gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Thracker - Using Capacitive Sensing for Gesture Recognition (2006)

In this paper we present Thracker - a low-cost and robust hardware to track hand gestures in front of a screen or small-scale active spaces like public displays or posters. Thracker uses capacitive sensing for tracking user input. Thracker allows for entire new interaction modes like picking and dropping an object on the screen with the hand. We present a fully working prototype and a short user study to confirm our findings.
Soziale Arbeit – eine Wissenschaft? (2011)

Die einfache Antwort lautet: Ja, was denn sonst! Fächer, die auf einer anerkannten Hochschule gelehrt werden, sind Wissenschaft. Diese rasche Antwort führt bei näherer Betrachtung schon zur Skepsis. Fächer? Fächer gibt es an Schulen, Schulfächer – klar, aber kann dies als Wissenschaft gelten? Wir hoffen zwar, dass unsere LehrerInnen wissenschaftlich ausgebildet sind, aber dennoch ist nicht selbstredend, dass der Gegenstand ihres Unterrichts als Wissenschaft gelten kann. Nun gut, so werfen wir ein, an Hochschulen wird schließlich auch nicht unterrichtet, sondern gelehrt. Demzufolge ließe sich die Form der Vermittlung als wesentliches Kriterium für Wissenschaftlichkeit ausmachen. Wohl kaum. Ratlosigkeit bleibt, und in solcher Not nehmen wir die Suche nach einem sicheren Hafen auf, in dem wir den Anker der Selbstverortung werfen wollen.
Converse coding theorem for the identification via multiple access channels (2003)

In this paper we consider the identification (ID) via multiple access channels (MAC). Steinberg (1998) proved that in the general MAC the ID capacity region is equal to the ordinary transmission capacity region. In this paper we give an alternative proof for the converse coding theorem for the ID via MAC. We estimate two types of error probabilities of identification for rates outside the capacity region, deriving some function which serves as a lower bound of the sum of two error probabilities of identification. The result of Steinberg immediately follows from this result.
Building Technologically Based Online Trust: Can the Biometrics Industry Deliver the Online Trust Silver Bullet? (2007)

ABSTRACT This article presents a model for managing online transactions by using biometrics to reduce the cost and risk of transactions. Biometric technologies may replicate the richness of human trust to a greater degree than other, more derivative security technologies. Here, we suggest that biometrics can lead to enhanced security in the exchange, thus removing online trust barriers. Yet, problems in the evolution of new markets constrain acceptance of biometrics as the solution to online trust.
<scp>ELISA</scp>‐type assays of trace biomarkers using microfluidic methods (2017)

Recently, great progress has been achieved for analytical technologies for biological substances. Traditionally, detection methods for analytes mainly rely on large instrumental analyses. These methods require costly equipment, skilled operators and long measurement time despite their generally low sensitivity. In contrast, immunoassays are becoming more and more popular for it is powerful, inexpensive, and convenient nature. Immunoassay has a range of applications, because it employs antibody, a protein produced by plasma cells in the acquired immune system to identify and neutralize diverse pathogens and other exogenous substances. However, the sensitivity of conventional immunoassays so far is limited by their reaction principles and detection methods. The microfluidics technology is the one that manipulates small volumes of fluid and flow, which has the potential to miniaturize many laboratory procedures. Immunoassays on microfluidic devices have been studied extensively and have gained significant attention owing to intrinsic advantages offered by the assay platforms. The techniques have allowed the miniaturization of conventional immunoassay and bring the advantages such as small volumes of samples and reagents as well as the decrease of contamination, which results in the decline of false-positive results. Ultimately, the combination of immunoassays with microfluidics affords a promising platform for multiple, sensitive, and automatic point-of-care diagnostics. Recent achievements on microfluidic devices and immunoassay detection systems including digital assay employing single molecule will be introduced in detail and the strategies for faster and more sensitive configurations in microfluidic immunosensors will be highlighted. WIREs Nanomed Nanobiotechnol 2017, 9:e1457. doi: 10.1002/wnan.1457 For further resources related to this article, please visit the WIREs website.
Boris Pasternak's Doctor Zhivago: A Return To Tradition (1966)

