gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Dynamic Personalization for Book Recommendation System Using Web Services and Virtual Library Enhancements (2007)

In contrast to recommending new books and to enhance utilization of one's own books, we 1) propose to build a knowledge base (KB) by collecting book information using Web services, 2) develop a book utilization system (BUS) that enables users to edit additional book information by using an XML database, 3) use a book search using Web service. We also create an infrastructure for sharing existing books among users by extracting featured keywords from KB for individuals' preference visualization. Our book search methodology makes it possible to find and suggest use of available books about "XML", when a user looks for books about "XQuery" by searching Web resources using Web Service.
Predictive Cruise Control: Utilizing Upcoming Traffic Signal Information for Improving Fuel Economy and Reducing Trip Time (2010)

This brief proposes the use of upcoming traffic signal information within the vehicle's adaptive cruise control system to reduce idle time at stop lights and fuel consumption. To achieve this goal an optimization-based control algorithm is formulated that uses short range radar and traffic signal information predictively to schedule an optimum velocity trajectory for the vehicle. The control objectives are: timely arrival at green light with minimal use of braking, maintaining safe distance between vehicles, and cruising at or near set speed. Three example simulation case studies are presented to demonstrate the potential impact on fuel economy, emission levels, and trip time.
Magnetron-sputtered metal carbide solar selective absorbing surfaces (1979)

A range of magnetron reactively sputtered metal carbide interference filters has been deposited onto sputtered copper on glass substrates and aged in vacuum at elevated temperature. These films show considerable promise as selective surfaces for incorporation in all glass vacuum insulated solar energy collectors. Surfaces produced by depositing homogeneous metal carbide films have solar absorptances α∠80% and emittances ε∠2.0% at 300 K. Solar absorptances above 90% and emittances 3.0%–4.0% at 300 K are obtained for multilayer metal carbide films fabricated by varying the reactive gas flow rate in steps during the deposition. Ageing experiments show that the reflectances of the multilayer films alter due to interdiffusion between the layers, resulting in a slow degradation of solar absorptance. Some diffusion coefficients for carbon in stainless steel and titanium films have been evaluated. Surfaces fabricated using chromium, molybdenum, and stainless steel carbides are superior to titanium carbide surfaces. Magnetron sputtering technology offers the possibility of more rapid and efficient deposition of these selective surfaces compared with the high pressure diode deposition technique utilized in previous work.
Retrospective Analysis of Infection Rate After Early Reoperation in Total Hip Arthroplasty (2010)

Level IV, therapeutic study. See the Guidelines for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.
Modeling the New Product Development Process (2009)

Success in new product development (NPD) can be considered a general aim for any company wishing to survive in the 21st Century. It has been found that positive effects can result from the existence of formal “blueprints” and “roadmaps” of the NPD process. This chapter discusses numerous NPD processes which can assist a company to capture what it does, and follow a structured development route, from which it is possible to gain a better understanding of how to improve the development process, and thus reap the potential and tangible benefits. This chapter’s focus is at organisations that are considering implementing a new product development (NPD) process in order to improve repeatability and ultimately sustainability of their innovative capabilities, a necessary and vital component for survival. It aims to bring an understanding of the underlying characteristics that may contribute to a potential and successful outcome during the development process within organizations, through the adoption of a structured NPD process.
Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping (1972)

