gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Closed Intramedullary Shortening of the Femur (1978)

Closed intramedullary shortening of the femur in the adult provides a method for leg length equalization that poses minimal operative risks, maximizes healing, and produces an excellent functional and cosmetic result. The etiology of anisomelia and any associated abnormalities must be carefully analyzed preoperatively. A series of 40 closed intramedullary shortenings of the femur were performed; shortening averaged 3.3 cm (range 2.0 to 5.0 cm). Three patients had significant complications: delayed union in one patient required renailing; two cases of symptomatic external rotation deformity required correction. The technique for the procedure is demanding in terms of experience and equipment. Otherwise, intramedullary femoral shortening is an excellent method for managing adult anisomelia.
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy for the treatment of patients with cholelithiasts concurrent with choledocholithiasis (2011)

Objective To summarize the curative effect of three-dimensional spiral CT cholangiography combined with endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography(ERCP),endoscopic sphincterotomy(EST)and laparoscopic cholecystectomy(LC)for treatment of patients with cholelithiasts concurrent with choledocholithiasis.Methods A retrospective analysis was carried out for 30 cases of cholelithiasts concurrent with choledocholithiasis which were treated with ERCP and three-dimensional spiral CT cholangiography before laparoscopic cholecystectomy from July 2007 to June 2009.And the post operation parameters were compared with those of 36 patients who received traditional operation from July 2005 to June 2007.Results All the procedures were successfully accomplished.Complication occurred in 2 cases.both with mild acute pancreatitis.With the three-dimensional spiral CT cholangiography,the intra-hepatic bile ducts,the hepatic bile duct and the common bile duct were visible in 100 percent patients,and choleeyst bile duct was visible in 73%patients,and three-dimensional spiral CT cholangiography can tell the position of cholecyst duct,then can decrease the possibility of damage of bile duct.The gastrointestinal function recovery time and feeding time after operation,the in hospital time after operation in the ERCP and three-dimensional spiral CT cholangiography before laparoscopic cholecystectomy group were superior to those of the traditional operation patients(P＜0.05).Conclusion ERCP and three-dimensional spiral CT cholangiography before laparoscopic cholecystectomy for treatment of patients with cholelithiasts concurrent with choledocholithiasis is safe,with less trauma and fast recover after operation and Can decrease the possibility of damaging bile duct,which can be used widely.

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Cholecystectomy, laparascopic;  Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography;  Three-dimensional spiral CT cholangiography
Structural study of tert-butyl alcohol and water mixtures by x-ray diffraction (1990)

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTStructural study of tert-butyl alcohol and water mixtures by x-ray diffractionKeiko. Nishikawa and Takao. IijimaCite this: J. Phys. Chem. 1990, 94, 16, 6227–6231Publication Date (Print):August 1, 1990Publication History Published online1 May 2002Published inissue 1 August 1990https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/j100379a015https://doi.org/10.1021/j100379a015research-articleACS PublicationsRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views235Altmetric-Citations47LEARN 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
Membrane inlet mass spectrometry reveals that Ceriporiopsis subvermispora bicupin oxalate oxidase is inhibited by nitric oxide (2014)

Membrane inlet mass spectrometry (MIMS) uses a semipermeable membrane as an inlet to a mass spectrometer for the measurement of the concentration of small uncharged molecules in solution. We report the use of MIMS to characterize the catalytic properties of oxalate oxidase (E.C. 1.2.3.4) from Ceriporiopsis subvermispora (CsOxOx). Oxalate oxidase is a manganese dependent enzyme that catalyzes the oxygen-dependent oxidation of oxalate to carbon dioxide in a reaction that is coupled with the formation of hydrogen peroxide. CsOxOx is the first bicupin enzyme identified that catalyzes this reaction. The MIMS method of measuring OxOx activity involves continuous, real-time direct detection of oxygen consumption and carbon dioxide production from the ion currents of their respective mass peaks. (13)C2-oxalate was used to allow for accurate detection of (13)CO2 (m/z 45) despite the presence of adventitious (12)CO2. Steady-state kinetic constants determined by MIMS are comparable to those obtained by a continuous spectrophotometric assay in which H2O2 production is coupled to the horseradish peroxidase catalyzed oxidation of 2,2'-azinobis-(3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulphonic acid). Furthermore, we used MIMS to determine that NO inhibits the activity of the CsOxOx with a KI of 0.58±0.06 μM.
Compressing bilevel images by means of a three-bit chain code (2005)