The clamor raised by the publication of Boris Pasternak's Nobel Prize winning novel, Doctor Zhivago, in early 1957, was an event not often witnessed in the literary annals of our times. In the novel's first printing, 250,000 copies of the Italian translation were sold. Adding to the intense interest in the novel were the rather sensational circumstances under which it came to be published. It will be recalled that the novel was scored by Soviet censors as objectionable on at least ten counts. But the novel soon found its way into the hands of an Italian publisher, Giangiacoma Feltrinelli, and from thence was translated into the major languages of the world and was soon being sold over the counters of the world's bookstores.
Delay-insensitive carry-lookahead adders (2002)

Integer addition is one of the mast important operations in digital computer systems because the performance of processors is significantly influenced by the speed of their adders. This paper proposes a delay insensitive, carry-lookahead adder in which the logic complexity is a linear function of n, the number of inputs, and the average computation time is proportional to the logarithm of the logarithm of n. We also show an economic implementation of this adder in CMOS technology.
Changes of toxicological properties of biodegradation products of anthracene and phenanthrene (2000)

The aim of this work was to determine toxicity and mutagenicity of anthracene and phenanthrene and their microbial biotransformation products. The following representatives of different trophic levels of aquatic biocenoses were selected for the toxicological tests: Selenastrum capricornutum, Lemna minor, Daphnia magna and Lebistes reticulatus. Mutagenic properties were determined by Ames test. Results of the analyses confirmed toxicity of studied PAHs for test organisms. Metabolites produced during biological degradation of anthracene and phenanthrene were also harmful for selected representatives of aquatic ecosystems.
Tissue factor pathway inhibitor-alpha inhibits prothrombinase during the initiation of blood coagulation (2013)

Tissue factor (TF) pathway inhibitor (TFPI) is a well-characterized activated factor X (FXa)-dependent inhibitor of TF-initiated coagulation produced in two alternatively spliced isoforms, TFPIα and TFPIβ. The TFPIα C terminus has a basic sequence nearly identical to a portion of the factor V (FV) B domain necessary for maintaining FV in an inactive conformation via interaction with an acidic region of the B domain. We demonstrate rapid inhibition of prothrombinase by TFPIα mediated through a high-affinity exosite interaction between the basic region of TFPIα and the FV acidic region, which is retained in FXa-activated FVa and platelet FVa. This inhibitory activity is not mediated by TFPIβ and is lost upon removal of the acidic region of FVa by thrombin. The data identify a previously undescribed, isoform-specific anticoagulant function for TFPIα and are a unique description of physiologically relevant inhibition of prothrombinase. These findings, combined with previous descriptions of differential expression patterns of TFPIα and TFPIβ in platelets and endothelial cells, suggest that the TFPI isoforms may act through distinct mechanisms to inhibit the initial stages of intravascular coagulation, with TFPIβ acting to dampen TF expressed on the surface of vascular cells, whereas TFPIα dampens the initial prothrombinase formed on the activated platelet surface.
Hunting Cyclic Energy Wasters (2014)

Smart grid and smart meter initiatives seek to enable energy providers and consumers to intelligently manage their energy needs through real-time monitoring, analysis, and control. An essential element of intelligent management and control is access to information. The nonintrusive load monitor (NILM) identifies the operation of electrical loads from an aggregate service, making installation inexpensive, and speeding data collation and analytics. Smart meters are likely, in the near future, to be tasked with finding energy waste without requiring unreasonable demands for communication bandwidth. This paper presents NilmManager and NilmDB; tools for finding electromechanical energy wasters with a minimum of network bandwidth.
On the Autoclave-Hardened Bodies Using “SHIRASU” (1966)

