gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Feasibility, modeling and economics of sequestering power plant CO<sub>2</sub> emissions in the deep ocean (1991)

Abstract The capture and disposal of carbon dioxide from the flue gas of fossil‐fueled power plants is technically feasible, albeit it requires a significant fraction of the energy content of the fossil fuel and additional equipment with large capital expenditures. The five processes investigated for capturing CO 2 from the flue gas of coal‐fired power plants are (a) combustion of coal in an atmosphere of oxygen and recycled flue gas; (b) scrubbing the flue gas with a recyclable solvent (monoethanolamine); (c) cryogenic CO 2 fractionation of the flue gas; (d) separation of CO 2 by selective membrane diffusion; and (e) scrubbing of the flue gas with seawater. The captured CO 2 is envisioned to be liquefied at 150 atm, piped to the deep ocean, and released through a diffuser. Model calculations show that with appropriate release conditions the formed CO 2 drops can be completely dissolved in seawater. The process that requires least incremental energy is air separation/flue gas recycling. In this process about 30% of the total energy content of the coal is consumed, and the thermal efficiency of a power plant is reduced from 35% to about 25%. Excluding pipeline and deep water disposal costs, we estimate that electricity production costs will increase by about 80%.
Entropy based nearest neighbor search in high dimensions (2006)

In this paper we study the problem of finding the approximate nearest neighbor of a query point in the high dimensional space, focusing on the Euclidean space. The earlier approaches use locality-preserving hash functions (that tend to map nearby points to the same value) to construct several hash tables to ensure that the query point hashes to the same bucket as its nearest neighbor in at least one table. Our approach is different - we use one (or a few) hash table and hash several randomly chosen points in the neighborhood of the query point showing that at least one of them will hash to the bucket containing its nearest neighbor. We show that the number of randomly chosen points in the neighborhood of the query point q required depends on the entropy of the hash value h(p) of a random point p at the same distance from q at its nearest neighbor, given q and the locality preserving hash function h chosen randomly from the hash family. Precisely, we show that if the entropy I(h(p)|q, h) = M and g is a bound on the probability that two far-off points will hash to the same bucket, then we can find the approximate nearest neighbor in O(np) time and near linear Õ(n) space where p = M/log(1/g). Alternatively we can build a data structure of size Õ(n1/(1-p)) to answer queries in Õ(d) time. By applying this analysis to the locality preserving hash functions in [17, 21, 6] and adjusting the parameters we show that the c nearest neighbor can be computed in time Õ(np) and near linear space where p ≈ 2.06/c as c becomes large.
A new step-by-step complete decoding algorithm for binary cyclic codes (2017)

A complete decoder is one that guarantees to decode a received vector to its nearest codeword. For the design of an efficient complete decoding algorithm, storage demand and decoding complexity are two essential factors. Along this consideration, the Zero-Guards algorithm provides a significant improvement as the number of vectors required to be stored has been made much less than what is required by the conventional standard array decoding. When being applied to certain block codes, however, it may be inefficient when code length is short. At this background, a new step-by-step complete decoding algorithm for cyclic codes is proposed in this work. Based on a newly devised transfer function, our algorithm can achieve a better decoding efficiency than the Zero-Guards algorithm, while keeping a smaller number of vectors for most of the cyclic codes examined.
Nonorthogonal Transmission and Noncoherent Fusion of Censored Decisions (2009)

