gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Compact and high-precision range finder with wide dynamic range using one sensor head (2002)

A range finder that uses a self-mixing laser diode is described. The range finder has an accuracy of +or-0.13% and a dynamic range of 0.2 m to 1 m and uses only one sensor head. Unlike ultrasonic range finders, the light beam of this laser range finder can be focused and scanned. The feasibility study shows a possible application of the range finder to the visual sensor of a robot. The finder has been successfully applied as an IR active-type range finder of a single-lens reflex camera.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>
New therapies in the management of Niemann-Pick type C disease: clinical utility of miglustat (2009)

Niemann-Pick disease type C (NP-C) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by progressive neurological deterioration leading to premature death. The disease is caused by mutations in one of two genes, NPC1 or NPC2, leading to impaired intracellular lipid transport and build-up of lipids in various tissues, particularly the brain. Miglustat (Zavesca(R)), a reversible inhibitor of glycosphingolipid synthesis, has recently been authorized in the European Union, Brazil and South Korea for the treatment of progressive neurological symptoms in adult and pediatric patients, and represents the first specific treatment for NP-C. Here we review current data on the pharmacology, efficacy, safety and tolerability of miglustat in patients with NP-C, based on findings from a prospective clinical trial, preclinical and retrospective studies, and case reports. Findings demonstrated clinically relevant beneficial effects of miglustat on neurological disease progression in adult, juvenile and pediatric patients with NP-C, particularly those diagnosed in late childhood (6-11 years) and in juveniles and adults (12 years and older), compared with those diagnosed in early childhood (younger than 6 years). Miglustat therapy was well-tolerated in all age groups. With the approval of miglustat, treatment of patients with NP-C can now be aimed toward stabilizing neurological disease, which is likely the best attainable therapeutic goal for this disorder.
The role of posture in idiopathic oedema. (1975)

Idiopathic oedema is a common disorder in women, and is diagnosed by exclusion of known causes of oedema. In 26 of 31 patients studied, the oedema was shown to be orthostatic, i.e. induced by the upright posture and relieved by recumbency. Approximately half of the patients with orthostatic oedema are orthostatic sodium retainers owing to excessive transudation from presumably defecive capillaries with a consequent fall in plasma volume, reduction in glomerular filtration rate and, frequently, excessive renal tubular reabsorption of filtered sodium because of orthostatic hyperaldosteronism. The other patients are orthostatic water retainers, perhaps because of abnormal ADH secretion in the upright posture. Measurement of changes in sodium and water excretion in the recumbent and upright postures are described for the differentiation of these conditions. When conventional diuretic therapy and sodium restriction lose their effectiveness - as often happens after several months - orthostatic sodium retainers may be treated with a combination of the following sympathomimetic amines (dextroamphetamine or ephedrine) to reduce fluid transudation, spironolactone (Aldactone) to promote excretion during recumbency of sodium retained in the upright posture, the use of elastic stockings during the day, and a conventional diuretic together with recumbency from 20h00 most evenings. The last three measures are also useful in orthostatic water retention. Considerable symptomatic improvement can usually be accomplished by these means.
Point cloud segmentation towards urban ground modeling (2009)

This paper presents a new method for segmentation and interpretation of 3D point clouds from mobile LIDAR data. The main contribution of this work is the automatic detection and classification of artifacts located at the ground level. The detection is based on Top-Hat of hole filling algorithm of range images. Then, several features are extracted from the detected connected components (CCs). Afterward, a stepwise forward variable selection by using Wilk's Lambda criterion is performed. Finally, CCs are classified in four categories (lampposts, pedestrians, cars, the others) by using a SVM machine learning method.
Mouse ornithine decarboxylase. Complete amino acid sequence deduced from cDNA. (1985)

