jimnoneill/paper-to-field-training huggingface dataset:
The impact of marketing channel structure on brand personality perception

Field: Business, Management and Accounting (Social Sciences)

OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY:\n\nMarketing channel structures have been in the interest of researchers, yet little amount of attention has been paid to explore the competition between concurrent sales channels of manufacturer and retailer; moreover the earlier research has been focused more or less on consumer cross-channel behavior and competition between brands. Prior research on brand personalities has strongly focused on confirming the brand personality scale and measures, exploring the effect of the brand personality to the consumer purchasing behavior or intended purchasing behavior. \n\nTherefore the objective of this study was to explore the impact of marketing channel structure on brand personality perception. Additionally channel attributes were also in the interest of the study. Finally the aim was to be able to conclude if brand personality and channel attributes could be used to predict consumer behavior and therefore provide insight to marketing channel strategy of the firm.\n\nMETHODOLOGY:\n\nQuantitative method was applied in this study. Data was collected using Internet-based survey during spring 2014. Collected data was then analyzed by using mainly factor analysis.\n\nFINDINGS:\n\nBased on the findings, if might be suggested that marketing channel does impact the brand personality perception of consumer. Brand personality traits found for two groups in the interest of the study suggest that different personality traits are perceived when consumers faced with the manufacturer channel or brand specific channel or retailer channel. Brand personality impacts consumer purchasing behaviour and therefore brand personality could be considered as a strategic option for manufacturer to benefit from with regards to the channel and brand positioning decisions and implementation.
The Role of the Macrophage in Immunity

Field: Immunology and Microbiology (Life Sciences)

This chapter discusses the role of the macrophage as it participates in the immune response. Phagocytosis was among the first of the functions attributed to macrophages. The Fc receptors on the surface of the macrophage then react with the Fc segment of the immunoglobulin binding the macrophage to the target. Monokines are similar to lymphokines but are produced by cells of the monocyte-macrophage series. The macrophage must be recognized as a secretory cell whose products are important to normal immune function and also play a role in other physiologically important systems. A more complete description of its nature did not come till the 1960s when laboratory techniques for the quantification of macrophage migration were developed. Macrophage aggregation factor is a lymphokine causing the aggregation of macrophages. Macrophage activating factor is a critical agent in the overall scheme of resistance. It has the central function of preparing macrophages to destroy infectious agents and neoplastic tissue.
A CAD/CAE System for Structures of Dockside Container Cranes

Field: Engineering (Physical Sciences)

Dockside container cranes have huge complex structures which have various kinds of types and lots of parameters for design. Moreover the finite element analysis must be carried out on the structures. An integrated CAD/CAM system for crane’s structures is introduced in this paper. A CAD platform of 3D parametric model family is built to allow generation of feasible configurations of crane products. Using Visual C++ and the second exploiting software kit, an integration method of CAD/CAE which includes regeneration of 3D parametric model, synchronous updating and analysis of FEA model is achieved.
Simulating the MakerDAO Stablecoin

Field: Computer Science (Physical Sciences)

We present a computational simulation framework for the single-collateral stablecoin launched by the MakerDAO project. The simulator, called DAISIM, models investors as portfolio optimizers with heterogeneous risk preferences, and incorporates automated order matching and price update mechanisms to determine the DAI price. DAISIM is being made available as open-source and may be useful in evaluating other similar projects.
Lithography equipment: what is out there and what is coming

Field: Engineering (Physical Sciences)

Lithography equipment is undergoing some of the most significant changes since the introduction of the wafer stepper. The driving force behind these changes is the diffraction limit of optics. The resulting characteristics of new lithography equipment, to contend with the diffraction limit, are discussed. The high cost of lithography equipment has made mix-and-match lithography commonplace. Step-and-scan technology is the wave of the near-future, as a way to contend with the difficulty of manufacturing wide-field lenses. Resist processing equipment will undergoing few changes, but will often be integrated with steppers. Metrology is being stretched to its limits for technologies below 250 nm.
RESEARCH ARTICLE Disentangling the Diversity of Arboreal Ant Communities in Tropical Forest Trees

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)

