gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
A single VSB/QAM/QPSK IC for ATSC and OpenCable/sup TM/ digital terminals (2001)

This paper presents a single IC designed for the ATSC-VSB terrestrial receiver and the OpenCable/sup TM/ digital set-top terminal. The IC integrates a VSB/QAM demodulator for in-band broadcasting with a QPSK modem for bi-directional out-of-band cable signaling. It features all-digital synchronization scheme and robust channel equalization technique applied to the common VSB/QAM demodulation. Performance evaluation of the IC has shown that it can handle effectively the severe fading effect encountered in terrestrial broadcasting and the phase noise of cable transmission channels. It is designed with 0.18 /spl mu/m CMOS technology.
Assessing symptom distress in cancer patients (2000)

The core items of the MDASI accounted for the majority of symptom distress reported by cancer patients in active treatment and those who were followed after treatment. The MDASI should prove useful for symptom surveys, clinical trials, and patient monitoring, and its format should allow Internet or telephone administration.
A novel charging-time control method for numerous EVs based on a period weighted prescheduling for power supply and demand balancing (2012)

To establish a sustainable energy supply system, renewable energy sources and low-carbon vehicles will have to become more widespread. However, it is often pointed out that the dissemination of these technologies will cause difficulties in balancing supply and demand in a power system, due to the fluctuation in the amounts of renewable energy generated and the fluctuation in the power demanded for numerous electric vehicles (EVs). The numerous EVs charging control seems to be difficult due to the difficulties in predicting EV trip behaviors, which vary depending on individual EV users. However, if we can control the total demand of numerous EVs, we can not only level their total load shape but also improve the supply-demand balancing capability of a power system to create new ancillary service businesses in the power market. This paper proposes a novel centralized EV-charging-control method to modify the total demand of EV charging by scheduling EV charging times. The proposed method is expected to be a powerful tool for a power aggregator (PAG), which will supply EV charging services to EV users and load leveling services to transmission system operators (TSOs) without inconveniencing EV users. The simulation showed that under the assumed EV trip patterns, the total charging demand of numerous EVs was successfully shaped so that the differences between watt-hours of the requirement and those of the controlled results were less than 4%.
Local injection of a sustained‐release antiandrogen formulation into a target prostatic site: an experimental study (2006)

The sustained release of CMA after one intraprostatic injection persistently decreased the weight of the target prostate. This new concept of antiandrogen therapy might therefore be effective in man, with fewer systemic adverse reactions.
A recombinant allergen chimer as novel mucosal vaccine candidate for prevention of multi‐sensitivities (2006)

The data indicate that such allergen chimers harboring several unrelated allergens or allergen peptides could serve as mucosal polyvalent vaccines for prevention of multi-sensitivities.
Efficient computation of limit spectra of sample covariance matrices (2015)

Models from random matrix theory (RMT) are increasingly used to gain insights into the behavior of statistical methods under high-dimensional asymptotics. However, the applicability of the framework is limited by numerical problems. Consider the usual model of multivariate statistics where the data is a sample from a multivariate distribution with a given covariance matrix. Under high-dimensional asymptotics, there is a deterministic map from the distribution of eigenvalues of the population covariance matrix (the population spectral distribution or PSD), to the of empirical spectral distribution (ESD). The current methods for computing this map are inefficient, and this limits the applicability of the theory. We propose a new method to compute numerically the ESD from an arbitrary input PSD. Our method, called SPECTRODE, finds the support and the density of the ESD to high precision; we prove this for finite discrete distributions. In computational experiments SPECTRODE outperforms existing methods by orders of magnitude in speed and accuracy. We apply it to compute expectations and contour integrals of the ESD, which are often central in applications. We also illustrate that SPECTRODE is directly useful in statistical problems, such as estimation and hypothesis testing for covariance matrices. Our proposal, implemented in open source software, may broaden the use of RMT in high-dimensional data analysis.
Thermodynamic and structural properties of pentamer DNA.cntdot.DNA, RNA.cntdot.RNA and DNA.cntdot.RNA duplexes of identical sequence (1991)