“SHIRASU” is distributed chiefly in southern Kyushu and consists of volcanic ash, pumice and other materials. SHIRASU and coral limestone were used as raw materials of autoclave-hardened bodies. The press molded and then autoclaved bodies were prepared as follow; mixing ratio of SHIRASU: coral limestone=1:1, 3:1, 6:1, mixing water 15%, press-molding pressure 200kg/cm2, curing pressure 5-15kg/cm2, curing time 4-16hrs. Results are as follows; apparent density 1.81-1.93, bulk density 1.41-1.54, water absorption 21-29%, compressive strength 46-505kg/cm2.The porous lightweight autoclaved bodies were prepared as follow; mixing ratio of SHIRASU: coral limestone=1:1, 2:1, 4:1, mixing water 54-90%, Al powder 0.05-0.75%, curing pressure 10kg/cm2, curing time 10-40hrs. Results are as follow; apparent density 1.05-2.54, bulk density 0.48-0.90, apparent porosity 51-86%, compressive strength 4-85kg/cm2.
7 Quantitative Aspects of the Transcription Cycle in Escherichia coli (1992)

OVERVIEW A quantitative analysis of the transcription cycle of E. coli is presented that incorporates both equilibrium and kinetic elements. We consider the various stages of transcription initiation, the properties of the elongation complex, and the relationship of elongation to termination. Thermodynamic descriptions of the transcription cycle can be cast in the form of free energy diagrams. These can be combined with kinetic descriptions based on activation energy barrier diagrams to provide the basis for a quantitative description of regulatory processes at each stage of the cycle. INTRODUCTION In E. coli , control over gene expression is exerted primarily at the level of transcription.3 In this chapter, we deal almost exclusively with the events of transcription catalyzed by the DNA-dependent RNA polymerase of E. coli , since we know far more about this polymerase than about any other. However, it is becoming evident that the RNA polymerases of eukaryotes are related to that of E. coli at both the evolutionary (Sweetser et al. 1987) and the functional levels. We expect that within a few years it will be possible to describe the behavior of eukaryotic transcription systems in comparable detail and that many of the general principles described here will apply to eukaryotes as well. The Transcription Cycle The transcription cycle, by which we mean the series of phases through which the RNA polymerase passes in directing transcript formation, is presented in schematic form in Figure 1. This cycle is conventionally divided into the phases of initiation, elongation, and termination. Each of...
New polarisation-state control device: rotatable fibre cranks (1985)

A new all-fibre device for controlling the state of polarisation (SOP) in a single-mode fibre is proposed. It consists of two fibre elements called rotatable fibre crank (RFC) elements, each of which is equivalent to a rotatable phase plate. It features a very low insertion loss when used in a fibre circuit, because it can be spliced with input and output fibres, and that the control is endless as in a rotatable phase plate. The effectiveness of the SOP control using this device is verified experimentally.
Anti-inflammatory Silent Agonists (2017)

The traditional view of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) is that they strictly exert their functions via their well-known ion channel activity. With the identification of the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway and the critical involvement of the α7 nAChR, an alternate modality of function has emerged for the receptor involving metabotropic-like activity. The new emerging pharmacology for the receptor includes ligands termed silent agonists, which exert little or no ionotropic activity, yet are capable of modulating cellular inflammatory responses.
Regioselective Synthesis of Mixed Indole 2,3-Bis(sulfides). A Study of the Mechanism of the Second Sulfenylation of Indole (1996)

Sulfenylation of indole using sulfenyl chlorides leads to the initial formation of a 3-indolyl sulfide, while excess reagent introduces a second sulfide at the 2-position of the ring. The mechanism of this second sulfenylation has not, to date, been rigorously elucidated. The development of the first, regioselective synthesis of mixed indole 2,3-bis(sulfides) has allowed the study of the sulfenylation of 3-indolyl sulfides using a different sulfenyl chloride. Our results afford evidence that the reaction proceeds via an intermediate 3,3-disulfenylated indolenine species, with subsequent migration of one of the sulfide groups to the 2-position.
Proximity Neighbor Selection in Structured P2P Network (2006)

