gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
A Blackboard-based Decision Support Framework for Testing Client/Server Applications (2012)

To assist a solution to the problem of the test environment spanning multiple platforms, this paper proposes a decision support framework with the blackboard model to integrate all complementary features into a single automated test environment for multi-platform client/server applications. Before testing client/server applications, the input into this framework are testing tools with different approaches and client sites which are going to run the test. The planning agent will make a decision dynamically and produce a testing plan to allocate testing tasks to these testing tools to client sites. Two complementary features for testing client/server applications are illustrated in this paper to demonstrate how the framework works. The concept of mobile agents is applied to launch the test driver to different client sites, execute the tests and bring back the test results from client sites as well as the trace file from the server site for inspecting the interaction behavior among clients. Based on the multicast framework, the same test data can be broadcasted to multiple clients sites to run the tests simultaneously and the test results can be returned from client sites for examining the problem of repeated executions.
Contribución de Suiza a la Lingüística (1953)

Suiza, como país cuadrilingüe, siempre se manifestó apto parael aprendizaje de los idiomas, ya por motivos de carácter práctico,económico y hasta político; o bien por motivos meramentecientíficos y pedagógicos. En un país donde el conocimiento yel dominio del alemán y del francés, dos lenguas esencialesdel conjunto europeo, constituyen una necesidad profesionalhasta de cualquier comerciante de categoría; donde se conocenel italiano y el Ingles cada vez con mayor frecuencia; y dondeel español y aun el portugués ganan terreno cada día; en unpaís tal, repito, es perfectamente comprensible que los individuosdotados de disposición y pasión científicas no se contentensolamente con asimilar las lenguas para fines exclusivamenteprácticos. Así, no debemos admirarnos de que siempre hubierapersonas interesadas en estas cosas, sobre todo (y me limito aesta época) desde que la lingüística se impuso como autenticaciencia, gracias a las intuiciones geniales de los alemanes Boppy Grimm.
The Polls--Trends (2003)

Journal Article Trends: Abortion Get access GREG M. SHAW GREG M. SHAW Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 67, Issue 3, November 2003, Pages 407–429, https://doi.org/10.1086/377459 Published: 01 November 2003
Engineering Study of Continuous Polymerization of Acrylic Monomers (1969)

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTEngineering Study of Continuous Polymerization of Acrylic MonomersJ. F. Terenzi and H. F. CoswayCite this: Ind. Eng. Chem. Fundamen. 1969, 8, 2, 199–205Publication Date (Print):May 1, 1969Publication History Published online1 May 2002Published inissue 1 May 1969https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/i160030a004https://doi.org/10.1021/i160030a004research-articleACS PublicationsRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views72Altmetric-Citations2LEARN 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 InRedditEmail Other access options Get e-Alerts
Assessing Integrity of Weather Data for Reference Evapotranspiration Estimation (1996)

Procedures and guidelines are recommended for assessing integrity, quality, and reasonableness of measured weather data and equipment calibration for automated and electronic agricultural weather stations. The procedures include calculation of hourly and 24-h clear sky envelopes for solar radiation, validation of net radiation measurements using calculation equations, and evaluation of expected trends and relationships between air vapor content and air temperature. The procedures for creating clear sky solar radiation envelopes include equations to account for the effects of atmospheric water vapor content and sun angle. Procedures for adjusting air temperature and air vapor content data are introduced to compensate for the aridity of the weather station environment. All of the guidelines are simple and straightforward, and can serve as preliminary “filters” by which to scrutinize weather measurements and as near real-time data flagging procedures for agricultural weather networks.
Mechanisms of Tubulointerstitial Fibrosis (2010)

The pathologic paradigm for renal progression is advancing tubulointerstitial fibrosis. Whereas mechanisms underlying fibrogenesis have grown in scope and understanding in recent decades, effective human treatment to directly halt or even reverse fibrosis remains elusive. Here, we examine key features mediating the molecular and cellular basis of tubulointerstitial fibrosis and highlight new insights that may lead to novel therapies. How to prevent chronic kidney disease from progressing to renal failure awaits even deeper biochemical understanding.
Yolk–Shell Hybrid Materials with a Periodic Mesoporous Organosilica Shell: Ideal Nanoreactors for Selective Alcohol Oxidation (2011)

