gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Energy efficient virtual machine placement in data centers (2013)

Electricity cost has become a major expense for running data centers and server consolidation using virtualization technology has been used as an important technology to improve the energy efficiency of data centers. In this research, a genetic algorithm and a simulation-annealing algorithm are proposed for the static virtual machine placement problem that considers the energy consumption in both the servers and the communication network, and a trading algorithm is proposed for dynamic virtual machine placement. Experimental results have shown that the proposed methods are more energy efficient than existing solutions.
High-dose Chemotherapy and the Treatment of Metastatic Breast Cancer: Selecting the Regimen and the Source of Stem Cells. (1994)

High-dose chemotherapy followed by autologous stem cell rescue has been associated with an increased overall response rate and improved progression-free survival for patients with metastatic breast cancer when compared retrospectively to standard therapy. The optimal source of stem cells - peripheral blood or autologous bone marrow - has not been determined. We present results from two high-dose regimens - ifosfamide, carboplatin, and etoposide (ICE) or mitoxantrone and thiotepa (MITT) followed by autologous stem cell rescue - and analyze the outcomes for patients based on the regimen used and the source of stem cells. Disease responsiveness at the time of high-dose therapy is the most important factor for determining outcome. The source of stem cells did not affect progression-free survival for either group.
Development of a Dry Low NOx Combustor (1989)

Controls for emissions of oxides of nitrogen were first required for gas turbines by the Los Angeles County Air Pollution Control District (LAAPCD) and the San Diego Air Pollution Control District (SDAPCD) in the early 1970’s. To achieve the necessary control, water was injected into the combustor flame zone to reduce flame temperature. The consequent reduction in NOx amounted to about forty percent when half as much water as fuel was injected into the reaction zone. The emissions level achieved was approximately 75 ppmvd (parts per million by volume dry) on oil fuel as required by SDAPCD Rule 68, and with the airflow of these MS5000 machines at about 950,000 lbm/hr, this corresponded to 140 lbm/hr of NO2 when expressed at 15% O2 as required by LAAPCD Rule 67. Hilt and Waslo, (Ref. 1) and Hilt, et al (Ref. 2, 3) provide summary discussions of this work.
Cold, Drought, and Disaster: The Little Ice Age and the Spanish Conquest of New Mexico (2014)

etween 1538 and 1610, Spanish agents entered, invaded, and at last resolved to colonize and convert the distant northwestern outpost of New Spain that would become New Mexico.These soldiers and settlers faced severe hardships and significant obstacles on the road to conquest and settlement.The journey was long, the geography was rugged, supplies ran short, and relations with local Indians repeatedly broke down in violence.Ignorance, outsized ambitions, erratic leadership, aggression, and cultural insensitivity have all received-and may all deserve-their share of blame.Yet lying behind many of the conquest's disasters, and shaping the course of New Mexico's history, stood the pervasive influence of natural forces, particularly cold and drought.Climate played a complex, at times subtle, and at times profound and unappreciated role in early entradas (invasions) up the Rio Grande.This article will explore how cold and drought strongly influenced key events from the earliest Spanish explorations and Francisco Vsquez de Coronado's failures in 1540-1542, through the massacre of Acoma Puebloans in 1599, to the desertion of Cold, Drought, and DisasterThe Little Ice Age and the Spanish Conquest of New Mexico SAM WhITe
Sub-quarter micron titanium salicide technology with in-situ silicidation using high-temperature sputtering (2002)

A new titanium (Ti) salicide technology with in-situ silicidation using high-temperature sputtering has been developed. This process enhances TiSi/sub 2/ phase transition from C49 to C54 without agglomeration, which results in achieving silicidation in 0.2 /spl mu/m gates and 0.4 /spl mu/m diffusion layers. A sheet resistance less than 6/spl Omega///spl square/ can be obtained for both n/sup +/ and p/sup +/ silicide gates. CMOS transistors having 0.09 /spl mu/m effective channel length were successfully formed using the in-situ silicidation technique.
Inhibition of sugar-amine browning by aspartic and glutamic acids (1983)

