gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Lignin peroxidase functionalities and prospective applications (2016)

Ligninolytic extracellular enzymes, including lignin peroxidase, are topical owing to their high redox potential and prospective industrial applications. The prospective applications of lignin peroxidase span through sectors such as biorefinery, textile, energy, bioremediation, cosmetology, and dermatology industries. The litany of potentials attributed to lignin peroxidase is occasioned by its versatility in the degradation of xenobiotics and compounds with both phenolic and non-phenolic constituents. Over the years, ligninolytic enzymes have been studied however; research on lignin peroxidase seems to have been lagging when compared to other ligninolytic enzymes which are extracellular in nature including laccase and manganese peroxidase. This assertion becomes more pronounced when the application of lignin peroxidase is put into perspective. Consequently, a succinct documentation of the contemporary functionalities of lignin peroxidase and, some prospective applications of futuristic relevance has been advanced in this review. Some articulated applications include delignification of feedstock for ethanol production, textile effluent treatment and dye decolourization, coal depolymerization, treatment of hyperpigmentation, and skin-lightening through melanin oxidation. Prospective application of lignin peroxidase in skin-lightening functions through novel mechanisms, hence, it holds high value for the cosmetics sector where it may serve as suitable alternative to hydroquinone; a potent skin-lightening agent whose safety has generated lots of controversy and concern.
The Inhibitory Effect of the Toxic Fraction from Sea Urchin (Toxopneustes pileolus) Venom on 45Ca2+ Uptake in Crude Synaptosome Fraction from Chick Brain. (1999)

The effects of toxic peaks (P-I, P-II and P-III eluted from Sephadex G-200 column) from the sea urchin Toxopneustes pileolus on time-dependent 45Ca2+ uptake in chick P2 fraction (crude synaptosome fraction) were studied under physiological ionic conditions. Time-dependent 45Ca2+ uptake was inhibited by P-II and P-III, but not by P-I. P-II had the greatest inhibitory effect. The inhibitory effect of P-II was not due to the inhibition of 45Ca2+ binding on P2 fraction, because P-II did not affect 45Ca2+ binding in osmotic-shocked P2 fraction. P-II did not affect KCl-stimulated 45Ca2+ uptake in P2 fraction, (Ca(2+)-Mg2+)-ATPase activity in the synaptic plasma membrane (SPM) fraction, or (Na(+)-K+)-ATPase and Mg(2+)-ATPase activities in osmotically-shocked P2 fraction. In contrast, the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger blocker 2',4'-dichlorobenzamil (DCB; 100 microM), with a poor specificity, inhibited not only time-dependent 45Ca2+ uptake but also KCl-stimulated 45Ca2+ uptake, (Ca(2+)-Mg2+)-ATPase, Mg(2+)-ATPase and (Na(+)-K+)-ATPase. Involvement of Na(+)-Ca2+ exchanger in the time-dependent 45Ca2+ uptake was ruled out, since it was not inhibited by replacement of Na+ with Li+ in reaction medium. These results suggested that the inhibition by P-II on time-dependent 45Ca2+ uptake appeared to be more specific than the commercially available Na+/Ca2+ exchanger blocker DCB, although the mechanism is not clear yet.
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE LOW TEMPERATURE FORM OF BARIUM BARATE Ba3(B3O6)2 (1982)

In this paper, we report the crystal structure of the low temperature form of barium borate-a new type of SHG material. Ba3(B3O6)2 crystal belongs to trigonal system with space group C34-R3. There are 6 formula units in one hexagonal cell. The unit cell dimensions referring to hexagonal axes are a = b = 12.532?, c = 12.717?. Diffraction data were collected on Philips PW-1100 four-circle diffractometer. The number of independent reflections amounts to 693. The structure was determined by conventional three-dimensional Patterson and Fourier syntheses and refined by "block diagonal" matrix least-squres procedures to R = 0.046. This structure can be considered as a layer step type of lattice built up by Ba2+ and (B3O6)3- rings atterna-tively. The anion (B3O6)3- group is nearly planar with its plane perpendicular to the threefold axis which passes through the center of the ring. Each barium atom has seven oxygen neighbors. In comparison with the high temperature form of barium borate, it is shown that the acentric symmetry of the barium cations in this structure changes the electron density distribution of the inorganic conjugated boron-oxygen rings, thereby making principal contributions to the SHG effect.
Novel High Glass Transition Temperature Polyurethanes Functionalized with Efficient CT Chromophores for Second Order NLO Applications (2006)

