gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Heat Shock Response in the Thermophilic Enteric Yeast <i>Arxiozyma telluris</i> (1998)

Heat stress tolerance was examined in the thermophilic enteric yeast Arxiozyma telluris. Heat shock acquisition of thermotolerance and synthesis of heat shock proteins hsp 104, hsp 90, hsp 70, and hsp 60 were induced by a mild heat shock at temperatures from 35 to 40 degrees C for 30 min. The results demonstrate that a yeast which occupies a specialized ecological niche exhibits a typical heat shock response.
Analgesia for Acute Musculoskeletal Trauma: Low-Dose Subcutaneous Infusion of Ketamine (1996)

Low-dose ketamine by subcutaneous infusion (0.1 mg/kg/h) was compared in double-blind fashion with intermittent morphine (0.1 mg/kg intravenously, four-hourly) as analgesic regimen in 40 ASA-I adults after acute musculoskeletal trauma. Pain was assessed using visual analogue scales and sedation was graded on a four point rank drowsiness score. Objective cardiovascular and respiratory parameters and patient acceptability in terms of supplementary analgesia and early mobilization were also recorded. Pain relief was better with the ketamine infusion than with intermittent morphine (P < 0.001). Patients were more awake and alert with ketamine infusion as evidenced by the drowsiness score (P < 0.001). Peak expiratory flow rate improved significantly with the ketamine infusion (P < 0.05). None of the patients in ketamine group required supplementary analgesia (P < 0.001) and the patients could be easily mobilized for traction/splintage as compared with patients in the control group (P < 0.001). The incidence of nausea and vomiting in the morphine group was high (P < 0.01). The study shows that subcutaneous infusion of ketamine provides safe and effective analgesia in acute musculoskeletal trauma.
Echelles: scalar, electromagnetic, and real-groove properties (1995)

For lack of alternatives, echelle-grating diffraction behavior has in the past been modeled on scalar theory, despite observations that indicate significant deviations. To resolve this difficulty a detailed experimental, theoretical, and numerical study is performed for several echelles that work at low (18-13), medium (35-55), high (84-140), and very-high (to 660) diffraction orders. Noticeable deviations from the scalar model were detected both experimentally and numerically, on the basis of electromagnetic theory: (1) the shift of the observed blaze position was shown to decrease with the wavelength-to-period ratio, and it tends to zero more rapidly than the decrease of the maximum width, so that the TE- and TM-plane responses tend to merge into each other; (2) cut-off effects (Rayleigh anomalies) were found to play a significant role for high groove angles, where passing-off orders are close to the blaze order. A possibility for evaluation of the blaze angle from angular, rather than from spectral, measure nts is discussed.Several reasons for the differences between real and ideal echelles (material-index deviations, profile deformations, and groove-angle errors) are analyzed, and their effects on the performance of echelles is studied.
Introduction to Linear Algebra and Differential Equations (1974)

Excellent introductory text focuses on complex numbers, determinants, orthonormal bases, symmetric and hermitian matrices, first order non-linear equations, linear differential equations, Laplace transforms, Bessel functions, more. Includes 48 black-and-white illustrations. Exercises with solutions. Index.
Fingerprints and Other Ridge Skin Impressions (2004)

The field of fingerprinting for personal identification and criminal investigation is progressing at a rapid rate. Numerous research projects are devoted to fingerprint detection techniques and identification issues, and recent debate focuses on the admissibility of fingerprint evidence in US courts. In light of these events, as well as the previou
Transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana expressing a barley UDP-glucosyltransferase exhibit resistance to the mycotoxin deoxynivalenol (2012)

