gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
The DabR - A multitouch system for intuitive 3D scene navigation (2009)

Multi-touch capable displays are one of the central emerging technologies in Human Computer Interfaces and many commercial applications like the Apple iPhone or the Microsoft Surface already show the benefit of this interaction technique. But most of the applications are limited to 2D interaction and only little effort has been spent on intuitive 3D interaction techniques. Since 3D scene navigation is a central aspect of 3DTV applications we present easy and intuitive multi-touch gestures to control a virtual 3D camera. These gestures were implemented on The DabR - a complete and robust multi-touch system designed at our institute. The underlying computer vision algorithms to cover the tracking of the users' fingers are GPU accelerated to ensure very low latency for the interaction.
Syngeneic anti-idiotypic antisera to murine anti-HLA class II monoclonal antibodies. (1987)

BALB/c mice have been immunized with six anti-HLA Class II monoclonal antibodies (MoAb); the latter included MoAb CR11-462, Q5/6, and Q5/13 to monomorphic determinants, the anti-HLA-DR1,4,w6,w8,w9 MoAb AC1.59, the anti-HLA-DRw9 MoAb AB7ae9, and the anti-HLA-DQw3 MoAb AC6G. The six monoclonal antibodies markedly differ in their ability to induce anti-idiotypic antibodies, because the latter were not detected in the sera from the mice immunized with the MoAb AB7ae9 and with the MoAb AC6G. The MoAb AC1.59 and CR11-462 elicited antibodies to private idiotypes, and the MoAb Q5/6 and Q5/13 elicited antibodies to private and public idiotypes. The titer of the latter in the anti-MoAb Q5/6 antiserum appears to be markedly lower than that of the former ones; no marked difference was detected in the titer of the two types of antibodies in the anti-MoAb Q5/13 antiserum. Blocking experiments with a panel of monoclonal antibodies showed that the MoAb Q5/13 shares idiotypes with the anti-HLA Class I MoAb Q5/6, 127, and 441 and with the anti-HLA Class I MoAb CR11-351, Q1/28, Q6/64, and 6/31, but does not share idiotypes with any of the nine anti-human melanoma-associated antigen MoAb tested. The spectrotypes of the anti-MoAb CR11-462 and anti-MoAb Q5/13 antisera comprise two major components in the pH 6.2 to 6.7 range, that of the anti-MoAb Q5/6 antiserum comprises two major components in the pH 6.5 to 6.8 range, and that of the anti-MoAb AC1.59 antiserum comprises a number of components in the pH 5.6 to 7.2 range.
Early Molecular Response of Marrow Disease to Biologic Therapy Is Highly Prognostic in Neuroblastoma (2003)

GD2 synthase mRNA is a sensitive response marker of neuroblastoma in the bone marrow. It is particularly useful for minimal residual disease evaluation and may potentially be useful as an early predictor of resistance to antibody plus GM-CSF immunotherapy.
From natural language to graph queries (2019)

Automatic code generation can drastically improve software (SW) engineering and SW development projects. In the last decade we have been conducting research which has been advancing the field of code generators for small and mid-size Web-based DBMS systems [4], [5], [7]. We developed a number of tool prototypes for automatic source code debugging by the source-to-source code transformation for real C and C++ applications [8]. Additionally we investigated Natural Language Processing (NLP) for software code generation and application of it to Graph databases. Graph databases are becoming more and more popular for their applications in Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems, social analytics and many other fields. Query languages like Cypher allow users to search them without direct programming. But even queries of modest complexity like “relatives in a family & friends graph” require some skill to write. In this paper we describe the use of natural language as a more intuitive interface for untrained users and demonstrate 3 use-cases, where translation of typical English phrases to OpenCypher and/or specialized graph engines like Huawei EYWA.
A law-abiding peer-to-peer network for free-software distribution (2002)