ABSTRACT In this paper we describe the synthesis of a new class of high glass transition temperature polyurethanes functionalized with two quasi 1D charge transfer dyes. The polymers are soluble in several organic solvents and can be processed into thin films by spinning technique. The polymers were synthesized in view of their application in second order nonlinear optics for optical signal transmission. The active chromophores, exhibiting large first hyperpolarizabilities β(− 2ω;ω, ω) were poled by the corona poling technique. The kinetics of poling and of relaxation were studied by second harmonic generation technique.
Radar sensor for car applications (2002)

The field of application for a radar sensor is outlined and a requirement profile is derived therefrom. A standard hardware platform for a CWFM radar is described. By step-form modification of known modulation signals, new methods for the elimination of phantom objects and for the correction of typical receiver errors are made possible. The application of a residual-class code with its special correlation properties ensures high level detection probability of all objects.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>
Candida‐associated denture stomatitis. Aetiology and management: A review. Part 3. Treatment of oral candidosis (1998)

Treatment of oral candidosis with topical antifungal agents such as nystatin and amphotericin B is effective initially. However, medication can produce side effects in some patients and when therapy is stopped the condition can recur. Alternative treatment involving the use of antiseptics and disinfecting agents has been shown to play an important role in the control of dental plaque. The use of sodium hypochlorite as an overnight denture soak has been shown to eliminate denture plaque and recent investigations have demonstrated that microwave irradiation of dentures at a specified setting and exposure time is bactericidal and candidacidal.
The Relationship of Red Cell Membrane Lipid Content to Red Cell Morphology and Survival in Patients with Liver Disease* (1975)

The relationship of red blood cell (RBC) membrane lipid content to RBC morphology and survival was studied in patients with liver diseases. An increase in RBC cholesterol and phospholipid was detected in most patients with hepatocellular disease or cholestatic jaundice but the alteration in RBC lipid content did not correlate with RBC survival. The main abnormality of RBC morphology observed was the presence of macrocytes and target cells. In a small proportion of patients (approximately 3%) with severe hepatocellular disease, significant numbers of severely deformed ("spur") cells were seen. In these patients haemolysis was moderately severe and the RBC lipid profile showed increased membrane cholesterol without a concomitant increase in phospholipids. It is concluded that only in patients with "spur" cell anaemia do the morphological alterations lead to premature removal of cells from the circulation. The cause of the shortened RBC survival in jaundiced patients without "spur" cells remains to be determined.
Collagen expression in embryonic chicken chondrocytes treated with phorbol myristate acetate. (1985)

Growth of embryonic chicken sternal chondrocytes in the presence of phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate (PMA), a potent tumor promoter, resulted in a dramatic morphological change from spherical floating cells to adherent fibroblastic cells. This morphological change was accompanied by a quantitative switch from synthesis of cartilage-specific type II procollagen to type I procollagen. Type II procollagen mRNA levels decreased 10-fold in PMA-treated cells. Activation of type I collagen genes led to the accumulation of type I procollagen mRNA levels comparable to those of type II mRNA in these cells. However, only type I procollagen mRNA was translated. In addition to gene activation, unprocessed pro alpha 1(I) transcripts present at low levels in control chondrocytes were processed to mature mRNA species. Redifferentiation of PMA-treated chondrocytes was possible if cells were removed from PMA after the morphological change and cessation of type II procollagen synthesis but before detectable amounts of type I procollagen were synthesized. Production of type I collagen thus marks a late phase of chondrocyte "dedifferentiation" from which reversion is no longer possible. Redifferentiated cell populations contained 24-fold more pro alpha 1(II) collagen mRNA than pro alpha 1(I) collagen mRNA, but the rates of procollagen synthesis were comparable. This suggests that the PMA-mediated dedifferentiation of chondrocytes as well as their redifferentiation is under both transcriptional and posttranscriptional regulation.
Voice Conversion: Adaptation Of Relative Local Speech Rate By Mpeg-4 Hvxc (2015)

