gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Parametric classification of multichannel averaged event-related potentials (2002)

This paper focuses on the systematic development of a parametric approach for classifying averaged event-related potentials (ERPs) recorded from multiple channels. It is shown that the parameters of the averaged ERP ensemble can be estimated directly from the parameters of the single-trial ensemble, thus, making it possible to design a class of parametric classifiers without having to collect a prohibitively large number of single-trial ERPs. An approach based on random sampling without replacement is developed to generate a large number of averaged ERP ensembles in order to evaluate the performance of a classifier. A two-class ERP classification problem is considered and the parameter estimation methods are applied to independently design a Gaussian likelihood ratio classifier for each channel. A fusion rule is formulated to classify an ERP using the classification results from all the channels. Experiments using real and simulated ERPs are designed to show that, through the approach developed, parametric classifiers can be designed and evaluated even when the number of averaged ERPs does not exceed the dimension of the ERP vector. Additionally, it is shown that the performance of a majority rule fusion classifier is consistently superior to the rule that selects a single best channel.
Channeling on Carbon Nanotubes:  A Molecular Dynamics Approach (2005)

We have performed classical molecular dynamics on different kinds of carbon nanotubes in order to examine their response to self-irradiation nearly parallel to the tube axis. We have found that the critical angle for channeling decays as a power law. Following the energy loss along the projectile path, we have determined the maximum range as a function of energy at the critical angle. Narrower tubes seem to be more adequate for transporting particles to longer distances.
Construction of an industrial brewing yeast strain to manufacture beer with low caloric content and improved flavor. (2010)

In this study, the problems of high caloric content, increased maturation time and off-flavors in commercial beer manufacture arising from residual sugar, diacetyl, and acetaldehyde levels were addressed. A recombinant industrial brewing yeast strain (TQ1) was generated from T1 [Lipomyces starkeyi dextranase gene (LSD1) introduced, alpha-acetohydroxyacid synthase gene (ILV2) disrupted] by introducing Saccharomyces cerevisiae glucoamylase (SGA1) and a strong promoter PGK1 while disrupting the genes coding alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH2). The highest glucoamylase activity for TQ1 was 93.26 U/ml compared with host strain T1 (12.36 U/ml) and wild-type industrial yeast strain YSF5 (10.39 U/ml), respectively. European Brewery Convention (EBC) tube fermentation tests comparing the fermentation broths of TQ1 with T1 and YSF5 showed that the real extract were reduced by 15.79% and 22.47%; the main residual maltotriose concentration were reduced by 13.75% and 18.82%; the caloric content were reduced by 27.18 and 35.39 calories per 12 oz. Due to the disruption of ADH2 gene in TQ1, the off-flavor acetaldehyde concentration in the fermentation broth were 9.43% and 13.28% respectively lower than that of T1 and YSF5. No heterologous DNA sequences or drug-resistance genes were introduced into TQ1. So, the gene manipulations in this work properly solved the addressed problems in commercial beer manufacture.
Three-dimensional Display Using Modified Two-dimensionally Aligned Multiple Telecentric Optical Systems. (2003)

A new technique is proposed which enables the construction of an auto-stereoscopic display which can generate a number of horizontal parallax images simultaneously. A number of telecentric optical systems are arranged in a modified two-dimensional array and multiplexed. Because each optical system has a different horizontal position, each parallax image generated by each optical system is displayed in a different horizontal direction. The difference in the vertical display direction due to the optical system's vertical position is canceled by a vertical diffuser. This display enables the observation of 3-D images simultaneously without the use of 3-D glasses. Observers can perceive 3-D images with binocular disparity, vergence, and motion parallax. In addition, accommodation may work, because a number of parallax images are displayed with a very small horizontal angle pitch. There are two types of configurations that can be used in an auto-stereoscopic display; one uses multiple afocal imaging systems, and another uses light source arrays. An auto-stereoscopic display having 64 parallaxes is constructed using the former configuration.
Perceptual Generative Adversarial Networks for Small Object Detection (2017)

