jimnoneill/paper-to-field-training huggingface dataset:
Feedback of personal retinal images appears to have a motivational impact in people with non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy and suboptimal HbA(1c):findings of a pilot study

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

\n\t\t\t\t\t<b>AIM</b>: <br />To conduct a pilot study to explore the potential impact of visual feedback of personal retinal images on diabetes outcomes.<br /><br /><b>METHODS</b>: <br />Twenty-five participants with non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy and suboptimal HbA1c (&gt; 53 mmol/mol; &gt; 7%) were randomized to receive visual feedback of their own retinal images or to a control group. At baseline and 3-month follow-up, HbA1c, standard measures of beliefs, diabetes-related distress and self-care activities were assessed.<br /><br /><b>RESULTS</b>: <br />In unadjusted models, relative to controls, the intervention group showed significantly greater improvement in HbA1c at 3-month follow-up (&ndash;0.6% vs. +0.3%, P &lt; 0.01), as well as enhanced motivation to improve blood glucose management (P &lt; 0.05).<br /><br /><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>: <br />This small pilot study provides preliminary evidence that visual feedback of personal retinal images may offer a practical educational strategy for clinicians in eye care services to improve diabetes outcomes in non-target compliant patients. A fully powered randomized controlled trial is required to confirm these findings and determine the optimal use of feedback to produce sustained effects.<br />\n\t\t\t\t
Hypertelorism and Orofacial Clefting Revisited: An Anthropometric Investigation

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

Objective Since the 1960s, multiple studies have reported a tendency toward hypertelorism in individuals with nonsyndromic orofacial clefts (OFCs). However, the association between specific cleft types and increased interorbital distance has been inconsistent. Using three-dimensional (3D) surface imaging, we tested whether different forms of clefting showed evidence of increased interorbital distance. Methods Intercanthal and outercanthal distances and intercanthal indices were calculated from 3D facial surface images of 287 individuals with repaired OFCs. Raw measurements were converted to sex and age-normalized Z-scores. Mean Z-scores for individuals with cleft lip (CL), cleft lip and palate (CLP), and cleft palate (CP) were compared with reference normative values (controls) and one another directly using t tests and analysis of variance. Results The CLP group showed a significant increase in intercanthal width ( P = .001) and intercanthal index ( P < .001) compared with reference norms. The CP group showed a significant decrease ( P < .001) in outercanthal width. The CL group showed no difference from reference norms. The proportion of clinically hyperteloric individuals was generally low but highest in the CLP group (7.4%). Cleft severity had little effect on interorbital spacing. Conclusions Individuals with CLP exhibited on average a tendency toward mild hypertelorism, driven primarily by an increase in intercanthal distance. This tendency was not seen in CL or CP.
Translation of "They two sit down"

Field: Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)

This collection comprises written documents and recordings collected by Elwyn Flint, mostly as part of his long term research project in the 1960s, known as the Queensland Speech Survey. The survey includes recordings of Indigenous Languages spoken by Aboriginal people all over the state and those spoken in the Torres Strait Islands. It remains the largest and broadest collection of languages spoken in Queensland in the 20th century.
Cambridge Compositions

Field: Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)

Original composition in classical languages was an important and much admired skill in the Victorian education system. In public schools and university Classics courses it was a key part of the curriculum, not only teaching the structure of the ancient languages themselves but also honing rhetorical skills. This 1899 anthology of selections from English literature translated into Greek and Latin prose and verse, includes contributions from a whole generation of late Victorian classical scholars at Cambridge: Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb and his successor as Regius Professor of Greek, Henry Jackson, James Adam, editor of Plato, Samuel Butcher, founder of the English Classical Association and President of the British Academy in 1909–10, a number of younger scholars and even one female lecturer. This would have been a model volume for Victorian students and remains useful today for those wanting to improve both comprehension and composition in the classical languages.
Diamond Doped by Hot Ion Implantation

Field: Materials Science (Physical Sciences)

Multiple P or S hot ion implantation to diamond substrates was performed at 800°C. Optical absorption spectra indicated that instantaneous annealing during hot ion implantation occurs. Temperature dependence of resistance demonstrated that a P as-implanted sample using a homoepitaxial diamond film substrate emerges a weak doping effect. Also on S implantation, a presence of a weak doping effect was observed in an as-implanted sample, but it was suggested that the dopant is not S itself but S and defect complex. However, post-implantation annealing resulted in high resistance of the samples and missing of such weak doping effects.
Radical-Cation Salts of Arenes

Field: Chemistry (Physical Sciences)

