gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Effect of the Indian gooseberry (amla) on serum cholesterol levels in men aged 35-55 years. (1988)

The effect on total serum cholesterol and its lipoprotein fractions of supplementation of the diet with amla (Emblica officinalis, Gaertn., the Indian gooseberry) was studied in normal and hypercholesterolaemic men aged 35-55 years. The supplement was given for a period of 28 d in the raw form. Both normal and hypercholesterolaemic subjects showed a decrease in cholesterol levels. Two weeks after withdrawing the supplement, the total serum cholesterol levels of the hypercholesterolaemic subjects rose significantly almost to initial levels.
Direct growth of flexible LiMn2O4/CNT lithium-ion cathodes (2011)

Flexible, binder-free LiMn(2)O(4)/CNT nanocomposites with good reversible capability and cycling stability were fabricated by in-situ hydrothermal growth for flexible lithium battery applications.
Monitoring of Open Pit Mines Using Combined GNSS Satellite Receivers and Robotic Total Stations (2007)

This paper illustrates how Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) receivers and robotic total station instruments can be combined to provide a fully automated, accurate, efficient and cost effective survey monitoring system for large open pit mines which often reach sizes of 2 km. Data processing and data screening techniques that can be used to ensure the high accuracy are reviewed and in addition, practical considerations relating to the design and deployment of the system are presented. Empirical results from a 20 day trial installation are used to illustrate the accuracy of the system and show that such a system is able to reliably provide accurate deformation measurements of the slopes in an operational environment.
Research on lossless compression of true color RGB image with low time and space complexity (2008)

Eliminating correlated redundancy of space and energy by using a DWT lifting scheme and reducing the complexity of the image by using an algebraic transform among the RGB components. An improved Rice Coding algorithm, in which presents an enumerating DWT lifting scheme that fits any size images by image renormalization has been proposed in this paper. This algorithm has a coding and decoding process without backtracking for dealing with the pixels of an image. It support LOCO-I and it can also be applied to Coder / Decoder. Simulation analysis indicates that the proposed method can achieve a high image compression. Compare with Lossless-JPG, PNG(Microsoft), PNG(Rene), PNG(Photoshop), PNG(Anix PicViewer), PNG(ACDSee), PNG(Ulead photo Explorer), JPEG2000, PNG(KoDa Inc), SPIHT and JPEG-LS, the lossless image compression ratio improved 45%, 29%, 25%, 21%, 19%, 17%, 16%, 15%, 11%, 10.5%, 10% separately with 24 pieces of RGB image provided by KoDa Inc. Accessing the main memory in Pentium IV,CPU2.20GHZ and 256MRAM, the coding speed of the proposed coder can be increased about 21 times than the SPIHT and the efficiency of the performance can be increased 166% or so, the decoder's coding speed can be increased about 17 times than the SPIHT and the efficiency of the performance can be increased 128% or so.
Exegetical Circles: an Innovation At the Charlotte Meeting (1982)

- 19- EXEGETICAL CIRCLES: AN INNOVATION AT THE CHARLOTTE MEETING by William G. MacDonald In 1981 a method of scholarly interaction new to the SPS took shape at the annual meeting. Heretofore the Society has utilized the traditional way of lecture [lit., `reading']-and-questions. That method has time-honored values especially when the lectures are outstanding and the end product is carefully edited and published, as was the case in the meeting at Oklahoma City in 1972 (Perspectives on the New Pente- costalism, edited by Russell P. Spittler. Baker Book House, 1976). It also has certain advantages for those auditors who are
Parallel Hardware Implementation of Connected Component Tree Computation (2010)

The paper proposes a new parallel hardware architecture for a connected component tree computation. It is an original implementation of the recently published parallel algorithm based on building of a 1D tree for each individual image line and their progressive merging. The image is divided into independent partitions which are processed concurrently. Nevertheless, merging of these partitions requires access to all partitions. A special interconnection switch is proposed to solve this problem. The implementation results obtained on an FPGA are also presented. The obtained performance on Virtex 5 FPGA is 145 Mpx/s using 11 928 slice LUTs, 5752 registers and 8064 Kib of block RAM.
A Research Agenda Acknowledging the Persistence of Passwords (2011)

