gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Judged frequency of lethal events. (1978)

A series of experiments studied how people judge the frequency of death from various causes. The judgments exhibited a highly consistent but systematically biased subjective scale of frequency. Two kinds of bias were identified: (a) a tendency to overestimate small frequencies and underestimate larger ones, and (b) a tendency to exaggerate the frequency of some specific causes and to underestimate the frequency of others, at any given level of objective frequency. These biases were traced to a number of possible sources, including disproportionate exposure, memorability, or imaginability of various events. Subjects were unable to correct for these sources of bias when specifically instructed to avoid them. Comparisons with precious laboratory studies are discussed, along with methods for improving frequency judgments and the implications of the present findings for the management of societal hazards.
The Role of NiO Doping in Reducing the Impact of Humidity on the Performance of SnO<sub>2</sub>‐Based Gas Sensors: Synthesis Strategies, and Phenomenological and Spectroscopic Studies (2011)

Abstract The humidity dependence of the gas‐sensing characteristics in SnO 2 ‐based sensors, one of the greatest obstacles in gas‐sensor applications, is reduced to a negligible level by NiO doping. In a dry atmosphere, undoped hierarchical SnO 2 nanostructures prepared by the self‐assembly of crystalline nanosheets show a high CO response and a rapid response speed. However, the gas response, response/recovery speeds, and resistance in air are deteriorated or changed significantly in a humid atmosphere. When hierarchical SnO 2 nanostructures are doped with 0.64–1.27 wt% NiO, all of the gas‐sensing characteristics remain similar, even after changing the atmosphere from a dry to wet one. According to diffuse‐reflectance Fourier transform IR measurements, it is found that the most of the water‐driven species are predominantly absorbed not by the SnO 2 but by the NiO, and thus the electrochemical interaction between the humidity and the SnO 2 sensor surface is totally blocked. NiO‐doped hierarchical SnO 2 sensors exhibit an exceptionally fast response speed (1.6 s), a fast recovery speed (2.8 s) and a superior gas response ( R a / R g = 2.8 at 50 ppm CO ( R a : resistance in air, R g : resistance in gas)) even in a 25% r.h. atmosphere. The doping of hierarchical SnO 2 nanostructures with NiO is a very‐promising approach to reduce the dependence of the gas‐sensing characteristics on humidity without sacrificing the high gas response, the ultrafast response and the ultrafast recovery.
Energy-Aware Virtual Machine Dynamic Provision and Scheduling for Cloud Computing (2011)

Power consumption is one of the most critical problems in data centers. One effective way to reduce power consumption is to consolidate the hosting workloads and shut down physical machines which become idle after consolidation. Server consolidation is a NP-hard problem. In this paper, a new algorithms Dynamic Round-Robin (DRR), is proposed for energy-aware virtual machine scheduling and consolidation. We compare this strategy with the GREEDY, ROUNDROBIN and POWERSAVE scheduling strategies implemented in the Eucalyptus Cloud system. Our experiment results show that the Dynamic Round-Robin algorithm reduce a significant amount of power consumption compared with the three strategies in Eucalyptus.
CodeBlue: An Ad Hoc Sensor Network Infrastructure for Emergency Medical Care (2004)

Sensor devices integrating embedded processors, low-power, low-bandwidth radios, and a modest amount of storage have the poten-tial to enhance emergency medical care. Wearable vital sign sensors can track patient status and location, while simultaneously operat-ing as active tags. We introduce CodeBlue, a wireless infrastruc-ture intended for deployment in emergency medical care, integrating low-power, wireless vital sign sensors, PDAs, and PC-class systems. CodeBlue will enhance first responders ’ ability to assess patients on scene, ensure seamless transfer of data among caregivers, and fa-cilitate efficient allocation of hospital resources. Intended to scale to very dense networks with thousands of devices and extremely volatile network conditions, this infrastructure will support reliable, ad hoc data delivery, a flexible naming and discovery scheme, and a decentralized security model. This paper introduces our architecture and highlights research challenges being addressed by the CodeBlue development effort. 1
Layered Manganese Oxide Intergrowth Electrodes for Rechargeable Lithium Batteries. 1. Substitution with Co or Ni (2005)

