gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Ejaculatory dysfunction as a cause of infertility (2011)

Ejaculatory dysfunction (EjD), the most prevalent male sexual disorder, is clearly different from erectile dysfunction (ED). EjD is divided into 4 categories: premature ejaculation, delayed ejaculation, retrograde ejaculation and anejaculation. EjD-related infertility is one of the most serious problems in young patients. If sexual intercourse is achieved successfully without any ejaculate sexual partners/wives will not be able to conceive. Therefore, establishment of management of EjD as well as ED is increasingly crucial for couples wishing for a baby. The therapeutic approach of EjD-related infertility is based upon two scenarios: (1) if EjD alone is the reason for having no children, adequate treatment for EjD alone is required, or (2) if EjD is not the only reason and is combined with a worsening of semen quality, total management for male infertility (including EjD treatment) is needed. In this article, the background of EjD-related infertility is presented briefly, followed by a review of treatment modalities.
Comparing Linkage Disequilibrium-Based Methods for Fine Mapping Quantitative Trait Loci (2004)

Recently, a method for fine mapping quantitative trait loci (QTL) using linkage disequilibrium was proposed to map QTL by modeling covariance between individuals, due to identical-by-descent (IBD) QTL alleles, on the basis of the similarity of their marker haplotypes under an assumed population history. In the work presented here, the advantage of using marker haplotype information for fine mapping QTL was studied by comparing the IBD-based method with 10 markers to regression on a single marker, a pair of markers, or a two-locus haplotype under alternative population histories. When 10 markers were genotyped, the IBD-based method estimated the position of the QTL more accurately than did single-marker regression in all populations. When 20 markers were genotyped for regression, as single-marker methods do not require knowledge of haplotypes, the mapping accuracy of regression in all populations was similar to or greater than that of the IBD-based method using 10 markers. Thus for populations similar to those simulated here, the IBD-based method is comparable to single-marker regression analysis for fine mapping QTL.
Far Infrared Synchrotron Near-Field Nanoimaging and Nanospectroscopy (2018)

Scattering scanning near-field optical microscopy (s-SNOM) has emerged as a powerful imaging and spectroscopic tool for investigating nanoscale heterogeneities in biology, quantum matter, and electronic and photonic devices. However, many materials are defined by a wide range of fundamental molecular and quantum states at far-infrared (FIR) resonant frequencies currently not accessible by s-SNOM. Here we show ultrabroadband FIR s-SNOM nanoimaging and spectroscopy by combining synchrotron infrared radiation with a novel fast and low-noise copper-doped germanium (Ge:Cu) photoconductive detector. This approach of FIR synchrotron infrared nanospectroscopy (SINS) extends the wavelength range of s-SNOM to 31 μm (320 cm–1, 9.7 THz), exceeding conventional limits by an octave to lower energies. We demonstrate this new nanospectroscopic window by measuring elementary excitations of exemplary functional materials, including surface phonon polariton waves and optical phonons in oxides and layered ultrathin van der Waals materials, skeletal and conformational vibrations in molecular systems, and the highly tunable plasmonic response of graphene.
Theory of a multimode quasiequilibrium semiconductor laser (1993)

This paper gives a simple plane-wave multimode semiconductor-laser theory valid near threshold under the quasiequilibrium assumption that the total field envelope varies little in the intraband scattering times. Subject to these limitations, the theory is able to describe the full many-body effects in the semiconductor medium for a variety of field configurations including unidirectional, bidirectional, and two-mirror standing-wave lasers with nonuniform gain distributions. The theory predicts that spatial-hole burning can lead to multimode operation and that bidirectional ring-laser operation cannot occur. Generalization to larger field intensities is discussed within the framework of the quasiequilibrium assumption.
Muscle fiber type composition of the rat hindlimb (1984)