Fusarium head blight (FHB), caused by Fusarium graminearum, is a devastating disease of small grain cereal crops. FHB causes yield reductions and contamination of grain with trichothecene mycotoxins such as deoxynivalenol (DON). DON inhibits protein synthesis in eukaryotic cells and acts as a virulence factor during fungal pathogenesis, therefore resistance to DON is considered an important component of resistance against FHB. One mechanism of resistance to DON is conversion of DON to DON-3-O-glucoside (D3G). Previous studies showed that expression of the UDP-glucosyltransferase genes HvUGT13248 from barley and AtUGt73C5 (DOGT1) from Arabidopsis thaliana conferred DON resistance to yeast. Over-expression of AtUGt73C5 in Arabidopsis led to increased DON resistance of seedlings but also to dwarfing of transgenic plants due to the formation of brassinosteroid-glucosides. The objectives of this study were to develop transgenic Arabidopsis expressing HvUGT13248, to test for phenotypic changes in growth habit, and the response to DON. Transgenic lines that constitutively expressed the epitope-tagged HvUGT13248 protein exhibited increased resistance to DON in a seed germination assay and converted DON to D3G to a higher extent than the untransformed wild-type. By contrast to the over-expression of DOGT1 in Arabidopsis, which conjugated the brassinosteriod castasterone with a glucoside group resulting in a dwarf phenotype, expression of the barley HvUGT13248 gene did not lead to drastic morphological changes. Consistent with this observation, no castasterone-glucoside formation was detectable in yeast expressing the barley HvUGT13248 gene. This barley UGT is therefore a promising candidate for transgenic approaches aiming to increase DON and Fusarium resistance of crop plants without undesired collateral effects.
Polymer Catalysts from Polymerization Catalysts:  Direct Encapsulation of Metal Catalyst into Star Polymer Core during Metal-Catalyzed Living Radical Polymerization (2003)

Star polymers containing ruthenium complex in the core were prepared by ruthenium-catalyzed living radical polymerization, where the metal catalysts were directly encapsulated on linking reactions of living poly(MMA) in the presence of ethylene glycol dimethacrylate as a linker and diphenyl-4-styrylphosphine as a ligand incorporated in the core. The products were characterized by SEC/MALLS, UV-vis, NMR, AFM, TEM, and ICP-AES and were employed as polymer catalysts for the oxidation reaction of alcohol.
Polyarylenes on the Basis of Alkylpyrrole and Alkylcarbazole Derivatives and their Oligomeric Model Systems (1997)

The redox and spectroscopic properties of soluble poly- (9-decylcarbazole) derivatives and poly(1-decylpyrrole) were studied. The polymers were synthesized via the Yamamoto polycondensation method. Analyzing the electrochemical and optical properties of 3,6-linked poly(alkylcarbazole)s it is evident that the conjugation segment is the benzidine system and the overall properties of these polymers can be compared with meta linked poly(phenylene)s. In opposite, 2,7-linked poly(alkylcarbazole)s reveal an even longer conjugation segment comparable with para linked poly(phenylene)s. First observations in the case of poly(1-decylpyrrole) suggest a higher steric hinderance compared to poly- (1-methylpyrrole). Molecular modeling studies confirm this. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Credit Card Fraud Detection: A Realistic Modeling and a Novel Learning Strategy (2017)

Detecting frauds in credit card transactions is perhaps one of the best testbeds for computational intelligence algorithms. In fact, this problem involves a number of relevant challenges, namely: concept drift (customers' habits evolve and fraudsters change their strategies over time), class imbalance (genuine transactions far outnumber frauds), and verification latency (only a small set of transactions are timely checked by investigators). However, the vast majority of learning algorithms that have been proposed for fraud detection rely on assumptions that hardly hold in a real-world fraud-detection system (FDS). This lack of realism concerns two main aspects: 1) the way and timing with which supervised information is provided and 2) the measures used to assess fraud-detection performance. This paper has three major contributions. First, we propose, with the help of our industrial partner, a formalization of the fraud-detection problem that realistically describes the operating conditions of FDSs that everyday analyze massive streams of credit card transactions. We also illustrate the most appropriate performance measures to be used for fraud-detection purposes. Second, we design and assess a novel learning strategy that effectively addresses class imbalance, concept drift, and verification latency. Third, in our experiments, we demonstrate the impact of class unbalance and concept drift in a real-world data stream containing more than 75 million transactions, authorized over a time window of three years.
Biochemical Characterization of Citrobacter diversus (Burkey) Werkman and Gillen and Designation of the Neotype Strain (1972)