In this paper, we consider the binary-distributed hypothesis testing problem, where a wireless sensor network (WSN) is used to determine the true state of nature. We propose a novel signaling scheme where signature vectors (SVs) are used to transmit censored sensor decisions to the fusion center (FC). In particular, the length of the SVs is chosen to be smaller than the number of sensors, resulting in nonorthogonal sensor channels and allowing a desirable tradeoff between bandwidth and power efficiency in WSNs. We consider deterministic SVs that are assumed to be known to the FC and random SVs that are unknown to the FC. For both cases, the optimum noncoherent fusion rules are derived, assuming independent Ricean fading sensor-FC channels. Since the complexity of these optimum fusion rules is prohibitively large, even for WSNs of moderate size, we also consider a low-complexity suboptimum energy-based fusion rule and show that it is equivalent to the optimum fusion rules under certain conditions. Furthermore, we calculate the system probabilities of detection and false alarm for the energy-based fusion rule for both deterministic and random SVs. Numerical and simulation results show that with the proposed nonorthogonal signaling scheme, significant improvements in bandwidth efficiency are possible at the expense of only a small loss in power efficiency.
Acoustic Access to the Prostate for Extracorporeal Ultrasound Ablation (2010)

This study aimed to measure acoustic access to the prostate for extracorporeal ultrasound ablation. Both transabdominal and transperineal approaches were considered. The objective was to measure the size and shape of the aperture available for unobstructed targeting of the prostate. CT images of 17 randomly selected men > 56 years of age were used to create 3D reconstructions of the lower abdomen and pelvis. Rays were traced from target locations in the prostate toward the perineum and the abdomen. The maximum CT density encountered along each path was recorded; those paths that traversed structures with CT density exceeding a soft tissue threshold were considered to be blocked by bone. Unblocked rays comprised the accessible aperture. The aperture through the perineum was found to be a triangular-shaped region bounded by the lower bones of the pelvis varying significantly in size between subjects. The free aperture through the abdomen was wedge shaped limited by the pubis and also with great subject-to-subject variability. Average unblocked fractions of an f/1 transducer to target base, middle, and apex of the prostate along the urethra from the perineum were 77.0%, 94.4%, and 99.6%, respectively. Averages targeting from the abdomen were 86.1%, 52.3%, and 11.0%. Acoustic access to the prostate for therapy through the perineum was judged to be feasible. Access from the abdomen was judged to be sufficient for the base of the prostate, but likely inadequate for the middle and apex.
Collaborative Tagging Applications and Approaches (2008)

This article reviews the state of the art in collaborative tagging, its current challenges, and potential methods for resolving these challenges, with a special focus on Web-based, user-generated content applications.
Model for decomposition and nanocrystallization of deeply undercooled Zr41.2Ti13.8Cu12.5Ni10Be22.5 (2000)

From in situ small-angle neutron scattering performed at temperatures in the undercooled liquid regime, we derive a model for the crystallization pathway of Zr41.2Ti13.8Cu12.5Ni10Be22.5 (Vit1). Vit1 first decomposes on the nanometer scale, increasing drastically the nucleation probability. In the later stages nanocrystallization occurs in one of the decomposed amorphous phases. The growth kinetics of the nanocrystals corresponds to a chemical relaxation process in which they equilibrate with the remaining amorphous matrix. Based on our model, a chemical diffusion constant is derived whose temperature dependence follows an Arrhenius law and is comparable with the expected self-diffusion constant of Ti in Vit1, as determined in independent studies of diffusion.
Design Patterns at Work (1999)

The idea of capturing design experience with patterns has progressed rapidly from cult to mainstream status. Now that it is well understood what design patterns are, it is important to understand how they are best applied. This talk reports experience in how patterns can be applied to generate, explain, and improve a system's architecture.
Absence of Foamy Virus DNA in Graves' Disease (1994)

A report on the high prevalence of foamy virus DNA in lymphocytes from French patients with Graves' disease prompted us to investigate a similar cohort of 41 German patients. Using PCR amplification and Southern blot hybridization, we detected foamy virus DNA only in lymphocytes of two accidentally infected humans and five naturally infected monkeys, as well as in DNA samples from four Graves' disease patients investigated in the French study. However, we failed to detect foamy virus DNA in peripheral blood lymphocytes from any of the 41 Graves' disease patients of the German cohort. Thus, a causative role of foamy viruses in this thyroid disease is highly improbable.
Evidence for an Important Role of WRKY DNA Binding Proteins in the Regulation of <i>NPR1</i> Gene Expression (2001)