Lithium manganese oxides substituted with nickel or cobalt were characterized electrochemically in lithium cell configurations. The compounds studied were either single-phase layered structures with either primarily O2 or O3 stacking arrangements, or O2/O3 intergrowths, prepared from P2, P3, and P2/P3 sodium-containing precursors, respectively. The stacking arrangements are extremely sensitive to the Na/TM (TM = transition metal) ratios and the level of substitution. Phase diagrams showing the stability regions of the various arrangements for the Na−Ni−Mn−O system are presented. A possible correlation between vacancies in the transition metal layers and electrochemical performance is suggested. For high levels of substitution with Ni, fewer defects are possible for materials containing more O3 component and higher discharge capacities can be achieved, but spinel conversion upon cycling also occurs more rapidly as the O3 content increases. Intergrowths show intermediate behavior and represent a potential route toward designing stable, high-capacity electrodes.
Libro de Calixto y Melibea y de la puta vieja Celestina. (Sevilla, 1502). [Edición facsimilar, por Antonio Pérez Gómez]. Valencia, 1958; 65 hojas sin num. (La fonte que mana y corre). (1959)

Se reseñó: Libro de Calixto y Melibea y de la puta vieja Celestina. (Sevilla, 1502). [Edición facsimilar, por Antonio Pérez Gómez].
Changing diabetes care : original (2010)

Traditionally, the less glamorous chronic conditions have comprised a relatively small part of medical school curricula, leaving the new graduate without the necessary interest or the skills to manage a complex physical / psychosocial / spiritual condition such as diabetes mellitus (DM) effectively. Additionally, DM is often fatalistically viewed as leading to almost inevitable acute and chronic complications secondary to the disease process as well as substantial non-compliance with treatment.
Shadow elimination and occluder light suppression for multi-projector displays (2003)

Two related problems of front projection displays, which occur when users obscure a projector, are: (i) undesirable shadows cast on the display by the users, and (ii) projected light falling on and distracting the users. This paper provides a computational framework for solving these two problems based on multiple overlapping projectors and cameras. The overlapping projectors are automatically aligned to display the same dekeystoned image. The system detects when and where shadows are cast by occluders and is able to determine the pixels, which are occluded in different projectors. Through a feedback control loop, the contributions of unoccluded pixels from other projectors are boosted in the shadowed regions, thereby eliminating the shadows. In addition, pixels, which are being occluded, are blanked, thereby preventing the projected light from falling on a user when they occlude the display. This can be accomplished even when the occluders are not visible to the camera. The paper presents results from a number of experiments demonstrating that the system converges rapidly with low steady-state errors.
UF/pMDI Wood Adhesives: Networks Blend versus Copolymerization (2002)

Summary Kinetic evidence from thermomechanical analysis experiments and 13 C NMR evidence were used to show that the strength of a joint bonded with UF/pMDI glue-mixtures is improved by coreaction between pMDI and UF resin methylol groups forming methylene cross-links. These are predominant, as opposed to the formation of urethane bridges which still appear to form, but are in great minority. The coreaction occurs in the presence of water and under the predominantly acidic hardening conditions characteristic of aminoplastic resins (in presence of a hardener). Coreaction occurs to a much lesser extent under alkaline conditions (without UF resins hardeners). The predominant reaction is therefore different in UF/pMDI and PF/pMDI adhesive systems. The same reaction observed for the UF/pMDI system at higher temperatures was also observed in PF/pMDI systems, but only at lower temperatures. The water introduced into the UF/pMDI mixture by addition of the UF resin solution was shown not to react with pMDI to increase the strength of the hardened adhesive to a significant degree.
Contrast-enhancement in black dielectric electroluminescent devices (2002)

A high contrast electroluminescent (EL) device structure is presented. The diffuse luminous reflectivity from the metal/dielectric/phosphor/indium-tin-oxide/glass EL device structure is /spl sim/3%. A Eu-doped GaN phosphor is used to demonstrate the contrast-enhanced operation. Low reflectivity is achieved by inserting a light-absorbing black thick-film BaTiO/sub 3/ layer between the phosphor and the rear metal electrode. In addition to providing contrast enhancement, the opaque thick dielectric film exhibits capacitance and high voltage reliability (40 nF/cm/sup 2/, dielectric constant /spl epsi//sub d/ /spl sim/ 500-1000, breakdown field E/sub d,br/ /spl sim/ 0.1-0.4 MV/cm) similar to that of the highest performance transparent thin-film dielectrics. An EL device luminance of only 20 cd/m/sup 2/ is sufficient for a display contrast ratio of /spl sim/10:1 under 140 lux indoor ambient lighting (illumination). Under sunlight illumination of 100000 lux, a display contrast ratio of >3:1 is expected with application of additional contrast enhancement techniques.
Association of 5HT2A receptor gene polymorphism and alcohol abuse with behavior problems (2000)

