force required in joints or to easily secure precision fittings, particularly for larger components where standard methods are difficult and expensive. Friction tests performed at normal pressures of 100 MPa and 50 MPa have shown that very high static friction coefficients greater than 1.25, an increase of 346% over untextured samples at 100 MPa, can be easily achieved by single pass laser texturing of both contacting surfaces with the use of low pulse separations. The high static friction coefficients, obtained at 100 MPa normal pressure with textures with up to 62.5 μm pulse separation (processing speed ∼0.67 cm2/s), were found to be associated with a significant amount of plastic deformation caused by the high normal pressures. As a result, higher normal pressures were found to result in higher friction coefficients.
A Definition of the Degree of Ionization of a Micelle Based on Its Aggregation Number (2001)

The “degree of ionization” of a micelle or the “apparent degree of counterion dissociation”, α, is defined by asserting that the aggregation number, N, is dependent only on the concentration, Caq, of counterions in the aqueous pseudophase. Using different combinations of surfactant and added salt concentrations yielding the same value of Caq leads to a straightforward definition of α. Any experimental method able to precisely distinguish values of N may be used and should give the same values of α. The value of N is not needed in the method; the experiment needs only ensure that the value of N is the same for two samples. For systems in which N is a known function of Caq, α may be determined as a function of N. The method is demonstrated with sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) using an electron paramagnetic resonance method. For SDS, the method yields a constant value of α = 0.272 ± 0.017 for values of the aggregation number less than about N ≈ 110, which corresponds to combinations of surfactant and salt concentrations from [SDS] = 600 mM and [NaCl] = 0 to [SDS] = 25 mM and [NaCl] = 155 mM. This value of α is in excellent agreement with literature values based on activity measurements, micelle mobility measurements, and radioisotope mobility measurements of the Na+ ion but in poor agreement with measurements employing light scattering. The constancy of α is in accord with theoretical arguments based on the Poisson−Boltzmann equation.
Recovery and Immobilization of Metal Sulfide Nanoparticles from Reverse Micellar System onto Thiol-Modified Polystyrene Particles (2000)

Metal sulfide semiconductor nanoparticles of CdS and ZnS-coated CdS, prepared in a reverse micellar system, were immobilized using thiol-modified polystyrene particles. Successful immobilization of the nanoparticles was achieved onto the surface of the polystyrene via thiol bonding and effected only by the addition of the polystyrene particles into the micellar solution under conditions of mild stirring. The introduction of a poly(ethylene glycol) chain between the thiol group and the polystyrene was found to enhance the percentage immobilization substantially. The resulting CdS- and ZnS-coated CdS-immobilized polystyrene composites could then be used effectively as photocatalysts for the generation of H2 from 2-propanol aqueous solution, such that the wavelength region of photoabsorption is controlled easily and precisely by controlling the water content of the reverse micellar system used for nanoparticle preparation.
Antigüedades mexicanas: Memoria e intertextualidad en la poesía de José Emilio Pacheco (2007)

En este trabajo se analizan las diversas formas en que el poemario <i>Antigüedades mexicanas</i> de José Emilio Pacheco interroga el pasado y propone la construcción de una memoria a partir de distintos momentos de la historia de México, abordados desde una perspectiva irónico-crítica. Dichas antigüedades mexicanas son también modos de reescribir el archivo americano, gesto que funda la relación con la palabra poética. Construyen así una poética que entrelaza tiempo, memoria y literatura como clave de lectura para el presente.
International Harmonization of Guidelines-Role of ICLAS (2005)

The international harmonization of guidelinesforthe use of animalsinresearch,teachingandtestingis an emergingissueinthe context of the globalization of research.The International Council for Laboratory Animal Science(ICLAS),as aninternational umbrella organization,is well situatedtoact as afacilitatorinthis area.Accordingly,ICLAS was pleasedtoinvite a number of representativesfrombothinternational andscientific organizations,which produce or use guidelinesforthe use of animals inresearch,to attendthe First ...
Understanding speech corrupted by noise (2002)

Intelligibility enhancement of speech signals in high levels of additive, wideband noise is a problem of significant interest and application. Consequently, a number of speech processing methods have been developed. Although a large number of methods have been proposed, an implementation that significantly increases the intelligibility of speech corrupted by high levels of wideband noise has not been demonstrated. It is the purpose of this paper to review the processing strategies and philosophies used in these methods and to make some observations based on this review that suggest a processing framework for speech intelligibility enhancement in noise. The paper concludes with a description of one implementation of this suggested framework.
A Hierarchical Dynamic Monitoring Mechanism for Mobile Agent Location (2005)

Mobile agent location monitoring is a necessary mechanism for mobile agent system. Most mobile agent systems do not provide a mobile agent location monitoring mechanism, e.g. Mole (J. Baumann et al., 1998), D'Agents, Concordia (1998) and Grasshdoper (2001). Even though the IBM Aglets system provides a location monitoring mechanism, it has adopted the centralized monitoring mechanism. The centralized monitoring machine is not suitable for huge mobile agents because location information processing exists as a bottleneck issue, and also the system lacks scalability. In this paper, the method proposed is a distributive mechanism for delivering MMA (mobile monitor agent) to the network node (agent server) of a mobile agent system. The MMA can be treated as a regional monitoring platform. It is responsible for collecting a mobile agent's information instantly in its monitoring area. Furthermore, the users can also inquire about their own mobile agent's current location and working status. The above mentioned mechanism is to distribute MMA dynamically to solve the hierarchical monitoring mechanism scalability issue, and still keeps the advantages of hierarchical monitoring mechanism to decrease information processing bottleneck issue which the centralized monitoring mechanism encounters.