The Arabidopsis NPR1 gene is a positive regulator of inducible plant disease resistance. Expression of NPR1 is induced by pathogen infection or treatment with defense-inducing compounds such as salicylic acid (SA). Transgenic plants overexpressing NPR1 exhibit enhanced resistance to a broad spectrum of microbial pathogens, whereas plants underexpressing the gene are more susceptible to pathogen infection. These results suggest that regulation of NPR1 gene expression is important for the activation of plant defense responses. In the present study, we report the identification of W-box sequences in the promoter region of the NPR1 gene that are recognized specifically by SA-induced WRKY DNA binding proteins from Arabidopsis. Mutations in these W-box sequences abolished their recognition by WRKY DNA binding proteins, rendered the promoter unable to activate a downstream reporter gene, and compromised the ability of NPR1 to complement npr1 mutants for SA-induced defense gene expression and disease resistance. These results provide strong evidence that certain WRKY genes act upstream of NPR1 and positively regulate its expression during the activation of plant defense responses. Consistent with this model, we found that SA-induced expression of a number of WRKY genes was independent of NPR1.
CCCI.—The optically active diphenylhydroxyethylamines and isohydrobenzoins. Part II (1929)

J. Read, I. G. M. Campbell and T. V. Barker, J. Chem. Soc., 1929, 2305 DOI: 10.1039/JR9290002305
Vertically graded anisotropy in Co/Pd multilayers (2010)

Depth grading of magnetic anisotropy in perpendicular magnetic media has been predicted to reduce the field required to write data without sacrificing thermal stability. To study this prediction, we have produced Co/Pd multilayers with depth-dependent Co layer thickness. Polarized neutron reflectometry shows that the thickness grading results in a corresponding magnetic anisotropy gradient. Magnetometry reveals that the anisotropy gradient promotes domain nucleation upon magnetization reversal---a clear experimental demonstration of the effectiveness of graded anisotropy for reducing write field.
Supplementary eye field as defined by intracortical microstimulation: Connections in macaques (1990)

In macaques, the frontal eye field and the recently defined supplementary eye field play a role in the production of eye movements. Whereas the structure and function of the frontal eye field are well understood, little is known about the supplementary eye field. The goal of this study was to determine the connections of the physiologically defined supplementary eye field. In each case, the location of the supplementary eye field was determined by using intracortical microstimulation, the borders were marked with small electrolytic lesions, and horseradish peroxidase conjugated to wheat germ agglutinin was injected into the supplementary eye field. After the tissue was incubated with tetramethyl benzidine, it was determined that in three cases the injection site was confined to the physiologically defined supplementary eye field. The present results indicate that the supplementary eye field is reciprocally connected with the claustrum, ventral anterior nucleus, including pars magnocellularis, nucleus X, posterior subdivision of the ventral lateral nucleus, multiform, parvocellular, magnocellular, and densocellular subdivisions of the medial dorsal nucleus, central lateral nucleus, parafascicular nucleus, and suprageniculate-limitans complex. The supplementary eye field projects to the putamen, caudate, reticular nucleus of the thalamus, central densocellular nucleus, zona incerta, subthalamic nucleus, rostral interstitial nucleus of the medial longitudinal fasciculus, parvocellular part of the red nucleus, intermediate and deep layers of the superior colliculus, central gray, cuneiform nucleus, mesencephalic reticular formation, pontine gray, nucleus reticularis tegmenti pontis, and nucleus reticularis pontis oralis. The supplementary eye field is reciprocally and bilaterally connected with periprincipal and inferior prefrontal cortex, with periarcuate cortex, including the frontal eye field, the frontal ventral region, and with postarcuate premotor cortex, and cortex surrounding the supplementary eye field, including the supplementary motor area. The supplementary eye field is also reciprocally connected ipsilaterally with cortex in and around the cingulate sulcus and the intraparietal sulcus, whereas cortex within the superior temporal sulcus projects to the supplementary eye field. The connections of the physiologically defined supplementary eye field are compared to previously demonstrated connections of the supplementary motor region and of the physiologically defined frontal eye field. Comparisons between the connections of the frontal and supplementary eye fields reveal that both regions are connected with structures related to visuomotor functions, but the frontal eye field has more extensive connections with vision-related structures, and the supplementary eye field has more extensive connections with structures related to prefrontal and skeletomotor functions. Such connectional differences suggest functional differences between these two sensorimotor regions of the frontal lobe.
Special study designs: early escape, enrichment, studies in non-responders (1994)