Letters, Comments, and Corrections1 September 1972Intra-Aortic Balloon PumpingKARL T. WEBER, M.D., JOSEPH S. JANICKI, M.S.KARL T. WEBER, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, JOSEPH S. JANICKI, M.S.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-77-3-477_3 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTo the editor: We have read the editorial on intraaortic balloon pumping by Drs. Braunwald and Maroko (Ann Intern Med 76:659-661, 1972) . . . and believe that several additional issues deserve consideration.The principles of counterpulsation (an increase in coronary perfusion pressure and concomitant decrease in myocardial work requirements, reducing the metabolic demand-to-supply ratio) have a great many theoretical advantages for the effective treatment of ischemic heart disease, but the extent to which these effects are realized varies with each specific counterpulsation method. For instance, arterio-arterial counterpulsation, using an adjustable volume pump, has a greater ability to remove blood...References1. JACOBEY J, TAYLOR W, and SMITH G: A new therapeutic approach to acute coronary occlusion. II. Opening dormant coronary collateral channels by counterpulsation. Am J Cardiol 9:218-227, 1963 CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. WEBER K, JANICKI J, and WALKER A: Intraaortic balloon pumping: an analysis of several variables affecting balloon performance. Trans Am Soc Artif Intern Organs 18:in press, 1972 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. SCHEIDT S: Physiologic effects of intraaortic balloon pumping in cardiogenic shock. Am J Cardiol 29:290, 1972 CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. GOLDFARB D, BROWN B, and CONTI C: Cardiovascular responses to diastolic augmentation in the intact canine circulation and after ligation of the anterior descending coronary artery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 55:243-254, 1968 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. WEIKEL A, JONES R, and DINSMORE R: Size limits and pumping effectiveness of intraaortic balloons. Ann Thorac Surg 12:45-53, 1971 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. WEBER K, RATSHIN R, and RACKLEY C: Ventricular dysfunction following acute myocardial infarction (AMI) (abstract). Clin Res 20:403, 1972 Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: KARL T. WEBER, M.D.; JOSEPH S. JANICKI, M.S.Affiliations: Department of Medicine University of Alabama Medical Center Birmingham, Ala. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byUtilization of Percutaneous Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices in Cardiogenic Shock Complicating Acute Myocardial Infarction and High-Risk Percutaneous Coronary Interventions 1 September 1972Volume 77, Issue 3 Page: 477-478 Keywords Blood volume Cardiovascular therapy Coronary heart disease ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1972 PDF downloadLoading ...
National Academy of Sciences presents awards (2018)

Eight researchers with ties to the chemical sciences are among 19 individuals being honored with the National Academy of Sciences’ 2018 awards. The winners will receive their awards during NAS’s annual meeting in April. Adriaan Bax, Distinguished Investigator at the National Institutes of Health, will receive the $20,000 NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing for his contributions to structural biology. Rodolphe Barrangou, associate professor of food science and the Todd R. Klaenhammer Distinguished Scholar in Probiotics Research at North Carolina State University, is the recipient of the $100,000 NAS Prize in Food & Agriculture Sciences for his discovery of the genetic mechanisms and proteins driving CRISPR/Cas systems. Howard Y. Chang, the Virginia & D. K. Ludwig Professor of Cancer Genomics & of Genetics at Stanford University School of Medicine, will receive the $25,000 NAS Award in Molecular Biology for his discovery of long noncoding RNAs and their applications to new genomic
Synthesis and preliminary in vitro evaluation of antitumor nitrosoureido cholesterol derivatives. (1995)

A new class of chloroethyl nitrosourea analogues of cholesterol has been synthetized from the corresponding 7-amino and 7-aminoalkylcholesterol derivatives. Compounds III-V inhibited L1210 cell growth in culture much more effectively than N,N'-bis(2-chloroethyl)-N'-nitrosourea (BCNU) after 48 h incubation. Stability and cytotoxic activity of these prodrugs are promising for brain tumor treatments and as lymphotropic vectors for tumor cells spreading along the lymphatic pathways.
Batteries: Performance Improvement of Magnesium Sulfur Batteries with Modified Non‐Nucleophilic Electrolytes (Adv. Energy Mater. 3/2015) (2015)

Magnesium batteries are an attractive alternative to lithium ion batteries. A major challenge in the commercialization of Mg batteries is the development of an electrolyte that is compatible with the electrode materials. In article number 1401155, Zhirong Zhao-Karger, Maximilian Fichtner, and co-workers present a new approach for the synthesis of electrolytes with promising properties for magnesium batteries. The optimized electrolytes significantly improve the performance of magnesium sulfur batteries.
Development of a serum-free medium for in vitro expansion of human cytotoxic T lymphocytes using a statistical design (2010)