Four pentamers with the general sequence 5'CU(T)GU(T)G/5'CACAG have been prepared by chemical synthesis in order to generate duplex structures with common sequences. The four duplexes studied include the DNA.DNA duplex (5'dCACAG/5'dCTGTG) and the RNA.RNA duplex (5'rCUGUG/5'rCACAG) as well as the two corresponding DNA.RNA heteroduplexes (5'rCUGUG/5'dCACAG and 5'CACAG/5'dCTGTG). The measured entropy, enthalpy, and free energy changes upon melting are reported for each pentamer and compared to the predicted values where possible. Results show that the two DNA.RNA heteroduplexes are destabilized (delta G degrees 25 = -4.2 +/- 0.4 kcal/mol) relative to either the DNA.DNA duplex (delta G degrees 25 = -4.8 +/- 0.5 kcal/mol) or the RNA.RNA duplex (delta G degrees 25 = -5.8 +/- 0.6 kcal/mol). Circular dichroism spectra indicate that the RNA and the two heteroduplexes adopt an A-form conformation, while the DNA conformation is B-form. Imino proton NMR spectra also show that the heteroduplex structures resemble the RNA.RNA duplex.
A new light modulator using perturbation of synchronism between two coupled guides (1974)

A new device that can be used as a light modulator as well as an optical directional coupler is proposed. It consists of p+,n,n+,n and n+-type semiconductor layers. Two n-type layers operate as coupled optical waveguides. The exchange of light power between two coupled waveguides can be controlled by a reverse voltage applied on the p+-n junction. When the voltage was changed from 0 to 10 V in a GaAs test sample of length 1 mm, the output light power from each guide changed by approximately 15% of the total output light power from the two guides at a wavelength of 1.15 μm.
ChemInform Abstract: Dendrimers as Carriers for Delivery of Chemotherapeutic Agents (2009)

Abstract ChemInform is a weekly Abstracting Service, delivering concise information at a glance that was extracted from about 200 leading journals. To access a ChemInform Abstract of an article which was published elsewhere, please select a “Full Text” option. The original article is trackable via the “References” option.
Prognostic value of CD133 expression in stage I lung adenocarcinomas. (2010)

CD133 is one of the most representative cancer stem cell markers. This study evaluated the potential prognostic value of CD133 expression in stage I lung adenocarcinomas (ADC). Tumors from 177 patients were immunohistochemically examined for CD133 expression, and their associations with disease recurrence were analyzed. Also, the potential prognostic value of combining CD133 expression with proliferating activity measured by immunohistochemical expression of Ki-67 and vessel involvement was evaluated. CD133 high expressers showed a significantly higher risk of recurrence than CD133 low expressers: 5-year disease-free survival (DFS) rate 77.2% vs. 95.1% (p=0.004), adjusted Hazard ratio (HR) 4.37, 95% Confidence Interval (CI) 1.30-14.71 (p=0.017). CD133 high expressers having strong proliferating activity and/or with vessel invasion showed a higher risk of recurrence: 5-year DFS rate 66.5% in CD133 high/Ki-67 high expressers vs. 93.2% in the other types (p<0.001), adjusted HR 8.39, 95% CI 2.65-26.54 (p<0.001): 5-year DFS rate 51.0% in CD133 high expressers with vessel invasion vs. 92.9% in the other types (p<0.001), adjusted HR 4.50, 95% CI 1.51-13.34 (p=0.007): 5-year DFS rate 53.9% in CD133 high/Ki-67 high expressers with vessel invasion vs. 91.2% in the other types (p<0.001), adjusted HR 9.32, 95% CI 3.42-25.39 (p<0.001). In conclusion, the level of CD133 expression is an independent prognostic marker and its combination with proliferating activity and/or vessel invasion could have excellent prognostic value to predict postoperative recurrence in patients with stage I lung ADC.
Conjugate Heat Transfer Effects on a Realistic Film-Cooled Turbine Vane (2003)