cDNA containing the full coding region of mouse ornithine decarboxylase was isolated. The complete nucleotide sequence of the cDNA was determined by the dideoxy method, and the amino acid sequence of ornithine decarboxylase was thereby deduced. The protein contains 461 amino acids and has a molecular weight of 51,172. The isoelectric point is predicted from the deduced amino acid sequence to be 5.1. On the basis of its amino acid sequence, the protein is predicted to be comprised predominantly of alternating domains of alpha-helix and beta-sheet.
PENGARUH KOMITMEN AFEKTIF, KOMITMEN BERKELANJUTAN, KOMITMEN NORMATIF TERHADAP KINERJA KARYAWAN MELALUI VARIABEL ORGANIZATION CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOR (OCB) SEBAGAI VARIABEL INTERVENING PADA PT. TEMPRINA MEDIA GRAFIKA SEMARANG (2016)

ABSTRACT The economic activities that really dynamic make company must active to change and create new strategy to make company sustain, human resource have dominant role in company activities, PT. Temprina Media isone of printing company in Semarang, based on observation performance each of employee really fluctuating and company often change the regulation and procedure that affect to the employee and fact. point of success of company depends on talent performance which determines the achievement of organization goals. Talent not only have good competence but behaviors that show high contribution and Organization Citizenship Behavior (OCB). Organization Citizenship Behavior (OCB) is a behavior that appear because of high commitment. Therefore to increase organization commitment will influence OCB in employee’s. This research aims to analyze the influence of affective commitment, continuous commitment, and normative commitment on employee’s performance through OCB as an intervening variable. This study used multiple linear regression analysis using SPSS. The population used is a Employee’s of PT. Temprina Grafika Media Semarang with the number 44. The amount of sample used as many as 44 people, it is called a census study. The results showed that there is positive and significant correlation between each organization commitment variable (affective, continuous, normative) on OCB and Employee’s performance, there is positive and significant correlation between OCB on Employee’s Performance, and there is positive and significant correlation between Continuous Commitment and Affective Commitment on Employee’s Performance through OCB.. Advice for this research is company must maintain employee’s commitment and OCB by make strategic through shaping culture, make unique engagement and management of employee also make improvement term of data management to ensure their performance and experience.
Electron beam testing of wired or printed circuit modules (1970)

A technique utilizing a non-mechanical testing probe has been examined for use in quality control of densely wired miniaturized circuits. This technique uses a scanning electron beam, is highly efficient and accurate, and reduces the time of testing from hours to seconds.
Combining asynchronous and synchronous circuits using stretchable clocks (1996)

In this paper we demonstrate how synchronous and asynchronous modules can be combined on a quasi-delay-insensitive bus. The synchronous modules are implemented using stretchable clocks and connected to other components using asynchronous handshaking. The bus makes the system modular and scaleable by guaranteeing that the complexity of the system grows linearly with each module added. By allowing designers to use both asynchronous and synchronous techniques in a single design we show that many of the desirable qualities of each method can be preserved. (8 pages)
PET, Tencel, Cotton MVS 혼방사로 제직된 침구용 직물의 성능평가 (2017)

This study evaluated the performance of bedding fabrics consisting of warp (150d/144f, polyester) and weft (polyester, Tencel and cotton MVS blended spun yarn) with blend ratio of weft. We measured electrostatic propensity, moisture properties, pilling properties and mechanical properties of the fabrics for this study. F-P fabric showed outstanding moisture properties and pilling properties. However, tensile properties and electrostatic propensity were relatively inferior to other characteristic values. Significant static electricity may make F-P fabric uncomfortable. F-P7C3 fabric showed outstanding moisture properties and pilling properties. Static electricity may make F-P7C3 fabric uncomfortable; in addition, F-P5C5 fabric showed outstanding moisture properties and pilling properties. Rough and stiff hand feel were expected to increase because tensile properties decreased and surface properties increased. F-C fabric showed outstanding pilling properties and electrostatic propensity. However, it showed inferior moisture control properties. F-P5T4C1 fabric showed outstanding moisture properties, pilling properties and electrostatic propensity. Several properties are outstanding; however, the hand feels are very rough and stiff from bending. The water evaporation and static electricity increased with increasing polyester content. As the content of cotton increased, tensile properties were improved. However, water evaporation and static electricity decreased. The addition of Tencel increased the thickness and compression energy so that it exhibited a soft characteristic upon compression and an excellent moisture control properties, but the surface became somewhat coarse.
An audio-video content abstraction program interface (CAPI) for home network applications (2002)

