gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Training for Office Skills (1987)

UK recruitment consultants Alfred Marks are setting up a nationwide chain of High Street Learning Centres with equipment and courseware supplied by ASI (UK) Ltd, one of the leading international multi‐media training companies. The first of these centres has been opened at their head office in London's Regent Street. The centres will incorporate the latest training technology in the form of Interactive Video Instruction (IVI). The training is intended to produce a new‐generation temporary workforce that will be more highly‐skilled and flexible than ever before. Comprehensive training in personal computing, behavioural skills and office practice will allow temporaries to play a more important role in the office environment, and could even offer a route into management.
Industrial Automation System on Device (IndASoD) -A device modeling industrial automation scenarios (2014)

Power System Automation which includes automation of generation, transmission and distribution of electricity are undergoing evolution or modernization. Electric Utilities have a long tradition of owning and controlling the communication networks for mission critical applications because of the concerns about reliability, safety, security and cost. The convergence of these communication networks with the internet and open communication standards leads to new challenges like the finding of faults in these systems requires new skills and capabilities. This evolution necessitates system/tools for early diagnostics and analysis of communication subsystem. The paper discusses the automation system perspectives of Quality of Control (QoC) and Loss of Visibility to arrive at a relationship between scenarios and communication traffic flows. This relationship serves as the basis of building a device which has Industrial Automation Scenarios inbuilt, termed - Industrial Automation System on Device (IndASoD). The architecture of the device includes combining innovative models and simulators in mainstream communication research and leveraging emerging technology platforms like Software Defined Networks (SDN). The paper also discusses the feasibility of such a device in the context of modernization scenarios like upgrade and technology evaluations.
Film reviews and the public's perceptions of stereotypes: Movie critics' discourse about<i>the siege</i> (2001)

This paper investigates the public discourse surrounding the representation of cultural and ethnic groups in U.S. entertainment media by examining movie reviews of a specific film. It examines the types of arguments and support that popular film critics used in their evaluations of the 1998 action film The Siege. The film was publicly criticized by activist groups before its release and reviewers found it necessary to address the issue of whether the film contained stereotypes or could contribute to prejudicial understandings in their evaluations of the film. Three types of arguments that consistently appeared in the reviews’ evaluations of the film are described and explored: the film's relationship to real‐world events, the intentions of the film's creators, and the constraints of the genre. Implications of the consistent use of these criteria for audiences’ decisions to see the film, their evaluations of the film, and their understanding of the role of the media in maintaining or challenging racism and ethnocentrism are discussed.
The American College of Gastroenterology High Definition Chromocolonoscopy Study: Findings and Implications for Colorectal Cancer Screening (2009)

Purpose: Non-polypoid (flat and depressed) colon neoplasms are an increasingly recognized precursor for colorectal cancer (CRC) in Western populations. High-definition chromoscopy is used to increase the yield of colonoscopy for non-polypoid lesions; however, its role in average-risk patients undergoing routine screening remains uncertain. Methods: Average-risk patients referred for screening colonoscopy at 4 medical centers in the U.S. were randomized to high-definition chromocolonoscopy or high-definition white light colonoscopy. The primary outcomes, patients with at least one adenoma and number of adenomas per patient, were compared between the 2 groups. Secondary outcomes included patients with flat or depressed lesions, as defined by the Paris classification. Results: A total of 660 patients were randomized (chromocolonoscopy: 321, white light: 339). Overall, the mean number of adenomas per patient was 1.2 ± 2.1, the mean number of flat polyps per patient was 1.4 ± 1.9, and the mean number of flat adenomas per patient was 0.5 ± 1.0. There were no significant differences between the 2 groups in the number of patients with a least one adenoma (55.5% versus 48.4%, p=0.07), number of adenomas per patient (1.3 ± 2.4 versus 1.1 ± 1.8, p=0.08), number of advanced adenomas per patient (0.06 ± 0.37 versus 0.04 ± 0.25, p=0.3), and number of advanced adenomas < 10 mm per patient (0.02 ± 0.26 versus 0.01 ± 0.14, p=0.4). Two invasive cancers were found, one in each group; neither was a flat lesion. Chromocolonoscopy detected significantly more flat adenomas per patient (0.6 ± 1.2 versus 0.4 ± 0.9, p=0.01), adenomas < 5 mm in diameter per patient (0.8 ± 1.3 versus 0.7 ± 1.1, p=0.03) and non-neoplastic lesions per patient (1.8 ± 2.3 versus 1.0 ± 1.3, p < 0.0001). Conclusion: High-definition chromocolonoscopy did not result in an increase in overall adenoma detection, and yielded a modest increase in flat adenoma and small adenoma detection, compared with high-definition white light colonoscopy. Our findings do not support the routine use of high-definition chromocolonoscopy for CRC screening in average-risk patients. The high adenoma detection rates observed in this study may be due to the high definition technology. A direct comparison of the adenoma detection rates of highdefinition colonoscopy compared to standard definition colonoscopy appears warranted. Am J Gastroenterol 2009; 104:S560-S576; doi:10.1038/ajg.2009.492
Beta1 integrin-mediated activation of focal adhesion kinase and its association with Fyn and Zap-70 in human NK cells (1996)