The use of a developed SFM with cholesterol and polyamine supplement for human lymphocyte culture resulted in better growth without loss of cellular function when compared to SCM.
Implementation and Control of a Hybrid Multilevel Converter With Floating DC Links for Current Waveform Improvement (2010)

Multilevel converters offer advantages in terms of the output waveform quality due to the increased number of levels used in the output voltage modulation. This advantage is particularly true for cascade H-bridge (CHB) converters that can be built to produce a large number of levels owing to their modular structure. Nevertheless, this advantage comes at the cost of multiple dc links supplied by independent rectifiers through the use of a multi-output transformer for inverters. This front end complicates the implementation of converters that have a high number of levels. An alternative method of using lower voltage cells with floating dc links to compensate only for the voltage distortion of a neutral-point-clamped (NPC) converter is considered for active rectifier applications. The analogy between the floating HBs and the series active filters is used to develop a strategy for the harmonic compensation of the NPC output voltage and the control of the floating dc-link voltages. This simplifies the current control scheme and increases its bandwidth. The experimental results with a low power prototype that show the good performance of the proposed modulation technique and the resulting improvement in the output waveform are provided.
Abstract 1958: MicroRNA Mir-27b Rescues Impaired Angiogenic Function of Endothelial Progenitor Cells and Accelerates Wound Healing in Type 2 Diabetes (2008)

Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) play a key role in angiogenesis, which is dysfunctional in diabetes. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are endogenous non-coding RNAs that regulate gene expression at the post-transcriptional level. However, whether miRNAs regulate EPC-mediated angiogenesis in diabetes is unknown. We tested the hypothesis that mir-27b rescues impaired EPC angiogenesis in vitro and in vivo via suppressing anti-angiogenic molecule thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1) in type 2 diabetes. Bone marrow-derived EPCs from adult male (C57BLKS/J, 9 weeks) type 2 diabetic db/db and their normal littermates db/+ mice (glucose 371.8±37.8 vs. 167.5±21.3 mg/dL, n=38, p<0.05) were used. miRNA processing enzyme Dicer in EPCs was decreased by >40% in db/db vs. db/+ mice (Western blot analysis, n=4 p<0.01), paralleled with >66% reduction of mir-27b expression (real-time PCR, n=4, p<0.05). Both TSP-1 mRNA and protein in EPCs were significantly higher in db/db vs. db/+ mice (real-time PCR, 130.1%, n=4, p<0.05, Western blot analysis, 127.4%, n=4 p<0.05), which were suppressed upon mir-27b mimic transfection (by 75%, real-time PCR and 69%, Western blot analysis, n=4 – 6, p<0.01). EPC-induced angiogenesis was decreased by >70% in db/db vs. db/+ mice (Matrigel tube formation assay, n=4, p<0.05), which was rescued upon mir-27b mimic transfection or silencing TSP-1 expression by its siRNA (both n=4, p<0.05). Furthermore, inhibition of mir-27b in normal EPCs increased their TSP-1 protein by 117.5% (n=6, p<0.05) and impaired their angiogenesis by 81.5% (n=4, p<0.01), both were reversed by silencing TSP-1 expression by its siRNA. Finally, excisional wound closure was markedly delayed in db/db vs. db/+ mice (4-mm punch biopsy, n=4, p<0.05), accompanied by impaired wound angiogenesis (perfusion index by Laser Doppler, n=4, p<0.05). Cell therapy of diabetic EPCs (3×10 5 cells) transfected with mir-27b mimic onto diabetic wounds significantly accelerated their closure rates (n=4, p<0.05 vs. diabetic EPCs alone), with a concomitant augmentation of in vivo wound angiogenesis (n=4, p<0.05). Mir-27b rescues impaired EPC angiogenesis and accelerates wound healing in type 2 diabetic mice, at least in part, via suppressing TSP-1 expression. This research has received full or partial funding support from the American Heart Association, AHA Midwest Affiliate (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota & Wisconsin).
L'approccio sociologico della vita familiare: la questione delle definizioni (2006)