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTInhibition of sugar-amine browning by aspartic and glutamic acidsKarim Nafisi and Pericles MarkakisCite this: J. Agric. Food Chem. 1983, 31, 5, 1115–1117Publication Date (Print):September 1, 1983Publication History Published online1 May 2002Published inissue 1 September 1983https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jf00119a047https://doi.org/10.1021/jf00119a047research-articleACS PublicationsRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views96Altmetric-Citations14LEARN 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 optionsGet e-Alertsclose Get e-Alerts
Securitization Markets And Central Banking: Policy Announcement Effects (2016)

European and US monetary authorities designed policies to revive the issuance of asset backed securities (ABS) after the financial crisis of late 2007 and keep consumer and business funding uninterrupted. I examine how policy announcements affected excess ABS spreads, that is, spreads of newly issued ABS over and above broader financial market spreads, in the context of event studies. Though policy announcements effectively reduced and stabilized excess ABS spreads by late 2009, the volume of new issuance remained significantly low.
Degradation mechanism of polystyrene sulfonic acid membrane and application of its composite membranes in fuel cells (2002)

The lifetime behavior of a H2/O2 proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell with polystyrene sulfonic acid (PSSA) membrane have been investigated in order to give an insight into the degradation mechanism of the PSSA membrane. The distribution of sulfur concentration in the cross section of the PSSA membrane was measured by energy dispersive analysis of X-ray, and the chemical composition of the PSSA membrane was characterized by infrared spectroscopy before and after the lifetime experiment. The degradation mechanism of the PSSA membrane is postulated as: the oxygen reduction at the cathode proceeds through some peroxide intermediates during the fuel cell operation, and these intermediates have strong oxidative ability and may chemically attack the tertiary hydrogen at the α-carbon of the PSSA; the degradation of the PSSA membrane mainly takes place at the cathode side of the cell, and the loss of the aromatic rings and the SO3− groups simultaneously occurs from the PSSA membrane. A new kind of the PSSA-Nafion composite membrane, where the Nafion membrane is bonded with the PSSA membrane and located at the cathode of the cell, was designed to prevent oxidation degradation of the PSSA membrane in fuel cells. The performances of fuel cells with PSSA-Nafion101 and PSSA-recast Nafion composite membranes are demonstrated to be stable after 835 h and 240 h, respectively.
Electret properties of cycloolefin-copolymer-polypropylene blends (2003)

The electret properties of cycloolefin copolymer (COG)-polypropylene blends with three different percentages of PP-were investigated. Films metalized on one side were charged with electron beam or corona methods. Measurements of the isothermal decay of the surface potential at elevated temperatures and high humidities as well as measurements of thermally-stimulated currents indicate that the charge storage properties of the corona charged blends are significantly better than those of PP. In particular, positively corona charged blends with up to 25 percent PP are very good electrets. They might be of interest in membrane applications for microphones and other sensors, where their excellent mechanical properties make them superior to Teflon FEP, and in air filter applications where the better charge-storage capabilities make them preferable to PP.
Glycogen synthase kinase3 beta phosphorylates serine 33 of p53 and activates p53's transcriptional activity (2001)

GSK3beta can regulate p53's transcriptional activity by phosphorylating serine 33. However, GSK3beta does not appear to be part of the p53-DNA damage response pathway. Instead, GSK3beta may provide the link between p53 and non-DNA damage mechanisms for p53 activation.
Sol-gel broadband antireflective and scratch-resistant coating for megajoule-class laser amplifier blastshields (1999)