The biochemical characteristics of 137 strains of Citrobacter diversus (Burkey) Werkman and Gillen were determined, and the resulting data are summarized. Members of this species produced indole and ornithine decarboxylase and fermented adonitol but failed to grow in KCN medium. Detectable amounts of hydrogen sulfide were not produced in triple sugar-iron-agar medium but were formed by some strains in peptone-iron-agar. The nomenclature and taxonomic position of these bacteria are discussed, and information that should be helpful for their differentiation from Citrobacter freundii and Enterobacter cloacae is included. Strain 3613–63 (ATCC 27156) is designated as the neotype strain and is described herein.
Design and implementation of the HiperLan/2 protocol (2003)

In recent years, wireless communication systems have experienced an enormous development, leading to the emergence of various wireless networks standards. These standards are characterized by different properties, such as their coverage, data rates, mobility and QoS support. Among them the HiperLan/2 standard is distinguished of its performance, supporting the provision of high-speed integrated services. Its centralized Medium Access Control protocol though is the most critical and complex functional entity, enabling the management of the air-interface in real time and the efficient allocation of the bandwidth resources to the users. In this paper we will present the architecture and implementation of the HiperLan/2 MAC protocol, placing special emphasis on its timing requirements that define the hardware/software partitioning scheme of the developed system. The proposed architecture relieves the network upper layers of processing time critical events, enforcing the emergence of HiperLan/2 commercial products.
MIMO Signal Processing for Mode-Division Multiplexing: An overview of channel models and signal processing architectures (2014)

We present the fundamentals of multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) signal processing for mode-division multiplexing (MDM) in multimode fiber (MMF). As an introduction, we review current long-haul optical transmission systems and how continued traffic growth motivates study of new methods to increase transmission capacity per fiber. We describe the key characteristics of MIMO channels in MMF, contrasting these with wireless MIMO channels. We review MMF channel models, the statistics derived from them, and their implications for MDM system performance and complexity. We show that optimizing performance and complexity requires management of channel parameters-particularly group delay (GD) spread and mode-dependent loss and gain-by design of transmission fibers and optical amplifiers, and by control of mode coupling along the link. We describe a family of fibers optimized for low GD spread, which decreases with an increasing number of modes. We compare the performance and complexity of candidate MIMO signal processing architectures in a representative long-haul system design, and show that programmable frequency-domain equalization (FDE) of chromatic dispersion (CD) and adaptive FDE of modal dispersion (MD) is an attractive combination. We review two major algorithms for adaptive FDE of MD-least mean squares (LMS) and recursive least squares (RLS)-and analyze their complexity, throughput efficiency, and convergence time. We demonstrate that, with careful physical link design and judicious choice of signal processing architectures, it is possible to overcome MIMO signal processing challenges in MDM systems.
Evolution of Secondary Hyperparathyroidism during Oral Calcitriol Therapy in Pediatric Renal Osteodystrophy (2015)

The course of renal bone disease in children undergoing regular peritoneal dialysis has not been fully evaluated. In particular, only limited data are available regarding the therapeutic efficacy of oral calcitriol in this group of patients. Thus, bone biopsies were done before and after 12 months of treatment with daily doses of oral calcitriol in 33 pediatric patients undergoing CAPD or CCPD. In 10/13 patients with initial biopsy findings of osteitis fibrosa, skeletal lesions either failed to improve or worsened after 12 months of treatment; in contrast, 4/6 patients with mild lesions of secondary hyperparathyroidism demonstrated histologic improvement. Serum PTH levels, determined using a mid-region assay, were higher in patients who failed to improve during oral calcitriol therapy, and values increased progressively in this group. Serum PTH levels were unchanged in those who improved. These data indicate that secondary hyperparathyroidism remains a substantial clinical problem in pediatric patients receiving regular peritoneal dialysis; treatment with daily doses of oral calcitriol is only partially effective for the control of this disorder. Further assessment of alternatives to daily oral calcitriol administration such as pulse oral or intermittent intraperitoneal calcitriol therapy is warranted in order to provide more effective approaches to the management of secondary hyperparathyroidism in pediatric dialysis patients.
Low cost and manufacturable complete microTAS for detecting bacteria (2009)

