jimnoneill/paper-to-field-training huggingface dataset:
P24.01: A large umbilical cord pseudocyst manifesting ductus venosus Doppler abnormality: a case report

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

The umbilical cord cysts have been identified using USG at various stages of gestation. Some reported the association with umbilical cord cysts and abnormal karyotypes / abnormal fetal structures in the cases of true umbilical cord cyst, and the rare association with umbilical cord pseudocyst and the fetal abnormality except fetal growth restriction(FGR). Especially, the Doppler abnormalities in the cases of umbilical cord cysts were rarely reported. We report a case of a large umbilical cord cyst manifesting ductus venosus (DV) Doppler abnormality. Case: 30-years old female, 0 gravida 0 para, was referred to our hospital at 24 w gestation. USG revealed the 9 cm umbilical cord cyst located in 1 cm interval to the fetal umbilical insertion and high echogenic 3 cm mass in the middle of the cyst. The karyotype test revealed normal type and an appropriate fetal growth and no structural anomalies was detected in USG. At 27 weeks gestation, some uterine contractions occurred and the fetal movement was decreased, manifesting several mild variable decelerations in FHR monitoring and intermittent reverse DV a-wave in Doppler study. Tocolysis with magnesium sulfate was started and the fetal state was recovered gradually to the normal in the next day. We speculated that venous return from placenta to fetus was obstructed by compression of the cyst in uterine contraction. She was then managed with serial laboratory studies and detailed USG examination. A Cesarean section was performed at 38 weeks and a health male infant weighing 3.236 g was delivered with an Apgar score 8/9. The size of the umbilical cord cyst was 10 cm in diameter and 15 cm long located in 2 cm interval to the fetus and 35 cm interval to the placenta. The umbilical cord pseudocyst involving hemangioma and omphalomesenteric remnant were diagnosed by postnatal pathological examination. Written informed consent was obtained from the mother and father to report this case.
Special Education Personnel Absences in Inclusion-Oriented Schools: Implications for Building Effective Service Delivery Models

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

This study explored relationships between special education personnel absences and demographic, policy, and practice variables to identify potential actions that could increase access to qualified personnel and continuity of instruction. Findings from 51 inclusion-oriented schools indicated that special educators and special education paraprofessionals were absent 12 days per year on average. Special educator absences were correlated with variables amenable to action by school leaders including special educator school density (i.e., ratio of special educators in full-time equivalents to total school enrollment) and special services concentration (i.e., ratio of special educators to special education paraprofessionals in full-time equivalents). Special education paraprofessional absences were not correlated with these variables. Implications for practice and suggestions for future research are discussed.
Filtered eIMMR Data (2017-2020) from Sri Lanka: Hospitalization episodes with Skeletal Dysplasia ICD Codes

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

The eIMMR data from Sri Lanka (2017-2020) was filtered to include only hospitalizations with skeletal dysplasia ICD codes. The aim is to provide data to any inquisitive reader who requests it in connection with the research article. (2023-03-01)
Knowledge and attitudes of schoolteachers in the Pacific Islands to childhood hearing loss and hearing services: A national survey protocol for Samoa

Field: Health Professions (Health Sciences)

Objectives: The Pacific Island region is estimated to have among the highest rates of childhood ear disease and hearing loss in the world. The adverse effects of childhood hearing loss include delayed speech/language development, learning difficulties, and reduced social-emotional well-being. Schoolteachers and early childhood educators are among the first professionals who may suspect hearing loss in their young students, and they are well-placed to initiate referrals to appropriate health services. Given the current efforts to implement Inclusive Education in the Pacific Islands, teachers are also uniquely positioned to positively influence, support, and advocate for a child with hearing loss in their classroom. There are no previous studies on this topic from the Pacific Island region. Methods: The study will use a national survey and convenience sampling design. Teachers attending the Annual Teachers Conference in Samoa will be invited to independently and anonymously completed a 23-item questionnaire on childhood hearing loss and hearing services. Questions are in English, with a Samoan translation provided. The participating teachers will be required to respond with “yes,” “no,” or “unsure,” and to mark their response on the questionnaire. The questions assess knowledge of biomedical etiology of hearing impairment, knowledge of the adverse impacts of hearing loss on childhood development, knowledge of hearing loss identification and intervention, and attitudes toward children with a hearing impairment. Results: Not applicable for a study protocol. Conclusion: We publish these protocols to facilitate similar studies in other low- and middle-income countries, and especially among our Pacific Island neighbors.
Sustainable medical tourism in Costa Rica

