jimnoneill/paper-to-field-training huggingface dataset:
Destination Satisfaction as a Mediator between Antecedents and Revisit Plans of Tourists

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

Tourism industry plays an eminent role in the development of a country and is correlated with the economic growth of the economy. This research modelled the factors influencing tourists’ behavioural intentions tourism in Pakistan. Factors affecting the intentions of the tourists to visit a particular destination have been identified in this research. Primary data has been collected through questionnaires from respondents of various nationalities. Smart PLS has been used to apply SEM “Structural Equation Modelling approach” for hypothesis testing. The findings supported that destination satisfaction and destination attachment play an imperative role in the intentions of tourists to visit a location. More attached the visitors were with the destination, better the image they had of the destination, the satisfied they were with the destination and would therefore plan to visit it more often. The derivations from the analysis can play a pivot role in developing the policies and appropriate measures to enhance tourism industry in different countries. Attachment of the tourists and their image of the destination assumed a prominent role in their anticipation to visit Pakistan.
Use of Class C Fly Ashes for the Stabilizationof an Expansive Soil

Field: Engineering (Physical Sciences)

Excessive heave associated with swelling of expansive soils can cause considerable distress to lightweight civil engineering structures. Several methods have been suggested to control this problem. The most commonly used method is addition of stabilizing agents, such as lime or cement to the expansive soil. In this study, high-calcium and low-calcium class C fly ashes from the Soma and Tuncbilek thermal power plants, respectively, in Turkey, were used for stabilization of an expansive soil. An evaluation of the expansive soil-lime, expansive soil-cement, and expansive soil-fly ash systems is presented. Lime and cement were added to the expansive soil at 0–8% to establish baseline values. Soma fly ash and Tuncbilek fly ash were added to the expansive soil at 0–25%. Test specimens were subjected to chemical composition, grain size distribution, consistency limits, and free swell tests. Specimens with fly ash were cured for 7 days and 28 days, after which they were subjected to oedometer free swell tests. Based on the favorable results obtained, it can be concluded that the expansive soil can be successfully stabilized by fly ashes.
Identification of hidden Markov models for ion channel currents. I. Colored background noise

Field: Computer Science (Physical Sciences)

Signal processing based on hidden Markov models (HMM's) has been applied recently to the characterization of single ion channel currents as recorded with the patch clamp technique from living cells. The estimation of HMM parameters using the traditional forward-backward and Baum-Welch algorithms can be performed at signal-to-noise ratios (SNR's) that are too low for conventional analysis; however, the application of these algorithms relies on the assumption that the background noise is white. In this paper, the observed single channel current is modeled as a vector hidden Markov process. An extension of the forward-backward and Baum-Welch algorithms is described to model ion channel kinetics under conditions of colored noise like that seen in patch clamp recordings. Using simulated data, we demonstrate that the traditional algorithms result in biased estimates and that the vector HMM approach provides unbiased estimates of the parameters of the underlying hidden Markov scheme.
Network structure of inter-industry flows

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance (Social Sciences)

We study the structure of inter-industry relationships using networks of money flows between industries in 20 national economies. We find these networks vary around a typical structure characterized by a Weibull link weight distribution, exponential industry size distribution, and a common community structure. The community structure is hierarchical, with the top level of the hierarchy comprising five industry communities: food industries, chemical industries, manufacturing industries, service industries, and extraction industries.
Staging De Quincey: Soundscape and Literary Language in Tess De Quincey’s Ghost Quarters

Field: Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)

A door opens partially, and a hand appears, then a face, blurred in the half-light. The advancing figure makes its entrance with a slow fluidity that suggests ectoplasm, and in fact this is not a physical entity. It hovers in space for a few seconds, semitransparent, before dematerialising, along with the traces of the portal through which it just passed. Then, as the light grows and the eye discovers more of the surrounding space, another figure is revealed, with the same aura of pale hair surrounding the upturned face-but this is a gravity-bound presence, and as it rises from the floor, its movements are a confusion of impulses. It is quite literally finding its feet
Extrapyramidal side effects and oral haloperidol: an analysis of explanatory patient and treatment characteristics.