Structured P2P network offers efficient and faulttolerant routing, object location and load balancing for upper applications. In this paper, we propose a novel scheme to improve the proximity property of structured P2P network. Basing on 2-dimension virtual network coordinates, the psychically nearby nodes are clustered into the same and adjacent regions after mapping from the network coordinates space to the identifier space of DHT. Through searching the corresponding region id using RPC calls in Chord, nodes obtain their nearby neighbors quickly in pure distributed way. Results obtained via simulation of large scale topology models denote that our scheme has lower average neighbor delay than randomly sampling approach and only incurs a modest additional searching overhead.
Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Activity Is Required to Control Neuronal Stress Responses in an mTOR-Dependent Manner (2009)

Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a neurogenetic disorder caused by loss-of-function mutations in either the TSC1 or TSC2 genes and frequently results in prominent CNS manifestations, including epilepsy, mental retardation, and autism spectrum disorder. The TSC1/TSC2 protein complex plays a major role in controlling the Ser/Thr kinase mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), which is a master regulator of protein synthesis and cell growth. In this study, we show that endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress regulates TSC1/TSC2 complex to limit mTOR activity. In addition, Tsc2-deficient rat hippocampal neurons and brain lysates from a Tsc1-deficient mouse model demonstrate both elevated ER and oxidative stress. In Tsc2-deficient neurons, the expression of stress markers such as CHOP and HO-1 is increased, and this increase is completely reversed by the mTOR inhibitor rapamycin both in vitro and in vivo. Neurons lacking a functional TSC1/TSC2 complex have increased vulnerability to ER stress-induced cell death via the activation of the mitochondrial death pathway. Importantly, knockdown of CHOP reduces oxidative stress and apoptosis in Tsc2-deficient neurons. These observations indicate that ER stress modulates mTOR activity through the TSC protein complex and that ER stress is elevated in cells lacking this complex. They also suggest that some of the neuronal dysfunction and neurocognitive deficits seen in TSC patients may be attributable to ER and oxidative stress and therefore potentially responsive to agents moderating these pathways.
Synthesis and microstructure of nanocrystalline Yb2O3 powders (2009)

Nanocrystalline ytterbia powders have been synthesized using different precursors prepared by precipitation from nitrate solutions: ytterbium carbonates, oxalates, and hydroxides. The powders have been characterized by X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy. The nature of the precursor has no effect on the crystallization temperature of ytterbia but influences its microstructure. The particles range in shape from spherical to platelike. The average crystallite size of the Yb2O3 powders is 20–25 nm. Raising the heat-treatment temperature from 600 to 1000°C increases the crystallite size to 33–46 nm. The highest thermal stability is offered by the ytterbia powders prepared through carbonate decomposition.
Antibacterial Activity of Validamycin A against Pseudomonas solanacearum and Its Efficacy against Tomato Bacterial Wilt. (1996)

Validamycin A (VM-A), the active ingredient of Validacin®, inhibits fungal growth by inhibiting trehalase activity. Therefore, VM-A was tested against Pseudomonas solanacearum for its efficacy in controlling tomato bacterial wilt. In media containing trehalose as the sole carbohydrate, VM-A at 50μg/ml inhibited growth of P. solanacearum to rates similar to that of the bacteria in media without carbohydrate for seven days after inoculation. VM-A also gave excellent control of tomato bacterial wilt in greenhouse pot tests, when directly injected into plant stems. In field tests, foliar sprays of VM-A at 250μg/ml five days before and two days after inoculation had reduced disease by 47.4% by four weeks after inoculation. In the tomato stem between 0 and 5cm above the soil line, the bacteria population in the non-treated plot reached 3.84×1010cfu/g fresh weight, whereas that in the VM-A (500μg/ml)-treated plot reached 2.13×109cfu/g fresh weight. Inhibition of bacteria growth by VM-A may delay the appearance of disease symptoms of tomato bacterial wilt.
Coherent Scattering - A Possible Origin of Cosmic Rays (1990)