Detecting small objects is notoriously challenging due to their low resolution and noisy representation. Existing object detection pipelines usually detect small objects through learning representations of all the objects at multiple scales. However, the performance gain of such ad hoc architectures is usually limited to pay off the computational cost. In this work, we address the small object detection problem by developing a single architecture that internally lifts representations of small objects to super-resolved ones, achieving similar characteristics as large objects and thus more discriminative for detection. For this purpose, we propose a new Perceptual Generative Adversarial Network (Perceptual GAN) model that improves small object detection through narrowing representation difference of small objects from the large ones. Specifically, its generator learns to transfer perceived poor representations of the small objects to super-resolved ones that are similar enough to real large objects to fool a competing discriminator. Meanwhile its discriminator competes with the generator to identify the generated representation and imposes an additional perceptual requirement - generated representations of small objects must be beneficial for detection purpose - on the generator. Extensive evaluations on the challenging Tsinghua-Tencent 100K [45] and the Caltech [9] benchmark well demonstrate the superiority of Perceptual GAN in detecting small objects, including traffic signs and pedestrians, over well-established state-of-the-arts.
RACK1 and Stratifin Target &Delta;Np63&alpha; for a Proteasome Degradation in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Cells upon DNA Damage (2004)

p53 family members with a transactivation (TA) domain induce cell cycle arrest and promote apoptosis. However, DeltaNp63 isotypes lacking the TA-domain promote cell proliferation and tumorigenesis in vitro and in vgammavo. Although p53, TAp63 or TAp73 are stabilized upon DNA damage, we found that the genotoxic stress agents induced a dramatic decrease and phosphorylation of DeltaNp63alpha in squamous cell carcinoma cells. Further work revealed that RACK1 physically associated with the p63alpha C-terminal domain through its WD40 domain. However, stratifin binds with phosphorylated DeltaNp63alpha in response to cisplatin. Upon DNA damage induced by cisplatin, stratifin mediated a nuclear export of DeltaNp63alpha into cytoplasm and then RACK1 targeted latter into a proteasome degradation pathway possibly serving as an E3 ubiquitin ligase. Moreover, siRNA knockdown of both stratifin and RACK1 inhibited a nuclear export and protein degradation of DeltaNp63alpha, respectively. Our data suggest that modification and down regulation of DeltaNp63alpha is one of the major determinants of the cellular response to DNA damage in human head and neck cancers.
Talking about “Real Stuff”: Explorations of Agency and Romance in an All-Girls’ Book Club (2000)

Examines six adolescent girls’ talk around a young adult novel (“The Beggar’s Ride” by T. Nelson). Reveals unexpected reading purposes: adolescent girls’ reading for the combined purposes of agency and desire, exploring the fears and potentialities of being female and of the possibilities of autonomy.
Mechanical Property and Elastic Modulus of Metastable Ti-Nb Based Alloys with Si Addition (2007)

Mechanical Property and elastic modulus of Ti-Nb based alloys with various Si content, prepared by water quenching from high temperature β phase field, cold rolling and recrystallization heat treatment followed by water quenching, were investigated in terms of tensile test and resonance vibration method. TEM observations revealed that in addition to orthorhombic structured α" phase and bcc structured β phase, an intermediate ω phase is characterized in the microstructure. The volume fraction ratio of constituent phases was dependent upon Nb and Si contents. In as-quenched samples yield strength increased with increasing Si content. This propensity was similar to the cold rolled alloys. In recrystallized samples however, yield strength decreased slightly with increasing Si content even though the alloy containing higher Si content showed smaller grain size. From these results, it is found that strength of the present alloy influences largely on solid solution hardening and phase stability but does weakly on grain size. Yield strength of cold rolled sample was higher than as-quenched and recrystallized samples. Elastic modulus values were measured to 55GPa, 63GPa and 44GPa for as-quenched, cold rolled and recrystallized samples, respectively. The variations of yield strength and elastic modulus values were interpreted in terms of changes in microstructure as well as grain size and phase stability.
On the role of the nouns in IR-based traceability recovery (2009)

The intensive human effort needed to manually manage traceability information has increased the interest in utilising semi-automated traceability recovery techniques. This paper presents a simple way to improve the accuracy of traceability recovery methods based on information retrieval techniques. The proposed method acts on the artefact indexing considering only the nouns contained in the artefact content to define the semantics of an artefact. The rationale behind such a choice is that the language used in software documents can be classified as a sectorial language, where the terms that provide more indication on the semantics of a document are the nouns. The results of a reported case study demonstrate that the proposed artefact indexing significantly improves the accuracy of traceability recovery methods based on the probabilistic or vector space based IR models.
Multilayer neural network structure as Volterra filter (2002)