The purpose of this study was to estimate the absolute and relative masses of the three types of skeletal muscle fibers in the total hindlimb of the male Sprague-Dawley rat (Rattus norvegicus). For six rats, total body mass was recorded and the following weights taken from dissection of one hindlimb: 32 individual major muscles or muscle parts, remaining skeletal musculature (small hip muscles and intrinsic foot muscles), bone, inguinal fat pad, and skin. The fibers from the 32 muscles or muscle parts (which constituted 98% of the hindlimb skeletal muscle mass) were classified from histochemistry as fast-twitch oxidative glycolytic (FOG), fast-twitch glycolytic (FG), or slow-twitch oxidative (SO), and their populations were determined. Fiber cross-sectional areas from the same muscles were measured with a digitizer. Mass of each of the fiber types within muscles and in the total hindlimb was then calculated from fiber-type population, fiber-type area, and muscle-mass data. Skeletal muscle made up 71% of the total hindlimb mass. Of this, 76% was occupied by FG fibers, 19% by FOG fibers, and 5% by SO fibers. Thus, the FG fiber type is clearly the predominant fiber type in the rat hindlimb in terms of muscle mass. Fiber-type mass data are compared with physiological (blood flow) and biochemical (succinate dehydrogenase activities) data for the muscles taken from previous studies, and it is demonstrated that these functional properties are closely related to the proportions of muscle mass composed of the various fiber types.
China - too big a market to ignore (2004)

China has the world's fastest growing economy, is one of the world's top exporters, and is attracting vast amounts of foreign investment. Whether you see it as a threat or an opportunity, the Chinese market is certainly too big to ignore. Amanda Jacob visited the China Composites Expo 2004 in Shanghai this September.
LIBANO, HEREDERO CULTURAL DE VARIAS CIVILIZACIONES (1979)

EN LA CEREMONIA DE CLAUSURA DE LA JORNADA CULTURAL LIBANESA, QUE CONTO CON LA PRESENCIA DEL SENOR HANI EL AMINE, EMBAJADOR DE LIBANO EN MEXICO, Y DEL DOCTOR EDUARDO LOPEZ BETANCOURT, DIRECTOR DE ACTIVIDADES SOCIOCULTURALES, SE ENTREGARON LOS PREMIOS DEL CONCURSO SOBRE LA VIDA Y OBRA DE GIBRAN JALIL GIBRAN . ESTE EVENTO PERMITIO ESTRECHAR LOS LAZOS ENTRE MEXICO Y EL LIBANO, Y ESTUVO COMPUESTO DE EXPOSICIONES, CONFERENCIAS, TEATRO, POESIA, DANZA Y CINE.
Field Spectroscopy for Assisting Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment in Water Treatment Reservoirs Using Atmospheric Corrected Satellite Remotely Sensed Imagery (2011)

The overall objective of this study was to use field spectro-radiometers for finding possible spectral regions in which chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) and particulate organic carbon (POC) could be identified so as to assist the assessment and monitoring of water quality using satellite remote sensing technology. This paper presents the methodology adopted in this study which is based on the application of linear regression analysis between the mean reflectance values (measured with the GER1500 field spectro-radiometer) across the spectrum and the concentrations of chlorophyll-a (µg/L) and POC (µg/L) acquired simultaneously on the same day and time in the Lower Thames Valley in West London (U.K.) from old campaigns. Each regression model (512 in total) corresponded to a measured wavelength of the GER1500 field spectro-radiometer. The achieved correlations presented as r2 against wavelength, indicate the regions with high correlation values for both water quality variables. Based on the results from this study and by matching the spectral bands of the field spectro-radiometer with those of the Landsat TM satellite sensor (or any other sensor), it has been found that suitable spectral regions for monitoring water quality in water treatment reservoirs are the following: for chlorophyll-a, the spectral region of 0.45–0.52 μm (TM band 1), and for POC, the region 0.52–0.60 μm (TM bands 1 and 2). Then 12 atmospheric corrected Landsat TM/ETM+ band 1 images acquired from 2001 to 2010 were used for validation purposes to retrieve the Chl-a concentrations.
A German-English Technical and Scientific Dictionary. (1931)

