gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Integrating Well and Seismic Data for Reservoir Characterization: Risks and Rewards (2006)

Developing accurate reservoir models is a key objective of oil companies worldwide. A properly constrained reservoir model can be used to quantify hydrocarbons in place and to optimize hydrocarbon production. The evaluation of the reservoirs is typically achieved using a combination of seismic and well data. Each of these data represents imperfect measurements with a certain level of error. The manner in which these errors are handled affects the integration of the two data types and determines the quality of the final reservoir model.In this paper, I discuss one of the ways that well and seismic data can be combined to form a reservoir model. A logical workflow is proposed that consists of a systematic progression from well data analysis, to rock physics analysis, to seismic inversion and finally reservoir property estimation. The workflow cannot be followed blindly and each reservoir characterization problem must be handled in a unique manner. One of the key elements to the seismic inversion component is the development of a realistic low frequency model. A sophisticated low frequency model has a significant impact on the final reservoir model. Using a series of simple examples and case histories I demonstrate that significant benefits can be obtained from following a workflow that is tailored to deal with the uncertainties that impact on the results. I also show some of the pitfalls that have the potential to create incorrect or ambiguous results. The ultimate goal is better reservoir definition, better reservoir management and higher drilling success.
Modulation of the Tumor Cell Phenotype by IFN-γ Results in Resistance of Uveal Melanoma Cells to Granule-Mediated Lysis by Cytotoxic Lymphocytes (2008)

IFN-gamma, a pleiotropic immune regulator, is implicated in both tumor immune surveillance and selection of tumor variants resistant to immune control, i.e., immunoediting. In uveal melanoma patients, elevated serum levels of IFN-gamma correlate with the spread of metastasis and represent a negative prognostic marker. Treatment with IFN-gamma boosted the MHC class I presentation machinery in uveal melanoma cells but suppressed their MHC class I-restricted CTL lysis. Tumor cells exposed to IFN-gamma efficiently activated specific CTL but were less susceptible to permeabilization by perforin and exhibited a decreased capacity to bind and incorporate granzyme B. These results define a novel mechanism of resistance to granule-mediated CTL lysis in human tumors. Furthermore, the data suggest that immunoediting is not limited to genetic or epigenetic changes resulting in stable cellular phenotypes but also involves an inducible modulation of tumor cells in response to a microenvironment associated with immune activation.
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Allocation Guidelines for IPv6 Multicast Addresses (2002)

This document specifies guidelines that must be implemented by any entity responsible for allocating IPv6 multicast addresses. This includes, but is not limited to, any documents or entities wishing to assign permanent IPv6 multicast addresses, allocate dynamic IPv6 multicast addresses, and define permanent IPv6 multicast group identifiers. The purpose of these guidelines is to reduce the probability of IPv6 multicast address collision, not only at the IPv6 layer, but also at the link-layer of media that encode portions of the IP layer address into the MAC layer address.
Transfer of rust resistance genes from<i>Triticum</i>species to common wheat (2003)

A programme aiming to transfer leaf rust resistance genes identified in a collection of wild Triticum species was initiated in 1993. In 2000, 25 promising backcross populations were available, 19 of which bred true for resistance. Seedlings of the above lines were tested with nine leaf rust, four stem rust and two stripe rust pathotypes endemic to South Africa. A subset of five lines in which resistance (derived from T. dicoccoides, T. sharonense, T. speltoides and T. peregrinum) appeared to be integrated on wheat chromosomes and six addition lines with added chromosomes from T. kotschyi, T. peregrinum, T. umbellulatum, T. macrochaetum and T. neglectum appeared to have wide spectrum resistances, and were retained. In several instances promising stem rust and/or stripe rust resistance genes were co-transferred with leaf rust resistance. The stripe rust resistance was also effective to four Australian pathotypes and appeared to be novel. Temporary gene designations were assigned to the resistance genes in four euploid derivatives.
Ghosts in the machine (2004)

We observe that the modularity of current power management algorithms often leads to poor results. We propose two new interfaces that pierce the abstraction barrier that inhibits device power management. First, an OS power manager allows applications to query the current power mode of I/O devices to evaluate the performance and energy cost of alternative strategies for reading and writing data. Second, we allow applications to disclose ghost hints that enable better power management in the presence of multiple devices. Adaptive applications issue ghost hints to device power managers when they are forced to use a poor I/O path because a device is not in an ideal power mode; such hints allow devices to implement proactive power management strategies that do not depend upon passive load observation. Using these new interfaces, we implement a middleware layer that supports adaptive disk cache management. On an iPAQ handheld running Linux, our cache manager reduces interactive response time for a Web browser by 27% and decreases total energy usage by 9%. For a mail reader, the cache manager decreases response time by 42% and energy use by 5%.
[Our initial experience with assisted high-frequency catheter-controlled pulmonary ventilation in the postoperative period in esophageal cancer patients]. (1990)