Despite countless attempts and near-universal desire to replace them, passwords are more widely used and firmly entrenched than ever. The authors' exploration leads them to argue that no silver bullet will meet all requirements-not only will passwords be with us for some time, but in many instances, they're the solution that best fits the scenario of use. Among broad authentication research directions to follow, they first suggest better means to concretely identify actual requirements (surprisingly overlooked to date) and weight their relative importance in target scenarios. Second, for scenarios where passwords appear to be the best-fit solution, they suggest designing better means to support them. The authors also highlight the need for more systematic research and how the premature conclusion that passwords are dead has led to the neglect of important research questions.
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Functional Instability (1983)

The static and functional results in a series of 50 patients evaluated at least two years after surgery were gratifying. None had any episodes of functional instability. Forty-six of the 49 who participated in sports prior to operation returned to all desired sports, including six patients who returned to intercollegiate and national team sports. The overall subjective and objective results were 30, excellent; 17, good; one, fair, and two, failure. Of the two failures, one had excellent static stability but significant pain due to pre-existing chondromalacia patella, and the other had a postsurgical neuroma at the lateral surgical site.
Use of Eculizumab in Patients With Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant-Associated Thrombotic Microangiopathy (2015)

Response rate and overall survival after Eculizumab in our cohort compare favorably with previously published data in TMA after allogeneic HSCT. Prospective trials are warranted to confirm these results. Early initiation of Eculizumab may have a favorable effect on long-term renal function and further contribute to the prolongation of survival.
Alignment of lower-limb prostheses. (1986)

Alignment of a prosthesis is defined as the position of the socket relative to the other prosthetic components of the limb. During dynamic alignment the prosthetist, using subjective judgment and feedback from the patient, aims to achieve the most suitable limb geometry for best function and comfort. Until recently it was generally believed that a patient could only be satisfied with a unique "optimum alignment." The purpose of this systematic study of lower-limb alignment parameters was to gain an understanding of the factors that make a limb configuration or optimum alignment, acceptable to the patient, and to obtain a measure of the variation of this alignment that would be acceptable to the amputee. In this paper, the acceptable range of alignments for 10 below- and 10 above-knee amputees are established. Three prosthetists were involved in the majority of the 183 below-knee and 100 above-knee fittings, although several other prosthetists were also involved. The effects of each different prosthetist on the established range of alignment for each patient are reported to be significant. It is now established that an amputee can tolerate several alignments ranging in some parameters by as much as 148 mm in shifts and 17 degrees in tilts. This paper describes the method of defining and measuring the alignment of lower-limb prostheses. It presents quantitatively established values for bench alignment position and the range of adjustment required for incorporation into the design of new alignment units.
Novel LT coding scheme with limited feedback in broadcast systems (2012)

Digital Fountain, which is widely used as practical forward error correction (FEC) solution, has been applied in many single-way broadcast communication systems. In this paper, we propose a novel feedback scheme for Luby Transform (LT) codes. The proposed modified LT coding scheme significantly reduces the number of encoded symbols, which are needed at the decoder to recover all input symbols. It is proved that the suggested scheme is very well suited to broadcast systems. Then we propose two algorithms which are named All Random (AR) and Levelly Search (LS) algorithms which can be properly used in broadcast models. Simulation results show that the proposed scheme outperforms the traditional LT in both unicast and broadcast systems with limited feedback. And both the AR and LS algorithms are effective in reducing the total amount of encoded symbols.
Nicardipine Prolonged-Release Implants for Preventing Cerebral Vasospasm After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Effect and Outcome in the First 100 Patients (2007)

