gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Silicon nutrition increases grain yield, which, in turn, exerts a feed‐forward stimulation of photosynthetic rates via enhanced mesophyll conductance and alters primary metabolism in rice (2012)

Silicon (Si) is not considered to be an essential element for higher plants and is believed to have no effect on primary metabolism in unstressed plants. In rice (Oryza sativa), Si nutrition improves grain production; however, no attempt has been made to elucidate the physiological mechanisms underlying such responses. Here, we assessed crop yield and combined advanced gas exchange analysis with carbon isotope labelling and metabolic profiling to measure the effects of Si nutrition on rice photosynthesis, together with the associated metabolic changes, by comparing wild-type rice with the low-Si rice mutant lsi1 under unstressed conditions. Si improved the harvest index, paralleling an increase in nitrogen use efficiency. Higher crop yields associated with Si nutrition exerted a feed-forward effect on photosynthesis which was fundamentally associated with increased mesophyll conductance. By contrast, Si nutrition did not affect photosynthetic gas exchange during the vegetative growth phase or in de-grained plants. In addition, Si nutrition altered primary metabolism by stimulating amino acid remobilization. Our results indicate a stimulation of the source capacity, coupled with increased sink demand, in Si-treated plants; therefore, we identify Si nutrition as an important target in attempts to improve the agronomic yield of rice.
Lateral Patterning of Luminescent CdSe Nanocrystals by Selective Dewetting from Self-Assembled Organic Templates (2004)

We present a simple nonlithographic approach to arrange luminescent CdSe and core/shell CdSe/ZnS nanocrystals into large area periodic lateral patterns. Selective deposition onto organic channel-like templates fabricated by the Langmuir−Blodgett technique is achieved by anisotropic dewetting of the nanocrystal carrier solvent. Lateral patterning over large areas of several square centimeters is demonstrated on a time scale of a few minutes. The filling fraction of nanocrystals within the deposited channels is controlled by their concentration in solution as well as the deposition time. Prolonged growth leads to the formation of island-like aggregates or almost continuous lines. Nanocrystals preserve their strong luminescence when deposited into channels, which makes the fabricated periodic structures promising for optoelectronic applications.
A study of real-time packet video quality using random neural networks (2002)

An important and unsolved problem today is that of automatic quantification of the quality of video flows transmitted over packet networks. In particular, the ability to perform this task in real time (typically for streams sent themselves in real time) is especially interesting. The problem is still unsolved because there are many parameters affecting video quality, and their combined effect is not well identified and understood. Among these parameters, we have the source bit rate, the encoded frame type, the frame rate at the source, the packet loss rate in the network, etc. Only subjective evaluations give good results but, by definition, they are not automatic. We have previously explored the possibility of using artificial neural networks (NNs) to automatically quantify the quality of video flows and we showed that they can give results well correlated with human perception. In this paper, our goal is twofold. First, we report on a significant enhancement of our method by means of a new neural approach, the random NN model, and its learning algorithm, both of which offer better performances for our application. Second, we follow our approach to study and analyze the behavior of video quality for wide range variations of a set of selected parameters. This may help in developing control mechanisms in order to deliver the best possible video quality given the current network situation, and in better understanding of QoS aspects in multimedia engineering.
Advanced Membrane Materials for Fuel Cell Applications (2010)

Fuels are being considered an as environmental friendly technology and are making headlines across the globe as clean and reliable alternate energy source for transportation, stationary and portable power applications. The rapid developments taking place in all the leading research laboratories in the world are making fuel cell closer to the realization. The progress of PEM fuel cell is closely related to the development of solid polymer electrolyte membranes as it defines the properties needed for other components of the fuel cell. So far perfluorosulfonated membranes such as Nafion have been found useful in these fuel cells and are the only material of choice available commercially. But these membranes are very expensive and have other drawbacks, which acts as an impediment for the commercialization of this technology. As a result alternative cheaper membrane materials have been developed. For the development of new or novel membranes mainly three strategies have been used: (1) modifying the currently used ionomer membranes (2) synthesizing new polymeric membranes and (3) develop new polymer composites by blending the two polymers or composting with an inorganic material. The composite membrane approach (3) has been widely used to tackle the problem of methanol crossover and temperature stability.
Limitations to <i>n</i>-type doping in diamond: The phosphorus-vacancy complex (1996)