Field: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (Life Sciences)

The incidence of extrapyramidal side effects (EPS) was evaluated in 98 patients treated with haloperidol. The incidence of parkinsonism was higher at higher doses of haloperidol and in younger patients. Prophylactic antiparkinsonian medication was effective in younger but not in older patients. However, these medications were more effective in both young and old patients when given after parkinsonism developed. Akathisia was controlled by the benzodiazepine lorazepam in 14 out of 16 patients, while prophylactic antiparkinsonians were ineffective. The present study points to patient characteristics that may be of significance in the development of EPS due to haloperidol.
Waka in the medieval period: patterns of practice and patronage

Field: Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)

Much longer fiction survives from Imperial Princess Baishi's day, and one of her attendants, is credited with Sagoromo monogatari, dated to sometime between 1069 and 1086. The influence of Genji is discernible on the very first page of Sagoromo, as the eponymous hero alludes to a poem by Genji himself. In the postscript to his copy of the Sarashina nikki, the famous poet Fujiwara no Teika records the attribution of four monogatari to the diary's author, two of which are still extant: Yoru no Nezame and Hamamatsu Chunagon monogatari. The final monogatari extant from the Heian period is Torikaebaya monogatari. Critical consideration of the monogatari genre reached its second peak in 1271 with the completion of the Fuyo wakashu, an imperial anthology-like collection of over two hundred poems drawn exclusively from monogatari, in twenty books. The collection provides evidence that it was in fact in the Kamakura period that most monogatari were produced.
Strike a Light; this Match Didn't Work! Evaluation of the Victorian Community Based Corrections Treatment and Testing Policy: Does Matching to Treatment Improve Outcomes?

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

The Victorian Department of Justice, between 1994 and 1996, had a policy of matching offenders sentenced to a community based order, who had problems assessed as arising from drug/alcohol use, to drug and alcohol treatment. In part the policy was grounded in the stages of change model of addictive behaviour and motivation developed by Prochaska and DiClemente (1986). The treatment was to be based on the offender's classification of risk of re-offending and motivation to change behaviour. This research was designed to test whether matching would yield better outcomes in terms of alcohol and drug use, rates of re-offending, order completion and levels of psychosocial functioning. A retrospective analysis of offender records in which there were two groups (matched and unmatched) and two testing times was used (order commencement and order completion). The study sample was recruited between August 1, 1996, and June 30, 1997. Analysis of data generated from a total sample of 358 offender files found that matching offenders to treatment based on risk of re-offending and motivation to change behaviour was not a significant factor in determining outcomes. However, matching to treatment did have a small effect on recidivism as measured by new arrests occurring during the order.
Evaluating the Potential and Pitfalls of AI-Powered Conversational Agents as Humanlike Virtual Health Carers in the Remote Management of Noncommunicable Diseases: Scoping Review (Preprint)

Field: Health Professions (Health Sciences)

BACKGROUND

The rising prevalence of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) worldwide and the high recent mortality rates (74.4%) associated with them, especially in low- and middle-income countries, is causing a substantial global burden of disease, necessitating innovative and sustainable long-term care solutions.

OBJECTIVE

This scoping review aims to investigate the impact of artificial intelligence (AI)–based conversational agents (CAs)—including chatbots, voicebots, and anthropomorphic digital avatars—as human-like health caregivers in the remote management of NCDs as well as identify critical areas for future research and provide insights into how these technologies might be used effectively in health care to personalize NCD management strategies.

METHODS

A broad literature search was conducted in July 2023 in 6 electronic databases—Ovid MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, PubMed, CINAHL, and Web of Science—using the search terms “conversational agents,” “artificial intelligence,” and “noncommunicable diseases,” including their associated synonyms. We also manually searched gray literature using sources such as ProQuest Central, ResearchGate, ACM Digital Library, and Google Scholar. We included empirical studies published in English from January 2010 to July 2023 focusing solely on health care–oriented applications of CAs used for remote management of NCDs. The narrative synthesis approach was used to collate and summarize the relevant information extracted from the included studies.

RESULTS

The literature search yielded a total of 43 studies that matched the inclusion criteria. Our review unveiled four significant findings: (1) higher user acceptance and compliance with anthropomorphic and avatar-based CAs for remote care; (2) an existing gap in the development of personalized, empathetic, and contextually aware CAs for effective emotional and social interaction with users, along with limited consideration of ethical concerns such as data privacy and patient safety; (3) inadequate evidence of the efficacy of CAs in NCD self-management despite a moderate to high level of optimism among health care professionals regarding CAs’ potential in remote health care; and (4) CAs primarily being used for supporting nonpharmacological interventions such as behavioral or lifestyle modifications and patient education for the self-management of NCDs.

CONCLUSIONS

This review makes a unique contribution to the field by not only providing a quantifiable impact analysis but also identifying the areas requiring imminent scholarly attention for the ethical, empathetic, and efficacious implementation of AI in NCD care. This serves as an academic cornerstone for future research in AI-assisted health care for NCD management.

