gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Mercury Content in Pacific Troll-Caught Albacore Tuna (<i>Thunnus alalunga</i>) (2005)

Abstract Ninety-one albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga) captured during the 2003 commercial fishing season were tested for total mercury content in muscle tissue. The fish were harvested between 32.72°N (off Southern California) and 48.30°N (off the northern tip of Washington) between July and November. Fish weighed from 3.14 to 11.62 kg and were 50.8-86.4 cm long. Total mercury content in the albacore muscle tissue ranged from 0.027 ppm (μg/g) to 0.26 ppm. The average total mercury content was 0.14 ± 0.05 ppm, which is below the U.S. Food and Drug Administration action level and Canadian standards (1.0 ppm methylmercury and 0.50 ppm total mercury, respectively). Total mercury concentrations showed positive correlations with length and weight of albacore (R2= 0.40 and 0.38, respectively), but there was no correlation with date of capture or lipid content. Results indicate that Pacific troll-caught albacore have low levels of total mercury in the edible flesh and are well within international safety standards for mercury levels in fish.
Atherosclerosis: Prevention by Agents Not Affecting Abnormal Levels of Blood Lipids (1981)

Diet-induced atherosclerosis in macaque monkeys was suppressed by anticalcifying agents without changing abnormal levels of blood cholesterol and lipoprotein. The agents included inhibitors of arterial calcium deposition (diphosphonates) and a calcium ion antagonist (lanthanum). The study suggests that regulation of calcium flux and extracellular deposition in arteries may offer new principles of treatment for cardiovascular disease.
No. 1 ESS Scanner, Signal Distributor, and Central Pulse Distributor (1964)

The peripheral units of no. 1 ESS, described in this article, include the scanners and signal distributors. The scanners serve to collect information for the central control, and the signal distributors execute central control orders in the system. The peripheral units receive orders through the communication buses. The central pulse distributor serves to connect peripheral units to the communication buses so that a central control order, which is broadcast over the bus system, enters one particular peripheral unit.
ChemInform Abstract: AMINO ACID ANALOGS PART 2, 3‐FLUOROAMINO ACIDS PART 1, CHAIN LENGTH THREE TO SEVEN CARBON ATOMS (1974)

Abstract Die Acrylsäuren (I) werden mit HF und N‐Brom‐acetamid (NBA) in die Brom‐fluor‐ Verbindungen (II) übergeführt.
Is Parkinson's disease a progressive siderosis of substantia nigra resulting in iron and melanin induced neurodegeneration? (1989)

Razor sharp and high iron deposits are present in the substantia nigra (SN). Although the function of such high iron content is not known, the homeostasis of brain iron is important for normal brain function. The participation of free tissue iron in oxidative stress (OS), resulting in the formation of cytotoxic hydroxyl radical (.OH) from H2O2 (Fenton reaction) and promotion of membrane lipid peroxides by .OH can no longer be questioned as a biological phenomenon. The highly selective increase of Fe2+ and Fe3+ and lipid peroxidation observed in parkinsonian SN points to OS in such brains. Lipid peroxidation proceeds with either Fe2+ or Fe3+ provided a mechanism exists to facilitate the interconversion of iron between its redox states. Indeed H2O2 derived from MAO B reaction and autooxidation of dopamine to melanin in the SN can drive the iron dependent Fenton reaction. Furthermore, interaction of iron with melanin may be even more important considering that melanin avidly binds Fe3+ and reduce it to Fe2+, resulting in .OH generation. Thus, without evoking environmental neurotoxins, the excessive accumulation of free iron in the SN and "melanin-trap" could be the trigger for accelerated cell death and Parkinsonism.
Auditory-Visual Cross-Modal Perception (1998)

Presented of the 6th International Conference on Auditory Display (ICAD), Atlanta, GA, April 2-5, 2000
Post-hurricane Analysis of Citrus Canker Spread and Progress towards the Development of a Predictive Model to Estimate Disease Spread Due to Catastrophic Weather Events (2006)