Publication in the conference proceedings of EUSIPCO, Toulouse, France, 2002
Aesthetic anterior reconstruction using a combined periodontal/restorative approach. (1993)

Reconstruction of the maxillary anterior segment usually requires a combination of procedures to provide for optimal aesthetics, function, and comfort. The case presented incorporates ridge augmentation, ovate pontic receptor site preparation, and a unique resin-bonded bridge utilizing a fiber-reinforced framework and porcelain veneers. The learning objective of this article is to enhance the knowledge of multidisciplinary procedures.
Broadband, low-profile antenna for portable data terminal (2002)

The planar inverted F antenna (PIFA) and the closely-related quarter-wave microstrip antenna are well-known, low-profile antenna designs which offer broad bandwidth and high radiation efficiency. These antennas offer reduced size over traditional microstrip patch antennas because they operate at quarter-wave rather than half-wave resonance. The PIFA offers much improved bandwidth over the wire inverted F antenna from which it was derived. Nevertheless, only moderate impedance bandwidths have been achieved even with the use of external matching elements. Several approaches have been used to improve the bandwidth of PIFAs. One particularly good approach has been the use of an edge-coupled, parasitic quarter-wave resonator in what was termed a "radiation coupled inverted L" configuration. Here, two designs based on an arrangement of stacked, broadside-coupled resonators are presented. The lowest resonator is essentially a wide, flat PIFA while the upper resonator(s) is a dielectric loaded microstrip patch antenna. In contrast to stacked microstrip patch designs, the top resonator is directly fed, while the actual PIFA is capacitively coupled to the patch resonator. As will be shown here, this new design gives broad bandwidth (15 percent) in a package which protrudes only 1/40th of a wavelength (at center frequency) from the handheld unit to which it is mounted. This broad bandwidth design can thus serve as a low-profile multi-function antenna thereby reducing the number of antennas required for some handheld data terminals.
Open Set Domain Adaptation (2017)

When the training and the test data belong to different domains, the accuracy of an object classifier is significantly reduced. Therefore, several algorithms have been proposed in the last years to diminish the so called domain shift between datasets. However, all available evaluation protocols for domain adaptation describe a closed set recognition task, where both domains, namely source and target, contain exactly the same object classes. In this work, we also explore the field of domain adaptation in open sets, which is a more realistic scenario where only a few categories of interest are shared between source and target data. Therefore, we propose a method that fits in both closed and open set scenarios. The approach learns a mapping from the source to the target domain by jointly solving an assignment problem that labels those target instances that potentially belong to the categories of interest present in the source dataset. A thorough evaluation shows that our approach outperforms the state-of-the-art.
Band Gap of Hexagonal InN and InGaN Alloys (2002)

A survey of most recent studies of optical absorption, photoluminescence, photoluminescence excitation, and photomodulated reflectance spectra of single-crystalline hexagonal InN layers is presented. The samples studied were undoped n-type InN with electron concentrations between 6 × 1018 and 4 × 1019 cm—3. It has been found that hexagonal InN is a narrow-gap semiconductor with a band gap of about 0.7 eV, which is much lower than the band gap cited in the literature. We also describe optical investigations of In-rich InxGa1—xN alloy layers (0.36 < x < 1) which have shown that the bowing parameter of b ∼ 2.5 eV allows one to reconcile our results and the literature data for the band gap of InxGa1—xN alloys over the entire composition region. Special attention is paid to the effects of post-growth treatment of InN crystals. It is shown that annealing in vacuum leads to a decrease in electron concentration and considerable homogenization of the optical characteristics of InN samples. At the same time, annealing in an oxygen atmosphere leads to formation of optically transparent alloys of InN–In2O3 type, the band gap of which reaches approximately 2 eV at an oxygen concentration of about 20%. It is evident from photoluminescence spectra that the samples saturated partially by oxygen still contain fragments of InN of mesoscopic size.
Polarization-based material classification from specular reflection (1990)