The Globe Distribution Network (GDN) is an application for worldwide distribution of freely redistributable software packages. The GDN takes a novel, optimistic approach to stop the illegal distribution of copyrighted and illicit material via the network. Instead of having moderators check the software archives at upload time, illegal content is removed and its uploader's access to the network permanently revoked only when the content is discovered. An important feature of the GDN is that the objects containing the software can run on untrustworthy servers. A first version of the GDN has been implemented and has been running since October 2000 across four European sites.
Natural Products: Repellency and Toxicity of Wild Tomato Leaf Extracts to the Two-Spotted Spider Mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch (2006)

The potential of using phytochemicals from leaves of wild tomato for controlling the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch, is explored in this study as a promising alternative to the use of synthetic pesticides. Wild tomato accessions of Lycopersicon hirsutum plants that are not consumed by humans were planted under greenhouse conditions for mass production of leaves. Crude extracts from leaves of three accessions of L. hirsutum, six accessions of L. hirsutum f. glabratum, and one accession each of L. pennellii and L. pimpinellifolium were prepared in chloroform, ethanol and hexane. Two spider mite bioassays, one a measure of antibiosis and the other a measure of repellency, were utilized to determine the acaricidal performance of the crude extracts. The bioassay for antibiosis was a 6-h no-choice test. The bioassay for repellency utilized a ring bioassay. Chloroform leaf extracts of L. hirsutum f. glabratum accessions (PI-251304, PI-134417, PI-134418, and PI-126449) exhibited greatest antibiotic activity on two-spotted spider mites; the hexane extracts exhibited greatest repellency. Extracts from PI-251304, PI-126449, PI-134417, and PI-134418 were especially lethal (chloroform) or repellent (hexane). We investigated differences in chemical composition of the crude leaf extracts that may explain the observed differences in mortality and repellency among the different accessions. Major chemical compounds (alpha -curcumene, alpha -zingiberene, trans-caryophyllene, 2-undecanone, and 2-tridecanone) known to have pesticidal efficacy were detected and quantified in the crude leaf extracts using a gas chromatograph (GC) equipped with a mass spectrometer (GC/MS). Lethality of extracts was mainly associated with the presence of high concentrations of 2-tridecanone; repellency of extracts was mainly associated with the presence of trans-caryophyllene. Leaf extracts of L. hirsutum f. glabratum accessions that contain significant quantities of 2-tridecanone and/or trans-caryophyllene could be useful for managing populations of spider mites, which could reduce reliance on synthetic pesticides.
Characterization of a genomic hybrid specifying the human erythrocyte antigen Dantu: Dantu gene is duplicated and linked to a delta glycophorin gene deletion. (1988)

Dantu is a rare antigen of the human MNSs blood group system carried by a hybrid glycophorin on the erythrocyte membrane. To delineate its structure and relationship to alpha and delta glycophorins at the genomic level, we analyzed DNA from a three-generation family, in which both the presence of Dantu and Mi-III (another rare MNSs antigen) and the absence of delta glycophorin were seen. Three gross alterations in the gene cluster correlated with the observed phenotypes. Differential hybridization, secondary restriction analysis, and sequence-specific oligonucleotide probing established that Dantu glycophorin is encoded by a distinct hybrid gene derived from fusion of delta and alpha genes. The junction point of the Dantu gene was assigned to the region spanning codons 31-39 of delta and codons 72-79 of alpha genes. Dosage quantitation suggested that Dantu gene is duplicated and tandemly arranged. Identification of delta gene deletion disclosed the molecular basis for the absence of delta glycophorin in two Dantu and Mi-III double heterozygotes. The DNA inheritance pattern together with DNA typing of MN blood groups verified the genotypes and established that the duplicated Dantu hybrid gene is linked to alpha M gene as well as a delta gene deletion. The origin of such a haplotype in a segment of Black population would require two recombination events via either unequal homologous crossing-over or gene conversion.
Sol-gel integrated optical coupler byultraviolet light imprinting (1995)

The authors describe a simple low temperature method for fabricating a low-loss singlemode integrated optical directional coupler in a photosensitive, hybrid, organically modified sol-gel silica glass. The fabrication process is appealing for its simplicity, entailing few steps and using elementary photodefinition to give robust, mechanically rigid devices.
Novel powertrain applications of thermal spray coatings (1998)