Stable radical-cation salts of a variety of simple arenes can be prepared by anodic oxidation in the presence of suitable counterions, for example, ClO4- , BF4- , PF6- , AsF6- , and SbF6-. These highly conducting crystals of the composition Ar2-y·+X- (where Ar2-y·+ is a radical cation of 2-Y aromatic hydrocarbons and X- is an anion), which are deposited on the anode during the electrocrystallization as shiny black needles, can be considered as a new family of organic metals built up from simple, easily obtainable building blocks. The packing found between the aromatic rings in the radical-cation salts can be regarded as a model for interchain interactions in conducting polymers, for example, doped polyacetylene and poly(p-phenylene).
The purine nucleotide cycle in the regulation of ammoniagenesis during induction and cessation of chronic acidosis in the rat kidney

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Life Sciences)

The effect of chronic acid feeding and its subsequent withdrawal was determined on the amounts of the metabolic intermediates and enzymic activities of the purine nucleotide cycle. Sprague-Dawley rats were given 1.5% (w/v) NH4Cl in their drinking water for 5 days. The renal excretion of NH3 rose 70-fold and the rats developed acidosis. The amount of renal IMP rose from a control value of 4.5 +/- 2.2 to 20.4 +/- 3.7nmol/g of kidney after 48h of acid feeding (P less than 0.001) and fell to normal within 48h of the recovery. Adenylosuccinate concentrations fell from a control value of 4.5 +/- 0.9nmol/g of kidney to 1.2 +/- 0.3nmol/g (P less than 0.005) by day 5 of acidosis and continued to fall to undetectable values by 48h after recovery. The amount of AMP remained constant through the acid-feeding and the recovery periods. The activity of adenylosuccinate synthetase, the rate-limiting enzyme of the purine nucleotide cycle, paralleled the rise and fall in NH3 excretion. The activities of phosphate-dependent glutaminase and glutamate dehydrogenase were elevated during the acid-feeding and the recovery period. Thus changes in the purine nucleotide cycle correlate with changes in NH3 excretion to a more parallel degree than does the activity of glutaminase or glutamate dehydrogenase.
Root Plates as Nesting Sites for Eurasian Wrens Troglodytes troglodytes in a Forest Undergoing Renaturalisation

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)

Upturned root systems are used by several species of birds as nesting sites. The primeval lowland temperate forests are the crucial the source of information with this respect. The aim of the study was to characterise the root plates as nesting sites in a forest covered by a reserve protection system for about 20 years. The research was conducted between 2016–2018 in south-eastern Poland. In the area examined, nests of the Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes and the European Robin Erithacus rubecula were found to occupy 19.9% and 2.1% of root plates in uprooted trees, respectively. Among root plates with wren nest, Scots Pine accounted 36.8%, subsequently Norway Spruce 28.9%, and Silver Birch 18.4%. Inclined root plate and root plate of large surface were often chosen by Wrens for building a nest. A week positive correlation was found between the height at which the nest was built and the height of the root plate.
The Effect of Motivation and Work Discipline and Organizational Culture on Job Satisfaction and Their Impact on the Performance of Village Unit Cooperative Employees in Ogan Komering Ilir Indonesia

Field: Business, Management and Accounting (Social Sciences)

The Village Unit Cooperative (VUC) in Ogan Komering Ilir Regency is an organization engaged in all-round business, such as trading of palm oil fresh fruit bunches. The VUC serves as a partner and partner of several oil palm plantation companies. Results Based on the annual accountability report, the achievement of profit targets has decreased, as well as decreased discipline levels based on the results of the list of absenteeism and employee tardiness. This study is intended to examine the influence, work discipline, and organizational culture on job satisfaction and its impact on the performance of the village unit cooperative employees in Ogan Komering Ilir Regency. The population in this study were all permanent employees of VUC as many as 191 people, with a sample of 130 people using purposive sampling technique. The research method used is a verification method (causal study) with data collection using Interview and questionnaire techniques, which are then processed using Partial Least Squares - Structural Equation Modeling (SEM-PLS). The results of this study indicate that motivation has a significant effect on job satisfaction and performance, work discipline has a significant effect on job satisfaction but has no effect on performance, then organizational culture has a significant effect on job satisfaction, but has no effect on performance, and finally job satisfaction shows a significant effect on job satisfaction performance of VUC employees in Ogan Komering Ilir Regency.
The application of distributed monitoring information management and early warning system in the Bund Tunnel Project

Field: Engineering (Physical Sciences)

In urban construction,to give full play to the role of monitoring results should be monitoring the results of the information,integration.The distributed engineering information management and early warning system has been developed for achieving on the project to conduct a comprehensive collection of relevant information.The information includes engineering geological survey,design,construction progress and other information and monitoring point information,monitoring equipment,monitoring data,the surrounding buildings and other relevant information.On this basis of the comprehensive collection of relevant information,the system can achieve information storage,processing,query and results display output automation and forecasting,early warning capabilities.Combined with the use of this system in Shanghai Bund Tunnel Project,introduced the framework of this system,focusing on the system functionality.
Early Egg Production in Genetically Blind (rc/rc) Chickens in Comparison with Sighted (Rc/rc) Controls