A conjugate heat transfer solver has been developed and applied to a realistic film-cooled turbine vane for a variety of blade materials. The solver used for the fluid convection part of the problem is the Glenn-HT general multiblock heat transfer code. The solid conduction module is based on the Boundary Element Method (BEM), and is coupled directly to the flow solver. A chief advantage of the BEM method is that no volumetric grid is required inside the solid — only the surface grid is needed. Since a surface grid is readily available from the fluid side of the problem, no additional gridding is required. This eliminates one of the most time consuming elements of the computation for complex geometries. Two conjugate solution examples are presented — a high thermal conductivity Inconel nickel-based alloy vane case and a low thermal conductivity silicon nitride ceramic vane case. The solutions from the conjugate analyses are compared with an adiabatic wall convection solution. It is found that the conjugate heat transfer cases generally have a lower outer wall temperature due to thermal conduction from the outer wall to the plenum. However, some locations of increased temperature are seen in the higher thermal conductivity Inconel vane case. This is a result of the fact that film cooling is a two-temperature problem, which causes the direction of heat flux at the wall to change over the outer surface. Three-dimensional heat conduction in the solid allows for conduction heat transfer along the vane wall in addition to conduction from outer to inner wall. These effects indicate that the conjugate heat transfer in a complicated geometry such as a film-cooled vane is not governed by simple one-dimensional conduction from the vane surface to the plenum surface, especially when the effects of coolant injection are included.
An Awfully Big Adventure: Killing Death in War Stories for Children (2006)

The increase of discourses dealing with death, violence or brutality in times of war, may be due to two factors. First there is a perception of a global increase of fields of war. This, in turn, may be dependent upon the second factor: the ready availability of images and information about war, from newspapers, histories of war events, and cinematic documentaries, to video games and, as I explore in this paper, fictional texts for children. In war stories for children death is usually at one remove because children do not normally fight as soldiers. For the child in war time, their position is usually that of the equivocal observer. This then reveals a basic problem of how to tell of the brutality of war, how to underline an apparent fundamental ideology of war stories for children; that is, to create a sense of anti-war ethos, when the child narrator and focaliser is not a combatant. Nevertheless it seems that war stories should, and do, attempt to show that war is about 'killing soldiers' and often others as well. But in so doing it is rarely this simple. There may be many reasons why this blunt and necessary aspect of war is re-shaped for the child reader; but in this paper I want to concentrate on the ways and means of this re-shaping.
Nitrocellulose as a positive or negative self-developing resist (1985)

Nitrocellulose functions as a self-developing resist when exposed to heavy ions (Ar+). However, when the resist is exposed to light ions (H+) the resist decomposes losing its nitrates and forming a nonvolatile residue. This residue consists primarily of carbon as determined by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Nitrocellulose exposed to light ions, therefore, does not self-develop but forms a carbon-rich skin on the resist surface. These areas are protected by this skin during subsequent flood exposure with heavy ions, resulting in a negative resist image of the light ion exposure. The self-developing properties of nitrocellulose also make possible unique processing steps. One example is a dry lift-off. This has been accomplished by patterning the resist and evaporating metal onto the substrate and resist surfaces. The metal on the resist is lifted off with a jet of hot, dry nitrogen which volatilizes the resist and blows away the metal leaving only the metal previously deposited on the substrate.
Induced Self-Assembly and Förster Resonance Energy Transfer Studies of Alkynylplatinum(II) Terpyridine Complex Through Interaction With Water-Soluble Poly(phenylene ethynylene sulfonate) and the Proof-of-Principle Demonstration of this Two-Component Ensemble for Selective Label-Free Detection of Human Serum Albumin (2011)

The interaction of conjugated polyelectrolyte, PPE-SO(3)(-), with platinum(II) complexes, [Pt(tpy)(C≡CC(6)H(4)-CH(2)NMe(3)-4)](OTf)(2) (1) and [Pt(tpy)(C≡C-CH(2)NMe(3))](OTf)(2) (2), has been studied by UV-vis, and steady-state and time-resolved emission spectroscopy. A unique FRET from PPE-SO(3)(-) to the aggregated complex 1 on the polymer chain with Pt···Pt interaction has been demonstrated, resulting in the growth of triplet metal-metal-to-ligand charge transfer ((3)MMLCT) emission in the near-infrared (NIR) region. This two-component ensemble has been employed in a "proof-of-principle" concept for the sensitive and selective label-free detection of human serum albumin (HSA) by the emission spectral changes in the visible and in the NIR region. The spectral changes have been ascribed to the disassembly of the polymer-metal complex aggregates upon the binding of PPE-SO(3)(-) to HSA, which is rich in arginine residues and hydrophobic patches, leading to the decrease in FRET from PPE-SO(3)(-) to the aggregated platinum(II) complex. The ensemble is found to have high selectivity toward HSA over a number of polyelectrolytes, proteins and small amino acids. This has been suggested to be a result of the extra stabilization gained from the Pt···Pt and π-π interactions in addition to the electrostatic and hydrophobic interactions found in the polymer-metal complex aggregates.
Improving efficiency and reliability of gunshot detection systems (2013)