Organizations have defined several home network infrastructures for controlling consumer electronic (CE) devices. A shortcoming with existing infrastructures is their inability to abstract device controls into high-level audio-video services across a home network. Therefore, what is needed is an infrastructure that abstracts devices and their controls into high-level content services thereby promoting the deployment of user-friendly content centric applications. In this way, applications can be quickly developed eliminating CE devices from the AV-experience.
Effects of Gamma-Hydroxybutyrate on Plasma Hydrocortisone Concentration in Man (1968)

OYAMA, TSUTOMU M.D.; KUDO, TSUYOSHI M.D.; SHIBATA, SUSUMU M.D.; MATSUMOTO, FUMIO M.D. Author Information
Calculation of Redox Potentials and p<i>K</i><sub>a</sub>Values of Hydrated Transition Metal Cations by a Combined Density Functional and Continuum Dielectric Theory (1996)

Density functional and continuum dielectric theories have been combined to calculate molecular properties such as hydration enthalpies, redox potentials, and absolute pKa values of transition metal cations in solution. The discrete cluster model, which is treated explicitly by density functional theory, includes six waters in the first hydration shell and another twelve waters in the second shell. The solvent reaction field is obtained from a finite-difference solution to the Poisson−Boltzmann equation and is coupled to the nonlocal density functional calculation in a self-consistent way. The calculated hydration enthalpies are 409, 1073, 431, and 1046 kcal/mol for Mn2+, Mn3+, Fe2+, and Fe3+, respectively, comparing fairly well to the experimental measurements of 440, 1087, 465, and 1060 kcal/mol. The calculated redox potentials for the Mn2+/Mn3+ and Fe2+/Fe3+ pairs are 1.59 and 1.06 V, respectively, in good agreement with the experimental values of 1.56 and 0.77 V. The computed absolute pKa values, 14.0, −6.5, 9.0, and −4.0 for Mn2+, Mn3+, Fe2+, and Fe3+, respectively, deviate significantly from the experimental results of 10.6, 0.1, 9.5, and 2.2 but show the proper behavior with changes in oxidation state and metal type. The calculated redox potentials and pKa values appear to converge toward the experimental data with increasing size of the cluster models. For such highly charged cations, the second hydration shell in the cluster model is indispensable, since this buffer shell retains strong hydrogen bonds and electron transfer between the inner and outer shells as well as the solute−solvent dispersion interaction.
Effects of Engine Aging on Aircraft NOx Emissions (1997)

The impact of representative paths of engine degradation on aircraft cruise NOx emissions was investigated. Engine cycles corresponding to older, current, and future subsonic and supersonic technologies were developed and used to determine the sensitivities of combustor conditions to various changes in component efficiencies and flow capacities due to aging. Estimates of relative changes in NOx emissions levels were made using established empirical correlations that relate emissions to combustor flow parameters. The analysis methodology was validated through comparisons to test data where available. It was found that the sensitivity of specific fuel consumption (SFC) and combustor flow parameters to component aging is enhanced by increases in cycle temperatures and pressures. This ultimately results in a higher sensitivity of NOx emissions to engine degradation for cycles representative of more advanced technology. At constant thrust, turbine degradation typically acts to decrease NOx emissions while compressor aging results in an increase in NOx emissions; both occurring at the expense of SFC. Sample degradation scenarios were used to highlight the balance between turbine and compressor aging effects. Changes in NOx emissions in the −1% to +4% range were predicted for typical aging scenarios. The applicability of these results to the formulation of aircraft emissions inventories is considered.
Small molecule control of bacterial biofilms (2012)