Many factors have been involved in the spread of citrus canker (Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri); however, the 2004 hurricane season appears to have been one of the major factors leading to the widespread and numerous citrus canker infections discovered in late 2004 and 2005. Geospatially referenced citrus canker infection data from infections that were discovered after the 2004 hurricanes were examined in relation to wind and rain conditions experienced during the hurricanes and used to develop a predictive model to explain storm-related spread of citrus canker. The model incorporates a “threshold” concept for wind and rains that, in-effect, incorporates only biologically significant weather parameters in the calculations. When applied to three distinct areas of the state, the predictive model accounted for approximately 80% of the hurricane related and subsequent secondary spread of citrus canker over the next 14 months. Therefore, the use of the predictive model shows great promise a tool to predict disease spread as a result of extreme weather events and as a means of targeting resources for citrus canker survey and detection activities. Accepted for publication 11 May 2006. Published 22 August 2006.
Detecting Depression using Vocal, Facial and Semantic Communication Cues (2016)

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is known to result in neurophysiological and neurocognitive changes that affect control of motor, linguistic, and cognitive functions. MDD's impact on these processes is reflected in an individual's communication via coupled mechanisms: vocal articulation, facial gesturing and choice of content to convey in a dialogue. In particular, MDD-induced neurophysiological changes are associated with a decline in dynamics and coordination of speech and facial motor control, while neurocognitive changes influence dialogue semantics. In this paper, biomarkers are derived from all of these modalities, drawing first from previously developed neurophysiologically-motivated speech and facial coordination and timing features. In addition, a novel indicator of lower vocal tract constriction in articulation is incorporated that relates to vocal projection. Semantic features are analyzed for subject/avatar dialogue content using a sparse coded lexical embedding space, and for contextual clues related to the subject's present or past depression status. The features and depression classification system were developed for the 6th International Audio/Video Emotion Challenge (AVEC), which provides data consisting of audio, video-based facial action units, and transcribed text of individuals communicating with the human-controlled avatar. A clinical Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) score and binary depression decision are provided for each participant. PHQ predictions were obtained by fusing outputs from a Gaussian staircase regressor for each feature set, with results on the development set of mean F1=0.81, RMSE=5.31, and MAE=3.34. These compare favorably to the challenge baseline development results of mean F1=0.73, RMSE=6.62, and MAE=5.52. On test set evaluation, our system obtained a mean F1=0.70, which is similar to the challenge baseline test result. Future work calls for consideration of joint feature analyses across modalities in an effort to detect neurological disorders based on the interplay of motor, linguistic, affective, and cognitive components of communication.
Structure and Nanomechanics of Dry and Hydrated Intermediate Filament Films and Fibers Produced from Hagfish Slime Fibers (2018)

Intermediate filaments (IFs) are known for their extensibility, flexibility, toughness, and their ability to hydrate. Using keratin-like IFs obtained from slime fibers from the invertebrate Atlantic hagfish ( Myxine glutinosa), films were produced by drop-casting and coagulation on the surface of a MgCl<sub>2</sub> buffer. Drop-casting produced self-supporting, smooth, and dense films rich in β-sheets (61%), whereas coagulation formed thin, porous films with a nanorough surface and a lower β-sheet content (51%). The films hydrated and swelled immediately when immersed in water and did not dissolve. X-ray diffraction showed that the β-crystallites remained stable upon hydration, that swelling presumably happens in the amorphous C-terminal tail-domains of the IFs, and that high salt conditions caused a denser network mesh size, suggesting polyelectrolyte behavior. Hydration resulted in a roughly 1000-fold decrease in apparent Young's modulus from 10<sup>9</sup> to 10<sup>6</sup> Pa as revealed by atomic force microscopy nanoindentation. Nanoindentation-based power-law rheology and stress-relaxation measurements indicated viscoelasticity and a soft-solid hydrogel character for hydrated films, where roughly 80% of energy is elastically stored and 20% is dissipated. By pulling coagulation films from the buffer interface, macroscopic fibers with highly aligned IF β-crystals similar to natural hagfish fibers were produced. We propose that viscoelasticity and strong hydrogen bonding interactions with the buffer interface are crucial for the production of such long biomimetic fibers with aligned β-sheets. This study demonstrates that hagfish fiber IFs can be reconstituted into functional biomimetic materials that are stiff when dry and retain the ability to hydrate to become soft and viscoelastic when in water.
Resource allocation for hybrid mode device-to-device communication networks (2016)