A computationally simple yet powerful method for distinguishing metal and dielectric material surfaces from the polarization characteristics of specularly reflected light is introduced. The method is completely passive, requiring only the sensing of transmitted radiance of reflected light through a polarizing filter positioned in multiple orientations in front of a camera sensor. Precise positioning of lighting is not required. An advantage of using a polarization-based method for material classification is its immunity to color variations, which so commonly exist on uniform material samples. A simple polarization-reflectance model, called the Fresnel reflectance model, is developed. The fundamental assumptions are that the diffuse component of reflection is completely unpolarized and that the polarization state of the specular component of reflection is dictated by the Fresnel reflection coefficients. The material classification method presented results axiomatically from the Fresnel reflectance model, by estimating the polarization Fresnel ratio. No assumptions are required about the functional form of the diffuse and specular components of reflection. The method is demonstrated on some common objects consisting of metal and dielectric parts.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>
Micromagnetic Simulations for Spin Transfer Torque in Magnetic Multilayers (2012)

We investigate spin transfer torque (STT) in magnetic multilayer structures using micromagnetic simulations. We implement the STT contribution for magnetic multilayer structures in addition to the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert (LLG) micromagnetic simulators. In addition to the Sloncewski STT term, the zero, first, and second order field-like terms are also considered as well as the effects of the Oersted field due to the running current are addressed. We determine the switching current densities of the free layer with the exchange biased synthetic ferrimagnetic reference layers for various cases.
Phospholipids Induce Conformational Changes of SecA to Form Membrane-Specific Domains: AFM Structures and Implication on Protein-Conducting Channels (2013)

SecA, an essential component of the Sec machinery, exists in a soluble and a membrane form in Escherichia coli. Previous studies have shown that the soluble SecA transforms into pore structures when it interacts with liposomes, and integrates into membranes containing SecYEG in two forms: SecAS and SecAM; the latter exemplified by two tryptic membrane-specific domains, an N-terminal domain (N39) and a middle M48 domain (M48). The formation of these lipid-specific domains was further investigated. The N39 and M48 domains are induced only when SecA interacts with anionic liposomes. Additionally, the N-terminus, not the C-terminus of SecA is required for inducing such conformational changes. Proteolytic treatment and sequence analyses showed that liposome-embedded SecA yields the same M48 and N39 domains as does the membrane-embedded SecA. Studies with chemical extraction and resistance to trypsin have also shown that these proteoliposome-embedded SecA fragments exhibit the same stability and characteristics as their membrane-embedded SecA equivalents. Furthermore, the cloned lipid-specific domains N39 and M48, but not N68 or C34, are able to form partial, but imperfect ring-like structures when they interact with phospholipids. These ring-like structures are characteristic of a SecA pore-structure, suggesting that these domains contribute part of the SecA-dependent protein-conducting channel. We, therefore, propose a model in which SecA alone is capable of forming a lipid-specific, asymmetric dimer that is able to function as a viable protein-conducting channel in the membrane, without any requirement for SecYEG.
A polygenic basis for four classical Fredrickson hyperlipoproteinemia phenotypes that are characterized by hypertriglyceridemia (2009)