Abstract This contribution describes the preparation of multifunctional yolk–shell nanoparticles (YSNs) consisting of a core of silica spheres and an outer shell based on periodic mesoporous organosilica (PMO) with perpendicularly aligned mesoporous channels. The new yolk–shell hybrid materials were synthesised through a dual mesophase and vesicle soft templating method. The mesostructure of the shell, the dimension of the hollow space (4∼52 nm), and the shell thickness (16∼34 nm) could be adjusted by precise tuning of the synthesis parameters, as evidenced by X‐ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and nitrogen sorption investigations. Various metal nanoparticles (e.g., Au, Pt, and Pd) were encapsulated and confined in the void space between the core and the shell using impregnation and reduction of adequate metal precursors. The selective oxidation of various alcohol substrates was then carried out to illustrate the benefits of such an architecture in catalysis. High conversion (∼100%) and excellent selectivity (∼99%) were obtained over Pd nanoparticles encapsulated in the hybrid PMO yolk–shell structures.
Estimating software cost contingency using options theory (2005)

This paper aims to estimate the project cost contingency regardless the individual utility function and risk aversion. Considering a project alike a short selling, the option pricing theory is used to value the contingency as a risk premium that would be required by the market if the project was a traded security.
FIXIDS: A high-speed signature-based flow intrusion detection system (2018)

Signature-based Network Intrusion Detection Systems (NIDS) are the state-of-the-art when it comes to precise attack detection and intrusion prevention. However, they experience critical performance problems in modern high-speed networks. At the same time, flow-based network monitoring has been investigated for high data rates. In the last years, such flow-monitoring went beyond collecting statistical information about network connections and more recent techniques are able to include selected samples of the payload of these flows. Most recently, we extended this concept to HTTP flows. We now go one step further and combine IPFIX-based flow monitoring with NIDS. We developed IPFIX-based Signature-based Intrusion Detection System (FIXIDS), a system that exploits the recently introduced HTTP related flow Information Elements (IEs) to do signature-based flow intrusion detection in high-speed networks on commodity hardware. FIXIDS makes use of HTTP intrusion signatures from the widely used Snort NIDS and applies them to incoming IPFIX Flows. In the experimental evaluation, we are able to show a performance gain of a factor of three compared to Snort while maintaining the same detection ratio.
Coulton as an Interpreter of the Middle Ages (1939)

(1939). Coulton as an Interpreter of the Middle Ages. The Historian: Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 28-40.
Branch-exchange sequences for reconfiguration of lightwave networks (1994)

Some of today's telecommunications networks have the ability to superimpose some form of logical connectivity, or virtual topology, on top of the underlying physical infrastructure. According to the degree of independence between the logical connectivity and the physical topology, the network can dynamically adapt its virtual topology to track changing traffic conditions, and cope with failure of network equipment. This is particularly true for lightwave networks, where a logical connection diagram is achieved by assignment of transmitting and receiving wavelengths to the network stations that tap into, and communicate over, an infrastructure of fiber glass. Use of tunable transmitters and/or receivers allow the logical connectivity to be optimized to prevailing traffic conditions. With rearrangeability having thus emerged as a powerful network attribute, this paper discusses the reconfiguration phase which is the transition between the current logical connection diagram and a target diagram. We consider here an approach where the network reaches some target connectivity graph through a sequence of intermediate connection diagrams, so that two successive diagrams differ by a single branch-exchange operation. This is an attempt at logically reconfiguring the network in a way that is minimally disruptive to the traffic. We propose and compare three polynomial-time algorithms that search for "short" sequences of branch-exchange operations, so as to minimize the overall reconfiguration time. For networks made of up to 40 stations, theoretical and simulation results show that, when a randomly selected diagram is to be changed to another randomly chosen diagram, the average number of branch-exchange operations required grows linearly with the size of the network.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>
Residence Time Distributions (2003)

The residence time distribution (RTD) characterizes mixing between molecules that entered a continuous flow system at different times. It is measured using inert tracers or predicted using dynamic models. The RTD uniquely predicts the yield of a isothermal, homogeneous, first order reaction and imposes bounds on the yield of other reaction orders. RTD theory encompasses the concept of micromixing with its extremes of complete segregation and maximum mixedness. Experimental measurements allow estimates of the active volume in a flow system and can diagnose flow pathologies such as bypassing and stagnancy. RTD measurements also provide an independent means for validating results from computational fluid dynamics.
Calcium‐induced aggregation of archaeal bipolar tetraether liposomes derived from the thermoacidophilic archaeon <i>Sulfolobus acidocaldarius</i> (2003)