We propose a lossless compression method based on a chain code composed of only three symbols. The method is applicable to compress 2-D binary object shapes, and it consists of representing the orthogonal direction changes of the discrete contour, corresponding to each object binary shape, by three bits of a chain code. According to our experimental results, we find that this method is suitable for the representation of bilevel images. The results are about 25% more efficient in compression than the Freeman chain code method, and an average of 29% better than the Joint Bilevel Image Experts Group (JBIG) compressor.
Mineralogy and Trace Element Chemistry of Ferberite/Reinite from Tungsten Deposits in Central Rwanda (2013)

Tungsten mineralization in hydrothermal quartz veins from the Nyakabingo,Gifurwe and Bugarama deposits in central Rwanda occurs as the iron-rich endmember ofthe wolframite solid solution series (ferberite) and in the particular form of reinite, whichrepresents a pseudomorph of ferberite after scheelite. Primary ferberite, reinite and latesecondary ferberite are characterized by their trace element chemistry and rare earthelement patterns. The replacement of scheelite by ferberite is also documented in the traceelement composition. Primary ferberite shows high Mg, Zn, Sc, V, Nb, In and Snconcentrations, but very low Ca, Pb, Sr and Ba contents. Reinite and late secondaryferberite display an uncommon trace element composition containing high concentrationsof Ca, Pb, Sr, Ba, As and Ga, but very low levels in Sn, Zr, Hf, In, Ti, Sc, Nb, Ta, Mg andZn. Late secondary ferberite replacing primary ferberite is characterized by additionalenrichments in Bi, Pb, As and Sb. The rare earth element patterns of reinite and secondaryferberite are also similar to hydrothermal scheelite. The formation of the tungsten depositsin central Rwanda is interpreted to be epigenetic in origin, and the hydrothermalmineralizing fluids are related to the intrusion of the G4-granites.
Direct-radiator loudspeaker system analysis (1971)

The low-frequency performance of direct-radiator loudspeaker systems can be accarately specified and is quantitatively related to the basic parameters of the system components. These systems function at low frequencies as low-efficiency electroacoustic high-pass filters; the frequency-dependent behavior is described by rational polynomial functions whose coefficients contain basic component parameters. These basic parameters, which are simple to evaluate, determine the system low-frequency response, efficiency, and power ratings.
Dinuclear copper and zinc complexes of a hexaazamacrocycle containing p-xylyl spacers and bridging anions: theoretical and spectroscopic studies (2003)

The hexaazamacrocycle 7,22-dimethyl-3,7,11,18,22,26-hexaazatricyclo[26.2.2.213,16]tetratriaconta-1(30),13,15,28,31,33-hexaene (Me2[30]pbz2N6) was synthesized and characterised by single crystal X-ray diffraction. The macrocycle adopts a conformation with the two aromatic rings almost parallel at a distance of ca. 4.24 Å, but displaced relative to each other by ca. 1.51 Å. The protonation constants of this compound and the stability constants of its complexes with Cu2+ and Zn2+, were determined in water–methanol (9 ∶ 1 v/v) at 25 °C with ionic strength 0.10 mol dm−3 in KCl. The potentiometric and spectroscopic studies (NMR of zinc, cadmium and lead complexes, and EPR of the copper complexes) indicate the formation of only dinuclear complexes. The association constants of the dinuclear copper complex with anions (thiocyanate, terephthalate and glyphosate) and neutral molecules (1,4-benzenedimethanol, p-xylylenediamine and terephthalic acid) were determined at 20 °C in methanol. The structural preferences of this ligand and of its dinuclear copper(II) complex with a variety of bridging ligands were evaluated theoretically by molecular mechanics calculations (MM) and molecular dynamics (MD) using quenching techniques.
An Operationally Useful Relationship Between the Polar Jet Stream and Heavy Precipitation (1972)