In order to improve data rate and spectrum utilization of cognitive device-to-device (D2D) communications, in this work we propose a hybrid mode D2D communication network and study resource allocation which maximizes the sum rate under the rate constraint for the primary cellular users. First of all, the subchannels mainly occupied by the cellular system are divided into occupied and empty channels. For the empty channels, an empty channel sharing protocol is proposed, which allows multiple D2D pairs to reuse the same empty channels. Generic algorithm which solves the formulated optimization problem is then used for channel assignment and transmit power allocation. Compared with single mode channel access, the simulation results show that the proposed hybrid mode resource allocation scheme can effectively improve the D2D transmission rate and spectral efficiency.
Inhibition of Cyclooxygenase-1 or -2 on Insulin Sensitivity in Healthy Subjects (2001)

The aim of this study was to identify the effects of cyclooxygenase (COX)-1 and -2 inhibition each on insulin sensitivity in healthy subjects. A randomized, double-blind, controlled clinical trial was carried out in 21 young, healthy, non-obese male volunteers. Pharmacological COX-1 inhibition was performed with the prescription of acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) at a low dose, and COX-2 selective inhibition was performed with celecoxib. After randomization, all subjects received an oral morning dose of ASA 100 mg (n = 7), celecoxib 200 mg (n = 7), or placebo for the control group (n = 7) during a period of 15 days. Before and after of the study period, a metabolic profile was measured in all participants. An insulin tolerance test (ITT) was performed to assess insulin sensitivity, and the constant for the serum glucose disappearance rate (K ITT) was calculated. Clinical and metabolic characteristics were similar between groups. The K ITT calculated with the ITT was higher after celecoxib than at baseline (4.8 +/- 0.9 vs. 4.3 +/- 0.6%/min, p = 0.04), indicating improvement in insulin sensitivity. Neither ASA nor placebo administrations modified insulin sensitivity. In conclusion, COX-2-selective inhibitor at a celecoxib dose of 200 mg daily increased insulin sensitivity in healthy subjects.
Germanium Wafers Possessing Facet‐Dependent Electrical Conductivity Properties (2018)

Abstract Electrical conductivity properties of Ge {100}, {110}, {111}, and {211} facets have been measured by breaking Ge (100) and (111) wafers to expose {110} and {211} surfaces and contacting the different facets with tungsten probes. Ge {111} and {211} faces are far more conductive than the already conductive Ge {100} and {110} faces, matching with recent density functional theory (DFT) predictions. Asymmetric I – V curves resembling those of p ‐ n junctions have been collected for the {110}/{111} and {110}/{211} facet combinations. The current‐rectifying effects stem from different degrees of surface band bending for the highly and less conductive faces and the direction of current flow. This work demonstrates that germanium wafers also possess facet‐dependent electrical conductivity responses that can be utilized in the fabrication of novel fin field‐effect transistors (finFET).
Polymer-Supported Hypervalent Iodine Reagents (2002)

Polymer-supported hypervalent iodine reagents, bearing (diacetoxy)iodo, (dihalo)iodo, (hydroxy)(tosyloxy)iodo, (hydroxy)(phosphoryloxy)iodo, aryliodonium, 1,2-benziodoxol-3-one, and hypervalent iodine groups as counter anions, can be used for various oxidative functional group conversions of substrates. These polymer species can be recovered quantitatively by simple filtration, and can be regenerated and reused. Thus, these polymer-supported hypervalent iodine reagents are very useful, effective, and environmentally benign reagents for organic synthesis.
Performance of no-till corn precision planter equipped with row cleaners (2015)