In spite of large concentrations of phosphorus being incorporated into diamond, the material often remains insulating. It is argued that this occurs through the formation of phosphorus-vacancy complexes which are deep acceptors and compensate any donor. The complex is analyzed using a first-principles cluster method. In the ionized state, the defect is diamagnetic and cannot give rise to any internal optical transitions although broad band donor–acceptor transitions are expected—and observed—in material codoped with nitrogen.
Fabrication of Reversibly Crosslinkable, 3‐Dimensionally Conformal Polymeric Microstructures (2008)

Abstract Multifaceted porous materials were prepared through careful design of star polymer functionality and properties. Functionalized core crosslinked star (CCS) polymers with a low glass transition temperature ( T g ) based on poly(methyl acrylate) were prepared having a multitude of hydroxyl groups at the chain ends. Modification of these chain ends with 9‐anthracene carbonyl chloride introduces the ability to reversibly photocrosslink these systems after the star polymers were self‐assembled by the breath figure technique to create porous, micro‐structured films. The properties of the low T g CCS polymer allow for the formation of porous films on non‐planar substrates without cracking and photo‐crosslinking allows the creation of stabilized honeycomb films while also permitting a secondary level of patterning on the film, using photo‐lithographic techniques. These multifaceted porous polymer films represent a new generation of well‐defined, 3D microstructures.
A Major Role for Memory CD4 T Cells in the Control of Lymphopenia-Induced Proliferation of Naive CD4 T Cells (2005)

In a state of lymphopenia, naive and memory CD4 T cells compete with each other for expansion at the expense of naive T cells. This competition prevents the proliferation as well as the phenotypic and functional conversion of naive T cells to "memory-like" T cells and may consequently prevent immune pathology frequently associated with lymphopenia-induced proliferation of naive cells. However, in T cell replete mice, memory T cells do not compete with naive T cells, indicating independent homeostatic control of naive and memory CD4 T cells in conditions that do not involve profound lymphopenia. Moreover, within the memory compartment, subsequent generation of new memory T cells precludes the survival of memory-like T cells. Thus, memory T cells have a major role in the control of lymphopenia-induced proliferation of naive cells because they inhibit both the generation of memory-like T cells and their persistence within the memory compartment.
In vitro characterization of prolactin-induced effects on proliferation in the neoplastic LNCaP, DU145, and PC3 models of the human prostate (1996)

Proliferation of androgen-insensitive human prostate cell lines can be significantly modulated by prolactin.
Urban Mobility Digitalization: Towards Mobility as a Service (MaaS) (2018)

Population in the cities grows every day posing new challenges that need to be properly addressed throughout the planning and design of sustainable and smart cities - cities of the future. Mobility is an important issue considering social inclusion and the sustainable development of such cities. Thus, future mobility will have an increased importance when having to plan and design the cities of tomorrow. A key component of any future mobility and its metabolism is what is known as Mobility as a Service (MaaS), representing emerging opportunities from any type or mode of transportation in future cities. Through an empirical and explorative research methodology, this paper presents the main APP's/platforms characteristics, regarding the European territory, towards an integrated and sustainable mobility. Concluding, we present some features and trends that should be considered in the development of future MaaS systems, allowing a more convenient provision of versatile and attractive mobility services.
Electronic transport in liquid and solid sulphur (1968)