This is a comprehensive yet simple dictionary covering the fields of chemistry, botany, zoology, physiology, medicine, anatomy, mineralogy, metallurgy and electrical, structural, industrial and chemical engineering. The chemical and technical scientific terms defined far outnumber all others, but because of the happy combination of subjects included the book is, on the whole, quite well balanced. The definitions are concise, intelligible and accurate. The cross-references are simple and not so numerous as to render use of the book burdensome. Of particular value to the scientist, or to the translator who is not entirely a scientist, is the appended list of atomic weights, specific gravities, and melting and boiling points of elements, the list of signs, symbols and abbreviations used in the dictionary, and the botanic section, all three of these tables giving both the English and the German terms, with an explanation of their application, and the botanic section including also
The Shear Stiffness of Flat-sided Corrugated Webs (1968)

Summary A method of analysis is presented for the shear stiffness of a flat-sided corrugated web, attached at a series of discrete points to flanges either on one side or on both sides of the web. Simple expressions are obtained for the shear stiffness of both types of web, and it is shown that there may be a considerable loss of stiffness due to the method of attachment. A comparison is made with experimental results for corrugated webs with both types of attachment.
Computer mapping and visualization of facilities for planning of D and D operations (1995)

The lack of as-built drawings for many old nuclear facilities impedes planning for decontamination and decommissioning. Traditional manual walkdowns subject workers to lengthy exposure to radiological and other hazards. The authors have applied close-range photogrammetry, 3D solid modeling, computer graphics, database management, and virtual reality technologies to create geometrically accurate 3D computer models of the interiors of facilities. The required input to the process is a set of photographs that can be acquired in a brief time. They fit 3D primitive shapes to objects of interest in the photos and, at the same time, record attributes such as material type and link patches of texture from the source photos to facets of modeled objects. When they render the model as either static images or at video rates for a walk-through simulation, the phototextures are warped onto the objects, giving a photo-realistic impression. The authors have exported the data to commercial CAD, cost estimating, robotic simulation, and plant design applications. Results from several projects at old nuclear facilities are discussed.
Cumulative effects of concussion in amateur athletes (2004)

This study provides preliminary evidence to suggest that athletes with multiple concussions might have cumulative effects.
Location Tracking for WAVE Unicast Service (2010)

In Wireless Access in Vehicular Environment (WAVE), the WAVE Short Messages (WSMs) are broadcasted from the Roadside Unit (RSU) to the Onboard Units (OBUs). On the other hand, WAVE does not specify how to provide WSM-based unicast service to an OBU. In this paper, we devise location tracking procedure so that an OBU can be tracked and receive unicast messages. We also investigate the effect of vehicle traffic on the location tracking mechanism.
Industrial-strength OLTP using main memory and many cores (2020)

GaussDB, and its open source version named openGauss, are Huawei's relational database management systems (RDBMS), featuring a primary disk-based storage engine. This paper presents a new storage engine for GaussDB that is optimized for main memory and many cores. We started from a research prototype which exploits the power of the hardware but is not useful for customers. This paper describes the details of turning this prototype to an industrial storage engine, including integration with GaussDB. Standard benchmarks show that the new engine provides more than 2.5x performance improvement to GaussDB for full TPC-C on Intel's x86 many-cores servers, as well as on Huawei TaiShan servers powered by ARM64-based Kunpeng CPUs.
Broadband blazing with artificial dielectrics (2004)

The efficiency of conventional diffractive optical elements with échelette-type profiles drops rapidly as the illumination wavelength departs from the blaze wavelength. We use high dispersion of artificial materials to synthesize diffractive optical elements that are blazed over a broad spectral range (approximately 1 octave) or for two different wavelengths.
Formylpeptide receptor-2 contributes to colonic epithelial homeostasis, inflammation, and tumorigenesis (2013)