The paper presents the application of the successive linearization to the neural network implementation of the Volterra filter. Applying the signal flow graph approach the new learning rules for adaptation of weights of the obtained multilayer network structure are given. The presented multilayer structure is applied to signal processing including the identification of the parameters of the plant, noise canceling and signal prediction.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>
The Effect of Nefopam on Postoperative Fentanyl Consumption: A Randomized, Double-blind Study (2016)

The concomitant administration of nefopam with fentanyl for postoperative pain management may allow reduction of fentanyl dose, thereby reducing the risk of opioid-related adverse effects.
Overexpression of tumor necrosis factor-α produces an increase in lung volumes and pulmonary hypertension (2001)

Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha is a key proinflammatory cytokine that is thought to be important in the development of pulmonary fibrosis, whereas its role in pulmonary emphysema has not been as thoroughly documented. In the present study, TNF-alpha was overexpressed in alveolar type II cells under the control of the human surfactant protein C promoter. In this report, we further characterized the pulmonary abnormalities and provided a physiological assessment of these mice. Histopathology of the lungs revealed chronic inflammation, severe alveolar air space enlargement and septal destruction, and bronchiolitis. However, pulmonary fibrosis was very limited and only seen in the subpleural, peribronchiolar, and perivascular regions. Physiological assessment showed an increase in lung volumes and a decrease in elastic recoil characteristic of emphysema; there was no evidence of restrictive lung disease characteristic of pulmonary fibrosis. In addition, the mice raised in ambient conditions in Denver developed pulmonary hypertension. Gelatinase activity was increased in the lavage fluid from these lungs. These results suggest that in these mice TNF-alpha contributed to the development of pulmonary emphysema through chronic lung inflammation and activation of the elastolytic enzymes but by itself was unable to produce significant pulmonary fibrosis.
Capillary and microchip electrophoresis of basic drugs with contactless conductivity detection (2004)

The extension of contactless conductivity detection in electrophoresis to the determination of basic drugs is demonstrated using beta-adrenergic blocking agents (beta-blockers) and other physiologically active amines as examples. The high-voltage approach to conductivity detection was employed for conventional capillaries as well as microchip devices. Acidic buffers were used in all cases. A buffer consisting of 100 mM acetic acid and 1 mM histidine was deemed most optimal for the separation of six beta-blockers and best results for the analysis of the other amines were achieved with a 20 mM lactic acid buffer at low pH-value. The detection limits ranged from 0.06 to 5 microM. To demonstrate potential practical applications, a main component assay was conducted for three pharmaceutical formulations. On-chip, five pharmaceutical amines could be baseline-resolved in a 8 cm long microchannel in 90 s, albeit a reduced sensitivity and peak capacity compared to conventional capillary electrophoresis.
A factor graph framework for semantic indexing and retrieval in video (2000)

This paper proposes a novel framework for semantic indexing and retrieval in digital video. The components of the framework are probabilistic multimedia objects (multijects) and a network of such objects (multinets). The main contribution of this paper is a novel application of a factor graph framework to model the interactions in a network of multijects (multinet) at a semantic level. Factor graphs are statistical graphical models that provide an efficient framework for exact and approximate inference via the sum-product algorithm. Incorporating the statistical interactions between the concepts using factor graphs enhances the detection probability of individual multijects and provides a unified framework for integrating multiple modalities and supports inference of unobservable concepts based on their relation with observable concepts. Our experiments reveal significant performance improvement using the inference on the factor graph models.
Cancer Stem Cells and Chemosensitivity (2011)

Cancer lethality is mainly due to the onset of distant metastases and refractoriness to chemotherapy. Thus, the development of molecular targeted agents that can restore or increase chemosensitivity will provide valuable therapeutic options for cancer patients. Growing evidence indicates that a cellular subpopulation with stem cell-like features, commonly referred to as cancer stem cells (CSCs), is critical for tumor generation and maintenance. Recent advances in stem cell biology are revealing that this cellular fraction shares many properties with normal adult stem cells and is able to propagate the parental tumor in animal models. CSCs seem to be protected against widely used chemotherapeutic agents by means of different mechanisms, such as a marked proficiency in DNA damage repair, high expression of ATP-binding cassette drug transporters, and activation of PI3K/AKT and Wnt pathways. Moreover, microenvironmental stimuli such as those involved in the epithelial-mesenchymal transition and hypoxia indirectly contribute to chemoresistance by inducing in cancer cells a stem-like phenotype. Understanding how CSCs overcome chemotherapy-induced death stimuli, and integrating such knowledge into clinical research methodology, has become a priority in the process of identifying innovative therapeutic strategies aimed at improving the outcome of cancer patients.
Graphitic carbon film formation under Ni templates by radio-frequency sputtering for transparent electrode applications (2011)