The transport of generated charge carriers in sulphur has been investigated by drift mobility techniques during the melting of single crystals (at similar 114 °c) and also in the liquid prepared from molten granules of ultra-pure (6N) or laboratory reagent sulphur. The discussion of the results leads to the conclusion that in the ultra-pure liquid the transport is predominantly electronic and that both electrons and holes propagate by an intermolecular hopping mechanism. For electrons the transport mechanism is the same as in the solid, but during melting the intermolecular overlap energy drops by about a factor of 5, leading to an electron mobility μe = 10-4 cm2 s-1 v-1 at 120 °c. The hole conduction, which takes place in a small-polaron band in the solid, changes to a hopping transport upon melting. The magnitude and temperature dependence of μh is then very similar to that of μe. These results are discussed in the light of Holstein's small-polaron theory. Experiments on less pure liquid specimens show additional features which appear to arise from the ionization of impurity molecules during the transit of the generated carriers. Above 160 °c a change in the temperature dependence of μe and μh occurs, connected with the break-up and polymerization of the S8 ring molecules. The efficiency of photogeneration in the liquid is lower than in the solid, but its spectral dependence is substantially the same. The steady dark current in the ultra-pure liquid is ohmic, although on application of the field the initial current is injected under space-charge-limited conditions. The different steady dark current behaviour of the impure liquid has been attributed to the formation of heterocharge layers near the electrodes.
A Period-Extender Gene, <i>pex</i> , That Extends the Period of the Circadian Clock in the Cyanobacterium <i>Synechococcus</i> sp. Strain PCC 7942 (1998)

We cloned the pS1K1 plasmid in the process of apparently "complementing" a circadian clock mutant of cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942, SP22, which has a 22-h period (T. Kondo, N. F. Tsinoremas, S. S. Golden, C. H. Johnson, S. Kutsuna, and M. Ishiura, Science 266:1233-1236, 1994). Sequence analysis revealed that SP22 did not have a mutation in the genomic DNA segment carried on pS1K1, and the sp22 mutation was later found in a recently cloned new clock gene, kaiC. Therefore, the period-extender gene pex that was carried on pS1K1 was a suppressor gene for the sp22 mutation. The pex gene encoded a protein of 148 amino acid residues. No meaningful homologs were found in DNA or protein databases including the Synechocystis genome database. The pex gene was transcribed from 129 and 164 bp upstream of the translation initiation codon as 0.6-kb transcripts. The Pex protein was detected as a fusion protein with a molecular mass of 15 kDa by the epitope tag fusion method using a c-Myc epitope tag. Disruption of the pex gene in wild-type cells shortened the period of the rhythms by 1 h, although it did not affect other properties of the rhythms, whereas its overexpression extended the period by 3 h with a concomitant reduction in the amplitude of the rhythms. In various clock mutants examined, overexpression caused arrhythmicity. Thus, Pex is likely to function as a modifier of the circadian clock in Synechococcus.
Simulation of Augmented Reality Systems in Purely Virtual Environments (2009)

We propose the use of virtual environments to simulate augmented reality (AR) systems for the purposes of experimentation and usability evaluation. This method allows complete control in the AR environment, providing many advantages over testing with true AR systems. We also discuss some of the limitations to the simulation approach. We have demonstrated the use of such a simulation in a proof of concept experiment controlling the levels of registration error in the AR scenario. In this experiment, we used the simulation method to investigate the effects of registration error on task performance for a generic task involving precise motor control for AR object manipulation. Isolating jitter and latency errors, we provide empirical evidence of the relationship between accurate registration and task performance.
Primary cultured cells and an established cell line of human hepatocellular carcinomas. (1983)

Cancer cells obtained from human hepatocellular carcinoma nodules were subjected to primary culture, and a hepatoma cell line was established. The cell clumps obtained by needle puncture were plated directly in plastic tissue culture flasks without any cell dissociation procedures. Cell clusters became attached to flasks in 24 h with an efficiency of about 90%. No fibroblast outgrowth was observed. Primary cultured cells were composed of polygonally shaped epithelial cells with dense cytoplasm and one or more large nuclei. They excreted plasma protein biosynthetic markers of hepatocytes into the culture medium. Plasma protein synthesis of primary cultured hepatoma cells decreased as the age of the primary cultures increased. Cells seeded in September 1980 started to grow continuously after 5 months of cultivation. A new hepatocellular carcinoma cell line (designated as KG55T) was established from these growing cells. KG55T cells have been subcultured for more than 20 passages and form a monolayer of polygonal epithelial cells which pile up after they reach confluence. The cells had a doubling time of 50-60 h and a plating efficiency of 60-65%. Albumin, alpha 1-antitrypsin and alpha 2-macroglobulin syntheses and tyrosine aminotransferase activity were detected. At the 10th passage, KG55T cells were pseudotriploid (mode, 69), and 8q+ and 15q+ translocations were distinctive of this cell line. The morphological characteristics and the capacity for plasma protein synthesis of the primary cultured hepatoma cells and cells of the established hepatoma cell line were compared.
Clinical aspects of infection with Trichinella spp (1996)