Recent innovations in equipment, processes, and diagnostics make thermal spray coatings both practical and desirable for use in large scale automotive manufacturing.The advent of rotating devices and surface preparation methodologies such as high pressure water jet, electrodischarge machining, and chemical fluxes permit thermal spray coating applications on cylinder bore and valve seat areas of engines. Low carbon steel alloy composite and aluminium bronze coatings have been successfully tested on cylinder bores. The Fe–Fe 3 O 4 /Ni–NiO–CrO composite coating obtained by spraying carbon steel and nickel base alloy wires using a two wire arc gun works well as a valve seat material.
PMR polyimide composites for aerospace applications (1982)

Fiber reinforced PMR polyimides are finding increased acceptance as engineering materials for high performance structural applications. Prepreg materials based on this novel class of highly processable, high temperature resistant polyimides, are commercially available and the PMR concept was incorporated in several industrial applications. The status of PMR polyimides is reviewed. Emphasis is given to the chemistry, processing, and applications of the first generation PMR polyimides known as PMR-15.
Post-MI remodeling (1993)

Two myocardial processes are initiated by acute myocardial infarction: hypertrophy of residual myocardium and a change in left ventricular chamber dimension. The sequence of these events appears to be critically dependent on the size of the infarct and its distensibility, on the load placed on the myocardium, on the metabolic state of adjacent and remote myocardium, and on the degree of activation of tissue hormone systems. Hypertrophy may occur transversely (concentric) or longitudinally (eccentric). The chamber may enlarge because of cell lengthening or slippage or because of infarct expansion. An increase in radius of curvature intensifies wall stress and metabolic demands, whereas increased wall thickness moderates stress. In a canine experimental model of acute regional myocardial necrosis, hypertrophy and dilatation appear to have a different time course, and both may be attenuated by pharmacologic intervention with either an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor or a nitrate. The relative contributions of load reduction, hormone inhibition, and the metabolic effect of pharmacologic intervention need further study. Targeting therapy to the prevention of detrimental ventricular remodeling may be a rational approach but one that needs clinical confirmation.
Mining social networks to discover ego sub-networks (2016)

A decade ago, no one would imagine that social networks would witness such rocket development to take part of our daily life. Within relatively short period of time, social networks gained global attention by a huge number of users. Since then, social networks grow bigger to accommodate millions of users. One challenge though is to automate the process of categorize friends into social. Therefore, several data mining solutions were introduced to automatically attempt to classify ego networks, however, issues related to categorization accuracy as well as the efficiency and effectiveness to classify ego networks are still lacking. In this paper, we propose a method that mainly utilizes features extracted from network topology and node profile to better identify social networks. We believe that extracting comprehensive and meaningful features to be used in conjunction with a roust classifier would increase the accuracy level of ego sub-networks detection. The proposed method was tested on a benchmarked data set and the performance was compared to two state-of-the-art methods namely Maximization Likelihood Like and Enhanced Link Clustering and showed valid improvement.
State Lotteries and the New American Dream (2016)

This paper analyzes state lotteries in the economic and cultural context of the late twentieth century. As access to traditional meritocratic advancement declined, many Americans perceived lotteries as new means of attaining increasingly elusive upward mobility. Their turn to lotteries was facilitated by grassroots coalitions as well as lottery advertisers who claimed lotteries as effective means of making money. The relationship of lotteries and social mobility reveals the full implications of lottery playing in the United States and the reasons this form of gambling has assumed new importance as providing access to the American Dream.
Geo Uplink Subsystem (GUS) Clock Steering Algorithms Performance and Validation Results (1999)

Raytheon Systems Company is currently developing the FAA’s Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS). This paper will discuss the GUS clock steering algorithms, performance and validation results. The WAAS Wide Area Master Station (WMS) calculates WAAS Network Time (WNT) and clock parameters (offset and drift) for each satellite. The GUS clock is an independent free running clock. However, the GUS clock must track WNT (GPS time) to enable accurate ranging off the GEO signal-in-space. Therefore, a clock steering algorithm is necessary. The GUS clock steering algorithms reside in the WAAS Message Processor (WMP). The WAAS Type 9 messages (GEO Navigation Message), which are provided by the
WMS, are used as inputs to the GUS WMP.
The GUS WMP calculates clock adjustments. Based
upon these clock adjustments, the frequency standard can
be made to speed up or slow down the GUS clock. The
GUS cesium frequency standard is controlled through
very small frequency control signals so that the normal
operation of the code and frequency control loops of the
downlink signals will not be disturbed.
Simulation and field results for the primary GUS are
discussed in the paper. The typical results are that the
system settles to a tracking error of ± 5 nsec, after hours with corrections occurring every 15 minutes.
Decomposition of Triacetone Triperoxide Is an Entropic Explosion (2005)