An alternate approach to the preparation of transfer-free graphitic carbon films is proposed in this paper. Using a standard radio-frequency sputtering system and a high-temperature annealing procedure, graphitic carbon films are prepared under Ni templates. The results demonstrate that carbon precipitation occurs at both Ni template interfaces. With repeated annealing procedures at 1100 °C, a sheet resistance of 1.36 × 104 Ω/□ can be achieved. Selective carbon film deposition has also been developed via pattern formation on the Ni templates. The results indicate the potential application of this method to transparent electrode formation.
Catalytic Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide by Manganese-Alumina (1975)

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTCatalytic Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide by Manganese-AluminaJoseph T. Kohler, Robert E. Altomare, and James R. KittrellCite this: Ind. Eng. Chem. Prod. Res. Dev. 1975, 14, 1, 36–40Publication Date (Print):March 1, 1975Publication History Published online1 May 2002Published inissue 1 March 1975https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/i360053a008https://doi.org/10.1021/i360053a008research-articleACS PublicationsRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views275Altmetric-Citations10LEARN 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 options Get e-Alerts
Platform Security Technologies That Use TPM 2.0 (2015)

Okay, we’ve written a whole book on TPMs, and you’ve apparently read the whole thing. Perhaps our attempts to keep the book interesting were successful…or you’re extraordinarily persistent…or maybe you just cheated and skipped to the conclusion.
Can Adults Become Fluent Readers in Newly Learned Scripts? (2012)

Adults learning new scripts have difficulty becoming automatic readers. They typically read haltingly, understand little of what they read, and may forget letter values. This article presents the hypothesis that halting reading among adult neoliterates is due to low-level perceptual functions in the brain that have a sensitive period. These may be related to feature integration; whether illiterate or educated, adults learning a new script may be perceiving letters as connected segments rather than unbreakable units. The time needed to resolve ambiguities and determine how the segments are combined may delay identification and result in letter-by-letter reading. This phenomenon could be called “adult neoliterate dyslexia.” It has received little research or attention, possibly because few adults need to learn new scripts. Also unschooled illiterates are rare in industrialized countries where most reading studies are carried out. Research is needed to probe into the neuropsychological origin of the adults’ fluency difficulty. Potential remedies may include action videogames and thousands of trials through computerized media.
A Survey of Data-Driven Prognostics (2005)

*Integrated Systems Health Management includes fault detection, fault diagnosis (or fault isolation), and fault prognosis. We define prognosis to be detecting the precursors of a failure, and predicting how much time remains before a likely failure. Algorithms that use the data -driven approach to prognosis learn models directly from the data, rather than u sing a hand -built model based o n human experti se. This paper surveys past work in the data driven approach to prognosis. It also includes related work in data -driven fault detection and diagnosis, and in model -based diagnosis and prognosis, particularly as applied to space systems.
β<sub>1</sub>-adrenergic antagonists improve sleep and behavioural disturbances in a circadian disorder, Smith-Magenis syndrome (2001)

Smith-Magenis syndrome (SMS) is a clinically recognisable contiguous gene syndrome ascribed to interstitial deletions of chromosome 17p11.2. Patients have a phase shift of their circadian rhythm of melatonin with a paradoxical diurnal secretion of the hormone. Serum melatonin levels and day-night behaviour were studied in nine SMS children (aged 4 to 17 years) given acebutolol, a selective beta(1)-adrenergic antagonist (10 mg/kg early in the morning). Cardiac examination, serum melatonin, motor activity recordings, and sleep diaries were monitored before and after drug administration. The present study shows that a single morning dose of acebutolol suppressed the inappropriate secretion of melatonin in SMS. A significant improvement of inappropriate behaviour with increased concentration, delayed sleep onset, increased hours of sleep, and delayed waking were also noted. These results suggest that beta(1)-adrenergic antagonists help to manage hyperactivity, enhance cognitive performance, and reduce sleep disorders in SMS.
Evaluating Effect of Concreteness in Instructions for Gesture Recognition (2011)

Gesture input has an advantage of rich expressive power over conventional input devices, but it is difficult to share the gesture trajectory with other people through writing or verbally. We obtained acceleration data for 10 kinds of gestures instructed through text, figures, and movies, totaling 44 patterns from 13 test subjects, for a total of 2630 data samples. We then examined the differences in the gestures.