Tropical canopies are known for their high abundance and diversity of ants. However, the factors which enable coexistence of so many species in trees, and in particular, the role of foragers in determining local diversity, are not well understood. We censused nesting and foraging arboreal ant communities in two 0.32 ha plots of primary and secondary lowland rainforest in New Guinea and explored their species diversity and composition. Null models were used to test if the records of species foraging (but not nesting) in a tree were depen-dent on the spatial distribution of nests in surrounding trees. In total, 102 ant species from 389 trees occurred in the primary plot compared with only 50 species from 295 trees in the secondary forest plot. However, there was only a small difference in mean ant richness per tree between primary and secondary forest (3.8 and 3.3 sp. respectively) and considerably lower richness per tree was found only when nests were considered (1.5 sp. in both forests). About half of foraging individuals collected in a tree belonged to species which were not nesting in that tree. Null models showed that the ants foraging but not nesting in a tree are more likely to nest in nearby trees than would be expected at random. The effects of both forest stage and tree size traits were similar regardless of whether only foragers, only nests, or both datasets combined were considered. However, relative abundance distributions of species differed between foraging and nesting communities. The primary forest plot was dominated by native ant species, whereas invasive species were common in secondary for-est. This study demonstrates the high contribution of foragers to arboreal ant diversity, indi-cating an important role of connectivity between trees, and also highlights the importance of primary vegetation for the conservation of native ant communities.
The effect of group purchasing on prices hospitals pay for medicines

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance (Social Sciences)

Abstract I estimate the impact of group purchasing on medicine prices in French hospitals, taking advantage of the entry of hospitals into regional purchasing groups between 2009 and 2014. Based on a new database providing the average annual prices paid for all innovative and high‐priced medicines in public hospitals, I use a two‐way fixed effects model that controls for hospitals' medicine‐specific bargaining power and medicine‐specific price trends. I find that group purchasing slightly reduces the overall prices of medicines but has no impact on the prices of medicines that have no alternative on the market. On the contrary, prices of medicines in oligopoly markets are extensively impacted.
Ethics of the Era of Change: the Image of the 1917 th Revolution in Russia in Contemporary Swiss Documentary

Field: Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)

The relevance of studying the theme of reflection of revolutionary changes in the value foundations of culture is directly related to the analysis of the spectrum of possibilities of intercultural interaction against the background of historical and cultural mutual influences which are emphasized by contemporary art. The most dramatic transformations of ethical assessments that took place during the "change of eras" of 1917 are analyzed in this article in the prism of Swiss documentary cinema. Comparative methodology, biographical method, categorical analysis and imagology techniques are used for that purpuse. Four films are highlighted. They tell about the Russian revolution through stories of specific Swiss people connected with the events of this period one way or another. These examples t race the connection between morality, ideology, religion and law, which raises the philosophical question of the role of violence in culture. The auther brings into discussion the philosophical views of N. A. Berdyaev on the religious role of Marxist ideology and F. M. Dostoevsky on the moral inevitability of punishment for a crime committed. The idea of the existence of a positive vector of searching for mutual understanding in conditions where violence is becoming an element of everyday life is put forward this way. It is emphasized that humanitarian cooperation between countries is acquiring an extremely important significance in the conditions of current geopolitical tension and the aggravation of interstate conflicts. Moreover artistic comprehension of the mistakes of the past can help in the search for adequate ways to respond to the challenges of modern times.
University-Industry Collaboration through Big Data and Open Science

Field: Business, Management and Accounting (Social Sciences)

There exists today little motivation for researchers to share their research data, which is their source of scientific reputation. This paper addresses this major challenge for open science and identifies alternative business models for researchers to open their data repositories for external users. Our research question is “How to open big data in a way that it can be transferred to sustainable business cases that bring value to data owners as well as potential external users?” Our paper is based on a case study of a Finnish foundation and its currently closed database. As key findings, we identify opportunities, barriers and possible solutions for opening this database based on 11interviews with key stakeholders. Our research contributes to open science literature through illustrating how to open big data in a way that brings value to both data owners and external users.
Measuring the Effect of Online Homework Procedures on Student Exam Performance