Both X-ray crystallography and electronic structure calculations using the cc-pVDZ basis set at the DFT B3LYP level were employed to study the explosive properties of triacetone triperoxide (TATP) and diacetone diperoxide (DADP). The thermal decomposition pathway of TATP was investigated by a series of calculations that identified transition states, intermediates, and the final products. Counterintuitively, these calculations predict that the explosion of TATP is not a thermochemically highly favored event. It rather involves entropy burst, which is the result of formation of one ozone and three acetone molecules from every molecule of TATP in the solid state.
BlendGAN: Implicitly GAN Blending for Arbitrary Stylized Face Generation (2021)

Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) have made a dramatic leap in high-fidelity image synthesis and stylized face generation. Recently, a layer-swapping mechanism has been developed to improve the stylization performance. However, this method is incapable of fitting arbitrary styles in a single model and requires hundreds of style-consistent training images for each style. To address the above issues, we propose BlendGAN for arbitrary stylized face generation by leveraging a flexible blending strategy and a generic artistic dataset. Specifically, we first train a self-supervised style encoder on the generic artistic dataset to extract the representations of arbitrary styles. In addition, a weighted blending module (WBM) is proposed to blend face and style representations implicitly and control the arbitrary stylization effect. By doing so, BlendGAN can gracefully fit arbitrary styles in a unified model while avoiding case-by-case preparation of style-consistent training images. To this end, we also present a novel large-scale artistic face dataset AAHQ. Extensive experiments demonstrate that BlendGAN outperforms state-of-the-art methods in terms of visual quality and style diversity for both latent-guided and reference-guided stylized face synthesis.
[Synthesis and testing of potential antiparkinson agents. 2. Biologically active silicium derivatives]. (1977)

<p>In recent years, part of the meta-heuristic optimisation research community has called for a simplification of the algorithmic design: indeed, while most of the state-of-The-Art algorithms are characterised by a high level of complexity, complex algorithms are hard to understand and therefore tune for specific real-world applications. Here, we follow this reductionist approach by combining straightforwardly two methods recently proposed in the literature, namely the Re-sampling Inheritance Search (RIS) and the (1+1) Covariance Matrix Adaptation Evolution Strategy (CMA-ES). We propose an RI-(1+1)-CMA-ES algorithm that on the one hand improves upon the original (1+1)-CMA-ES, on the other it keeps the original spirit of simplicity at the basis of RIS. We show with an extensive experimental campaign that the proposed algorithm efficiently solves a large number of benchmark functions and is competitive with several modern optimisation algorithms much more complex in terms of algorithmic design.</p>
Enhanced Hybrid Compound Image Compression Algorithm Combining Block and Layer-based Segmentation (2011)

This paper presents an efficient compound image compression method based on both block and layerbased segmentation techniques, which introduces a new hybrid scheme for segmenting compound images.In this hybrid model the image is first segmented into five different blocks using block based classification again the overlapping block is segmented using layer based segmentation for improving the compression ratio, visual quality.
Androgen-Induced Wnt Signaling in Preosteoblasts Promotes the Growth of MDA-PCa-2b Human Prostate Cancer Cells (2007)