First clinical experience of assisted high-frequency controlled lung ventilation has been reviewed in 11 patients with esophageal cancer and acute respiratory failure developing in the early postoperative period. The technique proved effective for hypoxemia relief, with the catheter introduced into the trachea transcutaneously or intranasally. High-frequency controlled lung ventilation had a positive effect on the cardiac function and oxygen transport. The technique is easily reproducible, permits adequate bronchotracheal cleansing and is well tolerated. Preservation of spontaneous respiration allows inhalation therapy and has a favourable psychological effect on the patients.
Procedures and Tools to Reset or Recover the Administrator Password on Popular Operating Systems (2009)

Unauthorized access to computers and theft of proprietary information are two problems leading to large economical losses for organizations around the world. Thousands of laptops often containing vital information are lost at airports every day. Organizations and people in general often believe that the sensitive information is inaccessible because of the login mechanism. Even though we demand that our systems should prevent unauthorized access, we also expect that the access to the operating system can be restored when a password is lost. We require that authorized persons can regain the access to the computer, while unauthorized persons are prevented access. A good solution to reset or recover the Administrator password should exist on all operating systems. This thesis begins with addressing weaknesses in 8 different operating systems. It presents a comprehensive step-by-step guide for already existing procedures and tools that can be used to reset or recover the Administrator password. In total 6 procedures and 10 tools are presented. Because some procedures required a lot of interaction from the user, we decided to automate these and include them in our self made tool named Yet Another Local Password (tool) (YALP). We were able to reset the passwords on all of the 8 operating systems. On some of the operating systems only a few passwords were recovered, and based on that, a more comprehensive password recovery study was desirable. It should be noted that even though Microsoft has introduced a more secure password handling mechanism on newer Windows operating system, many persons and corporations still use the outdated Windows XP operating system. This is partly because Windows Vista has been criticized for its weak performance. An empirical password study was carried out to see what percentage of 30 carefully chosen passwords could be revealed. Some disturbing results were obtained. During a period of 8 hours, 100% of the passwords created on a Windows XP system were revealed. The results from this study show that the use of password as an authentication mechanism for operating systems will not offer sufficient protection in the future, and that other mechanisms have to be considered. Based on results obtained from this thesis, a paper named All in a day's work: Password cracking for the rest of us was submitted to The 14th Nordic Conference on Secure IT Systems, NordSec 2009, in Oslo, Norway. In addition, a poster named Generation of Rainbow Tables was presented at The 8th Annual Meeting on High Performance Computing and Infrastructure, NOTUR2009, in Trondheim, Norway. The poster and the paper are included in Appendix F and Appendix G, respectively.
Structural investigation of high alumina glasses in the CaO-Al 2 O 3 -SiO 2 system via Raman and magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1991)

Calcium aluminosilicate glasses with compositions CaO:Al2O3 = 1 and CaO:Al2O3 < 1 were studied. Spectra for samples along the join CaO:Al2O3 = 1 are in agreement with previous conclusions of a framework structure based on corner shared AlO4 and SiO4 tetrahedra. For samples with CaO:Al2O3 < 1, the Raman spectra show a loss of band structure, suggesting extreme coordination disorder. From 27Al nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, as the CaO:Al2O3 ratio was decreased from the 1:1 join, aluminium was observed in fourfold, fivefold, and sixfold coordination. The spin speed dependence of the peak corresponding to aluminium in fivefold coordination is demonstrated for two samples. Mean quadrupolar coupling constants and mean isotropic peak positions have been estimated.
Influence of body fat distribution on oxygen uptake and pulmonary performance in morbidly obese females during exercise (2001)

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the effects of fat distribution on aerobic and ventilatory response to exercise testing in morbidly obese (MO) females. Methodology: The study population consisted of 164 MO females, 55% ( n = 90) with upper body or abdominal adiposity (UBD), as defined by waist–hip circumference ratio (WHR) ≥ 0.80, and 45% ( n = 74) with lower body fat distribution (LBD) (WHR < 0.80). An incremental exercise testing on cycle ergometer was performed to determine the effect of exercise on oxygen consumption ( V · O 2 ), carbon dioxide production ( V · CO 2 ), minute ventilation ( V · E ), tidal volume ( T ), respiratory rate (f b ) and heart rate (HR). Results: Upper body adiposity individuals had significantly higher O 2 and V · CO 2 than LBD subjects ( P < 0.05) from 0 watt (W) of pedalling up to their anaerobic threshold (AT) and maximal exercise. E was significantly higher in UBD subjects compared with LBD subjects, from 20 W during exercise up to AT and peak work levels ( P < 0.05). Upper body adiposity group also had a significantly higher f b than the LBD group at rest, after each workload and at AT and peak exercise work rates ( P < 0.05). T was lower in UBD subjects at free pedalling and up to AT and peak workload with significant difference at 60 and 80 W ( P < 0.05). The anaerobic threshold, expressed as work rate, was significantly lower in the UBD subjects ( P < 0.05) and peak workload achieved did not differ significantly between the two groups. Conclusions: Upper body adiposity subjects had higher oxygen requirement, more rapid and shallow breathing, higher ventilatory demand, but lower anaerobic threshold than the LBD individuals during progressive exercise. It suggests that the cardiopulmonary endurance to exercise in MO patients with upper body fat distribution is lower than in those with lower body fat distribution.
Numerical Analysis of Combustion Performance in a Lean-Premixed Low-NOx Combustor (1997)