CLINICALTRIAL

Open Science Framework; https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/GU5PX
Stephen Ministry: carrying each other’s burdens

Field: Psychology (Social Sciences)

Stephen Ministry is a popular nondenominational Christian caregiving model, training lay persons in church congregations to care for fellow congregants in a quasi-therapeutic context without formal licensure requirements. It is argued that Stephen Ministry, based on the principles of person-centered psychotherapy, imposes a one-size-fits-all strategy for helping the client (i.e. clients receive empathy, validation, encouragement, and spiritual tools such as prayer). Stephen Ministry's strengths and limitations in the context of attachment theory, as well as its applicability to individuals who display each of four attachment relationship models, are discussed. A case illustration of a Stephen Ministry caregiving relationship is offered.
Efficient laser wakefield accelerator in pump depletion dominated bubble regime

Field: Physics and Astronomy (Physical Sciences)

With the usage of the postcompression technique, few-cycle joule-class laser pulses are nowadays available extending the state of the art of 100 TW-class laser working at 10 Hz repetition. In this Letter, we explore the potential of wakefield acceleration when driven with such pulses. The numerical modeling predicts that 50% of the laser pulse energy can be transferred into electrons with energy above 15 MeV, and with charge exceeding several nanocoulombs for the electrons at hundreds of MeV energy. In such a regime, the laser pulse depletes its energy to plasma rapidly driving a strong cavitated wakefield. The self-steepening effect induces a continuous prolongation of a bubble resulting in a massive continuous self-injection that explains the extremely high charge of the beam rending this approach suitable for promoting Bremsstrahlung emitter and generator of tertiary particles, including neutrons released through photonuclear reactions. Published by the American Physical Society 2024
Prognosis of Acute Leukemia (Continued)

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

I would like to communicate to Drs. Stein, et al.1,2 the experience of the Pediatric Department of Roswell Park Memorial Institute in order to illustrate the continued improvement in remission and survival rates that has occurred during tue last 7 years. I wish to avoid speculation3,4 as to future survival rates, but to establish firmly the facts that with the accumulation of data through cooperative studies, we have been able to improve upon survival figures. During the years 1963-1965, in the Department of Pediatrics at Roswell Park Memorial Institute, we entered 13 children with acute lymphobiastic leukemia on Acute Leukemia Group B protocol 6307.
Using the future to transform the design logic of schooling: Consensus statements from an expert panel

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

We propose a framework of 29 Future School Elements that can be used to consider future models of schooling which we have organised across three pillars of pedagogy, policy and structure. We seek to position the framework within a futures approach to policy making that allows for greater diversity by providing a design logic that can be contextualised, is more pluralistic and can be shaped by a greater number of voices. The findings from our modified Delphi study involved an expert panel who examined the counterfactual research question ‘What if compulsory schooling was a 21st-century invention?’ Consensus statements were formed by the expert panel by rating items based on impact and equity. We explore ways in which utilising a foresight approach can provide a means to reshape future models of schooling in a meaningful and contemporary way that takes account of some of the challenges and forces that have prevented change.
Data from Can a Metastatic Gene Expression Profile Outperform Tumor Size as a Predictor of Occult Lymph Node Metastasis in Oral Cancer Patients?

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

<div>Abstract<p><b>Purpose:</b> To determine the differential gene expression between oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) with and without metastasis to cervical lymph nodes and to assess prediction of nodal metastasis by using molecular features.</p><p><b>Experimental Design:</b> We used Affymetrix U133 2.0 plus arrays to compare the tumor genome-wide gene expression of 73 node-positive OSCCs with 40 node-negative OSCCs (≥18 months). Multivariate linear regression was used to estimate the association between gene expression and nodal metastasis. Stepwise logistic regression and receiver operating characteristics (ROC) analysis were used to generate predictive models and to compare these with models by using tumor size alone.</p><p><b>Results:</b> We identified five genes differentially expressed between node-positive and node-negative OSCCs after adjusting for tumor size and human papillomavirus status: <i>REEP1</i>, <i>RNF145</i>, CTONG2002744, <i>MYO5A</i>, and <i>FBXO32</i>. Stepwise regression identified a four-gene model (<i>MYO5A</i>, <i>RFN145</i>, <i>FBXO32</i>, and CTONG2002744) as the most predictive of nodal metastasis. A leave-one-out ROC analysis revealed that our model had a higher area under the curve (AUC) for identifying occult nodal metastasis compared with that of a model by tumor size alone (respective AUC: 0.85 and 0.61; <i>P</i> = 0.011). A model combining tumor size and gene expression did not further improve the prediction of occult metastasis. Independent validation using 31 metastatic and 13 nonmetastatic cases revealed a significant underexpression of CTONG2002744 (<i>P</i> = 0.0004).</p><p><b>Conclusions:</b> These results suggest that our gene expression markers of OSCC metastasis hold promise for improving current clinical practice. Confirmation by others and functional studies of CTONG2002744 is warranted. <i>Clin Cancer Res; 17(8); 2466–73. ©2011 AACR</i>.</p></div>
Butchers in Terms of Red Meat Reliablility: The Case of Tokat Province

Field: Veterinary (Health Sciences)

