gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Green Home Energy Management System through comparison of energy usage between the same kinds of home appliances (2011)

Home Energy Management System (HEMS) is a technology to reduce and manage home energy use. The feedback on energy consumption to energy users is known to be effective to reduce total energy use. A typical HEMS just shows the energy consumption of the whole home and home appliances. Users cannot figure out how efficient a home appliance is, compared to the others. So it is necessary to compare the energy usage of home appliances to that of the same kinds of home appliances. In this paper, we propose a green HEMS based on energy comparison.
Development in sonic interface detection (1978)

The sonic interface detector is based on the principle that different products in a pipeline have different sonic velocities. It can distinguish between products having the same gravities, as do many crude oils and some gasolines, and is the instrument of choice where gravities are close or overlapping. A discussion covers temperature and pressure as factors affecting sonic velocity in interface detection; mounting and installation of the detector in various line configurations; the data handling system; advances in output display and circuitry; limitations of these detectors, including the problem of entrained air; the new combination flowmeter and interface detector in which temperature and pressure probes are mounted in the flowtube of a sonic flowmeter; and future developments which could include a sonic mass flowmeter and interface detector.
A Detailed Model of Induction Machines With Saturation Extendable for Fault Analysis (2004)

A review of the literature suggests that modeling of induction machines with saturation has received considerable attention. Most of these models are very application specific. None of them, however, seems to be completely adequate for the purpose of fault diagnosis. This is because for a noninvasive detection technique such as Motor Current Signature Analysis (MCSA), one has to detect different frequency components in the line current of the machine. Incorporation of saturation in the induction machine model will help in identifying and analyzing harmonics in the line current spectra that may arise due to the interaction of saturation with a specific fault. The present paper attempts to create such a model. The model uses modulation of air-gap permeance in order to emulate saturation. Modified winding function approach (MWFA) has been used to model the induction machine with saturation. To demonstrate the effectiveness of the model, certain high-frequency harmonics that can be predicted theoretically are shown to be present in the line current of the simulated machine. Experimental results also confirm the presence of these harmonics. The author plans to extend this model in the future for fault analysis.
A fractal approach to radar target recognition (2002)

A method of radar target classification and recognition through extracting their fractal features directly from the radar echoes is presented. Firstly, two dimensional texture images with distances and directions as the coordinate axes are formed, then, the FFT-Mellin transformation is applied to eliminate the affect caused by flights' motion, posture and direction. Finally, a fractal texture analysis method is used to extract the features of the planes, which is improved in several points: to estimate the fractal dimensions in different directions, to calculate the fractal dimensions by using divisional fitting methods and to use the fractal signatures as the feature vectors. The results show that our method performs well in radar target recognition.
A new stem hygrometer, corrected for temperature gradients and calibrated against the pressure bomb (1984)

Abstract A simple stem hygrometer for attachment to a bared section of sapwood or a cross‐sectional cut end of a shoot is described. Two welded chromelconstantan thermocouples inside the chamber, one touching the sample and the other in the chamber air, allowed measurement of and correction for the temperature gradient between the sample and the dewpoint measuring junction. The instrument was attached to the cut end of an apical shoot of Thuja occidentalis L. protuding from a Scholander‐Hammel pressure bomb. Cut‐end water potential (ψ hyg ), measured using the stem hygrometer, was compared to xylem pressure potential (ψ xp ) while the latter was manipulated in the pressure bomb. After an initial equilibration time of 3–4 h, hygrometer equilibrium values were achieved within 1.5–4.0 min of changing ψ xp in the pressure bomb. The half‐time (ψ 1/2 ) for vapour pressure equilibration was 15–40 s. Stable temperature gradients between the sample and dewpoint measuring junction of 0.01–0.1°C were measured. Correcting ψ hyg for the temperature gradient resulted in excellent agreement with ψ xp .
Development of a Motion Imagery Quality Metric (2006)

The motion imagery community would benefit from the availability of standard measures for assessing image interpretability. The National Imagery Interpretability Rating Scale (NIIRS) has served as a community standard for still imagery, but no comparable scale exists for motion imagery. Several considerations unique to motion imagery indicate that the standard methodology employed in the past for NIIRS development may not be applicable or, at a minimum, require modifications. Traditional methods for NIIRS development rely on a close linkage between perceived image quality, as captured by specific image interpretation tasks, and the sensor parameters associated with image acquisition. The dynamic nature of motion imagery suggests that this type of linkage may not exist or may be modulated by other factors. A set of studies sponsored by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) have been conducted to understand and quantify the effects of critical factors. Factors that could affect perceived interpretability of motion imagery that have been explored in these studies include: E Target motion
Near-Infrared Fluorescence Imaging with Water-Soluble Lead Salt Quantum Dots (2007)