Direct acceleration of particles by electromagnetic waves in vacuo has for long been the Philosopher's Stone of the accelerator physicists.The coherent reflection of radiation from a dense bunch of particles is discussed as a means to greatly enhancing the efficiency of the interaction.High energy accelerators based on this principle may still be impractical but in the environment of dense electron density and high photon (lux close to a pulsar we find interesting acceleration rates.
Functional consensus for mammalian osmotic response elements (1999)

The molecular mechanisms underlying adaptation to hyperosmotic stress through the accumulation of organic osmolytes are largely unknown. Yet, among organisms, this is an almost universal phenomenon. In mammals, the cells of the renal medulla are uniquely exposed to high and variable salt concentrations; in response, renal cells accumulate the osmolyte sorbitol through increased transcription of the aldose reductase (AR) gene. In cloning the rabbit AR gene, we found the first evidence of an osmotic response region in a eukaryotic gene. More recently, we functionally defined a minimal essential osmotic response element (ORE) having the sequence CGGAAAATCAC(C) (bp -1105 to -1094). In the present study, we systematically replaced each base with every other possible nucleotide and tested the resulting sequences individually in reporter gene constructs. Additionally, we categorized hyperosmotic response by electrophoretic mobility shift assays of a 17-bp sequence (-1108 to -1092) containing the native ORE as a probe against which the test constructs would compete for binding. In this manner, binding activity was assessed for the full range of osmotic responses obtained. Thus we have arrived at a functional consensus for the mammalian ORE, NGGAAAWDHMC(N). This finding should accelerate the discovery of genes previously unrecognized as being osmotically regulated.
SHRINKING and SWELLING of WOOD (1935)

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTSHRINKING and SWELLING of WOODAlfred J. StammCite this: Ind. Eng. Chem. 1935, 27, 4, 401–406Publication Date (Print):April 1, 1935Publication History Published online1 May 2002Published inissue 1 April 1935https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ie50304a011https://doi.org/10.1021/ie50304a011research-articleACS PublicationsRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views447Altmetric-Citations46LEARN 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
A Bidirectional Target Filtering Model of Speech Coarticulation: two-stage Implementation for Phonetic Recognition (2006)

A structured generative model of speech coarticulation and reduction is described with a novel two-stage implementation. At the first stage, the dynamics of formants or vocal tract resonances (VTRs) in fluent speech is generated using prior information of resonance targets in the phone sequence, in absence of acoustic data. Bidirectional temporal filtering with finite-impulse response (FIR) is applied to the segmental target sequence as the FIR filter’s input, where forward filtering produces anticipatory coarticulation and backward filtering produces regressive coarticulation. The filtering process is shown also to result in realistic resonance-frequency undershooting or reduction for fast-rate and low-effort speech in a contextually assimilated manner. At the second stage, the dynamics of speech cepstra are predicted analytically based on the FIR-filtered and speaker-adapted VTR targets, and the prediction residuals are modeled by Gaussian random variables with trainable parameters. The combined system of these two stages, thus, generates correlated and causally related VTR and cepstral dynamics, where phonetic reduction is represented explicitly in the hidden resonance space and implicitly in the observed cepstral space. We present details of model simulation demonstrating quantitative effects of speaking rate and segment duration on the magnitude of reduction, agreeing closely with experimental measurement results in the acoustic-phonetic literature. This two-stage model is implemented and applied to the TIMIT phonetic recognition task. Using the -best ( = 2000) rescoring paradigm, the new model, which contains only context-independent parameters, is shown to significantly reduce the phone error rate of a standard hidden Markov model (HMM) system under the same experimental conditions.