Recently the lean-premixed combustors are drawing a considerable attention for reduction of harmful emissions from gas-turbine engines, such as NOx The amount of the NOx emitted from the engine is dependent on the various configuration of the combustor inside the engine. For different configurations of fuel injection orifices and two different fuel types, a numerical analysis was performed on the combustion characteristics of a premixed combustor with tangential entry (TE) nozzle, which was developed by the United Technology Research Center (UTRC). The present numerical calculation revealed that the combustion phenomena were generally concentrated near inner wall of the combustion-chamber, and observed that high-temperature-flames penetrated into the TE nozzle. Also the results of the calculation for a gaseous fuel, methane, showed a good comparison with the experimental results obtained by UTRC fur a similar condition. Finally, in the present study, the optimized configuration of orifices for a liquid fuel, pentane, to reduce NO was proposed.
Monounsaturated and other types of fat, and the risk of breast cancer (1998)

We considered the role of monounsaturated and other types of fats on breast carcinogenesis, using data from a case-control study of 2,569 incident, histologically confirmed cases of breast cancer and 2,588 controls from six Italian areas. The multivariate odds ratios, adjusted for age, education, parity, menopausal status plus various sources of energy and types of fats, were 1.10 (95% confidence interval 0.99-1.23) for an increase of 10 g/day of saturated fat intake, 0.99 (0.94-1.04) for an increase of 10 g/day of monounsaturated fats, and 0.91 (0.87-0.96) for an increase of 5 g/day of polyunsaturated fats. The present data confirm that saturated, but not mono- or polyunsaturated fats, are directly, though moderately, related to breast cancer risk.
Active Suspension Control for an Off-Road Vehicle (1987)

After a review of recent developments in active suspension systems, a semi-active system fitted to an off-road vehicle is described. Theoretically predicted results are presented alongside data measured on the actual vehicle. The benefits of the semi-active system over a passive suspension are improved ride comfort and improved body attitude control.
Thianaphtheno [3,2-b]indoles (1957)

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTThianaphtheno [3,2-b]indolesL. H. Werner, D. C. Schroeder, and S. Ricca Jr.Cite this: J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1957, 79, 7, 1675–1680Publication Date (Print):April 1, 1957Publication History Published online1 May 2002Published inissue 1 April 1957https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja01564a040https://doi.org/10.1021/ja01564a040research-articleACS PublicationsRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views310Altmetric-Citations6LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail Other access optionsGet e-Alertsclose Get e-Alerts
Neurotrophic and Anhidrotic Keratopathy Treated With Substance P and Insulinlike Growth Factor 1 (1997)

We describe the use of topical substance P (SP) and insulinlike growth factor 1 (IGF-1) in the treatment of severe neurotrophic and anhidrotic keratopathy in a young child. These compounds may provide a medical therapy for patients with keratopathy due to corneal anesthesia or dry eyes unresponsive to lubrication. <h3>Report of a Case.</h3> A 16-month-old white girl was referred to 1 of us (D.W.L.) for the evaluation of bilateral nonhealing corneal epithelial defects. She had difficulty swallowing since birth and developmental delay. She never produced tears when crying. An ocular examination revealed bilateral central epithelial defects (~5×5) mm) in both eyes; there was no evidence of infection or uveitis. There were no visible tear lakes. The child had no blink response to a cotton wisp or to instillation of eyedrops. Despite intensive lubrication and bandage contact lens treatment, rapid stromal melting occurred bilaterally (<b>Figure 1</b>), leading to a central descemetocele
La radicalización de la democracia: Conflicto, movimientos sociales y terrorismo (2017)