In the continuous annual wheat-corn cropping area of North China Plain, no-till planting that promotes soil conservation and crop yield while reducing operation cost has been gradually accepted by local farmers. However, previous wheat residue is the main limiting factor affecting the performance of existing planters in placing seeds at uniform spacing and optimum depth in residue covered fields. In order to solve this problem, a kind of ground-wheel-driven row cleaner was designed, developed and mounted on row units of a four-row pneumatic precision planter. The planter has two adjacent row units equipped with the newly designed row cleaners and the other two adjacent row units equipped with the commonly used inactive row cleaners. This was used for planting at three forward speeds (4 km/h, 6 km/h and 8 km/h) into half residue (HR) and whole residue (WR) plots. The amount of residue removal, seeding depth, emergence rate and indices of uniformity in seed spacing (missing-seeding index, quality of feeding index and precision index) were measured. The newly designed row cleaner performed better with regard to residue removal, with the average percentage of residue cleared as 63.0% compared to 40.3% for the inactive row cleaner. For the HR and WR plots, percentage of residue cleared of the newly designed row cleaner reached 57.1% and 68.9% respectively, suggesting that the newly designed row cleaner can work more effectively at high residue level. By contrast, with the percentage of residue cleared of the inactive row cleaner as 43.1% and 37.5% in HR and WR plots, suggesting that the inactive row cleaner just can work effectively under low residue condition. Values of missing-seeding index, QFI, precision index, coefficient of variation of depth and percent emergence for the newly designed row cleaner under whole residue level are comparable to those for the inactive row cleaner under half residue level. The result indicates that the effect of using the newly designed row cleaner is equal to that of reducing surface residue, and can help to maintain the uniformity of seed spacing and seeding depth. The newly designed row cleaner generally performed better at forward speed of 6 km/h, based on the distribution of seeds along rows and seeding depth uniformity.
Keywords: row cleaner, corn production, no-till planter, wheat residue management, annual double cropping system
DOI: 10.3965/j.ijabe.20150805.1846

Citation: Yang L, Zhang R, Gao N, Cui T, Liu Q W, Zhang D X. Performance of no-till corn precision planter equipped with row cleaners. Int J Agric & Biol Eng, 2015; 8(5): 15－25.
Clinical Observation of Depression Following Cerebral Apoplexy Treated by Scalp-acupuncture (2003)

Objective: To observe the therapeutic effect of scalp-acupuncture on post-apoplectic depression.Methods: Twenty-nine patients with depression due to cerebral apoplexy were treated by scalp-acupuncture and compared with 28 cases of medicine group chosen randomly. Results: In scalp-acupuncture group, the total effective rate was 89. 6%. In medicine group (control group), the total effective rate was 71.4%. Conclusion:The result showed that the therapeutic effect in scalp-acupuncture group was obviously better than that in medicine group (P＜0.05).
ANOTHER FRAGMENT FROM HENSLOWE'S DIARY (1939)

ANOTHER FRAGMENT FROM HENSLOWE'S DIARY Get access JOSEPH QUINCY ADAMS JOSEPH QUINCY ADAMS Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Library, Volume s4-XX, Issue 2, September 1939, Pages 154–158, https://doi.org/10.1093/library/s4-XX.2.154 Published: 01 September 1939
Surface-consistent phase decomposition in the log/Fourier domain (1993)

Abstract In the log/Fourier domain, decomposing the amplitude spectra of seismic data into surface-consistent terms is a linear problem that can be solved, very efficiently, one frequency at a time. However, the nonunique definition of the complex logarithm makes it much more difficult to decompose the phase spectra. The instability of phase unwrapping has previously prevented any attempt to decompose phase spectra in the log/Fourier domain. We develop a fast and robust partial unwrapping algorithm, which makes it possible to efficiently decompose the phase spectra of normal moveout-corrected (NMO-) data into surface-consistent terms, in the log/Fourier domain. The dual recovery of amplitude and phase spectra yields a surface-consistent deconvolution technique where only the average reflectivity is assumed to be white, and only the average wavelet is required to be minimum-phase. Each individual deconvolution operator may be mixed-phase, depending on its estimated phase spectra. For example, surface-consistent time shifts and phase rotations, as well as any other surface-consistent phase effects, are included in the phase spectra of the surface-consistent deconvolution operators. Consequently, static shifts are estimated and removed without ever picking horizons or crosscorrelations.
[Applicability of CCK receptor antagonists in physiologic and therapeutic studies]. (1992)