Isolated cases and outbreaks of infection with Trichinella spp. occur frequently throughout the world, sometimes resulting in fatalities. The clinical presentations of signs and symptoms are remarkably constant for most of the species of Trichinella, but in infections with Trichinella nativa and Trichinella britovi, classical symptoms of trichinellosis may be absent. It is important to be able to correlate the clinical presentation of trichinellosis with the life cycle of these helminths in order to make an accurate diagnosis. Knowledge of the epidemiology of the disease enables the physician to identify other potential cases, since most epidemics can be traced back to a common source of raw or undercooked meat. A comprehensive summary relating the most important clinical variables is presented graphically for easy reference to the text. Symptoms and signs are considered in relation to severity of infection. Laboratory findings and diagnostic techniques, including new modalities (e.g., DNA and antigen detection), are discussed. A discussion of treatment and preventive measures concludes our review.
Distribution of methanol and catalysts between biodiesel and glycerin phases (2005)

Abstract When transesterifying alcohols with fats and oils to produce biodiesel, the phase behavior and respective distribution of catalyst and alcohol between liquid phases can significantly impact both reaction rates and product workup. To better understand this phase behavior, the distribution of methanol and catalysts, potassium hydroxide and sulfuric acid, between the biodiesel and alcohol phases was experimentally investigated and modeled. Experimental vapor‐liquid equilibrium data were modeled by using the Wilson activity coefficient model and two temperature‐independent model parameters are used to obtain good agreement between calculated and experimental data. The distribution coefficients of methanol between biodiesel and glycerin phases were accurately predicted by the VLE activity coefficients and Wilson model. © 2005 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 2005
One‐Leg Balance Is an Important Predictor of Injurious Falls in Older Persons (1997)

One-leg balance appears to be a significant and easy-to-administer predictor of injurious falls, but not of all falls. In our study, it was the strongest individual predictor. However, no single factor seems to be accurate enough to be relied on as a sole predictor of fall risk or fall injury risk because so many diverse factors are involved in falling.
Effects of Dehydroepiandrosterone Replacement Therapy on Bone Mineral Density in Older Adults: A Randomized, Controlled Trial (2006)

DHEA replacement therapy for 1 yr improved hip BMD in older adults and spine BMD in older women. Because there have been few randomized, controlled trials of the effects of DHEA therapy, these findings support the need for further investigations of the benefits and risks of DHEA replacement and the mechanisms for its actions.
Effect of gender, age, and lipid status on low density lipoprotein subfraction distribution. Results from the Framingham Offspring Study. (1987)

The presence of low molecular weight low density lipoprotein (LDL) particles in plasma has been associated with premature coronary artery disease. In this study we have examined factors affecting LDL subfraction distribution as determined by 2% to 16% polyacrylamide-agarose gradient gel electrophoresis of whole plasma in a normal, primarily middle-aged, population of adult male and female participants (n = 280, ages 25 to 75 years) in the Framingham Offspring Study. Seven major LDL bands (LDL-1 to LDL-7) were observed in different individuals, with most subjects having either one or two major bands. The presence of low molecular weight LDL (LDL-4 to LDL-7) in plasma as the predominant LDL type was significantly more common in men than in women (43.5% versus 14.8%, p less than 0.001). The presence of low molecular weight LDL was correlated (p less than 0.01) with increased age, plasma triglyceride, total cholesterol, very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) cholesterol, LDL cholesterol (in women only), and apolipoprotein (apo) B concentrations, as well as with decreased high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and apo A-I levels. Approximately 69% of the variability in LDL subfractions could be accounted for by alterations in plasma triglyceride and HDL cholesterol levels. These data are consistent with the concept that LDL subfraction distribution is influenced by gender and plasma lipoprotein levels and can be determined readily by the use of whole plasma.
Photoluminescence from Au nanoparticles embedded in Au:oxide composite films (2006)