This study investigated the association between T/C polymorphism, at position 102, of the 5-hydroxytryptamine 2A receptor gene and alcoholism with and without behavior problems. Eighty-five subjects (45 men, 40 women) with alcohol abuse, 75 subjects (51 men, 24 women) with alcohol dependence, and 70 normal control subjects (21 men, 49 women) participated in the study. The results show that the frequency of the homozygous T102 genotype was significantly lower in the group of male alcohol abuse with behavior problems than in the female group (chi(2) = 4.072, df = 1, P < 0.05) and the allele frequency of T102 was also lower in the male group than in the female group (chi(2) = 4.187, df = 1, P < 0.05). Of the male alcohol abuse subjects, the group with behavior problems was found to have lower frequencies of the T102 allele than the group without behavior problems (chi(2) = 4.328, df = 1, P < 0.05). In conclusion, this study demonstrates that alcoholism is heterogeneous and male alcohol abuse with behavioral problems was associated with T/C 102 polymorphism of the 5HT2A receptor gene. Am. J. Med. Genet. (Neuropsychiatr. Genet.) 96:797-800, 2000.
[Diagnostic image (368). A child with a facial swelling after a dog bite]. (2008)

A 4-year-old boy suffered multiple facial dog bites. In the scar of one of these, on the left lower eyelid, a granuloma teleangiectaticum developed. Within a few days, spontaneous regression occurred. One year later, the defect had disappeared completely.
Overexpression of FK506-Binding Protein FKBP12.6 in Cardiomyocytes Reduces Ryanodine Receptor–Mediated Ca <sup>2+</sup> Leak From the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum and Increases Contractility (2001)

The FK506-binding protein FKBP12.6 is tightly associated with the cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca(2+)-release channel (ryanodine receptor type 2 [RyR2]), but the physiological function of FKBP12.6 is unclear. We used adenovirus (Ad)-mediated gene transfer to overexpress FKBP12.6 in adult rabbit cardiomyocytes. Western immunoblot and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction analysis revealed specific overexpression of FKBP12.6, with unchanged expression of endogenous FKBP12. FKBP12.6-transfected myocytes displayed a significantly higher (21%) fractional shortening (FS) at 48 hours after transfection compared with Ad-GFP-infected control cells (4.8+/-0.2% FS versus 4+/-0.2% FS, respectively; n=79 each; P:=0.001). SR-Ca(2+) uptake rates were monitored in beta-escin-permeabilized myocytes using Fura-2. Ad-FKBP12.6-infected cells showed a statistically significant higher rate of Ca(2+) uptake of 0.8+/-0.09 nmol/s(-)(1)/10(6) cells (n=8, P:<0.05) compared with 0.52+/-0.1 nmol/s(-)(1)/10(6) cells in sham-infected cells (n=8) at a [Ca(2+)] of 1 micromol/L. In the presence of 5 micromol/L ruthenium red to block Ca(2+) efflux via RyR2, SR-Ca(2+) uptake rates were not significantly different between groups. From these measurements, we calculate that SR-Ca(2+) leak through RyR2 is reduced by 53% in FKBP12.6-overexpressing cells. Caffeine-induced contractures were significantly larger in Ad-FKBP12.6-infected myocytes compared with Ad-GFP-infected control cells, indicating a higher SR-Ca(2+) load. Taken together, these data suggest that FKBP12.6 stabilizes the closed conformation state of RyR2. This may reduce diastolic SR-Ca(2+) leak and consequently increase SR-Ca(2+) release and myocyte shortening.
Optical Design Of Compact Thermal Scanner (1985)

The optical characteristics of a thermal imager employing a new compact optical scanner (CVROS) are described. The optical scanner employs mostly micromachined reflective components, some of an extreme asymmetric nature. The imaging properties of the scanner system are described in some detail and the paper concludes with a description of the current hardware.
574. Models of Cancer Cachexia: Treatment with Inhibition of NF-kB (2006)