A novel optical coating developed to reduction of specular reflection has been developed using the sol-gel route. The sol-gel antireflective (AR) coating is made from tantalum and silicon oxide-based solutions. First layer is deposited from a solution based on polymeric tantalum oxide. Second layer is containing silica polymeric matrix in order to get a double-layer optical stack. Sol-gel synthesis have been carried out starting from cheap precursors in order to produce metallic alkoxide-based solution, each one suitable for liquid-deposition technique use such as dip-coating. After layer deposition, a curing step is required. Both thermal and UV-curing could induce layer densification and generate final coating properties. Thermal baking step does not exceed 150 degrees C temperature. This two-layer antireflective coating has been optimized to offer scratch- resistance allowing easy-cleaning and also broadband anti- reflection property onto various substrate. Experiments of AR-coating deposition onto large-area high-power laser glass plates is described. Based on calculations, the amplification yield using such a sol-gel coating onto LMJ- blastshields is evaluated to be ca. 7 percent.
Novel Bioactive Phospholipids:  Practical Total Syntheses of Products from the Oxidation of Arachidonic and Linoleic Esters of 2-Lysophosphatidylcholine<sup>1</sup> (2002)

Total syntheses of nine novel phospholipids were accomplished to facilitate the identification and biological testing of compounds that are generated upon oxidative cleavage of arachidonate and linoleate esters of 2-lysophosphatidylcholine, the two most abundant polyunsaturated phospholipids in low-density lipoprotein. An efficient general synthesis exploiting 2-lithiofuran as a 4-oxo-2-butenoyl carbanion equivalent provided phospholipids containing gamma-keto-alpha,beta-unsaturated carbonyl functional arrays. By exploiting facile cis-trans isomerizations, two commercially available cis alkenes, (2Z)-2-butene-1,4-diol and 2,5-dihydrofuran, could be employed as starting materials for preparing the Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons reagent 4-(diethoxyphosphoryl)-2E-butenal, a valuable building block for the synthesis of 2,4-dienals. The reagent was exploited in a total synthesis of 13-oxotridec-9E,11E-dienoic acid, confirming the identity of this product that is generated upon autoxidation of linoleic acid and by decomposition of 13-hydroperoxy-9,11-octadecadienoate (13-HPODE), especially in the presence of redox active transition metal ions, cytochrome p-450, or hydroperoxide lyase.
Differential Pathogenesis of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Clinical Isolates in BALB/c Mice (2011)

Airway mucus is a hallmark of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) lower respiratory tract illness. Laboratory RSV strains differentially induce airway mucus production in mice. Here, we tested the hypothesis that RSV strains differ in pathogenesis by screening six low-passage RSV clinical isolates for mucogenicity and virulence in BALB/cJ mice. The RSV clinical isolates induced variable disease severity, lung interleukin-13 (IL-13) levels, and gob-5 levels in BALB/cJ mice. We chose two of these clinical isolates for further study. Infection of BALB/cJ mice with RSV A2001/2-20 (2-20) resulted in greater disease severity, higher lung IL-13 levels, and higher lung gob-5 levels than infection with RSV strains A2, line 19, Long, and A2001/3-12 (3-12). Like the line 19 RSV strain, the 2-20 clinical isolate induced airway mucin expression in BALB/cJ mice. The 2-20 and 3-12 RSV clinical isolates had higher lung viral loads than laboratory RSV strains at 1 day postinfection (p.i.). This increased viral load correlated with higher viral antigen levels in the bronchiolar epithelium and greater histopathologic changes at 1 day p.i. The A2 RSV strain had the highest peak viral load at day 4 p.i. RSV 2-20 infection caused epithelial desquamation, bronchiolitis, airway hyperresponsiveness, and increased breathing effort in BALB/cJ mice. We found that RSV clinical isolates induce variable pathogenesis in mice, and we established a mouse model of clinical isolate strain-dependent RSV pathogenesis that recapitulates key features of RSV disease.
Multicopy Cache (2014)