In this paper, we focus on setting up a gunshot detection system with high detection performance, robustness to noise and low computational complexity. To achieve these objectives, we formulate a two-stage approach with a less costly impulsive event detection framework followed by a relatively more complex gunshot recognition stage. To improve detection performance of the gunshot recognition stage, we propose a template matching measure in conjunction with the eighth order linear predictive coding coefficients to train a support vector machine classifier. Using an extensive audio database, we were able to achieve a better gunshot recognition performance than with the well-known existing features used for gunshot detection.
Mechanical Performance of Selective Laser Melted 17-4 PH Stainless Steel Under Compressive Loading (2017)

Selective Laser Melting (SLM) is a powder-bed type Additive Manufacturing (AM) process, where metal powder melting is followed by rapid solidification to yield metallic components. The mechanical performance of the components is greatly influenced by various SLM process parameters such as laser power, scan speed, scan pattern, hatch distance, build orientation, layer thickness and defocus distance. Studies on compressive properties of stainless steel parts by SLM have received relatively little attention. In this study, an investigation was conducted to assess the influence of laser power, build orientation, layer thickness and laser defocus distance on the mechanical behaviour of selective laser melted 17-4 PH stainless steel parts under quasi-static compression. Fractional factorial design was used to optimise the four process parameters to obtain maximum hardness and compressive strength with least porosity. Results are supported by studies on porosity and microstructure observations.
The Effects of Megadoses of Selected B Complex Vitamins on Children with Hyperkinesis (1982)

One hundred children with hyperkinesis and cerebral dysfunction were given individual three-day trials of pharmacologic doses of thiamin, calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine, and placebo. When beneficial response was noted, a second week-long trial of vitamins was given, alternating with placebo, followed by long-term therapy. Two-thirds of the remaining children not responding to this schedule were then given pharmacologic doses of niacinamide, combinations of B-complex vitamins, or elimination diets. Eight children dramatically responded to pharmacologic doses of thiamin, of which four still require the vitamin either intermittently or continuously after four years. Nine children responded to 300 mg of pyridoxine; an additional 5 patients responded only after receiving larger doses. Only one child could be maintained on placebo. In subsequent trials, 11 responded to niacin or to combinations of B-complex vitamins with minerals. In a two-year follow-up, six children who had demonstrated no beneficial response to these clinical trials had spontaneously improved. Eight children responded to dietary manipulations alone. Half the children found to be “dependent” on pharmacological doses of thiamin worsened with administration of B 6 . Conversely, half of the pyridoxine responders worsened when given large doses of thiamin. Blood zinc levels dropped substantially with administration of pyridoxine. The experience suggests that the hyperkinetic cerebral dysfunction syndrome is multifactoral. A significant number are caused by vitamin deficiency or pharmacologic dependency.
Stability factors and vapor pressures in a model fragrance emulsion system (1999)

Emulsions were prepared of phenethyl alcohol using laureth 4, a commercial tetraethyleneglycol alkyl ether, as the stabilizer. The results showed the stability to depend critically on the ratio of surfactant to phenethyl alcohol in the sequence low-high-low-high stability. The explanation was found in the variation in density of the oil phase and in the phase changes taking place at high surfactant/alcohol ratios. With increased ratios the emulsion changed from a two-phase emulsion, oil-in-water (O/W), to a three-phase one (oil + liquid crystal)-in-water ([O + LC]/W), to a two-phase one (liquid crystal-in-water [LC/W]). The three-phase emulsions with a ratio of lamellar liquid crystal to oil phase (LLC/O) ≥ 1 showed excellent stability.
Loss Ratios of Amino Acid by Oxidative Rancid Oil and Thermally Oxidized Oil (1973)