Cachexia is associated with life-threatening diseases, such as cancer and AIDS, especially gastrointestinal tract and lung cancer, where it contributes to the morbidity and mortality caused by these systemiccancers. NF-κB, a heterodimeric transcription factor, is involved in the impaired balance of protein synthesis and degradation, which characterizes cancer-induced cachexia. We have previously shown in an in vitro model using primary muscle cells, that exposure to conditioned media from certain carcinoma cell lines results in failure of myotube formation, providing an in vitro correlate of cancer cachexia.
Responses to retinoic acid of tamoxifen-sensitive and -resistant sublines of human breast cancer cell line MCF-7. (1992)

Growth of the human breast cancer cell line MCF-7 is known to be inhibited both by antiestrogens such as 4-hydroxytamoxifen (OHTAM) and by retinoic acid (RA). Uncloned MCF-7 cells (UNC) and two cloned sublines, one sensitive to antiestrogens (E-3) and the other resistant to them (RR), were used in this study. Growth of UNC and E-3 was inhibited by either OHTAM (10(-7) M) or RA (10(-6) M), and this inhibition could not be overcome by the simultaneous addition of estradiol. Subline RR, which was originally selected for resistance to tamoxifen, was resistant to both OHTAM and RA as measured by either growth in culture or colony forming ability. RR was resistant to RA at all concentrations tested between 10(-9) M and 10(-6) M. The inhibition of uncloned MCF-7 cells by RA was dose dependent between 10(-9) M and 10(-6) M. Subline E-3, however, exhibited a mixed response to RA. At 10(-9) M and 10(-8) M, growth was stimulated, but at 10(-7) M and 10(-6) M it was inhibited. The level of estrogen receptor was measured in the same experiment by using a whole cell assay. In the uncloned MCF-7 cultures and in both the RR and E-3 sublines the level of estrogen receptor was increased between 50 and 200% by RA. The production of plasminogen activator by MCF-7 cells is stimulated by estrogen. RA had a dual effect on plasminogen activator production. In the absence of estrogen, RA inhibited production below the unstimulated level, but in cells stimulated by estrogen, RA increased plasminogen activator production. The results reported here support possible interactions between the mechanisms by which cells respond to estrogen, antiestrogens, and retinoids.
Tuberculosis In Human Immunodeficiency Virus Seropositives In Rajasthan (1998)

Five hundred and twenty tuberculosis patients admitted to hospital and having a high risk factor for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection were evaluated for HIV seropositivity. Fourty patients (7.7%) were found to be seropositive. The clinical picture of these patients was compared with the seronegative tuberculosis patients. Extrapulmonary tuberculosis was more common in HIV seropositive patients. Weight loss and diarrhoea were more common in these patients but cough and haemoptysis were less frequent. Oral thrush and herpes zoster were seen only in HIV seropositive patients. The findings of this study show that HIV seropositive tuberculosis patients present with an atypical picture in this part of the country.
Review Article : Intracranial Neoplasms in Children With Neurofibromatosis 1 (2002)

Neurofibromatosis 1 is associated with an increased risk for the development of benign and malignant tumors involving neural and non-neural tissues. Children as well as adults with neurofibromatosis 1 are affected. Central nervous system neoplasms represent a significant portion of these malignancies and appear primarily in children less than 10 years of age. Optic pathway gliomas and brainstem gliomas are the most common intracranial neoplasms found in neurofibromatosis 1, although there also is an increased incidence of other brain tumors in this population. The majority of these intracranial neoplasms are benign pilocytic astrocytomas, which may behave in a less aggressive manner than histologically identical tumors in non-neurofibromatosis 1 patients. Owing to the indolent nature of these tumors, conservative management with close follow-up is recommended. When intervention is required, conventional treatment with surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy has been used with variable results. The current challenge lies in understanding the pathogenesis of gliomas in neurofibromatosis 1, which may lead to the development of biologically directed therapies with less associated morbidity and mortality for neurofibromatosis 1 as well as non-neurofibromatosis 1 children.
Manipulation planning of similar objects by part correspondence (2011)