Caches are known to consume a large part of total microprocessor energy. Traditionally, voltage scaling has been used to reduce both dynamic and leakage power in caches. However, aggressive voltage reduction causes process-variation-induced failures in cache SRAM arrays, thus compromising cache reliability. We present MultiCopy Cache (MC 2 ), a new cache architecture that achieves significant reduction in energy consumption through aggressive voltage scaling while maintaining high error resilience (reliability) by exploiting multiple copies of each data item in the cache. Unlike many previous approaches, MC 2 does not require any error map characterization and therefore is responsive to changing operating conditions (e.g., Vdd noise, temperature, and leakage) of the cache. MC 2 also incurs significantly lower overheads compared to other ECC-based caches. Our experimental results on embedded benchmarks demonstrate that MC 2 achieves up to 60% reduction in energy and energy-delay product (EDP) with only 3.5% reduction in IPC and no appreciable area overhead.
Comparison of Human T Cell Repertoire Generated in Xenogeneic Porcine and Human Thymus Grafts (2008)

Swine thymus grafts support generation of human T cells with a diverse T cell receptor repertoire. Human thymocytes in human thymus grafts are not tolerized by the presence of an additional porcine thymus, but tolerance might be achieved by postthymic encounter with porcine antigens.
A method for interactive manipulation and animation of volumetric data (1991)

We outline an efficient method for visualizing and manipulating volumetric data, in particular, cardiac MRIdata sets. The approach is designed to allow interactive manipulation and real-time animation of volumetric data sets. The underlying model provides an efficient graphical representation for interactive rendering while not eliminating data from the volume of interest. We believe this model to be a valuable medical imaging tool that is applicable to other volume rendering problems.
Sulcular sulfide monitoring: an indicator of early dental plaque-induced gingival disease. (2006)

Based on study outcomes, the Diamond Probe/Perio 2000 System demonstrated the ability to detect sites with elevated SUL; therefore, SUL may be a useful adjunctive indicator of early plaque-induced gingivitis. In addition, data revealed a moderate correlation between SUL levels and gingival inflammation on the NH sides. Whether sulfur by-product is a contributor to the disease process, or merely a correlate, is inconclusive.
Isolation of Violet-colored Acid Phosphatase from Sweet Potato (1971)

Journal Article Isolation of Violet-colored Acid Phosphatase from Sweet Potato Get access Kihachiro UEHARA, Kihachiro UEHARA Laboratory of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka UniversityToyonaka, Osaka Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Sadaki FUJIMOTO, Sadaki FUJIMOTO Laboratory of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka UniversityToyonaka, Osaka Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Takashi TANIGUCHI Takashi TANIGUCHI Laboratory of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka UniversityToyonaka, Osaka Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar The Journal of Biochemistry, Volume 70, Issue 1, July 1971, Pages 183–185, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a129618 Published: 01 July 1971 Article history Received: 27 March 1971 Published: 01 July 1971
Spectroscopy of Single N-V Centers in Diamond (2001)

Over the past few years, the detection of single N-V centers in diamond has attracted much interest, since it is expected to lead to innovative applications in various domains of quantum information. The N-V center in diamond is a defectconsisting of a substitutional nitrogen atom adjacent to a carbon-atom vacancy. The optical transition between the 3A ground state and the 3E excited state has a very high quantum efficiency allowing single defect spectroscopy. Because of the paramagnetic nature of the ground electronic state, single N-V defects are believed to be promising candidates for solid state quantum computation. To date, however, the photophysics of the defect is not entirely understood. The existence of a singlet metastable state 1A was challenged in a series of papers reporting hole-burning, optically detected magnetic resonance and single molecule experiments. We present here an overview of recent low and room temperature data, indicating the important role of a metastable state of the defect in single center experiments.
Deformation-induced bandgap tuning of 2D silicon-based photonic crystals (2003)