In this paper, we present a fully integrated lab-on-a-chip and associated instrument for the detection of bacteria from liquid samples. The system conducts bacterial lysis, nucleic acid isolation and concentration, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and end-point fluorescent detection. To enable truly low-cost manufacture of the single-use disposable chip, we designed the plastic chip in a planar format without any active components to be amenable to injection molding and utilized a novel porous polymer monolith (PPM) embedded with silica that has been shown to lyse bacteria and isolate the nucleic acids from clinical samples (M. D. Kulinski, M. Mahalanabis, S. Gillers, J. Y. Zhang, S. Singh and C. M. Klapperich, Biomed. Microdevices, 2009, 11, 671-678).(1) The chip is made of Zeonex(R), a thermoplastic with a high melting temperature to allow PCR, good UV transmissibility for UV-curing of the PPM, and low auto-fluorescence for fluorescence detection of the amplicon. We have built a prototype instrument to automate control of the fluids, temperature cycling, and optical detection with the capability of accommodating various chip designs. To enable fluid control without including valves or pumps on the chip, we utilized a remote valve switching technique. To allow fluid flow rate changes on the valveless chip, we incorporated speed changing fluid reservoirs. The PCR thermal cycling was achieved with a ceramic heater and air cooling, while end-point fluorescence detection was accomplished with an optical spectrometer; all integrated in the instrument. The chip seamlessly and automatically is mated to the instrument through an interface block that presses against the chip. The interface block aligns and ensures good contact of the chip to the temperature controlled region and the optics. The integrated functionality of the chip was demonstrated using Bacillus subtilis as a model bacterial target. A Taqman assay was employed on-chip to detect the isolated bacterial DNA.
Evaluación de competencias: relacionando metodologías y sistemas de evaluación (2008)

El EEES ha supuesto, para las diferentes titulaciones que emprendieron el proceso de cambio en el 2004, la definicion en primer lugar del perfil de competencias que representaban la demanda de los empleadores, las necesidades apuntadas por los estudiantes que habian acabado sus estudios y la decision de los agentes internos (profesorado) sobre las particularidades que cada titulacion le quiere dar a sus estudios. Si bien este primer paso supuso acercar posturas y debatir sobre la razon de ser de unos estudios, el cambio mas importante y al mismo tiempo mas dificil ha sido como evaluar el perfil de competencias. Las competencias especificas han representado, para el profesorado redisenar sus evaluaciones tipo “examen final” en pruebas continuadas a lo largo del periodo de ensenanza-aprendizaje, simulacion de situaciones, problemas de proceso o resolucion de problemas o casos. Las competencias trasversales han supuesto abrir nuevas metodologias de ensenanza-aprendizaje e incorporar sistemas de evaluacion continuada, con trabajos en el aula, observaciones en las practicas de la actividad, informes con presentacion oral, feedback continuado, autoevaluacion, portafolio o sistema 360o como sistemas experimentales y su peso ponderado en el resultado de aprendizaje final. Se presenta en el poster, un desarrollo de la evaluacion en 6 titulaciones que llevan 3 anos trabajando el EEES y que han alineado competencias, metodologias y sistemas de evaluacion para hacer de ello un conjunto armonico y comprensible con el objetivo planteado: construir un EEES coherente y de calidad.
Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment in B2B relationships - Results of a survey with European industrial companies (2006)

This document summarises results of a survey on Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment conducted by the Competence Centre Business Networking 3 (CC BN3) at the Institute of Information Management, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland between August and November 2005.
Development of a neo-artery induced by a biodegradable polymeric vascular prosthesis. (1983)

A microporous, compliant and biodegradable vascular prosthesis prepared from a polyurethane-poly-L-lactic-acid (PU-PLLA) mixture, induces fast growth of a neo-artery after implantation as an arterial substitute. The prostheses used in this study resulted in 100% patency. Mechanical functionality of the neo-arteries is suggested by the regeneration of elastic laminae throughout the subintimal tissue. The fact that elastogenesis occurs in our biodegradable PU-PLLA graft may be a step forward in solving the problem of how to maintain a natural compliance in vascular prostheses.
Extension of the Alkane Bridge in BisNHC−Palladium−Chloride Complexes. Synthesis, Structure, and Catalytic Activity (2006)