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

Abstract Measuring the Effect of On-Line Homework Procedures on Student Exam PerformanceOne of the consistent challenges in education is finding the right mix of assessment tools to bothencourage learning and provide an accurate evaluation of students. This challenge becomes evenmore acute in quantitative courses where students often are tasked to complete a significantnumber of problem sets to develop their skills. The use of course management software hasprovided a new method to address some of these challenges. On-line assessments can providelearning and assessment tools that are less labor intensive for the instructors and provide quickerfeedback for the students. Using on-line assessments as direct replacements for traditional penciland paper homework assignments may not, however, take full advantage of the technology.The purpose of this research effort is to explore whether on-line homework procedures and otherbackground data about the students had a measurable effect on student exam performance. Toimprove the sampling for the study, multiple sections of an undergraduate engineering economycourse were studied over multiple semesters. This paper discusses preliminary results obtainedfrom analysis through Exam #1 for 140 students across three sections of engineering economyfrom a single semester. The variables studied include the number of attempts at an assignment,time between attempts, time between first attempt and the deadline, performance on individualhomework attempts, first attempt score, maximum score achieved, and average score achieved.Student demographic data, such as total credit loads, number of semesters at the university,transfer student status, current college major, and prior GPA were also reviewed. Otherconfounding factors were also reviewed, such as attendance at problem solving and recitationsessions. These variables are then compared with student performance on individual exams.The goal of this research is to determine which, if any on-line homework variables have apositive impact on student exam performance.It is hoped that the results of this research, along with parallel efforts to evaluate the impact ofother technologies, such as clickers and financial calculators, can be combined to provide a moreeffective educational experience to prepare students to become practicing engineers. Thepreliminary results using logistic regression found that the probability of a student earning anExam #1 score of 80% or higher was negatively affected by transfer student status and positivelyaffected by recitation attendance and the first attempt score for the fourth homework assignment.
Feline Cutaneous Viral Papilloma Associated with Human Papillomavirus Type 9

Field: Veterinary (Health Sciences)

A 12-year-old domestic Shorthaired cat developed a multinodular exophytic mass on the dorsal surface of the nose. The skin surrounding the mass was nonpigmented, and actinic keratosis had been diagnosed in this area 3 years previously. Histologic examination revealed hyperkeratosis, epidermal hyperplasia, papillomatosis, koilocytosis, and possible intranuclear viral inclusions. Polymerase chain reaction amplified papillomaviral deoxyribonucleic acid from formalin-fixed samples of the lesion. Sequencing of the amplicon revealed 98% similarity to human papillomavirus (HPV) type 9. To the authors' knowledge, this is only the second reported feline cutaneous viral papilloma. In addition, this is the first report of a feline papilloma being associated with an HPV.
Spatial Neighbourhood Features for Ranking Objects

Field: Computer Science (Physical Sciences)

In this paper, we formally define spatial preference queries and propose appropriate indexing techniques and search algorithms for them. Extensive evaluation of our methods on both real and synthetic data reveals that an optimized branch-and-bound solution is efficient and robust with respect to different parameters A spatial preference query ranks objects based on the qualities of features in their spatial neighbourhood. For example, using a real estate agency database of flats for lease, a customer may want to rank the flats with respect to the appropriateness of their location, defined after aggregating the qualities of other features (e.g., restaurants, cafes, hospital, market, etc.) within their spatial neighbourhood. Such a neighbourhood concept can be specified by the user via different functions. It can be an explicit circular region within a given distance from the flat. Another intuitive definition is to assign higher weights to the features based on their proximity to the flat.
[The immunological indices in the intranasal method of revaccination with a live measles vaccine].

Field: Immunology and Microbiology (Life Sciences)

Immunological parameters of the blood were studied in intranasal revaccination with a live measles vaccine (LMV) from the strain L-16. Alongside with specific immune response, LMV was shown to produce nonspecific changes in the system of immunocompetent cells the amount and duration of which were vaccine dose-dependent. The immunomodulating activity of LMV administered by different routes was different. Especially marked was the difference in the degree of side effect of the vaccine on T-lymphocytes. A dose of 10,000 TCD50 in 0.5 ml of LMV produced sufficient antigenic stimulation by the intranasal route of revaccination being quite satisfactory from the point of view of immunological safety of measles vaccine.
HYBRID EDUCATION CONTENT AND PLATFORM FOR BACHELOR CURRICULUM IN TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

Abstract During coronavirus time, academic organisations and education institutions have been faced to amazing and radical changes from one day to the other of their teaching contexts, practices, materials and standards and so on. Due to pandemic, in many countries professors, teachers, educators have been obliged to switch on remote education and teaching models with numerous virtual and digital solutions that at the beginning were more or less efficient and professional based. The paper will present a experiment feedback for large hybridation of technology and engineering curriculum for bachelor degree in French higher education system. The educational content and platform has been developed by the consortium of 14 different universities and higher education institutions. In the global topics covered by the project, a specific focus will be given in the paper on subject dealing with engineering design, systems engineering and sustainanibility.
Womit die Wienerinnen und Wiener fahren