The jet stream is recognized as an important atmospheric mechanism for vertical exchange processes. It follows that certain jet stream positions relative to moisture source regions bring about occurrences of extensive heavy rainfall. One type of such occurrence, mainly in the central United States, is identified with a “digging” polar jet stream. To better understand the meteorological relationships involved, we developed composite models from seven representative cases and studied one unusually heavy rainfall situation in more detail. For this type, there is a tendency for heavy rainfall to occur in an ellipsoidal pattern in advance of the polar jet stream.
Thrombin Inhibition by Antithrombin III on the Subendothelium Is Explained by the Isoform ATβ (1996)

Balloon injury of the rabbit aorta results in thrombin coagulant activity on the injured vessel wall that causes fibrin formation. The anticoagulant activity of both the intact and injured vessel wall has been partly explained by glycosaminoglycans with heparin-like activity that augment that activity of antithrombin III (AT). AT exists in two isoforms, alpha and beta, AT beta, which constitutes only 5% to 10% of AT in plasma, lacks one carbohydrate side chain, has higher affinity for glycosaminoglycans, and associates more readily with the subendothelium. This study evaluated whether AT can inhibit thrombin on the injured vessel wall and, if so, whether one of the isoforms is more effective then the other. The two isoforms were isolated from human plasma by heparin-Sepharose chromatography, and the purity was investigated by isoelectric focusing and crossed immunoelectrophoresis. Rabbits were subjected to balloon injury of the aorta; 3 hours after injury the aorta was excised. Thrombin coagulant activity on the aorta was measured by exposure to fibrinogen and thereafter by measuring the generation of fibrinopeptide A. Injured animals were treated with AT, AT alpha, or AT beta and were compared with control animals. AT was demonstrated on the injured vessel wall by using an immunohistochemical method. Animals receiving crude AT had significantly lower amounts of thrombin coagulant activity on the injured aortic wall than control animals, but AT alpha at a comparable dose had no effect. AT beta was given in the same dose as crude AT and also at a dose (10%) proportional to its presence in plasma. Animals receiving AT beta had significantly lower values of thrombin on the injured aortic wall than control animals. We conclude that the inhibitory effect of AT on thrombin coagulant activity on the injured vessel wall in explained by its AT beta content.
Modelling Breast Tissue Mechanics Under Gravity Loading (2007)

This thesis presents research that was conducted to develop anatomically realis-tic finite element models of breast deformation under a variety of gravity loading conditions to assist clinicians in tracking suspicious tissues across multiple imaging modalities. Firstly, the accuracy of the modelling framework in predicting deformations of a homogeneous body was measured using custom designed silicon gel phantoms. The model predicted surface deformations with an average RMS error of 1.5 mm ± 0.2 mm and tracked internal marker locations with an average RMS error of 1.4 mm ± 0.7 mm. A novel method was then developed to determine the reference configuration of a body, when given its mechanical properties, boundary conditions and a deformed configuration. The theoretical validity of the technique was confirmed with an an-alytic solution. The accuracy of the method was also measured using silicon gel experiments, predicting the reference configuration surface with an average RMS
Front Cover: Macromol. Rapid Commun. 15/2005 (2005)

Front Cover: The cover page represents the copolymerisation of propene with vinylnorbornene. As the diagram indicates, structurally similar metallocenes show very different reactivity, with rac ‐C 2 H 4 (Ind) 2 ‐ ZrCl 2 having a greater affinity for VNB than for propene. CC side chains are quantitatively converted into polar functionalities. Further details can be found in the Communication by Y. Sarazin, G. Fink, K. Hauschild, and M. Bochmann * on page 1208.
A 28 nm High-k/MG Heterogeneous Multi-Core Mobile Application Processor With 2 GHz Cores and Low-Power 1 GHz Cores (2014)