La idea de democracia se esta propugnando en todo el mundo, donde unos cincuenta nuevos paises adoptaron este tipo de sistema politico entre 1974 y 2011 (Freedom House, 2016). Sin embargo, el descontento ha crecido en paralelo debido a que se la percibe como incapaz de lidiar con problemas colectivos, de ahi la necesidad de reconfigurarla y redisenar algunos de sus principios. Este articulo vincula el analisis de la evolucion reciente de los sistemas democraticos con la trayectoria de los conflictos sociopoliticos y las cambiantes caracteristicas del terrorismo contemporaneo. Por ende, analiza la radicalizacion de la democracia en paralelo con la radicalizacion del otro. Concluye haciendo hincapie en que el fomento de la disidencia y la atencion a las reclamaciones contenciosas hechas por los movimientos sociales puede ser una manera de mitigar ambos tipos de radicalizacion
Improved glycosylation of a foreign protein by Tn‐5B1‐4 cells engineered to express mammalian glycosyltransferases (2001)

The major advantages of using the baculovirus-insect cell system for recombinant protein production are its ability to produce large amounts of recombinant proteins and its ability to provide eucaryotic modifications, such as glycosylation. However, the glycans linked to recombinant glycoproteins produced by this system typically differ from those found on native mammalian products. This is an important problem because glycans on mammalian glycoproteins can influence their functions in many different ways. The inability of baculovirus-infected insect cells to produce glycans identical to those found on native mammalian glycoproteins is due, in part, to the absence of functional levels of certain glycosyltransferases in insect cells. Thus, the purpose of this study was to engineer these activities into Tn-5B1-4, an established insect cell line that is widely used as a host for baculovirus-mediated protein production. Expression plasmids were constructed in which cDNAs encoding mammalian beta1,4-galactosyltransferase and alpha2,6-sialyltransferase were placed under the transcriptional control of a baculovirus immediate early promoter. These plasmids were then used to isolate two different transgenic Tn-5B1-4 derivatives and the biological and biochemical properties of these cell lines were examined. The results show that both of the engineered insect cell lines have improved glycoprotein-processing capabilities, relative to the parental cell line.
Space requirements of Cheyletus eruditus (Schrank) and Cheyletus malaccensis Oudemans (Acarina: Cheyletidae). (2003)

<title>Abstract</title> Two species of predatory mite, <italic>C. eruditus</italic> and <italic>C. malaccensis</italic>, are used for the biological control of stored food mites. They are mass-reared on lettuce seed together with their prey, <italic>Acarus siro</italic>, for application in food stores. In 100 g samples of seed, there can be as many as 2000 specimens of <italic>Cheyletus</italic> sp. In an attempt to improve the culture technique, we first determined the space demands of the two predatory mites by testing them in areas of 5, 20 and 78 cm<sup>2</sup>: both species grew more numerous in the bigger space. Lettuce seed proved to be a better rearing medium than wheatgerm. Many heteromorphic males appeared in the population of <italic>C. malaccensis</italic>, regardless of the space. The maximum number of specimens per cm<sup>2</sup> was almost identical in both species: 37.1 and 36.5 specimens/cm<sup>2</sup> for <italic>C. eruditus</italic> and <italic>C. malaccensis</italic>, respectively. Only <italic>C. malaccensis</italic> produced heteromorphic males, with different lengths of the pedipalps; no heteromorphic males were observed in <italic>C. eruditus</italic>. The number of original virgin females influenced the number of mites in the final population. Our results can be used for perfecting mass rearing techniques for these predators.
Serum antibody response to Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxins and TSST-1 in patients with septicaemia (1996)

The prevalence of enterotoxins and toxic shock syndrome toxin (TSST-1) production in strains isolated from patients with Staphylococcus aureus septicaemia, and the serum antibody response in relation to toxin production in vitro of each isolate, were investigated. Among 63 strains of S. aureus isolated from the blood of patients with septicaemia, 51 from patients with superficial wounds and 49 from nasal carriers, 50-60% produced at least one of the enterotoxins A-D or TSST-1. The most frequent toxins produced were enterotoxins A and C and TSST-1. Among the 63 patients with staphylococcal septicaemia, 51 (81%) had a significant rise or a high antibody titre, or both, to at least one of the toxins. A positive serological response to toxin A was found in 78%, to enterotoxin B in 83%, to enterotoxin C in 80%, to enterotoxin D in 86% and to TSST-1 in 92% of the patients from whom the isolated strain produced the respective toxin. Antibodies against enterotoxins A, B, C and D and TSST-1 were also seen in 35%, 16%, 32%, 59% and 10%, respectively, in patients infected by strains that did not produce the specific toxin. Immunological cross-reactions between the toxins were demonstrated both in hyperimmune sera obtained from rabbits and in patients' sera, particularly between enterotoxins B and C. It is concluded that these potent toxins with superantigenic properties are produced in vivo during S. aureus septicaemia. No differences with regard to enterotoxin or TSST-1 production or antibody response were noted between patients with complicated versus uncomplicated septicaemia.