Numerous single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have been found in recent genome wide association studies (GWAS) to be associated with subtle plasma triglyceride (TG) variation in normolipidemic subjects. However, since these GWAS did not specifically evaluate patients with rare disorders of lipoprotein metabolism--'hyperlipoproteinemia' (HLP)--it remains largely unresolved whether any of these SNP determinants of modest physiological changes in TG are necessarily also determinants of most HLP phenotypes. To address this question, we evaluated 28 TG-associated SNPs from GWAS in 386 unrelated adult patients with one of five Fredrickson phenotypes (HLP types 2A, 2B, 3, 4 and 5) and 242 matched normolipidemic controls. We found that several SNPs associated with TG in normolipidemic samples, including APOA5 p.S19W and -1131T>C, TRIB1 rs17321515, TBL2 rs17145738, GCKR rs780094, GALNT2 rs4846914 and ANGPTL3 rs12130333, were significantly associated with HLP types 2B, 3, 4 and 5. The findings indicate that: (i) the TG-associated Fredrickson HLP types 2B, 3, 4 and 5 are polygenic traits; (ii) these Fredrickson HLP types share numerous genetic determinants among themselves; and (iii) genetic determinants of modest TG variation in normolipidemic population samples also underlie--to an apparently even greater degree--susceptibility to these rare HLP phenotypes. Thus, the TG-associated Fredrickson HLP types 2B, 3, 4 and 5, although historically considered to be distinct are actually complex traits sharing among them several common genetic determinants seen in GWAS of normolipidemic population samples.
A stem cell marker-expressing subset of enteroendocrine cells resides at the crypt base in the small intestine (2010)

The spatial orientation of the enteroendocrine cells along the crypt-villus axis is closely associated with their differentiation in the intestine. Here we studied this relationship using primary duodenal crypts and an ex vivo organoid system established from cholecystokinin-green fluorescent protein (CCK-GFP) transgenic mice. In the primary duodenal crypts, GFP+ cells were found not only in the upper crypt but also at the crypt base, where the stem cells reside. Many GFP+ cells below +4 position were positive for the putative intestinal stem cell markers, leucine-rich repeat-containing G protein-coupled receptor 5, CD133, and doublecortin and CaM kinase-like-1, and also for the neuroendocrine transcription factor neurogenin 3. However, these cells were neither stem nor transient amplifying precursor cells because they were negative for both Ki-67 and phospho-Histone H3 and positive for the mature endocrine marker chromogranin A. Furthermore, these cells expressed multiple endocrine hormones. Tracking of GFP+ cells in the organoids from CCK-GFP mice indicated that GFP+ cells were first observed around the +4 position, some of which localized to the crypt base later in the culture period. These results suggest that a subset of enteroendocrine cells migrates down to the crypt base or stays localized at the crypt base, where they express stem and postmitotic endocrine markers. Further investigation of the function of this subset may provide novel insights into the genesis and development of enteroendocrine cells as well as enteroendocrine tumorigenesis.
Performance computations for a high-resolution retarding field electron energy analyser with a simple electrode configuration (1981)

The electron trajectories of the retarding field electron energy analyser proposed by van Oostrom (Philips Res. Suppl., vol.1, p.1, 1966) are simulated with a digital computer, as an aid to designing an energy analyser of high resolution. It is shown that the energy resolution is highly dependent on the anode-lens and lens-shield electrode distances; however, the collector electrode does not need to be hemispherical, and its shape is not critical as argued by van Oostrom in his original paper. It is also shown that it is theoretically possible to obtain much higher resolution than the experimentally obtained value of 10 meV.
Security System for Internal Network Printing (2012)

Having entered into the network printing times, we obtain great convenience and are confronted with many security problems. This paper focuses on the domain of network printer security which is still a blank field and proposes a whole security system for network printing which doesn't need to change the original architecture of network printers to solve the security problems of the existing network printers. The system adopts identity authentication technology to ensure the source data security, uses encryption technology to ensure data transmission security and utilizes embedded network firewall to enhance the anti-attack performance of network printers. The experimental results indicate that the whole security system for network printing can enhance the security of network printing and improve the ability against attacks of network printers effectively.