Many innovative ideas in robotics have been inspired by neuroscience and, in particular, by the investigation of how intelligence and perception work. In this paper we explore an approach for semantic robot grasping, which combines programming by demonstration, automatic 3D shape segmentation and manipulation planning by parts. Neuro-psychology studies have evidenced the influence of shape decomposition for human perception of objects. In accordance to these findings a robot manipulation system is presented which is capable of learning and planning manipulation tasks for similar objects. The proposed approach allows a robot to perform intelligent grasping tasks by modeling the topology of an object. Manipulation tasks are demonstrated in virtual reality using a data glove. Results show that 3D shape segmentation enables both object retrieval and part-based grasping according to the affordances of an object.
Lactams as Prostanoid Receptor Ligands. Part 4. 2‐Piperidones as Selective EP<sub>4</sub> Receptor Agonists. (2005)

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Amlodipine Enhances NO Production Induced by an ACE Inhibitor Through a Kinin-Mediated Mechanism in Canine Coronary Microvessels (2000)

Our previous study found that angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and amlodipine induce NO release from coronary microvessels through a kinin-dependent mechanism. The goal of this study was to determine whether amlodipine could potentiate NO formation during ACE inhibition. Coronary microvessels were isolated from 16 mongrel dogs. Nitrite, the hydration product of NO, from coronary microvessels was quantified by using the Griess reaction. Bradykinin and kallikrein all significantly increased nitrite release from coronary microvessels in a concentration-dependent manner. The ACE inhibitor, ramiprilat, potentiated these effects. Amlodipine also markedly potentiated nitrite production by ramiprilat. For instance, amlodipine (10(-10) M) enhanced nitrite release induced by ramiprilat (10(-7) M) from 122 +/- 9 to 168 +/- 14 pmol/mg (p < 0.05 vs. ramiprilat). Nitrite release potentiated by ramiprilat and amlodipine was entirely blocked by N(omega)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME, an inhibitor of NO synthase), HOE 140 (Icatibant, a specific B2-kinin receptor antagonist), and dichloroisocoumarin (DCIC, a serine protease inhibitor that blocks local kinin formation). These results clearly show that there is a synergistic effect on NO formation when amlodipine is combined with ACE inhibition. Our data suggest that kinin-mediated coronary NO production may contribute importantly to the beneficial therapeutic action of ACE inhibitors, especially in combination with amlodipine in the treatment of heart disease.
In Vitro Isolation and Characterization of a Calicivirus Causing a Vesicular Disease of the Hands and Feet (1998)

We report that a calicivirus of oceanic origin, San Miguel sea lion virus serotype 5 (SMSV-5), is a human pathogen. This biotype was isolated originally from blisters on the flippers of northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) and replicates readily in primate and human cell lines. It infects a phylogenetically diverse array of hosts (poikilotherms to primates) and induces type-specific neutralizing antibodies in exposed humans. Group antibody against a pooled antigen of SMSV-5 and two other serotypes was also observed in 18% of 300 blood donors from a population in the northwestern United States. The human calicivirus isolate designated SMSV-5 Homosapien-1 (SMSV-5 Hom-1) was recovered from a laboratory worker with systemic illness, including vesicular lesions on all four extremities. We believe this newly described human disease represents a paradigmatic shift in calicivirus disease recognition.
Multimodal dimensional affect recognition using deep bidirectional long short-term memory recurrent neural networks (2015)

In this paper we propose the deep bidirectional long short-term memory recurrent neural network (DBLSTM-RNN) based single modal and multi-modal affect recognition frameworks. In the single modal framework DBLSTM with moving average (MA), audio or visual features are input into the DBLSTM-RNN model, whose output estimations of a dimension are smoothed by the moving average filter. After the smoothed estimations are expanded to the frame rate of the ground truth labels, another MA is adopted for smoothing the final results. In the multi-modal framework DBLSTM-DBLSTM-MA, the initial estimations from the audio and visual modalities via the first layer of DBLSTM-RNNs are input into a second layer of DBLSTM-RNN, whose outputs are smoothed by MA. The smoothed estimations are then expanded to the frame rate of the ground truth labels and smoothed again by another MA. Affect recognition experiments are carried out on the training set and development set of the AVEC2014 database, results show that the proposed DBLSTM-MA framework outperforms linear regression, support vector regression (SVR), and BLSTM for single modal dimension estimation. For audio visual multi-modal affect recognition, DBLSTM-DBLSTM-MA obtains better or comparable performance than the state of the art results in the competition of AVEC2014, with the average correlation coefficient (COR) reaches 0.599 on the Freeform database, 0.630 on the Northwind database, and 0.615 on the Freeform-Northwind database.