The high morbidity and mortality associated with prostate cancer (PCa) result from its tendency to metastasize to bone where it produces predominantly osteoblastic lesions. The Wnt signaling pathway plays an important role in embryogenesis, tumorigenesis, osteoblast development, and bone formation. Androgen signaling via the androgen receptor (AR) is critical in both PCa and bone cell growth. We examined the effects of androgens on cell growth and Wnt signaling in the AR-positive MDA-PCa-2b cell line and MC3T3 preosteoblasts, grown alone and in coculture. We show that the potent androgen dihydrotestosterone increases AR expression and transcriptional activity only in the preosteoblasts. Although dihydrotestosterone induced an 80% increase in PCa cell growth when the cells were grown alone, dihydrotestosterone had a more significant effect on MDA-PCa-2b cell proliferation (3.2-fold increase) when the PCa cells were cocultured with preosteoblasts. Dihydrotestosterone addition to preosteoblasts promoted Wnt-dependent transcriptional reporter activity associated with GSK3beta(S-9) phosphorylation and accumulation of nuclear beta-catenin as well as elevated Runx2 expression. In addition, the increased proliferation of PCa cells in coculture with MC3T3 cells in response to dihydrotestosterone was abrogated by the addition of either exogenous DKK-1 or sFRP-1 protein, two naturally occurring Wnt antagonists. Finally, we show that the paracrine growth-promoting effect of androgens is limited to MDA-PCa-2b cells. These data imply that Wnt signaling is involved in the androgen-regulated crosstalk between preosteoblasts and PCa cells and suggest that androgens may stimulate growth of some prostate tumor cells indirectly, via up-regulation of Wnt signaling in bone cells.
Pathologic quiz case: a 41-year-old woman with bilateral nodular breasts. (2002)

A woman with no family history of breast cancer, but with a long history of bilateral nodular breasts, complained of increasing breast size. Three previous breast biopsies (the right breast in 1973 and 1983 and the left in 1992) were all reported as benign fibrocystic changes. Physical examination showed pendulous but symmetrical breasts with no noted skin changes. Palpation revealed multiple, discrete, large, firm, and mobile breast masses bilaterally. No axillary adenopathy was detected. Mammography revealed multiple homogeneously dense well-circumscribed masses present in both breasts (Figure 1), which were compatible with giant fibroadenomata or multiple phyllodes tumors. Ultrasonography showed multiple well-demarcated masses with focal cystic change. Ultrasound-guided 14-gauge needle core biopsy of the right and left breast was performed, and microscopic examination of the biopsied tissue revealed dense stromal fibrosis and a few epithelial ducts. The fibrotic areas showed thick bundles of dense collagen admixed with a complex arrangement of cleftlike spaces resembling lymphovascular structures lined by flattened spindle cells, but without red blood cells in the spaces. No atypical epithelial hyperplasia or carcinoma was identified. A diagnosis was suggested. Two weeks later, resection of the bilateral masses along with reduction mammoplasty of both breasts was performed. On the right side, 13 white-pink well-circumscribed nodules with a total weight of 748 g (range: 4 to 382 g) were resected. The nodules had a smooth external surface and ranged in size from 3 to 17 cm in greatest dimension (Figure 2). On the left side, 10 white-pink wellcircumscribed nodules with a total weight of 214 g (range: 2 to 84 g) were resected. Morphologically, the nodules were similar to those seen in the right breast and ranged in size from 1.5 to 11 cm in greatest dimension. The cut surfaces of the nodules showed a generally homogeneous white fibrous parenchyma with occasional cystic spaces. No hemorrhage or necrosis was noted grossly. Microscopically, the breast nodules showed histopathologic changes similar to those seen in the needle core biopsies, showing large areas of dense stromal fibrosis containing numerous cleftlike spaces, often in a complex arrangement (Figure 3). In some areas, the cleftlike spaces and flattened spindle cells were concentrically arranged around breast lobules. The cleftlike spaces did not contain red blood cells. The adjacent breast parenchyma showed focal fibrocystic changes (sclerosing
Orthotopic Tracheal Allografts Undergo Reepithelialization With Recipient-Derived Epithelium (2003)

Airway obliteration characteristic of rejecting heterotopic tracheal allografts does not occur in the orthotopic allografts. Migration of recipient mucosa into the donor allograft appears to prevent airway obliteration in the orthotopic allografts. These findings suggest that the orthotopic tracheal transplantation model more accurately represents the biological behavior of clinical tracheal allografts than the traditional heterotopic model.