A simple procedure for transferring PbS and PbSe quantum dots into water is presented, along with characterization of the resulting water-soluble quantum dots. The external surface of the water-soluble quantum dots include carboxylic groups, which will allow target-specific labeling of cells. As a first example, near-infrared fluorescence imaging of human colon cancer cells is demonstrated using these water-soluble near-infrared fluorophores.
Determining Territories of Male Red-Wing Blackbirds (1960)

Other| March 01 1960 Determining Territories of Male Red-Wing Blackbirds Beth Schultz, Beth Schultz Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Thane S. Robinson Thane S. Robinson Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar The American Biology Teacher (1960) 22 (3): 152. https://doi.org/10.2307/4439283 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Beth Schultz, Thane S. Robinson; Determining Territories of Male Red-Wing Blackbirds. The American Biology Teacher 1 March 1960; 22 (3): 152. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/4439283 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentThe American Biology Teacher Search This content is only available via PDF. Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.
Hierarchical Hybrid Memory Management in OS for Tiered Memory Systems (2019)

The emerging hybrid DRAM-NVM architecture is challenging the existing memory management mechanism at the level of the architecture and operating system. In this paper, we introduce Memos, a memory management framework which can hierarchically schedule memory resources over the entire memory hierarchy including cache, channels, and main memory comprising DRAM and NVM simultaneously. Powered by our newly designed kernel-level monitoring module that samples the memory patterns by combining TLB monitoring with page walks, and page migration engine, Memos can dynamically optimize the data placement in the memory hierarchy in response to the memory access pattern, current resource utilization, and memory medium features. Our experimental results show that Memos can achieve high memory utilization, improving system throughput by around 20.0 percent; reduce the memory energy consumption by up to 82.5 percent; and improve the NVM lifetime by up to 34X.
Plasma membrane translocation of a protein needle based on a triple-stranded β-helix motif (2014)

Plasma membrane translocation is challenging due to the barrier of the cell membrane. Contrary to the synthetic cell-penetrating materials, tailed bacteriophages use cell-puncturing protein needles to puncture the cell membranes as an initial step of the DNA injection process. Cell-puncturing protein needles are thought to remain functional in the native phages. In this paper, we found that a bacteriophage T4 derived protein needle of 16 nm length spontaneously translocates through the living cell membrane. The β-helical protein needle (β-PN) internalizes into human red blood cells that lack endocytic machinery. By comparing the cellular uptake of β-PNs with modified surface charge, it is shown that the uptake efficiency is maximum when it has a negative charge corresponding to a zeta potential value of -16 mV. In HeLa cells, uptake of β-PN incorporates endocytosis independent mechanisms with partial macropinocytosis dependence. The endocytosis dependence of the uptake increases when the surface charges of β-PNs are modified to positive or negative. Thus, these results suggest that natural DNA injecting machinery can serve as an inspiration to design new class of cell-penetrating materials with a tailored mechanism.
Low-dose trazodone as a hypnotic in patients treated with MAOIs and other psychotropics: a pilot study. (1990)

In open trials, 20 of 21 patients with major depression who developed insomnia during treatment with monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) reported sustained hypnotic effects from trazodone 50 to 75 mg. Similarly, 26 of 27 mood disorder patients with insomnia unrelated to MAOIs reported improved sleep with low-dose trazodone. No negative interactions with MAOIs and other psychotropics were observed, side effects were minimal, and no tolerance to the hypnotic effects of trazodone occurred. Low-dose trazodone may be a safe and effective agent for treating MAOI-induced and other insomnias.
<i>Helicobacter pylori</i> infection induces hyperammonaemia in Mongolian gerbils with liver cirrhosis (2001)

H pylori infection induces hyperammonaemia in gerbils with liver cirrhosis.
Structure of an immunoglobulin Fab fragment specific for triple-stranded DNA. (1994)

Triple-stranded DNA of the form poly(Pyr).poly-(Pur).poly(Pyr) (where Pyr represents a pyrimidine, and Pur represents a purine) has become the subject of intense research because of its potential use in the control of gene expression and in the development of sequence-specific reagents for cleaving DNA. In a triplex of this type, the second pyrimidine strand is in a parallel orientation to the purine strand and forms Hoogsteen base pairs with it via the major groove. We describe here the three-dimensional crystal structure determination of the antigen-binding fragment (Fab) from the murine monoclonal antibody Jel 318. Jel 318 is specific for triple-stranded DNA, with a preference for the sequence poly[d(T.m5C)].poly[d(G.A)].poly[(d(m5C+.T)]. The structure has been solved by the molecular replacement method and refined by molecular dynamics to an R value of 0.20 at a resolution of 2.8 A. The crystals have cell dimensions that are very similar to those of the previously determined structure of Fab Kol, but the Fab fragments pack within the unit cell in a completely different manner. The protein is in an extended conformation, with an elbow angle of 154 degrees. The shape and electrostatic surface potential of the antibody combining site suggest a possible model for the recognition of triplex DNA in which residues of CDR-H2 (where CDR represents complementarity-determining region) make specific contact with the DNA bases in the minor groove of the triplex.
Towards wireless infrastructure-as-a-service (WlaaS) for 5G software-defined cellular systems (2017)