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

This contribution looks at public transport in Vienna since 1945, paying particular attention to the means of transport themselves: in other words, the author investigates that part of the transport system with which the user most frequently comes into contact, namely trams, busses, and underground trains. The Viennese public transport system includes one of the largest tram enterprises currently in existence. This does not result from a conscious decision to plan out public transport on a !arge scale but rather from a peculiar determination to maintain the status quo in the decades after 1945. The replacement of old rolling-stock took place very slowly, and was oriented towards the imitation of German models, which were built under licence. lt was only in 1998, with the introduction of the >Low-Floor Tram
Multi-generator Active Learning Algorithm Based on Reverse Label Propagation and ItsApplication in Outlier Detection

Field: Computer Science (Physical Sciences)

The current problem of unbalanced distribution of positive and negative training samples has greatly limited the performance of outlier detection models.The outlier detection algorithm based on active learning can automatically synthesize outliers to balance the training data through active learning of sample distribution.However,the traditional detection method based on active learning lacks the quality assessment and filtering of synthetic outliers,which leads to the fact that the noise in the synthetic training samples degrades the performance of classification models.Aiming at the above problems,a multi-generator adversarial learning algorithm based on reverse label propagation(MG-RLP) is proposed,which consists of multiple neural network generators and a discriminator for outlier boundary detection.MG-RLP uses multiple sub-generators to generate sample data with multi-distribution features to prevent the mode collapse problem caused by the excessive aggregation of training samples synthesized by a single generator.At the same time,the proposed method utilizes the reverse label propagation to evaluate the quality of the sample points generated to screen out credible synthetic samples.The filtered samples are retained in the training samples to iteratively train the discriminator to improve the detection performance of outliers.The MG-RLP is compared with six typical outlier detection algorithms on five public datasets.The results show that the proposed algorithm improves AUC and detection precision by 15% and 22% respectively,which verifies its effectiveness.
Artificial Social Ethics: Simulating Culture, Conflict, and Cooperation

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

In recent years advances in computational modeling and social simulation technologies have enabled scientists to identify some of the conditions under which - and the mechanisms by which - conflict and cooperation within and across human cultures are likely to emerge. There are significant ethical concerns surrounding the increased capacity and growing use of such computer tools to guide public policy discussions. The purpose of this paper is to propose and promote an "artificial social ethics" approach to addressing these concerns and illustrate its application in relation to three agent-based models implemented within the Artificial Society Analytics Platform. We conclude with a brief discussion of next steps in future work, and an invitation to join the ethical conversation around the development and deployment of artificial societies designed to address societal challenges resulting from climate change and other crises.
EP15.05: Influence of supracervical hysterectomy, ulipristal acetate and uterine artery embolisation on ovarian reserve: an observational study

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

To assess and compare the influence of three fibroid treatment options: supracervical hysterectomy (SH), ulipristal acetate (UPA) and uterine artery embolisation (UAE) on ovarian reserve. Premenopausal Caucasian women with symptomatic uterine fibroids were recruited into 3 groups: patients qualified for SH; patients qualified for UPA treatment scheduled for SH or myomectomies; patients qualified for UAE. The following markers of ovarian reserve were investigated: antral follicle count (AFC), anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH), inhibin B (INHB), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and estradiol (E2). These markers were assessed before and 3 months after SH, before and 3 months after UAEs, and before and after 3 months of UPA treatment, before the scheduled surgeries. Baseline characteristics (age, parity, dominant fibroid volume, hemoglobin level, BMI, as well as AFC, AMH, INHB, FSH and E2) were compared between the study groups by Kruskall-Wallis ANOVA. Pre- and postinterventional values of AFC, AMH, INHB, FSH and E2 in the studied groups were compared with the Wilcoxon matched pairs test. Twenty-six, 27 and 30 patients were included in the final analysis in the SH, UPA and UAE groups, respectively. Three months after SH INHB and E2 significantly decreased, while AFC, AMH and FSH remained unchanged. After 3 months of UPA treatment the values of all the assessed markers of ovarian reserve were not significantly different in comparison to baseline. Conversely, three months after UAE the values of AFC, AMH, INHB, and E2 were significantly decreased, while FSH was significantly increased. UAE seems to have the greatest impact on ovarian function and should not be offered to patients concerned about their ovarian function. SH did not affect the most accurate markers of ovarian reserve, and therefore appears to be safe in terms of ovarian function. UPA did not change any of the studied markers of ovarian reserve and seems a reasonable option when ovarian function is concerned. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.