Adhesive interactions mediated by cell surface receptors have been shown to induce signal transduction pathways that regulate changes in cellular function. We have reported recently that fibronectin (FN) receptors, alpha4beta1 and alpha5beta1 integrins, on NK cells transduce transmembrane signals leading to tyrosine phosphorylation of 60-, 70-, and 120-kDa proteins. In the current study, we have identified a 120-kDa phosphoprotein as the focal adhesion kinase (p125FAK), a structurally unique nonreceptor protein tyrosine kinase that localizes to focal adhesions. Activity of p125FAK was induced by adhesion of NK cells to plastic-immobilized FN, by cross-linking of cell surface-bound FN or FN fragments, FN120 or FN40, with anti-FN mAb, or by cross-linking of alpha4beta1 or alpha5beta1 integrins with alpha-chain-specific Abs. We also observed that enhanced in vitro kinase activity was associated with immunoprecipitates of alpha4beta1 or alpha5beta1 integrins from lysates of FN-adherent NK cells as compared with BSA-treated NK cells. In addition to p125FAK activity, FN-induced kinase activity was also found to be mediated by Fyn, Lyn, and Zap-70, as assessed by in vitro phosphorylation of the immunoprecipitated kinases in the presence of [gamma-32P]ATP. Clustering of FN receptors on NK cells by agonists such as immobilized FN or alpha4- or alpha5-specific Abs also induced association of Fyn and Zap-70 with p125FAK. Our observations indicate that activation and phosphorylation of p125FAK as well as Zap-70 and certain kinases of the src family play an important role in formation of active signaling complexes in response to triggering via beta1 integrins on NK cells. These results also suggest the existence of cross-talk or points of convergence between the beta1 integrin-mediated and other receptor-signaling pathways.
A Statistical Inter-Cell Interference Model for Downlink Cellular OFDMA Networks Under Log-Normal Shadowing and (2009)

The probability density function (pdf) of the inter- cell interference for downlink cellular orthogonal frequency division multiple access networks under log-normal shadowing and multipath Rayleigh fading is derived. The derived pdf is observed to highly deviate from the Gaussian distribution, espe- cially at moderate to small network loads. Based on the derived inter-cell interference statistics, the decoder performance can be significantly improved compared to the case when the traditional decoder optimized for the AWGN channel is employed. A simple suboptimum decoding algorithm that closely approximates the derived optimum decoder performance is also proposed.
A new concept for ultra-low power and ultra-high clock rate circuits (2001)

Compared with semiconductors, SFQ logic is very fast and dissipates extremely low power. But it does not approach the theoretical power dissipation associated with an SFQ switching event and single gate speed in complex circuits. For large circuits and systems, e.g., petaflops computing, we must reduce on-chip dissipation, achieve faster clocked logic operation, and increase gate density. CMOS logic dissipates the energy required to switch a transistor pair and dissipates no power between switching events. We describe a new SFQ circuit concept that mimics CMOS to achieve ultra-low power dissipation and ultra-high clock rates. This results in physically compact, self-clocked, complementary logic (SCCL), in which clock distribution is frequency-independent. The basic element in this logic family is a simple two-junction comparator. Using TRW's 2 kA/cm/sup 2/ Nb design rules, we simulated basic digital components: shift register, AND, OR, and NOT at 20 GHz. We present the simulated and measured performance.
Select Proceedings of the 2nd Annual Graduate Student Conference: Games, Sins & Mafia (2019)