As a key enabling technology for 5G cellular systems, wireless virtualization allows multiple service providers to simultaneously and independently serve their users via virtualized network slices. However, differently from wired network virtualization that has been studied for many years, the research of wireless resource slicing is still at a very early stage. In this paper, based on the proposed 5G software-defined systems, novel wireless infrastructure-as-a-service (WIaaS) is introduced, which enables mobile virtual network operators to provide distinguished services to their subscribed users while sharing a common physical infrastructure. Specifically, through software-defined networking and fine-grained base station designs, a throughput-efficient resource allocation is proposed, by which, at the same time, (1) the data-rate requirements of traffic flows in virtual networks are fulfilled, (2) the isolation among applications and deployed protocols in networks is guarded, and (3) the global resource utilization is maximized. Simulations confirm that the proposed solution outperforms state-of-the-art schemes with greater system throughput and fairness support. Moreover, the performance improvement becomes significant when transmitted data has real-time requirements or the flow density and diversity are increased. Thus, WIaaS facilitates wireless resource slicing upon software-defined architectures and has opened a new research area of virtualization in next-generation cellular systems.
Some Contributions of Anthropology to History (1924)

Some Contributions of Anthropology to History Get access Harry Elmer Barnes Harry Elmer Barnes Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Forces, Volume 2, Issue 3, March 1924, Pages 362–373, https://doi.org/10.2307/3006297 Published: 01 March 1924
Inhibition of sperm capacitation and fertilizing capacity by adjudin is mediated by chloride and its channels in humans (2012)

Our studies demonstrated that adjudin inhibition of capacitation is reversible and its toxicity is low, opening the door for the examination of adjudin as a mediator of male fertility control. Adjudin may be a safe, efficient and reversible male antifertility agent and applicable to initial clinical trials of adjudin as a male antifertility agent in humans. STUDING FUNDING/COMPETING INTEREST(S): This work was supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (2006CB504002), the Nature Science Foundation of China (Nos. 81000244 and 81170554), Zhejiang Project of Science and Technology (2011C23046), the Nature Science Fund of Zhejiang province (Nos.Y2100058 and Y2090236), the key Science and Technology Innovation Team of Zhejiang Province (No.2012R10048-07) and the National Institutes of Health (NICHD U54 HD029990 project 5), USA. The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Salivary proteins in health and disease. (2012)

Besides their structural catalytic and diverse regulatory functions, proteins are also precursors of many important biological compounds essential for normal functioning of humans. Many of these compounds may be used as markers for identification of specific pathological states. A comprehensive knowledge about the metabolism of salivary proteins and the mechanisms of action of their metabolites allowed the development of effective treatment for many disorders. However, it should not be forgotten that in some pathological conditions, these compounds not only could be involved in the pathogenesis but also could be used as tool in the prediction of many diseases. This paper is a review of the published literature on selected salivary proteins in the context of the physiological processes of the human body and chosen chronic disorders, such as diabetes, diabetic nephropathy, mucositis, oral mycoses and caries.
Shape Recognition in Three Dimensions (1992)

The subshape recognition problem for three-dimensional shapes under linear transformations is considered. The problem is analysed in a series of cases, some that provide a determinate number of solutions and others that have indeterminately many solutions. Procedures for its solution for general shapes are developed. Difficulties posed by strict adherence to rational transformations are examined. As a corollary, an outline of a procedure for determining the symmetries of a shape is presented.
A Review of Control Strategies in Closed-Loop Neuroprosthetic Systems (2016)

It has been widely recognized that closed-loop neuroprosthetic systems achieve more favorable outcomes for users then equivalent open-loop devices. Improved performance of tasks, better usability, and greater embodiment have all been reported in systems utilizing some form of feedback. However, the interdisciplinary work on neuroprosthetic systems can lead to miscommunication due to similarities in well-established nomenclature in different fields. Here we present a review of control strategies in existing experimental, investigational and clinical neuroprosthetic systems in order to establish a baseline and promote a common understanding of different feedback modes and closed-loop controllers. The first section provides a brief discussion of feedback control and control theory. The second section reviews the control strategies of recent Brain Machine Interfaces, neuromodulatory implants, neuroprosthetic systems, and assistive neurorobotic devices. The final section examines the different approaches to feedback in current neuroprosthetic and neurorobotic systems.
Evaluating animation in the periphery as a mechanism for maintaining awareness (2001)