Bacterial biofilms are defined as a surface attached community of bacteria embedded in a matrix of extracellular polymeric substances that they have produced. When in the biofilm state, bacteria are more resistant to antibiotics and the host immune response than are their planktonic counterparts. Biofilms are increasingly recognized as being significant in human disease, accounting for 80% of bacterial infections in the body and diseases associated with bacterial biofilms include: lung infections of cystic fibrosis patients, colitis, urethritis, conjunctivitis, otitis, endocarditis and periodontitis. Additionally, biofilm infections of indwelling medical devices are of particular concern, as once the device is colonized infection is virtually impossible to eradicate. Given the prominence of biofilms in infectious diseases, there has been an increased effort toward the development of small molecules that will modulate bacterial biofilm development and maintenance. In this review, we highlight the development of small molecules that inhibit and/or disperse bacterial biofilms through non-microbicidal mechanisms. The review discuses the numerous approaches that have been applied to the discovery of lead small molecules that mediate biofilm development. These approaches are grouped into: (1) the identification and development of small molecules that target one of the bacterial signaling pathways involved in biofilm regulation, (2) chemical library screening for compounds with anti-biofilm activity, and (3) the identification of natural products that possess anti-biofilm activity, and the chemical manipulation of these natural products to obtain analogues with increased activity.
Two-dimensional bending vector sensing based on spatial cascaded orthogonal long period fiber (2012)

A novel bending vector sensor based on spatial cascaded orthogonal long period fiber gratings (SCO-LPFGs) written by high-frequency CO(2) laser pulses has been proposed, and two-dimensional bending vector sensing characteristics based on the simple SCO-LPFGs have been experimentally demonstrated. A three-dimensional orthogonal sensing coordinate system has been established, and the measurement results of the proposed SCO-LPFGs sensor based on the above coordinate system is given, and furthermore both of curvature and bending-direction could be intuitively solved according to the three-dimensional orthogonal sensing coordinates. The research work presented in this paper would be helpful to improve the practicability of fiber vector sensors due to the distinguished characteristics such as simple structure, low-cost, ease of fabrication.
White light supercontinuum generation in a Y-shaped microstructured tapered fiber pumped at 1064 nm (2010)

We report the generation of supercontinuum in a Ge-doped Y-shape tapered fiber pumped at 1064 nm in the ns pump regime. The taper was designed to have long taper transitions and a taper waist with a core diameter of 0.9 mum. The large air-filling fraction and diameter of the air-hole microstructure reduces the confinement loss at long wavelengths so, enabling the extension of the spectrum to longer wavelengths. Along the taper transition the zero-dispersion wavelength decreases as the diameter of the taper becomes smaller. The spectral components generated along the taper transition pump the taper waist, enhancing the generation of short wavelengths. A flat spectrum spanning from 420 nm to 1850 nm is reported.
Poliovirus Induces Bax-Dependent Cell Death Mediated by c-Jun NH <sub>2</sub> -Terminal Kinase (2007)

Poliovirus (PV) is the causal agent of paralytic poliomyelitis, a disease that involves the destruction of motor neurons associated with PV replication. In PV-infected mice, motor neurons die through an apoptotic process. However, mechanisms by which PV induces cell death in neuronal cells remain unclear. Here, we demonstrate that PV infection of neuronal IMR5 cells induces cytochrome c release from mitochondria and loss of mitochondrial transmembrane potential, both of which are evidence of mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization. PV infection also activates Bax, a proapoptotic member of the Bcl-2 family; this activation involves its conformational change and its redistribution from the cytosol to mitochondria. Neutralization of Bax by vMIA protein expression prevents cytochrome c release, consistent with a contribution of PV-induced Bax activation to mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization. Interestingly, we also found that c-Jun NH(2)-terminal kinase (JNK) is activated soon after PV infection and that the PV-cell receptor interaction alone is sufficient to induce JNK activation. Moreover, the pharmacological inhibition of JNK by SP600125 inhibits Bax activation and cytochrome c release. This is, to our knowledge, the first demonstration of JNK-mediated Bax-dependent apoptosis in PV-infected cells. Our findings contribute to our understanding of poliomyelitis pathogenesis at the cellular level.
Implicitly-multithreaded processors (2003)

