gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Consequences of cochlear damage for the detection of interaural phase differences (2005)

Thresholds for detecting interaural phase differences (IPDs) in sinusoidally amplitude-modulated pure tones were measured in seven normal-hearing listeners and nine listeners with bilaterally symmetric hearing losses of cochlear origin. The IPDs were imposed either on the carrier signal alone-not the amplitude modulation-or vice versa. The carrier frequency was 250, 500, or 1000 Hz, the modulation frequency 20 or 50 Hz, and the sound pressure level was fixed at 75 dB. A three-interval two-alternative forced choice paradigm was used. For each type of IPD (carrier or modulation), thresholds were on average higher for the hearing-impaired than for the normal listeners. However, the impaired listeners' detection deficit was markedly larger for carrier IPDs than for modulation IPDs. This was not predictable from the effect of hearing loss on the sensation level of the stimuli since, for normal listeners, large reductions of sensation level appeared to be more deleterious to the detection of modulation IPDs than to the detection of carrier IPDs. The results support the idea that one consequence of cochlear damage is a deterioration in the perceptual sensitivity to the temporal fine structure of sounds.
Spontaneous Formation of Vesicles from Complexes of Block Ionomers and Surfactants (1998)

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Ethylene perception is involved in female cucumber flower development (2009)

It is well established that ethylene promotes female flower development in cucumber. However, little is known about how the gaseous hormone selectively affects female flowers, and what mechanism it uses. Previously, we found organ-specific DNA damage in the primordial anther of female cucumber flowers. This finding led to a hypothesis that ethylene might promote female flower development via the organ-specific induction of DNA damage in primordial anthers. In this study, we tested this hypothesis first by demonstrating ethylene induction of DNA damage via the ethylene signaling pathway using cucumber protoplasts. Then, using representative component genes of the ethylene signaling pathway as probes, we found that one of the ethylene receptors, CsETR1, was temporally and spatially downregulated in the stamens of stage-6 female cucumber flowers, especially along with the increase of the nodes. Furthermore, by constructing transgenic Arabidopsis plants with organ-specific expression of antisense CsETR1 under the control of an AP3 promoter to downregulate ETR1 expression in the stamens, we generated Arabidopsis 'female flowers', in which the abnormal stamens mimic those of female cucumber flowers. Our data suggest that ethylene perception is involved in the arrest of stamen development in female cucumber flowers through the induction of DNA damage. This opens up a novel perspective and approach to solve the half-century-long puzzle of how gaseous ethylene selectively promotes female flowers in the monoecious cucumber plant.
Application of impedance boundary conditions to numerical solution of corrugated circular horns (1982)

An integral equation method is used to formulate the problem of scattering by rotationally symmetric horn antennas. The excitation is assumed to be due to an infinitesimal dipole antenna, while the secondary field is obtained by assuming anisotropic impedance boundary conditions on the horn surface. This formulation is then used to investigate numerically the radiation from corrugated conical horns by approximating the corrugated surface with anisotropic surface impedances. The method is also used to study the scattering properties of receiver horns. In this case the external load is simulated by an impedance surface at the inner-end wall of the horn antenna, which is illuminated by an axially incident plane wave.
<i>Photorhabdus</i>and a Host of Hosts (2009)

Photorhabdus is a member of the family Enterobacteriaceae that lives in a mutualistic association with a Heterorhabditis nematode worm. The nematode worm burrows into insect prey and regurgitates Photorhabdus, which goes on to kill the insect. The nematode feeds off the growing bacteria until the insect tissues are exhausted, whereupon they reassociate and leave the cadaver in search of new prey. This highly efficient partnership has been used for many years as a biological crop protection agent. The dual nature of Photorhabdus as a pathogen and mutualist makes it a superb model for understanding these apparently exclusive activities. Furthermore, recently identified clinical isolates of Photorhabdus are helping us to understand how human pathogens can emerge from the enormous reservoir of invertebrate pathogens in the environment. As Photorhabdus has never been found outside a host animal, its niche represents an entirely biotic landscape. In this review we discuss what molecular adaptations allow this bacterium to complete this fascinating and complex life cycle.
Studies of paleoenvironments and historical biogeography in the Fossil Butte and Laney Members of the Green River Formation (1994)