The four papers collected here were originally presented at the Second Annual Graduate Student Conference: "Games, Sins & Mafia." Hosted by the UNLV World Languages & Cultures department and the Organization of Vistas of Hispanic Studies, the conference took place on the UNLV campus on March 16, 2019. These proceedings feature three (at the time) graduate students and one undergraduate student from the UNLV English department. Taken as a whole, the proceedings explore the aesthetic, sociological, and philosophical concerns of a range of authors—William Faulkner, Juan Rulfo (Mexico), Roberto Harrison, and Clarice Lispector (Brazil).
Islet neogenesis-associated protein signaling in neonatal pancreatic rat islets: involvement of the cholinergic pathway (2008)

Islet neogenesis associated protein (INGAP) increases islet mass and insulin secretion in neonatal and adult rat islets. In the present study, we measured the short- and long-term effects of INGAP-PP (a pentadecapeptide having the 104-118 amino acid sequence of INGAP) upon islet protein expression and phosphorylation of components of the PI3K, MAPK and cholinergic pathways, and on insulin secretion. Short-term exposure of neonatal islets to INGAP-PP (90 s, 5, 15, and 30 min) significantly increased Akt1(-Ser473) and MAPK3/1(-Thr202/Tyr204) phosphorylation and INGAP-PP also acutely increased insulin secretion from islets perifused with 2 and 20 mM glucose. Islets cultured for 4 days in the presence of INGAP-PP showed an increased expression of Akt1, Frap1, and Mapk1 mRNAs as well as of the muscarinic M3 receptor subtype, and phospholipase C (PLC)-beta2 proteins. These islets also showed increased Akt1 and MAPK3/1 protein phosphorylation. Brief exposure of INGAP-PP-treated islets to carbachol (Cch) significantly increased P70S6K(-Thr389) and MAPK3/1 phosphorylation and these islets released more insulin when challenged with Cch that was prevented by the M3 receptor antagonist 4-DAMP, in a concentration-dependent manner. In conclusion, these data indicate that short- and long-term exposure to INGAP-PP significantly affects the expression and the phosphorylation of proteins involved in islet PI3K and MAPK signaling pathways. The observations of INGAPP-PP-stimulated up-regulation of cholinergic M3 receptors and PLC-beta2 proteins, enhanced P70S6K and MAPK3/1 phosphorylation and Cch-induced insulin secretion suggest a participation of the cholinergic pathway in INGAP-PP-mediated effects.
[A molecular test for the detection of E. coli F18 receptors: a breakthrough in the struggle against edema disease and post-weaning diarrhea in swine]. (1997)

Oedema disease and post-weaning diarrhoea in swine are associated with the colonization of the intestine with toxigenic Escherichia (E.) coli bacteria of various serotypes. Colonization depends on specific binding between adhesive fimbriae and receptors on the enterocytes. The demonstration of these receptors allows the identification of susceptible and resistant pigs. Direct sequencing of the alpha (1,2) fucosyltransferase gene (FUT1) in swine being either susceptible or resistant to adhesion by F18 fimbriated E.coli revealed a mutation at basepair 307 (M307). Analysis of the mutation in Swiss Landrace and Large White families showed close linkage with the locus controlling resistance and susceptibility to E.coli F18 adhesion (ECF18R). The FUT1 (M307) mutation is a good marker for selection of E.coli of F18 adhesion resistant animals. The mutation is found with variable frequencies in Duroc, Hampshire and Pietrain pigs as well.
A Neural Network Approach to ECG Denoising (2012)

We propose an ECG denoising method based on a feed forward neural network with three hidden layers. Particulary useful for very noisy signals, this approach uses the available ECG channels to reconstruct a noisy channel. We tested the method, on all the records from Physionet MIT-BIH Arrhythmia Database, adding electrode motion artifact noise. This denoising method improved the perfomance of publicly available ECG analysis programs on noisy ECG signals. This is an offline method that can be used to remove noise from very corrupted Holter records.
Growth of $CaF_{2}:R^{+3}$ (R=Nd, Er) layers by molecular beam epitaxy (1999)