Small animated displays such as tickers and faders are increasingly being used to convey information on computer screens. Relatively little is understood, however, about their use as peripheral displays, that is, tools for communicating lower-priority awareness information to people. This article describes two experiments that examine the tradeoff of communication capability versus distraction in peripheral displays. We found that the presence of animated textual peripheral displays did not distract people from a central information browsing task, and we identified particular animation and display characteristics that facilitate different information-centric tasks.
Targeting Breast Cancer Stem Cells (2010)

There is increasing evidence that many cancers, including breast cancer, contain populations of cells that display stem-cell properties. These breast cancer stem cells, by virtue of their relative resistance to radiation and cytotoxic chemotherapy, may contribute to treatment resistance and relapse. The elucidation of pathways that regulate these cells has led to the identification of potential therapeutic targets. A number of agents capable of targeting breast cancer stem cells in preclinical models are currently entering clinical trials. Assessment of the efficacy of the agents will require development of innovative clinical trial designs with appropriate biologic and clinical end points. The effective targeting of breast cancer stem cells has the potential to significantly improve outcome for women with both early-stage and advanced breast cancer.
Picture of the Month (1985)

<h3>Denouement and Discussion</h3><h3>Neonatal Lupus Erythematosus</h3><h3>Manifestations</h3> Skin lesions vary from hypopigmented or erythematous macules to erosions and ulcers of the epidermis. The lesions are often reminiscent of discoid lupus with annular shapes and accentuated borders. Macular lesions tend to show central clearing. The various skin lesions of neonatal lupus erythematosus (LE) may be associated with telangiectasia. Other findings include congenital heart block and thrombocytopenia. Present on skin biopsy specimens are liquefaction degeneration of the basal cell layer, perivascular and perifollicular infiltrates of mononuclear cells, and follicular plugging. Direct immunofluorescence shows deposition of IgG and complement along the basement membrane zone. Laboratory confirmation of neonatal LE includes a positive antinuclear antibody (ANA), elevated antibody titers to DNA, and an elevated ESR. These values are transient. Thrombocytopenia may occur secondary to transplacental platelet antibodies. Recently, precipitating antibodies to cytoplasmic antigens designated<i>SS-A (Ro)</i>were found in the sera of infants (and their mothers) with neonatal LE.
Functional Gold Nanoparticles as Potent Antimicrobial Agents against Multi-Drug-Resistant Bacteria (2014)

We present the use of functionalized gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) to combat multi-drug-resistant pathogenic bacteria. Tuning of the functional groups on the nanoparticle surface provided gold nanoparticles that were effective against both Gram-negative and Gram-positive uropathogens, including multi-drug-resistant pathogens. These AuNPs exhibited low toxicity to mammalian cells, and bacterial resistance was not observed after 20 generations. A strong structure-activity relationship was observed as a function of AuNP functionality, providing guidance to activity prediction and rational design of effective antimicrobial nanoparticles.
No Enhancement of Nuclear Entry by Direct Conjugation of a Nuclear Localization Signal Peptide to Linearized DNA (2003)

Efficient nuclear entry of exogenous DNA is one of the key factors toward gene therapy success with nonviral vectors. To re-address the effects of a nuclear localization signal (NLS) peptide attached directly to DNA, we prepared three dumbbell-shaped, green fluorescent protein (GFP)-encoding DNAs containing one or two NLS peptides. The peptide was conjugated to the loop-forming oligodeoxyribonucleotides by cross-linking reactions between the peptide and a modified uracil base with a dioxaoctylamino linker, and the oligonucleotides were then ligated to the DNA molecules. The NLS-conjugated DNA dumbbells were microinjected into the cytosols and nuclei of simian COS-7 cells. In addition, unconjugated DNA dumbbells, with or without a modified uracil base, were also examined for comparison. The GFP gene was expressed with efficiencies in the order of the unmodified DNA >or= the NLS-conjugated DNA > the unconjugated DNA with the base modification, with both cytosolic and intranuclear microinjections. Thus, we concluded that (i) one or two NLS peptide(s) did not dramatically improve the nuclear entry of DNA and that (ii) chemical modification of DNA reduced the transcription efficiency or stability in the nucleus.
Wasserlösliche, photosensibilisierend wirkende Porphyrindiglycoside (1989)

In Gegenwart von Sauerstoff können Tumoren und Viren durch photosensibilisierend wirkende Porphyrine zerstört werden. Unabdingbar für klinische Anwendungen ist unter anderem eine gute Wasserlöslichkeit. Es gelang nun, zwei Porphyrindiglycoside herzustellen, die wasserlöslich und stabil sowie ähnlich stark photosensibilisierend wie Bengalrosa sind. Mit diesen Eigenschaften erfüllen sie in idealer Weise die Forderungen für vielfältige photomedizinische Anwendungen.