Other| April 01, 1994 Studies of paleoenvironments and historical biogeography in the Fossil Butte and Laney Members of the Green River Formation Lance Grande Lance Grande Field Museum of Natural History, Department of Geology, Chicago, IL, United States Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Rocky Mountain Geology (1994) 30 (1): 15–32. https://doi.org/10.2113/gsrocky.30.1.15 Article history first online: 03 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Lance Grande; Studies of paleoenvironments and historical biogeography in the Fossil Butte and Laney Members of the Green River Formation. Rocky Mountain Geology 1994;; 30 (1): 15–32. doi: https://doi.org/10.2113/gsrocky.30.1.15 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentBy SocietyRocky Mountain Geology Search Advanced Search This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this article.
Amylase<sub>1</sub> polymorphism of human parotid saliva: Detection of a new allele, AMY by isoelectric focusing and AMY<sub>1</sub> population data from Germany (1980)

Abstract Prolonged isoelectric focusing (IEF) of human saliva in narrow pH range polyacrylamide gels (pH 5–7) gave evidence for the existence of a new allele in the amylase 1 (AMY 1 ) system. It has tentatively been designated AMY 1 5 and, inherited in an autosomal codominant way, as the variant phenotype AMY 1 5–1, was observed in four individuals of a Yugoslavian family through three generations. The isoelectric point (pI) of the AMY 1 5 gene product is intermediate to AMY 1 1 and AMY 1 2. The allele frequencies of AMY 1 in 170 healthy, unrelated individuals from Hesse, Germany, were determined as follows: AMY 1 1 = 0.909, AMY 1 2 = 0.070, and AMY 1 3 = 0.021. With a single exclusion chance of 8.0 % for non‐fathers, AMY 1 might become a useful genetic marker in cases of disputed paternity as well as for “gene mapping” the fine structure of chromosome 1 in man.
High-speed transport of liquid droplets in magnetic tubular microactuators (2018)

Magnetic field-induced droplet actuation has attracted substantial research interest in recent years. However, current magnetic-controlled liquids depend primarily on magnetic particles added to a droplet, which serves as the actuator on an open surface. These liquids inevitably suffer from droplet splitting with the magnetic particles or disengaging with the magnet, possibly leading to sample contamination, which severely limits their transport speed and practical applications. Here, we report a simple and additive-free method to fabricate magnetic tubular microactuators for manipulating liquid droplets by magnetism-induced asymmetric deformation, which generates an adjustable capillary force to propel liquids. These magnetic tubular microactuators can drive various liquid droplets with controllable velocity and direction. A speed of 10 cm s<sup>-1</sup> can be achieved, representing the highest speed of liquid motion driven by an external stimulus-induced capillary force in a closed tube found so far.
Evaluating cloud computing services from a total cost of ownership perspective (2013)

Abstract Purpose – Start‐up companies in particular can benefit from cloud computing services, since frequently they do not operate an internal IT infrastructure. The purpose of this paper is to present a total cost of ownership (TCO) approach for cloud computing services. Design/methodology/approach – The authors applied a multi‐method approach (systematic literature review, analysis of real cloud computing services, expert interviews, case study) for the development and evaluation of a formal mathematical TCO model. Findings – It was found that decision processes in cloud computing are conducted ad hoc and lack systematic methods. The presented method raises the awareness of indirect and hidden costs in cloud computing. Research limitations/implications – Some restrictive assumptions were made. For instance, cost types that focus on an existing internal IT infrastructure were hidden. Future research can combine risk and security aspects by means of a TCO approach. Additionally, benefits management in cloud computing is another new research field that can, for instance, be explored by means of cost‐benefit analyses. Practical implications – The analysis of relevant cost types and factors of cloud computing services is an important pillar of decision making in cloud computing. The software tool allows for an easy application of the TCO model with reasonable effort. Originality/value – The paper provides an evaluated mathematical model for the calculation of the TCO of cloud computing services. With this tool, decision makers are able to decide whether outsourcing into the cloud is monetarily attractive; to be more specific, whether the costs associated with cloud computing services are lower than with a pre‐existing infrastructure.
The hollow-cathode effect and the theory of glow discharges (1954)