Vasospasm following subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) remains difficult to prevent despite extensive investigative efforts. Nicardipine prolonged-release implants (NPRIs) have been used to prevent vasospasm in patients with SAH since October 1999. The present study analyzed the efficacy and safety of NPRIs in 100 patients with SAH and thick subarachnoid clot (mainly Fisher group 3) treated with NPRIs (diameter 2 mm, length 10 mm, containing 4 mg of nicardipine) during surgery after clipping of the aneurysm. The number and location of pellets depended on the amount and site of the subarachnoid clot on preoperative computed tomography and on the type of craniotomy. Two to 12 pellets were implanted in the cisterns of the internal carotid artery, middle cerebral artery, and/or anterior cerebral artery, where thick clots were present and vasospasm related to delayed ischemic neurological deficit (DIND) was highly likely. Only seven patients developed DIND and five patients suffered cerebral infarction. Angiography performed on days 7-12 revealed no vasospasm in any of the arteries close to the site of NPRI placement. NPRI placement can completely prevent vasospasm in arteries within the cisterns containing thick clots, but is less effective in remote locations.
Microbial ecology comes of age and joins the general ecology community (2004)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans the biological, physical, and social sciences.
Thyroid hormones in male hamsters with activated pineals or melatonin treatment. (1982)

Blinding resulted in gonadal and prostatic atrophy and reduced plasma thyroxine (T4), free T4 index (FT4I) and reverse triiodothyronine (rT3) levels in adult male hamsters housed in light-to-dark, 14:10 h. Similar effects were seen after daily evening injections of 25 microgram melatonin. Pinealectomy prevented the effects of blinding or melatonin injections. There were no pineal- or melatonin-induced decrements in T3 or thyrotrophin (TSH) concentrations. TSH was elevated by blinding in one experiment but not in another, despite suppression of T4 and FT4I in both. Orally administered melatonin (approximately 245 microgram daily in drinking water through the evening and night) reduced the weight of testes and prostates and slightly lowered plasma T4 and FT4I, indicating the effectiveness of melatonin by this route. The capability of the pineal and of melatonin to suppress plasma T4 is not a result of sex-steroid-induced alteration of plasma binding but is most likely a result of variable suppression of the pituitary-thyroid axis at the level of TSH regulation and also at the level of T4 secretion and/or metabolism. Reduced rT3, but not T3 levels after blinding, may reflect the pineal-induced deficit in T4 as a substrate for rT3 formation, altered peripheral conversion of T4 or altered disposal of thyroid hormones.
Probability of electrical breakdown: Evidence for a transition between the Townsend and streamer breakdown mechanisms (1985)

Spark-breakdown delay times were measured for ${\mathrm{N}}_{2}$, ${\mathrm{H}}_{2}$, Ar, ${\mathrm{SF}}_{6}$, and ${\mathrm{CCl}}_{2}$${\mathrm{F}}_{2}$ in a uniform field gap provided with a small current (\ensuremath{\sim}${10}^{\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}15}$ A) of free electrons by uv illumination of the cathode. Laue plots of the delay times yielded straight lines with slope iP, where i is the photocurrent and P is the breakdown probability. The dependence of the breakdown probability on voltage for ${\mathrm{N}}_{2}$, ${\mathrm{H}}_{2}$, and Ar was in good agreement with predictions of the Townsend breakdown mechanism. In ${\mathrm{SF}}_{6}$ and ${\mathrm{CCl}}_{2}$${\mathrm{F}}_{2}$, a transition was observed with increasing pressure from a dependence that agreed with the Townsend theory to a more gradual rise with voltage, characteristic of a streamer mechanism. This transition was ascribed to a decrease in the secondary-ionization coefficient with increasing pressure in ${\mathrm{SF}}_{6}$ and ${\mathrm{CCl}}_{2}$${\mathrm{F}}_{2}$, which resulted in an average electron-avalanche size at the static breakdown voltage that approached the critical value for streamer formation. A unified breakdown-probability theory, for which the Townsend and streamer mechanisms are limiting cases, was developed to account for the data over the full pressure range. The implications of these results for measurement of the static breakdown voltage and the secondary-ionization coefficient are discussed.
Identification of immunosuppressant-induced apoptosis in a murine B-cell line and its prevention by bcl-x but not bcl-2. (1994)