The rare-earth ions (, R=Nd, Er) doped layers have been grown on (111) substrate by molecular beam epitaxy. The surface structure and the crystallinity of layers depending on the doping concentration of and layer thickness were studied by reflection high-energy electron diffraction (RHEED). In aspect of application as buffer layer in semiconductor-related hybrid structure, the lattice displacement between layers and (111) substrate was investigated by X-ray rocking curve analysis.
Sodium‐Ion Batteries: Carbon Quantum Dots and Their Derivative 3D Porous Carbon Frameworks for Sodium‐Ion Batteries with Ultralong Cycle Life (Adv. Mater. 47/2015) (2015)

A new synthesis methodology for carbon quantum dots (CQDs) for large-scale production is proposed for the first time by X. Ji and co-workers on page 7861. The as-obtained CQDs can be transformed into 3D porous carbon frameworks exhibiting superb sodium storage properties with an ultralong cyclelife and ultrahigh rate capability, which are comparable to state-of-the-art carbon anode materials for sodium-ion batteries.
Gas-phase esterification of cellulose nanocrystal aerogels for colloidal dispersion in apolar solvents (2013)

With the goal of an efficient and selective surface hydrophobization for subsequent colloidal dispersion into non-polar media, cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) were transformed into aerogels of high surface area, prepared by freeze-drying dilute CNC suspensions in mixtures of water and t-BuOH of various compositions. In the best case, namely with dispersions in a medium consisting of 20 parts of water and 80 parts of t-BuOH (w/w), freeze-dried aerogels having specific areas as high as 160 m2 g−1 and a widely open texture were obtained. These aerogels were then subjected to a gas-phase esterification process resulting from the action of palmitoyl chloride vapors. By varying the process parameters, palmitoylated CNCs presenting degrees of substitution (DS) ranging from 0.1 to nearly 2 – deduced from solid state 13C NMR analysis – could be obtained. Of particular interest, the palmitoylated CNCs having a DS in the range of 0.3/0.8 still kept their native crystalline core, but their surface was hydrophobized. These characteristics allowed them to be readily dispersible into hydrophobic non-polar liquids, such as toluene, to yield non-flocculating suspensions showing transient birefringence under stirring. For higher DS values, the palmitoylation progress had the effect of diminishing the lateral size of the CNC crystalline cores, while adding at their remaining surface shells of highly modified cellulose chains easily soluble or swollen in apolar solvents. The resulting products thus yielded viscous isotropic media no longer birefringent under stirring when dispersed into toluene. Comparative classical derivatization experiments with palmitoyl chloride, performed with CNCs suspended in DMF, gave similar results. Thus, the CNCs in the optimized aerogels showed accessibility and reactivity comparable to those of CNCs dispersed in appropriate liquids. The gas-phase derivatization of nanocellulose aerogels appears therefore as an attractive and efficient process for preparing surface treated nanocelluloses.
Oxide-diluted magnetic semiconductors: a review of the experimental status (2003)

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Transarterial embolization in treatment of iatrogenic renal hemorrhage (2014)

Objective
To evaluate the safety and efficacy of interventional techniques for emergent treatment of iatrogenic renal vascular injuries.


Methods
Thirty-four patients with iatrogenic renal vascular injuries were treated with transarterial embolization (TAE). A total of 14 had history of renal biopsy, 8 had partial nephrectomy, 8 had percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL), 3 had percutaneous nephrostomy (PNT), and 1 had percutaneous argon-helium knife. The embolic materials include metallic coils, N-butyl cyanoacrylate (NBCA) iodized oil mixture, polyvinyl alcohol particles (PVA) and gelfoam were used.


Results
Renal angiogram revealed the pseudoaneurysm in 21 cases, the arteriovenous fistula in 8 cases, and contrast media extravasation in 10 cases. The successful rate of technical was 100%. Medical successes were achieved in 30 patients, and discharged in 30 days later after the embolizations. Four patients died in 10 days later after the embolizations, and all of them accompanied with hemorrhagic shock. Follow-up time ranged from 5—48 months, all of the 30 patients have no re-bleeding and other serious complications, but 16 patients died of primary disease.