Abstract The nature of the processes in the cathode dark space and the negative glow of a glow discharge is not well understood. Moreover, the existing theory leading to relations between the cathode fall in potential, the current density, the width of the dark space and the electric field distribution in it is based on dubious assumptions and does not indicate the important physical processes in operation. Thus further experimental evidence would be valuable in developing the theory. By exploring the electric field between two plane-parallel cathodes with an electron beam, and observing simultaneously the other discharge parameters, new information was obtained. A double (hollow) cathode was used because in a conventional glow discharge the dark space, cathode fall and current density are interdependent; here the cathode separation controls the width of the dark space. When the separation is sufficiently reduced the two negative glows coalesce and the light emitted as well as the cathode current density rise greatly. This is the hollow-cathode effect. Results show that the field in the two dark spaces of a hollow cathode falls linearly with the distance from the cathode, and thus the net space-charge density is constant, as it is known to be in the conventional discharge. From the same observations the dark-space length is found. The conclusions drawn from these results lead to an elementary theory which covers both the hollow and the conventional glow discharge in various gases as indeed it should, since with increasing cathode separation the first goes over into the second type. The main feature is the contribution of the ultra-violet quanta from the glow to the photo-electric emission from the cathodes which is regarded as the essential factor in secondary electron emission. Another result comes from a reconsideration of the motion of positive ions in the dark space based on atomic beam studies and the modem theory of elastic collisions between ions and atoms. The discrepancy between earlier experiments showing that ions of energy of the order of the cathode fall in potential arrive at the cathode and classical calculations leading to low ion energies is resolved by allowing for small-angle scattering and charge transfer.
Standard versus accelerated riboflavin–ultraviolet corneal collagen crosslinking: Resistance against enzymatic digestion (2015)

No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.
Myocardial T1 Mapping for Detection of Left Ventricular Myocardial Fibrosis in Chronic Aortic Regurgitation: Pilot Study (2006)

Segment-based myocardial T1 mapping has the potential for showing differences between relaxation times in aortic regurgitation and in normal hearts, suggesting the existence of a diffuse myocardial fibrotic process.
Cobalt Thin Films Prepared by Chemical Vapor Deposition from Cobalt Acetylacetonates (1997)

Cobalt thin films were prepared by low-temperature atmospheric-pressure chemical vapor deposition from cobalt(II) acetylacetonate and cobalt(III) acetylacetonate. The resistivity was low ( 10–30 µ Ω·cm) and independent of film thickness, when the film thickness ranged from 150 to 700 nm. The thin films deposited from cobalt(III) acetylacetonate consisted of particles of uniform diameter, and consequently an island structure of high resistivity was formed on the substrate when the film thickness was less than 150 nm. A similar island structure of high resistivity but one order of magnitude larger than that for the thin films was formed for the thick films deposited from cobalt(II) acetylacetonate.
Isolation of<i>Enterococcus faecium</i>with Antibacterial Activity and Characterization of Its Bacteriocin (1993)