This paper presents power management and low power techniques of our heterogeneous quad/octa-core mobile application processor (AP). This AP has a combination of high-performance 2 GHz cores and energy-efficient 1 GHz cores. The maximum performance in the octa-core configuration is 35,600 DMIPS. The key design highlights are as follows. 1) Using a dedicated PLL and H-tree clock in the high-performance CPU achieves both 2 GHz operation and reduced dynamic power. 2) A low-leakage SRAM in a 28 nm HPM process is used and the leakage current of the peripheral circuits of the SRAM macro is optimized via multiple threshold voltages (Vt) and gate lengths (Lg), resulting in 24% leakage reduction of L1 cache. 3) The effects of process and voltage variations are accurately corrected by an on-chip process sensor and direct sensing of the voltage in the power mesh of the chip. 20% dynamic power reduction, 29% leakage power reduction and 40 mV improvement of minimum operation voltage are achieved. 4) An enhanced CPU clock control mechanism is employed, which uses an on-chip delay sensor to reduce AC voltage drop. 5) The heterogeneous CPU architecture maintains high performance even during thermal throttling.
Pick's disease associated with the novel <i>Tau</i> gene mutation K369I (2001)

Exonic and intronic mutations in Tau cause neurodegenerative syndromes characterized by frontotemporal dementia and filamentous tau protein deposits. We describe a K369I missense mutation in exon 12 of Tau in a patient with a pathology typical of sporadic Pick's disease. The proband presented with severe personality changes, followed by loss of cognitive function. Detailed postmortem examination of the brain showed atrophy, which was most pronounced in the temporal lobes; and numerous tau-immunoreactive Pick bodies and Pick cells in the neocortex and the hippocampal formation, as well as in subcortical brain regions. Their appearance and staining characteristics were indistinguishable from those of sporadic Pick's disease. However, immunoblot analysis of sarkosyl-insoluble tau showed three major bands of 60, 64, and 68 kDa, consistent with the presence of 3- and 4-repeat tau isoforms, as in Alzheimer's disease. Isolated tau filaments were irregularly twisted ribbons, with a small number of Alzheimer-type paired helical filaments. In the presence of heparin, tau proteins with the K369I mutation formed short, slender filaments. Biochemically, recombinant tau proteins with the K369I mutation showed reduced ability to promote microtubule assembly, suggesting that this may be the primary effect of the mutation by providing a pool of aberrant tau for filament assembly. Taken together, results indicate that the K369I mutation in Tau can cause a dementing disease with a neuropathology like that of Pick's disease.
Characterization of the novel nitric oxide synthase inhibitor 7‐nitro indazole and related indazoles: antinociceptive and cardiovascular effects (1993)

1. 7-Nitro indazole (7-NI, 10-50 mg kg-1), 6-nitro indazole and indazole (25-100 mg kg-1) administered i.p. in the mouse produce dose-related antinociception in the late phase of the formalin-induced hindpaw licking and acetic acid-induced abdominal constriction assays. The ED50 values (mg kg-1) were as follows: 7-NI (27.5 and 22.5), 6-nitro indazole (62.5 and 44.0) and indazole (41.0 and 48.5) in the two assays respectively. 3-Indazolinone, 6 amino indazole and 6-sulphanilimido indazole (all 50 mg kg-1) were without effect. With the exception of 5-nitro indazole (50 mg kg-1) which produced sedation, none of the other indazole derivates examined caused overt behavioural changes. 2. The antinociceptive effect of 7-NI (25 mg kg-1, i.p.) in the late phase of the formalin-induced hindpaw licking assay was partially (46.7 +/- 16.2%, n = 18) reversed by pretreatment with L- but not D-arginine (both 50 mg kg-1, i.p.). 3. The time course of 7-NI induced antinociception in the mouse was correlated with inhibition of brain (cerebellum) nitric oxide synthase (NOS) activity. Maximum antinociceptive activity and NOS inhibition was detected 18-30 min following i.p. administration. In contrast, no antinociceptive effect or inhibition of cerebellar NOS was detected 75 min post-injection. 4. 7-NI, 6-nitro indazole, indazole, 3-indazolinone and 6-amino indazole (all 50 mg kg-1) failed to influence mean arterial pressure (MAP) over the 45 min after i.p. administration in the anaesthetized mouse. Similarly, 7-NI (25 mg kg-1) administered i.v. in the anaesthetized rat did not increase MAP or influence the vasodepressor effect of i.v. injected acetylcholine (ACh) over the same period.5. 7-NI (100 microM) did not influence the vasorelaxant effect of ACh (IC50, 0.2 +/- 0.04 microM, cf. 0.16+/-0.06 microM, n = 6) in phenylephrine-precontracted rabbit aortic rings.6. These data provide further evidence that antinociception following administration of 7-NI in the mouse results from inhibition of central NOS activity and is not associated with inhibition of in vivo vascular endothelial cells NOS. Accordingly, 7-NI (or a derivative thereof) may provide an alternative approach to the development of novel antinociceptive drugs.
Modification of cyanate ester resin by soluble polyimides (2003)