The present study was conducted with the butchers of Tokat Province to evaluate their awareness and efficacy throughout the processes from the slaughter to retail of meat in their shops, the level of control they have over those processes, the level of knowledge about the hygiene and health characteristics of the product they sell and the level of hygiene they followed from the entrance of the meat into their shops. A survey study was conducted with the butchers of Tokat Central District. Data were gathered through questionnaires. Of 26 butchers of the Province, 24 responded to the questionnaires. Results revealed worrisome outcomes about the hygiene of red meat sold in butchers of the province. According to butcher knowledge and opinions, there was a positive attitude about the natural feeding of the animals but a negative case was prominent about the hygiene and health inspections and measures. Butchers mostly complain about unhygienic conditions of the slaughter houses.
Self-Report in Functional Assessment of Low Vision

Field: Health Professions (Health Sciences)

Previous research on the relationship between performance of complex tasks and low vision has offered few clear predictors of visual function. In some clinical, screening, and rehabilitation settings, access to measures of vision whose validity extends to the conditions of daily life is limited. The low vision individual may be uniquely qualified to report on such inaccessible performance situations. We have constructed a 57-item questionnaire, administered by interview, designed to predict performance in low vision patients with visual field defects, on four broad categories of visual function: finding, detecting, scanning, and tracking. The finding and detecting categories were further subdivided into subcategories of functional visual field (e.g., finding close, detecting close and above). Subjects rated their experienced degree of difficulty on a wide variety of common tasks which specifically demand these functions. Validity was assessed with 41 subjects. The present study suggests that self-report can be an effective predictor of function, especially in conjunction with clinical psychophysical techniques.
Correlation of pseudogap, superconducting ordering and superconducting fluctuations with electron–phonon interactions in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ

Field: Physics and Astronomy (Physical Sciences)

Abstract The relationship between anomalous pseudogap and superconducting states is a fascinating but controversial subject in high temperature superconductors. Here, we investigate the different quasiparticle dynamics with femtosecond transient optical spectroscopy in underdoped Bi 2 Sr 2 CaCu 2 O 8+ δ at 3–250 K. Below T c , these results reveal the coexistence of the anomalous pseudogap and superconducting states. On the basis of the Mattis–Bardeen formula for the Cooper-pairing superconducting gap and the Kabanov model for the pseudogap state, the measurements yield a temperature-dependent superconducting gaps and two temperature-independent pseudogaps below and above the superconducting transition T c . Above the superconducting transition temperature, the pseudogap state can be explained as an incipient condensation of Cooper pairs with short coherence length. The quasiparticle dynamics in the superconducting and pseudogap states are correlated well with electron–phonon interaction characteristics.
Restoration of Juvenility in Maize Shoots by Meristem Culture

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)

Shoot-apex culture in maize (Zea mays L.), which results in the formation of an entire new shoot by the cultured meristem, was used to examine phase change. In phase change, patterns of differentiation of leaves, axillary buds, and nodes change in a coordinated manner as the plant matures from a juvenile to an adult. The culturing of meristems from adult-phase plants restored the ability of the plant to form leaves with juvenile traits, including having epicuticular wax, a thin cuticle, violet staining with toluidine blue, and round epidermal cells. Although shoots from cultured apices had a few extra nodes compared to seed-derived plants, the upper, adult-like portion of the culture-derived shoots were identical to the adult region of normal maize plants in such traits as position of ear shoot, size and shape of leaves, and the presence of trichomes on leaves. These results support the conclusion that phase-specific patterns of differentiation in the shoot are the result of signaling throughout the plant and not the age of the meristem.
A New Study of Differences in Intelligence in the Provinces and Regions of the Russian Federation and Their Demographic and Geographical Correlates

Field: Psychology (Social Sciences)

Data are reported for intelligence in 85 provinces and regions of the Russian Federation and compared with those obtained for educational attainment in a previous study of 79 provinces and regions. The two measures were correlated at .74. In both studies, the IQs of the provinces and regions were positively correlated with mean per capita income, net migration, urbanization, the percentage of ethnic Russians and latitude, such that intelligence was higher in the North, and significantly negatively correlated with infant mortality, fertility and longitude, such that intelligence was higher in the West.
Bravo of the Brazos: John Larn of Fort Griffin, Texas

Field: Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)

Journal Article Bravo of the Brazos: John Larn of Fort Griffin, Texas Get access Bravo of the Brazos: John Larn of Fort Griffin, Texas. By De Arment Robert K.. Foreword by Charles M. Robinson III. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2002. xviii + 222 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $29.95.) Tim Palmieri Tim Palmieri Beaver County, Pennsylvania Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 34, Issue 4, Winter 2003, Page 512, https://doi.org/10.2307/25047360 Published: 01 November 2003