We address the issue of tuning the absolute bandgap in 2D silicon-based photonic crystals by mechanical deformation. The moving least-square (MLS) method, recently proposed by the authors for photonic bandgap materials, is employed for the real-space computation of band structures. The uniaxial tension mode is shown to be more effective for bandgap tuning than both pure and simple shear deformations. We verify that bandgap modifications are strongly influenced by the deformation-induced distortion of interfaces between inclusions and matrix. This result ensures the usefulness of real-space technique for the accurate calculation of strained photonic bandgap materials.
Moire fringe multiplication technique for measuring small displacements (1983)

Get PDF Email Share Share with Facebook Tweet This Post on reddit Share with LinkedIn Add to CiteULike Add to Mendeley Add to BibSonomy Get Citation Copy Citation Text Shing-Fong Su, "Moire fringe multiplication technique for measuring small displacements," Appl. Opt. 22, 2949_1-2950 (1983) Export Citation BibTex Endnote (RIS) HTML Plain Text Citation alert Save article
Inconsistent Assessment of Responsiveness in E-Discovery: Difference of Opinion or Human Error? (2011)

In responding to a request for production in civil litigation, the goal is generally to produce, as nearly as practicable, all and only the non-privileged documents that are responsive to the request.2 Recall – the proportion of responsive documents that are produced – and precision – the proportion of produced documents that are responsive – quantify how nearly all of and only such responsive, non-privileged documents are produced [2, pp 67-68]. The traditional approach to measuring recall and precision consists of constructing a gold standard that identifies the set of documents that are responsive to the request. If the gold standard is complete and correct, it is a simple matter to compute recall and precision by comparing the production set to the gold standard. Construction of the gold standard typically relies on human assessment, where a reviewer or team of reviewers examines each document, and codes it as responsive or not [2, pp 73-75]. It is well known that any two reviewers will often disagree as to the responsiveness of particular documents; that is, one will code a document as responsive, while the other will code the same document as non-responsive [1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10]. Does such disagreement indicate that responsiveness is ill-defined, or does it indicate that reviewers are sometimes mistaken in their assessments? If responsiveness is ill-defined, can there be such a thing as an accurate gold standard, or accurate measurements of recall and precision? Answering this question in the negative might call into question the ability to measure, and thus certify, the accuracy of a response to a production request. If, on the other hand, responsiveness is well-defined, might there be ways to measure and thereby correct for reviewer error, yielding a better gold standard, and therefore, more accurate measurements of recall and precision? This study provides a qualitative analysis of the cases of disagreement on responsiveness determinations rendered during the course of constructing the gold standard
Prevalence and Mechanisms of Peri-implant Diseases (2016)

The aim of the present critical review is to summarize recent evidence on the prevalence of peri-implant diseases and their similarities and differences with periodontal diseases with a focus on their pathogenetic mechanisms. Reports on the extent and severity of peri-implant diseases are influenced by different case definitions. The prevalence of peri-implant diseases is reported at the subject or implant level and affected by the type of population samples analyzed (e.g., randomly selected population samples or convenience samples). The outcomes of studies on animals and humans indicate that experimental biofilm accumulation leads to a higher frequency of bleeding sites around implants as compared with teeth. Despite the proof of principle that experimentally induced mucositis may be reversible, early diagnosis and management of naturally occurring peri-implant mucositis are clinically relevant. Tissue destruction at experimental peri-implantitis sites is faster and more extensive when compared with that at experimental periodontitis sites. Although human periodontitis and peri-implantitis lesions share similarities with respect to etiology and clinical features, they represent distinct entities from a histopathologic point of view. To avoid implant loss, patients diagnosed with peri-implantitis should be treated without delay.
Time-Domain Finite-Difference and Finite-Element Methods for Maxwell Equations in Complex Media (2008)

Extensions of finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) and finite-element time-domain (FETD) algorithms are reviewed for solving transient Maxwell equations in complex media. Also provided are a few representative examples to illustrate the modeling capabilities of FDTD and FETD for complex media. The term complex media refers here to media with dispersive, (bi)anisotropic, inhomogeneous, and/or nonlinear properties present in the constitutive tensors.