A series of bisNHC chelate ligands with alkyl bridges of different chain lengths and their palladium complexes have been prepared. The influence of the different bridges on the solid-state structure and reactivity of the complexes has been studied. The catalytic activity of the palladium complexes was successfully tested in the Mizoroki−Heck reaction and the catalytic CH activation of methane. The ethylene-bridged palladium complex showed the highest catalytic activity in the CH activation of methane and the Mizoroki−Heck coupling of bromoarenes, while for unreactive chloroarenes bisNHC complexes with longer bridges give better results.
Flash Sterilization System using a High-pressure Homogenizer. (2000)

(1) 本実験の高圧ホモジナイザーによる瞬時殺菌システムFHSで,圧力エネルギーが熱エネルギーに変換される際,ホモジナイザー均質処理圧力100MPaで水の場合約23°C,牛乳の場合で約25°Cの温度上昇が瞬時に得られる.(2) 芽胞菌(B. brevis, B. stearothermophilus)を原乳に添加して,殺菌効果の比較を本実験システムFHSと従来のプレート式殺菌システムMAUで行った結果,耐熱性の高い芽胞菌に対してFHSはMAUに比べて同等の殺菌効果が得られた.(3) FHSでは最終加熱部の昇温カーブがMAUと比較してシャープであるため,製品の熱変性が少なく風味,物性(粘度,色調等)の良好なものが得られた.(4) FHSは殺菌と同時に80∼90MPaの高圧で均質化するため,分散脂肪球径が0.5μm前後の微細粒子となり,冷蔵保存60日間,製品の脂肪浮上を低減できた.
Dynamic segmentation for a side lit backlight system (2012)

A novel method of dynamic segmentation of side lit backlight system for low power purpose was proposed in this paper. A segment is defined as an individual controlled light source or a group of light source, illumination a section of the backlight. Instead of conventional fixed area segmentation, the vertical boundary of the segment could be shifted according to the brightness of the adjacent segments. The segment with less bright pixels near the boundary of brighter segment could be restructured as two parts, the temporary area containing the bright pixels were transferred into the adjacent bright area, and the others still in the original segment. Therefore, the LEDs of this segment need not to light as peak and the power of backlighting system reduced. Moreover, based on the proper local dimming algorithm, the image quality of LCD display with side lit backlight system would not be declined.
The Effect of Human Eosinophil Granule Major Basic Protein on Airway Responsiveness in the Rat <i>In Vivo</i> : A Comparison with Polycations (1993)

Major basic protein (MBP) is a highly cationic protein found in the granules of eosinophils. It has been postulated that MBP may participate in the pathogenesis of airway hyperresponsiveness exhibited by asthmatic patients. Accordingly, we used a rat model to investigate the effect of human MBP instillation on airway responsiveness and the possible role of cationic charge in the determination of this effect. Dose-response characteristics to inhaled methacholine (MDRC) were determined at baseline, and the animals were allowed to recover. Then animals in the experimental group received 100 micrograms of purified human MBP via direct instillation into the trachea. One hour after instillation, the MDRC were again assessed. Control animals received (in lieu of MBP) buffer from the void volume pool of the same chromatography column used to purify the MBP. One hour after instillation of MBP there was a significant increase in airway responsiveness to inhaled methacholine, whereas control animals exhibited no increase in airway responsiveness. Some animals from the MBP group were restudied 48 h after MBP instillation, by which time airway responsiveness had returned to baseline level. The effect of the polycations poly-L-arginine and poly-L-lysine on airway responsiveness was also examined. As with MBP, airway responsiveness to inhaled methacholine increased 1 h after the instillation of either polycation. In addition, acetylation of the charged groups on poly-L-lysine resulted in a loss of this effect. Histologic examination of the airways failed to reveal airway epithelial shedding 1 h after MBP or polycation instillation.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
A network architecture for multiuser networked games on demand (2002)

Computer games are a multi-billion dollar a year industry in Japan alone. Multiplayer networked games are a small but growing segment of that market whose importance will increase as high bandwidth networks are deployed domestically through ADSL and cable-modem technology. We examine the software and network architectures of current multiplayer networked games, and identify the problems associated with them. We then propose a new model called multiplayer games on demand that better suits the capabilities of emerging networks. We conclude by evaluating the potential advantages and disadvantages of such a system.