In a number of situations, a simple randomized trial in unselected patients may not be possible or efficient. Randomized withdrawal of therapy in patients previously treated, studies that allow early escape/early advance of patients doing poorly, and enrichment of study populations with potential responders may increase the feasibility of a trial and its chances for success.
A 20 Gbps 1-tap decision feedback equalizer with unfixed tap coefficient (2012)

This paper describes a 1-tap DFE with unfixed tap coefficient. According to the data patterns, the inter-symbol interference (ISI) is changed. The data patterns will be predicted using the DC level detector and the tap coefficient of the DFE will be adjusted to achieve high gain against high attenuation. The proposed 1-tap DFE with unfixed tap coefficient solves a high channel loss problem while it consumes low power. Designed in 65-nm CMOS technology, a 20 Gb/s receiver is composed of 1-tap half rate DFE with unfixed tap coefficient which compensates 20 dB attenuation, and it consumes 22.65 mW for 1-V supply.
Practical tips for obtaining patent protection (2002)

Engineers and scientists should research and document their inventions with a subsequent view towards getting patent protection. Keeping patents in mind at the earliest stages of invention will avoid wasted efforts and legal pitfalls which may foreclose patentability. A patent gives the owner of the patent the right to exclude anyone else from making, using, or selling the invention which is claimed in the patent. A patent consists of a specification describing the invention, usually with drawings, an abstract, and claims which set forth the limits of what the inventor claims as the invention. It is from the claims that the legal rights of exclusion are derived. Claims must be supported by the disclosure in the specification. For a patent to be valid the claimed invention is required by law to be new, useful, and unobvious. Patent applications are reviewed by patent examiners at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (the "PTO") to insure that these legal requirements are met. The Examiners communicate to the applicant by "Office Actions" in which the individual claims of the patent application are listed as being allowable or rejected, with reasons given by the examiner for his decision. The applicant is given the opportunity to respond by arguing the rejection or by amending the claims to overcome the rejections.
<sup>27</sup>Al nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy investigation of thermal transformation sequences of alumina hydrates. Part 1.—Gibbsite, γ-Al(OH)<sub>3</sub> (1991)

High-resolution 27Al magic-angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MAS NMR)(78.15 MHz) spectra are reported for commercial and natural gibbsites and materials occurring in the thermal transformation sequences of gibbsite (boehmite; χ, α and ρ-aluminas; calcines produced at 400, 700, 900 and 1000 °C). Separate peaks assignable to aluminiums in near-regular six- and four-co-ordination in oxygen are observed for the materials in which use of such sites is believed to occur. For ρ-alumina a third peak (at 27 ppm) is seen due to the presence of Al in five-co-ordination. κ-Alumina may retain approximately hexagonal-close-packed oxygens (with a defect structure leading to a grossly asymmetric contributory line from four-co-ordinate Al) or may contain some five-co-ordinate Al (AlO5) in addition to AlO6 and AlO4 environments (and hence have oxygen packing deviating from h.c.p.). Distortions/disorders (when present) result in broader underlying signals and manifest themselves instrumentally for the most disordered systems as wings extending to either side of the central spectrum.
A novel approach to fault diagnostics and prognostics (2004)

A novel fault diagnostics and prognostics algorithm based on hidden Markov model (HMM) is proposed. The algorithm combines fault diagnostics and prognostics in a unified framework. The algorithm has been fully tested by using experimental data from a rotating shift testbed in our laboratory.
Underperformance of Contemporary Phase III Oncology Trials and Strategies for Improvement (2021)