The development of potent and specific CCK-receptor antagonists made it possible to evaluate the physiological role of CCK for various gastrointestinal functions. The results of these studies show that CCK is the hormone which principally mediates meal-induced gallbladder emptying. In addition, CCK appears to play an important role in maintaining the fasting muscular tone of the gallbladder. In contrast, CCK-antagonists could inhibit only about 50% of the meal-stimulated pancreatic exocrine secretion. Because of their marked relaxing effect on the gallbladder, CCK-antagonists might become an important clinical tool for treatment of gallbladder spasms and colics. On the other hand, long-term application of CCK-antagonists will increase the risk of stone formation in the gallbladder. CCK-antagonists also had beneficial effects in some animal models of acute pancreatitis. As yet, it is unclear whether CCK-antagonists might become useful for the treatment of human pancreatitis. Since CCK-antagonists only slightly inhibited pancreatic growth, it is unlikely that they will exert major inhibitory effects against growth of pancreatic carcinoma. CCK-antagonists failed to alter gastric emptying of a normal mixed solid-liquid meal, but accelerated gastric emptying of purely liquid meals. Thus, CCK-antagonists are not likely to become useful agents to treat alterations of gastric emptying. The studies with CCK-antagonists further showed that CCK plays only a minor role in the regulation of the motility of the small and large intestine. CCK is probably not involved in the regulation of the gastrocolonic response after a meal. Some reports indicate that CCK-antagonists might increase colonic transit and might therefore be useful to treat constipation.
Applications of speech technology to unmanned vehicles (2002)

This paper describes the application of speech technology to the functions of mission planning, command, and control of a Vehicle Control Unit (VCU). The VCU is capable of controlling either an unmanned aerial vehicle or unmanned ground vehicle. Configured as a COTS laptop with a display screen, track ball, keyboard, and joystick, the VCU must be transported in a suitcase and requires 'hands-on' operation at all times. For many mission scenarios in which manual manipulation of data and visual display is impractical, speech may provide the only way to interact with the computer. This paper describes the technical approach taken to configure the VCU with speech technology enabling the human operator to vocally, dynamically plan a mission.
VTAM - a new "biocloth" for ambulatory telemonitoring (2003)

The VTAM (Vetement de Tele-Assistance Medicale) project began in January 2001. It aims at developing generic clothing technology which integrates biosensors and bioactuactors woven into the fabric. In a first prototype version the T-shirt incorporates four smooth dry EKG electrodes, a shock/fall sensor, a breath rate sensor, two temperature sensors and a GPS receiver. A GSM/GPRS module is connected to the T-shirt and is used for data transmission and hands free communication. The VTAM challenges to reach a higher level of electronic integration in clothing than previous projects like the Lifeshirt USA or the Smart-Shirt USA. The objective is to obtain a biocloth, (or second skin), both comfortable and hygienic (washable), which incorporates connections, wires and microsensors. The leads and treatment modules are flexible and incorporated into the textile itself. The electronic 12C bus is also part of the textile. The mother board, the transmission module and power supply are kept on a belt and connected to the VTAM T-shirt through a micro connector. Data is transmitted through a GSM module to a central PC station. A medical protocol is being applied to process the biomedical data which include a EKG readings, a pneumogram, temperature, and fall detection in mobile situations. Three VTAM T-shirts have been tested on persons in a normal state of health. This project is supported by the french ministry of research.
LLVA: a low-level virtual instruction set architecture (2004)

A virtual instruction set architecture (V-ISA) implemented via a processor-specific software translation layer can provide great flexibility to processor designers. Recent examples such as Crusoe and DAISY, however, have used existing hardware instruction sets as virtual ISAs, which complicates translation and optimization. In fact, there has been little research on specific designs for a virtual ISA for processors. This paper proposes a novel virtual ISA (LLVA) and a translation strategy for implementing it on arbitrary hardware. The instruction set is typed, uses an infinite virtual register set in static single assignment form, and provides explicit control-flow and dataflow information, and yet uses low-level operations closely matched to traditional hardware. It includes novel mechanisms to allow more flexible optimization of native code, including a flexible exception model and minor constraints on self-modifying code. We propose a translation strategy that enables offline translation and transparent offline caching of native code and profile information, while remaining completely OS-independent. It also supports optimizations directly on the representation at install-time, runtime, and offline between executions. We show experimentally that despite its rich information content, virtual object code is comparable in size to native machine code, virtual instructions expand to only 2-4 ordinary hardware instructions on average, and simple translation costs under 1% of total execution time except for very short runs.