Au:oxide composite multilayer films with Au nanoparticles sandwiched by oxide layers (such as SiO2, ZnO, and TiO2) were prepared in a magnetron sputtering system. Their photoluminescence (PL) spectra were investigated by employing a micro-Raman system in which an Argon laser with a wavelength of 514 nm was used as the pumping light. Distinct PL peaks located at a wavelength range between 590 and 680 nm were observed in most of our samples, with Au particle size varying from several to hundreds of nanometers. It was found that the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) in these composites exerted a strong influence on the position of the PL peaks but had little effect on the PL intensity.
AO-4025 ITT ESA - Surface treatments and coatings for reduction of multipactor and Passive InterModulation (PIM) effect in RF components (2003)

This is the electronic version of a paper presented at the 4th International Workshop on Multipactor, Corona and Passive Intermodulation in Space RF Hardware (MULCOPIM 2003) held in Noordwijk, The Netherlands.
Cell Proliferation and STAT6 Pathways Are Negatively Regulated in T Cells by STAT1 and Suppressors of Cytokine Signaling (2004)

Suppressor of cytokine signaling (SOCS) proteins have emerged as important regulators of cytokine signals in lymphocytes. In this study, we have investigated regulation of SOCS expression and their role in Th cell growth and differentiation. We show that SOCS genes are constitutively expressed in naive Th cells, albeit at low levels, and are differentially induced by Ag and Th-polarizing cytokines. Whereas cytokines up-regulate expression of SOCS1, SOCS2, SOCS3, and cytokine-induced Src homology 2 protein, Ags induce down-regulation of SOCS3 within 48 h of Th cell activation and concomitantly up-regulate SOCS1, SOCS2, and cytokine-induced Src homology 2 protein expression. We further show that STAT1 signals play major roles in inducing SOCS expression in Th cells and that induction of SOCS expression by IL-4, IL-12, or IFN-gamma is compromised in STAT1-deficient primary Th cells. Surprisingly, IL-4 is a potent inducer of STAT1 activation in Th2 but not Th1 cells, and SOCS1 or SOCS3 expression is dramatically reduced in STAT1(-/-) Th2 cells. To our knowledge, this is the first report of IL-4-induced STAT1 activation in Th cells, and suggests that its induction of SOCS, may in part, regulate IL-4 functions in Th2 cells. In fact, overexpression of SOCS1 in Th2 cells represses STAT6 activation and profoundly inhibits IL-4-induced proliferation, while depletion of SOCS1 by an anti-sense SOCS1 cDNA construct enhances cell proliferation and induces constitutive activation of STAT6 in Th2 cells. These results are consistent with a model where IL-4 has dual effects on differentiating T cells: it simulates proliferation/differentiation through STAT6 and autoregulates its effects on Th2 growth and effector functions via STAT1-dependent up-regulation of SOCS proteins.
Electrocardiographic changes in vitamin B6 deficient rats (1979)

Serial electrocardiograms of vitamin B6 deficient rats show significant changes from those of rats on a complete diet. Animals fed a totally deficient diet from weaning grow slowly and die after about 12 weeks, often with a terminal weight loss. R and T amplitudes increase, then terminally decrease and are significantly greater than those of control animals. The PR interval is significantly shorter at times. Individuals have shown transient AV block, irregular sinus rhythm, wandering pacemaker, and inverted T waves. Autopsy findings include hypertrophy (89%), dilatation (61%) and atrial thrombi (44%). ECG's of adult animals remained normal for about three months after being fed the deficient diet. The two males developed premature ventricular contractions of several ectopic foci. Finally, split QRS complexes were observed. The female had a normal ECG until the final record at 234 days when some minor changes were seen. Extensive cardiomyopathic changes were found in two out of the three adults at autopsy.