Commensal bacteria and their products provide beneficial effects to the mammalian gut by stimulating epithelial cell turnover and enhancing wound healing, without activating overt inflammation. We hypothesized that N-formylpeptide receptors, which bind bacterial N-formylpeptides and are expressed by intestinal epithelial cells, may contribute to these processes. Here we report that formylpeptide receptor-2 (FPR2), which we show is expressed on the apical and lateral membranes of colonic crypt epithelial cells, mediates N-formylpeptide-dependent epithelial cell proliferation and renewal. Colonic epithelial cells in FPR2-deficient mice displayed defects in commensal bacterium-dependent homeostasis as shown by the absence of responses to N-formylpeptide stimulation, shortened colonic crypts, reduced acute inflammatory responses to dextran sulfate sodium (DSS) challenge, delayed mucosal restoration after injury, and increased azoxymethane-induced tumorigenesis. These results indicate that FPR2 is critical in mediating homeostasis, inflammation, and epithelial repair processes in the colon.
Indocarbazostatins C and D, New Inhibitors of NGF-induced Neuronal Differentiation in PC12 Cells (2004)

Indocarbazostatins C (3) and D (4), new inhibitors of NGF-induced neurite outgrowth were isolated from culture broth of a mutant strain, Streptomyces sp. MUV-6-83. The structural elucidation of 3 and 4 revealed that these inhibitors were methyl ester analogs of the corresponding ethyl ester compounds, indocarbazostatin (1) and indocarbazostatin B (2), respectively.
Multiple primary lung cancer displaying different EGFR and PTEN molecular profiles (2016)

We present a case of multiple primary lung cancer(MPLC) displaying heterogeneous EGFR and PTEN molecular profiles. Considering the physical condition of patients, the patient underwent surgical resection of the right lung lesion displaying gefitinib-insensitive and continued gefitinib treatment for the gefitinib-sensitive lesions in the left lung. As far as we know, this is the first report documenting a case of an integrated therapy strategy using surgical resection with gefitinib treatment for MPLC displaying different EGFR and PTEN molecular profiles. The patient has been in progression free survival up to now. Our experience could provide a treatment strategy for patients with similar disease.
Solid phase phosphotriester synthesis of large oligodeoxyribonucleotides on a polyamide support (1980)

Phosphotriester solid phase methodology on a polyamide support [(1980) Nucleic Acids Research, 8, 1081-1096] has been extended for the rapid synthesis of the tetradecanucleotide, d(AGTTGTTTGTAGTT), the octadecanucleotide, d(GTGGGTTTGGGGCAGGTC), and the heneicosanucleotide, d(GTGCTCTTATCCTCTTGGCTC). Thus, oligodeoxyribonucleotides comparable in size to those obtained by solution synthesis are readily accessible using solid phase techniques. An approach to the purification of the synthetic octadecanucleotide without recourse to high performance liquid chromatography is described.
CD Mom: The Mother of All Windows Book (1993)

From the Publisher:
CD-MOM: The Mother Of All Windows Books CD Version ventures where no Windows book and companion disk have gone before: into the heart of the beast, to reveal the hard Windows facts of life. Read the book and learn how Windows really works - not how its designers thought it should work - and find hundreds of ways to make it work better for you. On your computer. Day in and day out. Run the CD's software and find out which Windows products will let you work better and faster, and make it more fun. The CD contains the WinSleuth Gold Windows system snooper. CompuServe's WinCIM and a free sign-up worth $25, working models of major Windows applications - Ami Pro, ClarisWorks, Freelance Graphics, Quark XPress, IntelliDraw, PhotoStyler, and many more - in addition to the latest Windows printer and video drivers; hundreds of megabytes of video clips and video viewing software; dozens of newsletters; the new safe SmartDrive; the top 100 shareware Windows programs; and a hundred fonts, thousands of icons, games, utilities, and much more. CD-MOM includes detailed, step-by-step instructions on assessing and using the CD's, software, even if you don't own a CD drive. As long as you can beg, borrow, or steal a CD drive for just a few minutes you can put this incredible collection to work. Mystified by the Use Fast Access check box? Or why your machine locks up unexpectedly? Can't get your sound card to work? Does your modem hate you? Want to make Windows run faster? Want to make Windows run, PERIOD? Need some new hardware? Is it time to get a CD-ROM drive? MOM steps you through it all, with insight and wit. It's all here in plain English: the concepts, the practicalities, gotchas and glitches, tricks and advice, plus hundreds of previously undocumented, or worse, incorrectly documented, settings. If you want the straight scoop on Windows - no pulled punches, no warmed-over user's manuals - just ask MOM.
A new method for noise data detection based on DBSCAN and SVDD (2015)