The essay starts with a crucial epistemological question: how can we try to define family life? The author puts forwards three possible definitions: a current, a conventional, and a hypothetical one. This distinction allows to reinterpret such phenomena as the so-called demariage, and the pluralizing of family forms; it also updates the debate on family solidarity, and on the tendency to blur the borders among the concepts of family, nuclear family, and household. This approach results in an apparently paradoxical renewal of sociological interest for kinship, in an attempt to produce a more adequate definition of family life, that fits in the complex framework of European citizenship.
Development of a Planar Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Module at Sanyo (1995)

A large-sized cell and bipolar plate, and stacking technology have been developed for a 1 kW class planar solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) module. A maximum output power exceeding 1 kW and a power density of 0.22 W/cm2 were achieved with a 160 cm2 × 30-cell stack. The endurance of the module, in particular, the effect of a cathode second layer, was investigated by operating the module for 1870 hours. As a result, the module output power degradation rate was 4.4 %/1000 hours at 1030 hours on the basis of the current density of 0.3 A/cm2. By means of supplying both fuel and oxidant gas on the upper side of a stack, the effective diffusion of the heat in the upper part of the module was demonstrated. In addition, the combined cell stacked module concept was reported.
Optimal Coil Orientation for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (2013)

We study the impact of coil orientation on the motor threshold (MT) and present an optimal coil orientation for stimulation of the foot. The result can be compared to results of models that predict this orientation from electrodynamic properties of the media in the skull and from orientations of cells, respectively. We used a robotized TMS system for precise coil placement and recorded motor-evoked potentials with surface electrodes on the abductor hallucis muscle of the right foot in 8 healthy control subjects. First, we performed a hot-spot search in standard (lateral) orientation and then rotated the coil in steps of 10° or 20°. At each step we estimated the MT. For navigated stimulation and for correlation with the underlying anatomy a structural MRI scan was obtained. Optimal coil orientation was 33.1 ± 18.3° anteriorly in relation to the standard lateral orientation. In this orientation the threshold was 54 ± 18% in units of maximum stimulator output. There was a significant difference of 8.0 ± 5.9% between the MTs at optimal and at standard orientation. The optimal coil orientations were significantly correlated with the direction perpendicular to the postcentral gyrus ([Formula: see text]). Robotized TMS facilitates sufficiently precise coil positioning and orientation to study even small variations of the MT with coil orientation. The deviations from standard orientation are more closely matched by models based on field propagation in media than by models based on orientations of pyramidal cells.
PP.11.04 (2015)

Objective: It is well known that both pressure and volume overloads contribute to left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and left ventricular dilatation in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of pulse pressure as an indirect assessment of arterial stiffness on ventricular geometry and left ventricular filling pressure in patients with end stage renal disease on peritoneal and hemodialysis treatment. Design and method: A case control study was conducted, enrolling all patients on chronic dialysis (HD and PD) who had more than 3 months in therapy. Two-dimensional echocardiography was performed 2–24 h after the dialysis session according to AEE recommendation. The ratio of early transmitral flow velocity (E) to early diastolic mitral annular velocity (Em) (E/Em ratio) assessed using tissue Doppler imaging was used for estimating LV filling pressure. Results: Our dialysis population studied consisted in 122 pts, 78 pts (61%) on hemodialysis, mean age 53.4 ± 14.5 years and mean time on therapy was of 40.4 ± 14.4 months. We didn’t found difference in PP between 2 groups (PD vs HD). Concentric hypertrophy was found in 42.3% of the pts in HD and 61.4% of pts in PD (p = 0.058) and eccentric hypertrophy in 43% of HD pts and in 29.5% of PD pts (p > 0.07). When the patients with LVH were stratified into tertiles based on their LVM-i there were found significantly increasing pulse pressure, across the three groups with increasing LVM-i (p = 0.036). Pulse pressure was found the only independent risk factor associated with LVM-i [1.04 (0.99–1.09) p < 0.05. Six % of patients on PD vs 16.8% on HD had E/Em Ratio>14 (p = 0.101). Patients with E/Em Ratio>14 have significantly higher PP value p = 0.039. Conclusions: These results suggest that severity of arterial stiffness have impact not only to cardiac remodelling but also to higher left ventricular filling pressure. The recognition of pulse pressure underline once again that more in focus needs to be the risk of vascular calcifications in ESRD patients.
Butadiene-Acrylic Acid Copolymers (1955)