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)

The impact of blindness on egg production was investigated by utilizing genetically blind chickens in a factorial experiment involving two genotypes (blind vs. sighted), two densities (1000 cm2 per bird vs. 2000 cm2 per bird), two flock sizes (1 male, 4 female female vs. 4 male male, 16 female female), and two replications (floor pens). Traits measured were number of eggs collected, egg weight, amount of feed taken from the feed troughs, body weight gain, fertility of eggs, feather pecking and comb damage scores, leukocyte count, plasma corticosterone level, and adrenal gland weight. During the 2-month experimental period, blind hens produced 12.7% more eggs (hen-day production) while requiring 44.1 g less feed per bird day compared to sighted hens. There was no significant difference in body weight gained between the two genotypes. Significant genotype X flock size and genotype X density interactions also indicated that the performance of the blind chickens was less affected by differences in density and flock size compared with sighted chickens. Other traits measured provided evidence that the blind chickens were less active, had better feather coverage, and were perhaps under less stress than sighted ones.
Short‐ and Long‐Term Effects of Adding Topical Cosmetics to a Dermatological Procedure (Thermage): A Randomized Controlled Comparative Study Exploring the Synergistic Effects

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

ABSTRACT Background Dermatological procedures improve skin changes caused by aging. However, few studies have focused on the effect of improving various skin characteristics compared with the concurrent use of cosmetics. We aimed to confirm changes in skin characteristics owing to anti‐aging dermatological procedures in the short‐ and long‐term and to determine the efficacy of the procedure when products with anti‐aging and repair effects are used together. Materials and Methods We included 42 women (mean age, 47.667 ± 3.183 years) divided into a test ( n = 21) and control ( n = 21) group, with no history of dermatological procedures within 3 months of the test participation date. The dermatological procedure involved a single application of Thermage treatments, and products containing repair and anti‐aging ingredients were used for the test group. The skin changes were assessed using device‐based measurements and image analysis up to 4 weeks post‐procedure. Results Post‐procedure side effects were alleviated 1 day after the procedure, and transepidermal water loss (TEWL) improved when the products were used together. Skin hydration, elasticity, density, fine lines, texture, and pores improved at 4 weeks after the procedure. When the test product was also used, the improvement was significantly greater, and TEWL of the face improved in the test group only. Aging‐related skin characteristics were improved by Thermage, and the combined use of test products and procedures with repair and anti‐aging effects improved skin characteristics. Conclusion Dermatological procedures and cosmetic products have internal and external anti‐aging effects on the skin, respectively, resulting in synergy.
Technology Scouting and Inventions Patenting With Impact on the Agrifood Future

Field: Business, Management and Accounting (Social Sciences)

This chapter is the sketch of a possible pattern of the future world in which any kind of business will be developed in a completely new human, technological, agricultural, and commercial context, heavily and quickly changed from the one we live in now. The first objective of this chapter is to scout for the mega-technology trends that will reshape completely the future business and jobs, focusing on the agrifood industry. The second objective is to tackle the main challenges to patent inventions in terms of costs and timing in Romania, relative to other countries, and raise pragmatic recommendations. The third objective is to describe the institutional innovation called INACO (the Initiative for Competitiveness), a think-tank dedicated to tackle the challenges and opportunities of the future economy and how can a country such as Romania stay competitive in a more and more competitive world.
Binding sites for glutamate and aspartate in the rat cerebral cortex during ontogeny

Field: Neuroscience (Life Sciences)

The interaction of the putative excitatory neurotransmitters glutamate and aspartate with rat cortical membranes was examined by the utilization of a radiochemical binding assay. The specific binding of 3H-L-Glu at OoC reached a maximum after approx 12 mins. and was measurable over a pH range of 4 - 9 although pH? was optimal. The binding was strongly dependent on the presence of K+ ions and showed -ta biphasic response to the presence of Na+ ions, being inhibited at concentrations below l0mM but stimulated several fold at higher (Na+) reaching a maximum at around 40 mM. It was possible to distinguish two binding sites for glutamate on cortical membranes prepared from adult rats. One of these was a low density high affinity site, the other was present at higher concentrations and lower affinity and was strongly dependent on the presence of Na\ Aspartate also bound to adult cortical membranes with similar characteristics. Discrimination between these glutamate and aspartate binding sites was possible as the binding of these ligands was differentially affected by freeze/thawing and by amino acid analogues investigated in displacement studies. The binding of the excitotoxic glutamate analogue kainic acid shows characteristics incompatible with its proposed role as a glutamate agonist with affinity for the putative post-synaptic glutamate receptor site. The development of glutamate and aspartate binding sites was also investigated. The binding of both ligands showed very different characteristics in young rats ( 30 days) than in adult rats. It was much, more difficult to distinguish between glutamate and aspartate binding sites in these younger animals. The binding of glutamate to cortical membranes prepared from normal mice and 'reeler' mutant mice was also investigated in an attempt to localize the binding to a specific cortical area.
China pension system : the problems and recommendations for urban & rural regions.