This paper proposes the Implicitly-MultiThreaded (IMT) architecture to execute compiler-specified speculative threads on to a modified Simultaneous Multithreading pipeline. IMT reduces hardware complexity by relying on the compiler to select suitable thread spawning points and orchestrate inter-thread register communication. To enhance IMT's effectiveness, this paper proposes three novel microarchitectural mechanisms: (1) resource- and dependence-based fetch policy to fetch and execute suitable instructions, (2) context multiplexing to improve utilization and map as many threads to a single context as allowed by availability of resources, and (3) early threadinvocation to hide thread start-up overhead by overlapping one thread's invocation with other threads' execution.We use SPEC2K benchmarks and cycle-accurate simulation to show that an microarchitecture-optimized IMT improves performance on average by 24% and at best by 69% over an aggressive superscalar. We also compare IMT to two prior proposals, TME and DMT, for speculative threading on an SMT using hardware-extracted threads. Our best IMT design outperforms a comparable TME and DMT on average by 26% and 38% respectively.
Natural Convection Air Cooling Characteristics of Plate Fins in a Ventilated Electronic Cabinet (2000)

This work aims to evaluate natural convection air cooling characteristics of compact vertical rectangular plate fin arrays in a ventilated electronic cabinet. The work focuses on plate fin arrays applicable to notebook personal computers and engineering workstations. 3D laminar flow analyses using the finite volume method were performed in order to evaluate the natural air cooling characteristics of vertical rectangular plate fin arrays located in a ventilated electronic cabinet with cooling air inlet and exit. The governing equations are the continuity, momentum, and energy equations with buoyancy term using Boussinesq approximation. The equations were solved using the SIMPLE scheme. Calculations were carried out for plate spacing S=3, 4, 5 mm, fin height H=20, 30, 40 mm, cooling air inlet and exit height B=2.5, 5, 10 mm, and fin length L=10 mm. Numerical results indicated that the average heat transfer coefficient of the fin increases with increase in both the plate spacing S and the cooling air inlet and exit height B, and that the average heat transfer coefficient of the fin base is about one order of magnitude less than that of the fin surface. Results also showed that in the case where the fin length is equal to the air inlet height, the average fin heat transfer coefficient is almost equal to that of natural convection in a vertical rectangular channel. Additionally, based on numerical results, some empirical equations for the average Nusselt number of vertical rectangular plate fin arrays located in a ventilated electronic cabinet with cooling air inlet and exit are proposed as a function of Ra/sub s/.
FPGA Design for Statistics-Inspired Approximate Sum-of-Squared-Error Computation in Multimedia Applications (2012)

This brief introduces a low-cost hardware design for approximate squaring functions which preserve maximum information content of the signals in template-matching applications. Analysis of signal statistics for two example applications, i.e., motion estimation and disparity estimation, is presented. This information is then specifically incorporated in the hardware design process to develop approximate squarers which outperform existing designs in hardware resource savings and performance while processing real-world data. Specifically, the proposed architectures make distinction between low- and high-entropy portions of the input data to intelligently trade off bit precision with hardware complexity. Mathematical and experimental results show mean-relative-error figures to be as low as 1.2% and the performance to be as good as conventional full-precision processing scenarios. Implementation results for current-generation six-input look up table (LUT) and four-input LUT FPGAs have been discussed in relation to the proposed design flow.
The rediscovery of the lizard Eumeces altamirani (Dug (1936)

(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
Reducing surgical site infections: a review. (2009)

Infection at or near surgical incisions within 30 days of an operative procedure contributes substantially to surgical morbidity and mortality each year. The prevention of surgical site infections encompasses meticulous operative technique, timely administration of appropriate preoperative antibiotics, and a variety of preventive measures aimed at neutralizing the threat of bacterial, viral, and fungal contamination posed by operative staff, the operating room environment, and the patient's endogenous skin flora. It is the latter aspect of contamination, and specifically mechanical methods of prevention, on which this review focuses.