To improve the quality of real datasets by remove noise data, a new method for noise data detection based on Density-Based Spatial Clustering of Applications with Noise (DBSCAN) and support vector data description (SVDD) was proposed in this article. Firstly, classical DBSCAN algorithm was used to cluster the data and remove the outliers. Secondly, SVDD was used to train the grouped data according to the cluster result, and gained discriminant model for each group. All these discriminant models were used in whole dataset to classify the data. The point does not belong to any class is identified as noise data and be removed. Experimental studies are done using UCI dataset. It is shown that the method we proposed is considerably efficient.
Crash Consistency in Encrypted Non-volatile Main Memory Systems (2018)

Non-Volatile Main Memory (NVMM) systems provide high performance by directly manipulating persistent data in-memory, but require crash consistency support to recover data in a consistent state in case of a power failure or system crash. In this work, we focus on the interplay between the crash consistency mechanisms and memory encryption. Memory encryption is necessary for these systems to protect data against the attackers with physical access to the persistent main memory. As decrypting data at every memory read access can significantly degrade the performance, prior works propose to use a memory encryption technique, counter-mode encryption, that reduces the decryption overhead by performing a memory read access in parallel with the decryption process using a counter associated with each cache line. Therefore, a pair of data and counter value is needed to correctly decrypt data after a system crash. We demonstrate that counter-mode encryption does not readily extend to crash consistent NVMM systems as the system will fail to recover data in a consistent state if the encrypted data and associated counter are not written back to memory atomically, a requirement we refer to as counter-atomicity. We show that näıvely enforcing counter-atomicity for all NVMM writes can serialize memory accesses and results in a significant performance degradation. In order to improve the performance, we make an observation that not all writes to NVMM need to be counter-atomic. The crash consistency mechanisms rely on versioning to keep one consistent copy of data intact while manipulating another version directly in-memory. As the recovery process only relies on the unmodified consistent version, it is not necessary to strictly enforce counter-atomicity for the writes that do not affect data recovery. Based on this insight, we propose selective counter-atomicity that allows reordering of writes to data and associated counters when the writes to persistent memory do not alter the recoverable consistent state. We propose efficient software and hardware support to enforce selective counter-atomicity. Our evaluation demonstrates that in a 1/2/4/8- core system, selective counter-atomicity improves performance by 6/11/22/40% compared to a system that enforces counter-atomicity for all NVMM writes. The performance of our selective counter-atomicity design comes within 5% of an ideal NVMM system that provides crash consistency of encrypted data at no cost.
An Automated Framework for Validating Firewall Policy Enforcement (2007)

The implementation of network security devices such as firewalls and IDSs are constantly being improved to accommodate higher security and performance standards. Using reliable and yet practical techniques for testing the functionality of firewall devices particularly after new filtering implementation or optimization becomes necessary to assure required security. Generating random traffic to test the functionality of firewall matching is inefficient and inaccurate as it requires an exponential number of test cases for a reasonable coverage. In addition, in most cases the policies used during testing are limited and manually generated representing fixed policy profiles. In this paper, we present a framework for automatic testing of the firewall policy enforcement or implementation using efficient random traffic and policy generation techniques. Our framework is a two-stage architecture that provides a satisfying coverage of the firewall operational states. A large variety of policies are randomly generated according to custom profiles and also based on the grammar of the access control list. Testing packets are then generated intelligently and proportional to the critical regions of the generated policies to validate the firewall enforcement for such policies. We describe our implementation of the framework based on Cisco IOS, which includes the policy generation, test cases generation, capturing and analyzing firewall out put, and creating detailed test reports. Our evaluation results show that the automated security testing is not only achievable but it also offers a dramatically higher degree of confidence than random or manual testing.