Journal Article Isolation of Enterococcus faecium with Antibacterial Activity and Characterization of Its Bacteriocin Get access Takeo Kato, Takeo Kato Food Research Institute, Aichi Prefectural Government, 2–1–1, Shinpukuji, Nishi, Nagoya 451, Japan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Tsukasa Matsuda, Tsukasa Matsuda Food Research Institute, Aichi Prefectural Government, 2–1–1, Shinpukuji, Nishi, Nagoya 451, JapanDepartment of Food Science and Technology, Nagoya University, Furo, Chikusa, Nagoya 464–01, Japan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Yukiko Yoneyama, Yukiko Yoneyama Food Research Institute, Aichi Prefectural Government, 2–1–1, Shinpukuji, Nishi, Nagoya 451, JapanSan-Ei Sucrochemical Co., Ltd., 24–5, Kitahama, Chita 478, Japan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Hiroshi Kato, Hiroshi Kato Food Research Institute, Aichi Prefectural Government, 2–1–1, Shinpukuji, Nishi, Nagoya 451, Japan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Ryo Nakamura Ryo Nakamura Food Research Institute, Aichi Prefectural Government, 2–1–1, Shinpukuji, Nishi, Nagoya 451, JapanDepartment of Food Science and Technology, Nagoya University, Furo, Chikusa, Nagoya 464–01, Japan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry, Volume 57, Issue 4, 1 January 1993, Pages 551–556, https://doi.org/10.1271/bbb.57.551 Published: 01 January 1993 Article history Received: 20 August 1992 Published: 01 January 1993
Evolution of Heavy-Duty Power Generation and Industrial Combustion Turbines in the United States (1994)

This paper reviews the evolution of heavy-duty power generation and industrial combustion turbines in the United States from a Westinghouse Electric Corporation perspective. Westinghouse combustion turbine genealogy began in March of 1943 when the first wholly American designed and manufactured jet engine went on test in Philadelphia, and continues today in Orlando, Florida with the 160 MW, 501F Advanced Combustion Turbine. In this paper, advances in thermodynamics, materials, cooling, and unit size will be described. Many basic design features such as two-bearing rotor, cold-end drive, can-annular internal combustors, CURVIC2 clutched turbine discs, and tangential exhaust struts have endured successfully for over 40 years. Progress in turbine technology includes the clean coal technology and advanced turbine systems initiatives of the U.S. Department of Energy.
Prenatal diagnosis with repetitive in situ hybridization probes (1992)

We have used chromosome-specific repetitive sequences to detect the most common human aneuploidies prenatally. Together chromosome 21, 13, 18, X, and Y aneuploidy comprises 95% of the chromosome abnormalities that result in a high risk of abnormal phenotypes at birth. The X, Y, and 18 repetitive probes work reliably in multiple tissue types including directly examined and cultured amniocytes, chorionic villus cells, lymphocytes, and cultured fibroblasts. The probe that detects both chromosomes 13 and 21 routinely gives results in each cell type tested except directly studied amniocytes which can be interpreted in seven-ninths of the cases with protocol 1 and all tested samples with protocol 2. Our protocols diagnosed trisomy 21 in a 23-week fetus with low maternal serum AFP and a trisomy 18 in a direct chorionic villus sample 2 working days after the samples were obtained. Trisomy 21 also has been ruled out in a CVS karyotype first thought to be 47,XY, +21. These studies reflect the potential value of in situ hybridization to provide a more rapid, less expensive means to screen most at-risk fetal populations with less effort in first world cytogenetic laboratories, and to provide economical cytogenetic services in less developed countries.
Have for Your "Shrine" a Mirror (1922)

One of the most charming rooms I was ever in, was a long, low, darkly finished living room in which the most interesting effect was a mirrored reflection of Gainsborough's Blue Boy hung over a grand piano at the opposite end of the room. It was late afternoon on a cloudy day and my hostess had drawn the shades and lighted the candles. That soft mirrowed reflection in the candlelight stand out in my memory with some of the lovliest pictures painted there-a cloud curtain drawn from across the moon one June night-a clear deep lake on a sunny windy morning.
スキルアップMicrosoft Office Excel 2007ビジネス問題集 (2007)

基礎編（売上日報；営業月報；売上実績表；月刊勤務表；交通費精算書 ほか） 応用編（出荷伝票（自動入力）；売上集計（シートの統合）；売上一覧（分析）；営業所別売上比較；売上一覧（データベース） ほか）
Shorter Remission Period in Young Versus Older Children with Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 (2007)

These data from a large multicenter group of children with diabetes type 1 emphasize the influence of gender, pubertal stage and age at manifestation on the amount of insulin required, and therefore the clinical remission, during the first three years of the disease.
Development and Scale-up of a Flow Chemistry Lithiation–Borylation Route to a Key Boronic Acid Starting Material (2017)