Abstract Soluble polyimides (PIs) were prepared as random or multiblock types with 4,4′‐(hexafluoroisopropylidene) diphthalic anhydride (6FDA) and 3,3′,4,4′‐biphenyltetracarboxylic dianhydride ( s ‐BPDA) as acid dianhydride components and 4,4′‐bis( m ‐aminophenoxy) diphenyl sulfone ( m ‐BAPS) as a diamine component by a one‐pot process and used to improve the brittleness of the cyanate ester resin. Random‐type PIs were more effective as modifiers than multiblock‐type PIs. The morphologies of the modified resins depended on PI structure, molecular weight, and concentration. The most effective modification of the cyanate ester resin was attained because of a heterogeneous phase structure composed of a flat matrix phase and phase‐inverted structures of the modified resin; a 15 wt % inclusion of a random PI (weight‐average molecular weight = 63,400) composed of 6FDA, s ‐BPDA, and m ‐BAPS (0.5/0.5/1.0 molar ratio) led to a 65% increase in the fracture toughness for the modified resin with a slight loss of flexural strength and a retention of flexural modulus and glass‐transition temperature, compared with the values for the unmodified resin. Water absorptivity of the modified resin was comparable to that of the unmodified resin up to 400 h, and then, water absorption of the modified resins increased considerably. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 88: 1–11, 2003
Get to Understand More from Single-Cells: Current Studies of Microfluidic-Based Techniques for Single-Cell Analysis (2015)

This review describes the microfluidic techniques developed for the analysis of a single cell. The characteristics of microfluidic (e.g., little sample amount required, high-throughput performance) make this tool suitable to answer and to solve biological questions of interest about a single cell. This review aims to introduce microfluidic related techniques for the isolation, trapping and manipulation of a single cell. The major approaches for detection in single-cell analysis are introduced; the applications of single-cell analysis are then summarized. The review concludes with discussions of the future directions and opportunities of microfluidic systems applied in analysis of a single cell.
Fusion mass-splicing for optical fibers using electric discharges between two pairs of electrodes (1984)

A low loss fusion splicing method for ribbon units has been developed and evaluated. Five fibers are heated simultaneously by 50-Hz ac electric discharges. The heating conditions and fiber aligning techniques are discussed in this paper. By using two pairs of electrodes, a stable and uniform heating condition was attained. In the splicing experiment, an average splice loss of 0.11 dB was obtained for 50-μm core diam graded-index silica fibers.
The Los Alamos National Laboratory Spallation Neutron Sources (1990)

Two neutron sources used for nuclear physics research at Los Alamos National Laboratory are described. Both are driven by the 800-MeV proton beam from the Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility. The Los Alamos Neutron Scattering Center is based on a moderated source that provides useful neutrons from subthermal energies to ∼100 keV and is used primarily for condensed matter research. The Weapons Neutron Research facility uses a bare target that is designed to produce fast neutrons with energies from 100 keV to 800 MeV. The characteristics of these sources, ongoing research programs, and potential directions for both the facility and the physics program, emphasizing research relevant to international fusion technology needs, are described.
Performance analysis of hybrid broadband access technologies using PLC and Wi-Fi (2005)

As power line communications deployment is gaining momentum higher capacity is being demanded. Actually one possible solution to obtain an improved high speed broadband access can be the use of a hybrid technology in an indoor environment. This paper shows experimentally the advantages that could be obtained if the power line communication is joined with the Wi-Fi technology.