Current statistical approaches detect almost all truly effective oncologic therapies studied in phase III trials, but they generate many false-positives. Adjusting testing procedures in phase III trials is numerically favorable but practically infeasible. The root of the problem is the large number of ineffective therapies being studied in phase III trials. Innovative strategies are needed to efficiently identify which new therapies merit phase III testing.
Hemorrhagic Fever Caused by a Novel Bunyavirus in China: Pathogenesis and Correlates of Fatal Outcome (2011)

A total of 49 patients with hemorrhagic fever caused by HYSV were included; 8 (16.3%) patients died. A fatal outcome was associated with high viral RNA load in blood at admission, as well as higher serum liver transaminase levels, more pronounced coagulation disturbances (activated partial thromboplastin time, thrombin time), and higher levels of acute phase proteins (phospholipase A, fibrinogen, hepcidin), cytokines (interleukin [IL]-6, IL-10, interferon-γ), and chemokines (IL-8, monocyte chemotactic protein 1, macrophage inflammatory protein 1b). The levels of these host parameters correlated with viral RNA levels. Blood viral RNA levels gradually declined over 3-4 weeks after illness onset, accompanied by resolution of symptoms and laboratory abnormalities. Viral RNA was also detectable in throat, urine, and fecal specimens of a substantial proportion of patients, including all fatal cases assayed. CONCLUSIONS. Viral replication and host immune responses play an important role in determining the severity and clinical outcome in patients with infection by HYSV.
Immunotherapeutic Approach for Better Management of Cancer - Role of IL-18 (2012)

Interleukin-18 (IL-18) is an immune-stimulatory cytokine with antitumor activity in preclinical models. It plays pivotal roles in linking inflammatory immune responses and tumor progression and is a useful candidate in gene therapy of lymphoma or lymphoid leukemia. A phase I study of recombinant human IL-18 (rhIL-18) in patients with advanced cancer concluded that rhIL-18 can be safely given in biologically active doses to patients with advanced cancer. Some viruses can induce the secretion of IL-18 for immune evasion. The individual cytokine activity might be potentiated or inhibited by combinations of cytokines. Here we focus on combinational effects of cytokines with IL-18 in cancer progression. IL-18 is an important non-invasive marker suspected of contributing to metastasis. Serum IL-18 may a useful biological marker as independent prognostic factor of survival. In this review we cover roles of IL-18 in immune evasion, metastasis and angiogenesis, applications for chemotherapy and prognostic or diagnostic significance.
Hydrogenation of CO<sub>2</sub> to Methanol: Importance of Metal–Oxide and Metal–Carbide Interfaces in the Activation of CO<sub>2</sub> (2015)

The high thermochemical stability of CO2 makes it very difficult to achieve the catalytic conversion of the molecule into alcohols or other hydrocarbon compounds, which can be used as fuels or the starting point for the generation of fine chemicals. Pure metals and bimetallic systems used for the CO2 → CH3OH conversion usually bind CO2 too weakly and, thus, show low catalytic activity. Here, we discuss a series of recent studies that illustrate the advantages of metal–oxide and metal–carbide interfaces when aiming at the conversion of CO2 into methanol. CeOx/Cu(111), Cu/CeOx/TiO2(110), and Au/CeOx/TiO2(110) exhibit an activity for the CO2 → CH3OH conversion that is 2–3 orders of magnitude higher than that of a benchmark Cu(111) catalyst. In the Cu–ceria and Au–ceria interfaces, the multifunctional combination of metal and oxide centers leads to complementary chemical properties that open active reaction pathways for methanol synthesis. Efficient catalysts are also generated after depositing Cu and Au on TiC(001). In these cases, strong metal–support interactions modify the electronic properties of the admetals and make them active for the binding of CO2 and its subsequent transformation into CH3OH at the metal–carbide interfaces.