Cyclosporin A, FK-506, and rapamycin are immunosuppressants often used as pharmacological probes to study lymphocyte activation and physiological cell death (PCD). Because cyclosporin A and FK-506 are known to prevent PCD in T-cell hybridomas and thymocytes, we used these reagents, as well as rapamycin, to determine whether they alter the pathway leading to apoptosis in murine WEHI-231 cells following surface IgM cross-linking. We observed that the immunosuppressants themselves induced PCD in WEHI-231 cells, but only in sublines susceptible to anti-IgM-mediated apoptosis. PCD was preceded by growth arrest and characterized by the DNA fragmentation pattern typical of apoptosis. In B-cell lines resistant to anti-immunoglobulin- and immunosuppressant-induced PCD, cyclosporin A, FK-506, and rapamycin caused growth arrest. PCD was also induced by inhibitors of protein synthesis in WEHI-231 cells but not in the mature B-cell line BAL-17. Immunosuppressant-induced and protein synthesis inhibitor-induced PCD, but not growth arrest, could be prevented by the overexpression of bcl-xL, while transfection with bcl-2 did not affect PCD or cell cycle arrest. These results suggest that bcl-2 and bcl-xL may control partially independent systems to inhibit PCD in lymphoid cells and that PCD in B and T cells may be differentially regulated.
Strong localization of Bloch photons in dual-periodic dielectric multilayer structures (2001)

We predict that singular photonic Bloch modes with extremely narrow bandwidths occur in dual-periodic dielectric multilayer structures. The electromagnetic field of these modes is shown to be strongly localized around the troughs of undulated periodic dielectric structures, which leads to an extraordinary high-Q value effect in the dual-periodic one-dimensional photonic crystals. We also propose several real systems suitable for experimental confirmation of the features predicted.
Multimode interference couplers for the conversion and combining of zero- and first-order modes (1998)

Optical waveguide mode-combiners for fundamental and first-order modes, based on multimode interference (MMI) couplers are presented. These devices convert a fundamental mode into a transversal first-order mode and combine it in lossless fashion with a second fundamental mode. They can separate zero- and first-order modes in a common waveguide and allow the splitting and combining of zero- and first-order modes with nonuniform power splitting ratios. Realizations in InGaAsP-InP are demonstrated. These new components have successfully been integrated into all-optical switches and were found to have advantageous characteristics in all-optical devices.
Incorporating volatility updating into the historical simulation method for value-at-risk (1998)

This paper proposes a procedure for using a GARCH or exponentially weighted moving average model in conjunction with historical simulation when computing value-at-risk. It involves adjusting historical data on each market variable to reflect the difference between the historical volatility of the market variable and its current volatility. The authors compare the approach using 9 years of daily data on 12 exchange rates and 5 stock indices with more commonly used historical simulation approaches and show that it is a substantial improvement.
Cherrypick: adaptively unearthing the best cloud configurations for big data analytics (2017)

Picking the right cloud configuration for recurring big data analytics jobs running in clouds is hard, because there can be tens of possible VM instance types and even more cluster sizes to pick from. Choosing poorly can significantly degrade performance and increase the cost to run a job by 2-3x on average, and as much as 12x in the worst-case. However, it is challenging to automatically identify the best configuration for a broad spectrum of applications and cloud configurations with low search cost. CherryPick is a system that leverages Bayesian Optimization to build performance models for various applications, and the models are just accurate enough to distinguish the best or close-to-the-best configuration from the rest with only a few test runs. Our experiments on five analytic applications in AWS EC2 show that CherryPick has a 45-90% chance to find optimal configurations, otherwise near-optimal, saving up to 75% search cost compared to existing solutions.
Potential Mechanisms Involved in Diabetic Teratogenesis During Embryonic Neural Tube Closure (2019)

Diabetes mellitus during pregnancy is a risk factor for improper closure of the neural tube during embryonic development. It is likely that this occurs via several parallel pathways. Previously proposed pathways for diabetic teratogenesis during neural tube closure include augmented production of nitric acid; reduction of Pax3; and increased production of long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase 1 (ACSL1). In the current discussion, an additional hypothesis is offered: that hyperglycemia might exert its teratogenic effects on the developing embryo via overexpression of collagen IV, leading to collagen imbalance and errors of remodelling.
The geochemistry of the northern part of the Ilímaussaq intrusion, S.W. Greenland (1964)