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to ascertain the relative importance of sustainable tourism practices to medical tourists. Sustainable management practices have become the accepted and appropriate model for tourism. Medical tourists, those who visit a foreign country for a medical procedure unavailable at home due to high costs, timeliness or local laws and customs, are asked how important a set of sustainable management practices are in their experiences. Selected for this study are the Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria (GSTC). These criteria have been designed to be the minimum practices to ensure sustainability for the business as well as protect the natural and cultural resources. Design/methodology/approach An online survey was employed to gather the travel patterns, motivations and socio‐demographics of medical tourists and to test their ranking of the GSTC on a five‐point Likert scale. Findings Medical tourists who travelled to Costa Rica, a recognized ecotourism destination, are more likely to support some of the sustainable criteria designed to maximize social and economic benefits to the local community and minimize negative impacts, than those who travelled elsewhere. Research limitations/implications While the sample size is modest, this is an exploratory assessment by medical tourists of sustainable management practices. Practical implications Research into sustainable medical tourism practices is timely given that hospitals are not traditionally in the tourism business, but are now rapidly seeking to provide this service to their foreign patients. Originality/value The paper presents what is believed to be the first investigation into medical tourists' preferences in sustainable tourism practices.
Variant FCGR3 genes: transcription and possible origins.

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

The Fc receptors for human immunoglobulin G (FcgammaR) IIIb are encoded by genes clustered on the long arm of chromosome 1 (band q21 --> 24) and exhibit allelic polymorphisms. Several rare FCGR3B sequences were identified in both white and black donors. However, the origins of these genomic variants are unknown and their transcription has not yet been investigated. Blood from a donor with known FCGR3 variants was used to extract DNA from peripheral blood CD34+ cells, CD19+ B-cells, neutrophils and buccal cells, after which FCGR3 gene sequencing was performed. Additionally, RNA samples from 5 Caucasian individuals containing known variant FCGR3 genes were reverse-transcribed to cDNA and the FCGR3 genes were sequenced. Our results showed that the frequencies of variant clones were higher in B-cell preparations than in CD34+ hematopoietic progenitor cells from peripheral blood and neutrophils. Very high variant frequencies were found in buccal cell-derived clones. Variant cDNA sequences were identified in three of five individuals with known FCGR3 variants. We conclude that FCGR3 gene variants are differentially transcribed between cell types and tissues, increasing the likelihood of the presence of variant FcgammaRIII receptors on the cell surface. The significance of the high number of variant clones in buccal cells, however, is unclear.
Optimal Sizing of Smart Home Renewable Energy Resources and Battery Under Prosumer-Based Energy Management

Field: Energy (Physical Sciences)

This article presents the framework of a two-stage optimization model for the optimal planning of smart home renewable energy resources (RERs) and battery integration with the association of prosumer-based energy management. The optimal sizing problem of in-house RERs and battery is addressed in the first-stage optimization with the objective function of RERs and battery's total life-cycle cost minimization. The smart home daily energy operation problem is formulated in the second stage with the help of multiobject home energy management (MOHEM). In the second-stage operation problem, the MOHEM is implemented with two different objective functions such as minimization of consumer's daily energy cost and maximization of consumer's total comfort level index. The particle swarm optimization algorithm and a mixed-integer linear programming technique are, respectively, used in this article to optimize the proposed two-stage optimization model. A typical smart home which consists of various controllable appliances is considered in this analysis to evaluate the performance of the proposed two-stage optimization model. Three different case studies are considered in the simulation to assess the effectiveness of the proposed model. Finally, an economic analysis is also done in this article to examine the smart home consumer's capital investment benefits.
Tisagenlecleucel, an approved anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptorT-cell therapy for the treatment of leukemia

Field: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (Life Sciences)