自動酸化度および熱酸化重合度の異なる油脂とアミノ酸を混合し, 50°Cで1～15日間反応させた後,シリカゲルカラムクロマトグラフィー一で油脂とアミノ酸を分別し,アミノ酸の損失度を求めた. (1) 油脂の自動酸化度および熱酸化重合度が高くなるにしたがい,各種のアミノ酸の損失度は高くなり,なかでもトリプトファンおよびフェニルアラニンなどのアミノ酸では損失度が大きい. (2) OROとアミノ酸の混合物は反応中,次第に黄褐色を呈するようになり,その着色度合は自動酸化度の高い油脂ほど高く,なかでもトリプトファン,フェニルアラニンなどは着色度合が高く,両アミノ酸については,着色度合とアミノ酸の損失度とは同傾向を示した. (3) アミノ酸の損失には,油脂の酸化生成物であるアルデヒドが主に関与し, POおよびFAなどはほとんど関与しないようである. (4) TOの分別物とアミノ酸の損失度は,モノマー部より,ダイマー部および2次生成物による方がアミノ酸の損失度は高い.グリセリド重合物は,モノマー部に比べTBA値およびカルボニル価が高く, OROと同様,これらの官能基による作用と考えられる.
Genetic Studies on SCP1-prime Strains of Streptomyces coelicolor A 3 (2) (1976)

SCP1'-cysB carries a short chromosomal insertion: cysB was the only chromosomal locus identified on this plasmid; the plasmid was seldom lost; and a comparatively low frequency of crossing-over between the exo- and endogenote in a cysB+/cysB+ heterozygote. SCP1'-argA, uraB carries a longer chromosomal insertion: five chromosomal loci have been detected on the plasmid; it was very often lost; and there was frequent crossing-over between exo- and endogenote in heterozygous strains. Both SCP1' plasmids gave rise to plasmids closely resembling, or perhaps identical with, the original SCP1 by deletion of the chromosomal insertion. Markers argA and uraB were always deleted together from SCP1'-argA, uraB, whereas random deletion should more often have removed uraB alone. This suggests that special DNA sequences are involved in SCP1' formation. An analysis of recombination between exo- and endogenote within a double heterozygote for argA and uraB supports the hypothesis that single copies of plasmid and chromosome assort from a pool of interacting molecules at, or immediately before, spore formation. A strain carrying the SCP1'-cysB plasmid gave rise to a 'bidirectional' donor of chromosomal markers in which the plasmid had apparently integrated into the chromosome at or close to the cysB locus.
Unsupervised speaker and expression factorization for multi-speaker expressive synthesis of ebooks (2013)

This work aims to improve expressive speech synthesis of ebooks for multiple speakers by using training data from many audiobooks. Audiobooks contain a wide variety of expressive speaking styles which are often impractical to annotate. However, the speaker-expression factorization (SEF) framework, which has been proven to be a powerful tool in speaker and expression modelling usually requires the (supervised) information about expressions in the training data. This work presents an unsupervised SEF method which implements the SEF on unlabelled training data in the framework of cluster adaptive training (CAT). The proposed method integrates the expression clustering and parameter estimation in a single process to maximize the likelihood of the training data. Experimental results indicate that it outperforms the cascade system of expression clustering and supervised SEF, and significantly improves the expressiveness of the synthetic speech of different speakers.
InP nanobridges epitaxially formed between two vertical Si surfaces by metal-catalyzed chemical vapor deposition (2006)

The heteroepitaxial growth of III-V compound semiconductors on Si would enable the integration of high-performance III-V materials with Si technology. We report epitaxial growth on (111)-oriented Si surfaces of highly aligned, single crystalline InP nanowires by chemical vapor deposition catalyzed by Au. We demonstrate laterally oriented InP nanowires bridging between vertical (111) Si surfaces formed by anisotropically etching a (110)-oriented Si substrate or the top Si layer of a silicon-on-insulator wafer. This method of connecting nanowires offers a facile way of integrating nanoscale III-V optoelectronic and photonic devices with Si.