The Ilímaussaq intrusion (S.W. Greenland) was emplaced into granitic Precambrian basement rocks. The intrusion is of a highly alkaline nature and in terms of rocks types, its major-, minor- and trace elements, may be compared to the Khibina-Lovozero intrusion of the Kola Peninsula, U.S.S.R. The present paper describes the geochemistry of the northern part of the intrusion and the marginal rocks. New total rock analyses are given together with the detailed geochemistry of U, Th, Radioactivity, Nb, Rb, Li and Be. The Ilímaussaq intrusion consists of an early augite syenite chilled against the country rocks. The augite syenite forms a more or less continuous ring around and above the intrusion. The main central mass of the intrusion consists of poorly layered, very coarse-grained, Na-rich "foyaite" containing relatively large amounts of sodalite and eudialyte. Differentiation of the "foyaite magma" gave rise to a volatile rich residual liquid from which lujavrites were formed. Differentiation of the lujavrites in the central area of the intrusion resulted in a lower banded sequence, the kakortokites, and an upper lujavrite liquid. When the confining pressure was exceeded, explosive brecciation occurred and lujavrite was intruded into the surrounding rocks. At a high level in the intrusion a sheet-like body of soda granite was emplaced together with various quart-bearing syenites. The relative time of intrusion of the quartz-bearing syenite is uncertain through lack of field evidence. Emplacement of the early augite syenite may be related to ring faulting followed by cauldron subsidence. The later Na-rich rocks may have replaced the earlier layered augite syenite or have been emplaced into a "magma chamber" developed by cauldron subsidence. The Na-Zr-Cl-rich rocks show evidence of cooling inwards with the development of a central volatile-rich pocket. The Ilímaussaq rocks probably represent a final highly fractionated stage of the more normal augite syenite magma common to the S. W. Greenland alkaline province.
Use of antibiotic-impregnated polymethyl methacrylate for treatment of an open radial fracture in a horse. (1995)

An open, contaminated, comminuted fracture of the radius of a 500-kg adult horse was diagnosed. Antibiotic-impregnated polymethyl methacrylate implants were placed into the fracture site to help eliminate infection from the limb. Later in the course of treatment, lag screws were placed across the fracture to generate compression and healing. The fracture healed, and the horse was released to its owners. The implants were not removed, and only a mild lameness existed 90 days later.
Regulation of Traditional Chinese Medicine Drugs: Efficacy and Safety (2009)

Resumen en: Regulatory documents on requirements for TCM drug registration are officially issued, which are divided into 4 levels: Act, Rules, Regulation and Guidanc...
Cosite interference between wire antennas on helicopter structures and rotor modulation effects: FDTD versus measurements (1999)

As telecommunication systems become more complex and more antennas are placed on the same structure (e.g., helicopter airframe) the problem of interference becomes significant for the performance of the systems. The finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method is used to calculate coupling between wire elements; e.g., monopoles and loops mounted on ground planes and helicopter airframes. Also, rotor modulation effects on coupling are investigated. All the numerical results obtained by FDTD are validated by comparison with measurements.
Histone H3 Lys79 methylation is required for efficient nucleotide excision repair in a silenced locus of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (2009)

Methylation of specific histone lysine residues regulates gene expression and heterochromatin function, but little is known about its role in DNA repair. To examine how changes in conserved methylated residues of histone H3 affect nucleotide excision repair (NER), viable H3K4R and H3K79R mutants were generated in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. These mutants show decreased UV survival and impaired NER at the transcriptionally silent HML locus, while maintaining normal NER in the constitutively expressed RPB2 gene and transcriptionally repressed, nucleosome loaded GAL10 gene. Moreover, the HML chromatin in these mutants has reduced accessibility to Micrococcal nuclease (MNase). Importantly, chromatin immunoprecipitation analysis demonstrates there is enhanced recruitment of the Sir complex at the HML locus of these mutants, and deletion of the SIR2 or SIR3 genes restores the MNase accessibility and DNA repair efficiency at this locus. Furthermore, following UV irradiation expression of NER genes in these mutants remains at wild type levels, with the exception of RAD16 which decreases by more than 2-fold. These results indicate that impaired NER occurs in the silenced chromatin of H3K79R and H3K4,79R mutants as a result of increased binding of Sir complexes, which may reduce DNA lesion accessibility to repair enzymes.