Previously, we showed that the proton permeability of small unilamellar vesicles (SUVs) composed of polar lipid fraction E (PLFE) from the thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius was remarkably low and insensitive to temperature (Komatsu and Chong 1998). In this study, we used photon correlation spectroscopy to investigate the time dependence of PLFE SUV size as a function of Ca2+ concentration. In the absence of Ca2+, vesicle diameter changed little over 6 months. Addition of Ca2+, however, immediately induced formation of vesicle aggregates with an irregular shape, as revealed by confocal fluorescence microscopy. Aggregation was reversible upon addition of EDTA; however, the reversibility varied with temperature as well as incubation time with Ca2+. Freeze-fracture electron microscopy showed that, after a long period of incubation (2 weeks) with Ca2+, the PLFE vesicles had not just aggregated, but had fused or coalesced. The initial rate of vesicle aggregation varied sigmoidally with Ca2+ concentration. At pH 6.6, the threshold calcium concentration (Cr) for vesicle aggregation at 25 and 40 degrees C was 11 and 17 mM, respectively. At pH 3.0, the Cr at 25 degrees C increased to 25 mM. The temperature dependence of Cr may be attributable to changes in membrane surface potential, which was -22.0 and -13.2 mV at 25 and 40 degrees C, respectively, at pH 6.6, as determined by 2-(p-toluidinyl)naphthalene-6-sulfonic acid fluorescence. The variation in surface potential with temperature is discussed in terms of changes in lipid conformation and membrane organization.
Methyl 3-[(<i>E</i>)-furfurylidene]dithiocarbazate (2008)

The mol-ecule of the title Schiff base compound, C(7)H(8)N(2)OS(2), prepared by the reaction of methyl dithio-carbazate and furfural in an ethanol solution under reflux, adopts an E configuration; the dithio-carbazate and furan units are located on opposite sides of the C=N double bond. The planar dithio-carbazate group is twisted slightly with respect to the furan ring, making a dihedral angle of 5.2 (1)°. Adjacent mol-ecules are linked by N-H⋯S hydrogen bonding to form a supra-molecular dimer across an inversion center.
Lightning and Surge Protection in Photovoltaic Installations (2008)

<para xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> The aim of this paper is to give scientific background and essential assumptions to be introduced into the design of lightning and surge protection in photovoltaic installations (PVIs), with particular emphasis on the aspects of standardization to be covered. For this purpose, the relevant protective measures given in the standards for conventional low-voltage power distribution systems (CLVPDSs) are adapted in part. This revision is required because the peculiar characteristics of PVIs are different from those of CLVPDSs. The resulting protection approach that determines the advisable protective measures by a risk management has been applied to an actual grid-connected PVI (GCPVI), Univer Project. The extra cost of this protection in this PVI (approximately 3.6% of the system cost) is of secondary importance because of the increase of safety and availability. Furthermore, in order to fulfill with this protection, the surge withstand capability (SWC) of PV modules has been investigated as well. </para>
Palladium-catalyzed 5-<i>exo</i>-Selective Reductive Mizoroki–Heck Reaction of Aryl Chlorides with 2,5-Norbornadiene (2015)

Abstract 5-exo-Selective reductive Mizoroki–Heck reaction of 4-tert-butyl-1-chlorobenzene with 2,5-norbornadiene has been achieved by [PdCl2(PCy3)2]/HCO2Na to give 5-exo-(4-tert-butylphenyl)-2-norbornene in 95% yield. When Cs2CO3 is used as a base in the absence of a reducing reagent, an exo-benzocyclobutene-fused norbornene, 6-tert-butyl-1,4,4a,8b-tetrahydro-1,4-methanobiphenylene is produced in 62% yield.
Preface to first edition (1996)

The new edition of this textbook introduces the basic chemical concepts underlying a sound understanding of environmental science and ecology. Fundamental chemical principles are explained and illustrated with real examples from the environment. From an introduction to atomic and molecular structure, the text progresses to more advanced areas within physical, inorganic, organic and analytical chemistry. Important new sections for this new edition include an introduction to the concepts of biogeochemical cycling, and the role environmental chemistry plays with respect to climate, notably global warming and ozone depletion. The case studies have been up-dated, and a section about toxic chemicals has been added. While the primary aim is to satisfy the needs of the non-chemist, the text also serves to introduce environmental precepts to chemists who wish to apply their expertise to environmental issues. This volume is especially suitable for undergraduates in environmental science, environmental chemistry and ecology at universities, colleges and technical institutes.
A dual-channel 60 GHz communications link using patch antenna arrays to generate data-carrying orbital-angular-momentum beams (2016)