A flow chemistry process for the synthesis of a key boronic acid starting material was developed utilizing flow flash chemistry that allowed formation and subsequent productive reaction of an unstable organolithium intermediate. Rapid scale-up from Discovery Chemistry and process optimization to kilogram-scale production was achieved using a short residence time (0.25 s) and noncryogenic temperature (0 °C), without the need to increase the number of reactors. A comparison of the flow process with a Miyaura borylation process suggested some potential benefit in the overall process operating efficiency from avoiding the use of Pd and genotoxic boron reagents.
Prevalence of Various Antiphospholipid Antibodies in Pregnant Women (2000)

Antiphospholipid antibodies (APAs) are characterized as a heterogeneous population of autoantibodies directed against different target antigens, predominantly anionic phospholipids or phospholipid-containing structures. The presence of APAs has been strongly associated with a variety of clinical disorders including adverse pregnancy complications such as spontaneous abortions, pregnancy-induced hypertension, preeclampsia and intrauterine growth retardation. The purpose of this study was to compare the prevalence of anticardiolipin antibodies (ACAs), which are routinely examined, with APAs directed against phosphatidylserine (APS), phosphatidylinositol (API), phosphatidylethanolamine (APE) and phosphatidylcholine (APC) in the sera of pregnant women. We examined 410 serum samples of pregnant women hospitalized in the department for pathological pregnancies. They underwent prenatal biochemical screening of fetal congenital abnormalities in the first and the second trimester of gravidity. Anticardiolipin IgG and IgM were measured using commercial ELISA kits (ImmuLisa Anti-Cardiolipin Antibody), whereas APS, APE, API and APC were determined by our modified ELISA kit. Among 410 pregnant women we found 21 patients (5.1%) positive for ACA IgG (>20 GPL) and 30 patients (7.3%) positive for ACA IgM (>10 MPL). It was found that 7.8% of pregnant women had at least one high-titer APA IgG and 9.8% high-titer APA IgM. One third of ACA IgG or IgM positive sera contained polyspecific autoantibodies reactive to at least two various phospholipids. In the group of IgG ACA positive women, 28.6% patients were positive for APS, 28.6% were positive or moderately positive for API, 23.8% for APC and 19% for APE. In the group of IgM ACA positive women, 33.3% were also positive for APS, 26.7% for APE, 26.7% for API and 23.3% for APC were present. IgG and IgM ACA negative patients exhibited a significantly lower incidence of other APA than the group of ACA positive pregnant women. It still remains to clarify if the routine examination of APA reacting with other anionic and zwitterionic antigens other than cardiolipin would improve the probability of identifying women liable to adverse pregnancy complications.
Increased Rotor Blade Survivability (1975)

Abstract : Reported are results of a program to investigate the feasibility of using composite geodesic structure for the blade spar to increase survivability of helicopter main rotor blades. The design investigated consists of a geodesic truss structure spare of elliptical cross section comprised of elements forming a redundant grid-work. This spar is covered with a thin composite expendable skin that forms the airfoil contour. Parametric analyses were conducted to determine the effects of geometry and materials on the strength and stiffness of geodesic structures. Subscale sections of the graphite/epoxy geodesic main rotor blade box spar were fabricated and tested. A graphite/epoxy geodesic helicopter main rotor blade preliminary design was completed, and four full-scale segments of this blade were fabricated and subjected to structural and ballistic tests.
Bone resorbing activity of purified capsular material from Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans (1985)

Capsular material (CM) from Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans was extracted with saline and purified by gel filtration and ionexchange chromatography. Preliminary chemical analysis of the purified material indicated that it may be a glycoprotein. The CM was found to be a potent mediator of bone resorption, active at concentrations one thousand‐fold lower than lipopolysaccharide from the same organism, and its action was inhibited by indomethacin. CM must therefore be considered an additional potential mediator of bone resorption in periodontal disease.