Conclusions
TAE is a safe and effective treatment method for iatrogenic renal vascular injuries.


Key words: 
Kidney injury; Angiography; Embolization, therapeutic
Alias Assignment in Information Extraction (2007)

Resumen: Este art́ıculo presenta un método general para la tarea de asignación de alias en extracción de información. Se comparan dos aproximaciones para encarar el problema y aprender un clasificador. La primera cuantifica una similaridad global entre el alias y todas las posibles entidades asignando pesos a las caracteŕısticas sobre cada pareja alias-entidad. La segunda es el clásico clasificador donde cada instancia es una pareja alias-entidad y sus atributos son las caracteŕısticas de ésta. Ambas aproximaciones usan las mismas funciones de caracteŕısticas sobre la pareja alias-entidad donde cada nivel de abstracción, desde los carácteres hasta el nivel semántico, se tratan de forma homogénea. Además, se proponen unas funciones extendidas de caracteŕısticas que desglosan la información y permiten al algoritmo de aprendizaje automático determinar la contribución final de cada valor. El uso de funciones extendidas mejora los resultados de las funciones simples. Palabras clave: asignación de alias, extracción de información, entity matching Abstract: This paper presents a general method for alias assignment task in information extraction. We compared two approaches to face the problem and learn a classifier. The first one quantifies a global similarity between the alias and all the possible entities weighting some features about each pair alias-entity. The second is a classical classifier where each instance is a pair alias-entity and its attributes are their features. Both approaches use the same feature functions about the pair alias-entity where every level of abstraction, from raw characters up to semantic level, is treated in an homogeneous way. In addition, we propose an extended feature functions that break down the information and let the machine learning algorithm to determine the final contribution of each value. The use of extended features improve the results of the simple ones.
ASIM, an efficient simulation environment for cellular neural networks and analog arrays (2002)

Summary form only given. Traditional circuit-based simulation of cellular neural networks and analog arrays is very slow and cumbersome. Much of the computation and memory space involved could be reduced if the data and computational structures of the program could mirror the architecture of the analog array. The authors present the details of such a simulator, named ASIM. The computations performed by ASIM are derived directly from the nonlinear differential equations describing the processing at each node and the internal data representation mirrors the architecture of analog arrays. ASIM is a graphical environment for simulating continuous-time continuous-variable computational arrays which have a regular structure, whose connectivity is nearest-neighbor, and whose nodal processing can be described by a set of nonlinear differential equations. The user need specify only the equations for nodal processing and the connectivity to neighboring processors. Input and output are graphical and show the state of all variables in the array as a function of time. The user may incorporate iteration of any internal variable to find optimal processing strategies or neighborhood organization. To aid the evaluation of algorithms which are to be fabricated in VLSI, the use can specify variances in any computational variable to simulate the effect of fabrication tolerances and may specify that certain variables have associated noise components. Both of these features make ASIM an ideal aid in developing analog array and cellular neural network algorithms which are more robust to implementation variability. The ASIM program runs on 80386 based IBM PC/AT computers using the MS-DOS operating system. It requires 2 Mbytes of extended memory and a VGA compatible graphics card.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>
Recent Updates of N-Type Calcium Channel Blockers with Therapeutic Potential for Neuropathic Pain and Stroke (2009)

The voltage-dependent N-type calcium channel (Ca(v)2.2), which is distributed in the nerve endings of the central and peripheral nerves, is known to be strongly associated with the pathological processes of cerebral ischemia and neuropathic pain. Ziconotide, the chemically synthesized version of the 25-residue peptide marine toxin omega-conotoxin MVIIA, has been approved as an analgesic drug for severe chronic pain treatment. A blockade of N-type calcium channels has been suggested for reducing the neuronal injury occurring from ischemia/reperfusion events. Therefore, many efforts have been made to develop systemically available small-molecule N-type calcium channel blockers thus far. This review focuses on the latest updates concerning small-molecule N-type calcium channel blockers as potential candidates for the next generation of therapeutics for neuropathic pain and ischemic stroke. The pharmacological advantages of N-type calcium channel blockers in these pathological states are also described.