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

China has enjoyed rapid economic growth in the last few decades, but this trend is set to change for the worst. Shifting demographics due to the successful “one-child policy” has led to a rapid greying of China. As the number of elderly increases, so have the obligation to provide for their retirement needs, resulting in escalating deficits in the national social security funds. This paper aims to predict and analyze the burden that might be faced by China in the next few decades, by firstly separating its population and thus pension system into its urban and rural sectors. The logic behind this categorization is that the pension systems introduced by officials to respective sectors have differed since the opening up of China. This paper employs a three cases scenario approach for both sectors to find out the exact numerical burden faced by the Chinese in the year 2030, and the tabulated results have been generally pessimistic. Unless there is an immediate reform, the social pension system of both urban and rural are deemed unsustainable in the long run. Based on the evaluation of the results, this paper has devised a few practical recommendations that will assist China to meet her retirement needs, while still ensuring a sound economic growth level.
VGI in the Geoweb

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

The advent of user-generated content, crowdsourcing and other forms of lay data generation have led to opposing arguments about the quality and reliability of data in the geoweb. The main focus of this chapter is an ‘experiment' to test the quality, validity and lay monitoring of volunteered geographic information (VGI) data. Given the growing importance of VGI, in particular its very different sources and potential uses, it is important that we also consider how this movement affects the ways in which we re-envision the pedagogy of geographic education. Accordingly, a sub-theme of this paper focuses on the manner in which the VGI experiment is undertaken: the experiment is run with students as a means of complementing their otherwise technical GIS training with primary research that exposes them to the wider social issues and debates relating to geographic data. We discuss the implications of this research project both for observers of the development of VGI and the pedagogy of GIS teaching and learning.
B-type natriuretic peptide as a predictor of ischemia/reperfusion injury immediately after myocardial reperfusion in patients with ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

Plasma BNP level before percutaneous coronary intervention may be a predictor of ischemia/reperfusion injury and the resultant extent of myocardial damage. Our findings suggest that high plasma BNP levels might have a clinically important protective effect on ischemic myocardium in patients with STEMI who receive percutaneous coronary intervention.
Achieving QVTO & ATL Interoperability: An Experience Report on the Realization of a QVTO to ATL Computer

Field: Computer Science (Physical Sciences)

With the emergence of a number of model transformation languages the need for interoperability among them increases. The degree at which this interoperability can be achieved between two given languages depends heavily on their paradigms (declarative vs imperative).
Previous studies have indicated that the QVT and ATL languages are compatible. In this paper we study the possibility to compile QVT Operational to the ATL virtual machine. We describe our experience of developing such a compiler. The resulting compiled QVT transformations can run on top of existing ATL tools. Thereby we achieve not only QVT/ATL interoperability but also QVT conformance for the ATL tools as defined in the QVT specification.
Rainfall Energy Losses in Presence of Shallow Overland Flow

Field: Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)

Kinetic energy of a rainfall event is often determined by its intensity. The actual kinetic energy imparted on a soil surface is generally less than the total value of kinetic energy of a rainfall event. This is because of the cushioning effect of the overland flow created by the rainfall event above the soil surface. The cushioning effect decreases the amount of splash erosion. Therefore, there is a potential risk of over prediction of splash erosion by an erosion prediction model that does not account for this effect. A logarithmic energy loss model that accounts for the depth of shallow overland flow, rainfall intensity and bed slope to estimate potential loss of kinetic energy is proposed. An experimental setup was established consisting of a multipurpose hydraulic tilting flume, of 2m length and 1.4m width. Five highly sensitive piezoelectric force transducers were mounted on the surface of the flume to measure the impact of the raindrops. Different slopes were represented in the experiment by tilting the flume in four different angles from 0 to 15 degrees. Responses received into the transducers in the form of voltage and in the tipping bucket rain gauges in the form of pulses were stored into a data logger. Data gathered were analysed to develop the proposed model. An encouraging value of the Nash-Sutcliffe efficiency statistic (E=0.90) signifies the potential application of the model in soil erosion research.