We present a short-range experimental orbital-angular-momentum (OAM) multiplexing millimeter-wave communication system using patch antenna arrays. The dependence of the evolution of OAM beams on the number of array elements and array radius are analyzed. We also find phase delay deviation of 30 degrees leads to mode purity degrading to ∼1% and power deviation of 6 dB reduces the purity by <40%. An obstruction of size <10mm has not much influence on the evolution of OAM beams generated from antenna arrays with r = 8mm, which enables the stacking of multiple antenna arrays. We also use these patch antenna arrays to demonstrate a 60 GHz wireless communication link using two multiplexed OAM modes, each carrying a 500-Mbaud 16-QAM or 2-Gbaud QPSK signal. A channel crosstalk of less than −20 dB and bit-error-rates (BER) of less than 3.8 × 10−3 are achieved.
Brain atlas for functional imaging : clinical and research applications (2001)

Allows anatomical and functional images to be loaded and aligned with the fully color-coded and labeled Talairach-Tournoux brain atlas in the axial, coronal and sagittal orientations, along with Brodmann's areas and gyri in the axial orientation.
Yeast Virus-Derived Stimulator of the Innate Immune System Augments the Efficacy of Virus Vector-Based Immunotherapy (2014)

Virus-based cancer vaccines offer a good alternative to the treatment of cancer but could be improved. Starting from a screening approach, we have identified and characterized an unexplored biological molecule with immunomodulatory characteristics which augments the efficacy of an MVA-based immunotherapeutic agent. The immune modulator consists of the purified dsRNA genome isolated from a commercially used yeast strain, NAB2, mixed with a cationic lipid, Lipofectin. NAB2-Lipofectin stimulates the immune system via TLR3 and MDA-5. When it was injected at the MVA vaccination site, the immune modulator increased survival in a preclinical tumor model. We could demonstrate that NAB2-Lipofectin augments the MVA-induced infiltration of natural killer and plasmacytoid dendritic cells. We suggest indirect mechanisms of activation of these cell types by the influence of NAB2-Lipofectin on innate and adaptive immunity. Detailed analysis of cell migration at the vaccine injection site and the appropriate choice of an immune modulator should be considered to achieve the rational improvement of virus vector-based vaccination by immune modulators.
A simple and sensitive method for determination of human urinary kallikrein activity (kininogenase activity), using human low molecular weight kininogen. (1984)

Human low molecular weight kininogen was partially purified and applied to the measurement of human glandular kallikrein as a substrate. The prepared human low molecular weight kininogen did not contain any significant amounts of kinin generating or destroying enzymes. When ethanol was added to the assay tube to stop the enzyme reaction, the substrate was almost completely removed from the incubation solution. Moreover, less than 1.25% ethanol had no effect on the kinin radioimmunoassay. These data suggest that the measurement of generated kinin can be done directly after the addition of ethanol. In this assay system, control tubes were unnecessary since the small volume of the urine samples (0.5 to 2.0 nl) contained negligible amounts of endogenous kinin. In a comparison of the availability as a substrate for human urinary kallikrein among human, dog and bovine low molecular weight kininogens, the enzyme activity was 5 or 100 times as high in the human substrate as in the dog and bovine substrates, suggesting that a human substrate is best for the human enzyme. A significant correlation was found between our previous method using bovine substrate and this method for human urinary kallikrein activity. In both methods, urinary kallikrein excretions were significantly lower in patients with essential hypertension and higher in those with primary aldosteronism, respectively. This simple, specific and sensitive kininogenase assay system seems to be very useful for investigating the physiological or pathophysiological role of the renal kallikrein-kinin system in hypertensive and renal diseases.
Bone Research Protocols (2011)

Studies over the past decade have continued to bring tremendous advances to our understanding of bone biology. New pathways have been discovered and expanded our knowledge of the ways in which genes a
An integrity constraint checking method for temporal deductive databases (2002)

The authors propose a method for integrity checking in the context of temporal deductive databases. A temporal deductive database is a deductive database that supports some aspect of time, in our case valid time, in which valid time is the time when the fact is true in the modelled reality. Their method augments a database with a set of transition and event rules, which explicitly define the insertions and deletions by database update. Standard SLDNF resolution can then be used to check satisfaction of integrity constraints. A temporal deductive database has to be consistent, that is, after performing an update the database must satisfy its set of integrity constraints. Using their method the temporal deductive database is always consistent because if a retroactive or proactive update violated some integrity constraint the update would be rejected.