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTButadiene-Acrylic Acid CopolymersC. S. Marvel, Richard Potts, James Economy, G. P. Scott, W. K. Taft, and B. G. LabbeCite this: Ind. Eng. Chem. 1955, 47, 10, 2221–2223Publication Date (Print):October 1, 1955Publication History Published online1 May 2002Published inissue 1 October 1955https://doi.org/10.1021/ie50550a052Request reuse permissionsArticle Views130Altmetric-Citations6LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InReddit PDF (388 KB) Get e-Alerts
Intervertebral disc segmentation in MR images with 3D convolutional networks (2017)

The vertebral column is a complex anatomical construct, composed of vertebrae and intervertebral discs (IVDs) supported by ligaments and muscles. During life, all components undergo degenerative changes, which may in some cases cause severe, chronic and debilitating low back pain. The main diagnostic challenge is to locate the pain generator, and degenerated IVDs have been identified to act as such. Accurate and robust segmentation of IVDs is therefore a prerequisite for computer-aided diagnosis and quantification of IVD degeneration, and can be also used for computer-assisted planning and simulation in spinal surgery. In this paper, we present a novel fully automated framework for supervised segmentation of IVDs from three-dimensional (3D) magnetic resonance (MR) spine images. By considering global intensity appearance and local shape information, a landmark-based approach is first used for the detection of IVDs in the observed image, which then initializes the segmentation of IVDs by coupling deformable models with convolutional networks (ConvNets). For this purpose, a 3D ConvNet architecture was designed that learns rich high-level appearance representations from a training repository of IVDs, and then generates spatial IVD probability maps that guide deformable models towards IVD boundaries. By applying the proposed framework to 15 3D MR spine images containing 105 IVDs, quantitative comparison of the obtained against reference IVD segmentations yielded an overall mean Dice coefficient of 92.8%, mean symmetric surface distance of 0.4 mm and Hausdorff surface distance of 3.7 mm.
Die Krim - regionale Autonomie in der Ukraine (1998)

'Die Krim-Problematik ist das Resultat einer wechselvollen Geschichte, postsowjetischer Politik und nationaler Mythenbildung. Auf das krimtatarische Khanat folgten die Zugehörigkeit zum Russischen Reich seit 1783, der Transfer an die Ukrainische SSR 1954 und die regionale Autonomie der unabhängigen Ukraine seit 1991. Ihre ethnische Zusammensetzung - die Krim ist die einzige Region der Ukraine mit einer russischen Bevölkerungsmehrheit und einer krimtatarischen Minderheit -, ihre sozioökonomische Struktur und ihre geopolitische Lage machen sie zu einem spezifischen Mikrokosmos. Die Krim ist die einzige Region innerhalb der Ukraine, die einen verfassungsmäßig garantierten Autonomiestatus erhielt. Noch vor dem Zusammenbruch der Sowjetunion ist Anfang 1991 eine Krim-ASSR errichtet worden, die ab 1992 als 'Autonome Republik der Krim' den postsowjetischen Gegebenheiten angepaßt wurde. Die ukrainische Staatsverfassung von 1996, die einen unitaren Staat vorschreibt, wird durch diese 'Autonome Republik' um ein föderales Element ergänzt. Die Krim ist ein wichtiges Beispiel für die Bedeutung von regionalen Faktoren bzw. Akteuren sowie von Institutionen im Verlauf von politischen und wirtschaftlichen Transformationsprozessen. Der vorliegende Bericht untersucht die Gründe für die Einführung und Beibehaltung des Autonomiestatus, den konkreten Inhalt dieser Autonomie und ihre Implikationen für verschiedene Politikbereiche. Diese Fragen werden in den Kontext des politischen, wirtschaftlichen, sozialen und außenpolitischen Profils der Krim eingebettet.' (Textauszug)