On August 30, 2017, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Novartis' tisagenlecleucel (CTL-019, Kymriah), which is a synthetic bioimmune product of anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells, for the treatment of relapsed/refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL). This was a milestone in tumor immunology on account of the significant antitumor effect of tisagenlecleucel for the treatment of relapsed/refractory B-ALL patients. Conventional standard therapies for B-ALL have high failure rates, thus developing new therapies is crucial for patients with B-ALL. Results from clinical trials indicate that anti-CD19 CAR T-cell therapies could successfully induce high response rates in B-ALL patients. However, related toxicities, such as cytokine release syndrome and CAR T-cell-related encephalopathy syndrome, may be severe or even fatal, and the management of such toxicities is therefore vital. This review will focus on the clinical application of anti-CD19 CAR T-cell therapy in B-ALL treatment, including design features of CAR constructs, therapeutic use of tisagenlecleucel, CAR T-cell therapy clinical trials and related toxicity, and prospects for cancer immunotherapy.
The mediating effect of situation involvement of novelty seeking and satisfaction for Yanshuei Fireworks Festival in Taiwan

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

Purpose – This study aims to probe into the effect of tourists’ novelty-seeking on situation involvement and satisfaction for the Yanshuei Fireworks Festival in Taiwan. Design/methodology/approach – This study investigated 302 tourists participating in the Fireworks Festival and constructed causal relations among variables by structural equation modeling. Findings – The results suggested that when tourists’ novelty-seeking in fireworks festival is stronger, their situation involvement in the activity will be immediately enhanced. When fireworks festival participants’ situation involvement is higher, their satisfaction is also higher. Situation involvement has a complete mediating effect between novelty-seeking and satisfaction. Research limitations/implications – Because the fireworks festival only lasts for 48 hours, and the subjects must be tourists who have just experienced fireworks, it can only adopt convenience sampling instead of random sampling. However, to avoid homogeneity, in each group, this study only selected one person for the questionnaire survey. Practical implications – First, they should enhance the designed activities to create novelty; for instance, design the instruction and practice of the manufacturing of fireworks. By explanation, they enhance tourists’ learning about the display of fireworks and folk religion to satisfy participants with different degrees of novelty-seeking. Second, they can enhance the construction of situations for playfulness. For instance, upon the condition of security, the units can allow tourists to arrange fireworks independently or by group to have more fun. In addition, every year, they can display fireworks according to the Chinese Zodiac symbols to satisfy tourists’ desire of novelty-seeking and enhance their satisfaction. Originality/value – From the perspective of theoretical development, this study explores and validates the mediating effects of tourists’ situation involvement in festivals between novelty-seeking and satisfaction to fill the gap of previous research.
Mapping the Current and Future Noncommunicable Disease Burden in Kenya by Human Immunodeficiency Virus Status: A Modeling Study

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

Abstract Background The noncommunicable disease (NCD) burden in Kenya is not well characterized, despite estimates needed to identify future health priorities. We aimed to quantify current and future NCD burden in Kenya by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) status. Methods Original systematic reviews and meta-analyses of prevalence/incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD), chronic kidney disease, depression, diabetes, high total cholesterol, hypertension, human papillomavirus infection, and related precancerous stages in Kenya were carried out. An individual-based model was developed, simulating births, deaths, HIV disease and treatment, aforementioned NCDs, and cancers. The model was parameterized using systematic reviews and epidemiological national and regional surveillance data. NCD burden was quantified for 2018–2035 by HIV status among adults. Results Systematic reviews identified prevalence/incidence data for each NCD except ischemic heart disease. The model estimates that 51% of Kenyan adults currently suffer from ≥1 NCD, with a higher burden in people living with HIV (PLWH) compared to persons not living with HIV (62% vs 51%), driven by their higher age profile and partly by HIV-related risk for NCDs. Hypertension and high total cholesterol are the main NCD drivers (adult prevalence of 20.5% [5.3 million] and 9.0% [2.3 million]), with CVD and cancers the main causes of death. The burden is projected to increase by 2035 (56% in persons not living with HIV; 71% in PLWH), with population growth doubling the number of people needing services (15.4 million to 28.1 million) by 2035. Conclusions NCD services will need to be expanded in Kenya. Guidelines in Kenya already support provision of these among both the general and populations living with HIV; however, coverage remains low.
Surgical approaches to the sphenoid sinus.

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

The sphenoid sinus can be approached through the ethmoid, nasal or septal zones of the anterior wall. Case studies, fresh/fixed cadaver material and radiologic examinations, including three-dimensional CT reconstructions, were used to define the anatomic conditions governing the safest penetration of each zone. The ethmoid zone was often associated with anatomic variations such as posterior and superior placement of ethmoid cells which dictated caution. The transnasal route was best used for isolated sphenoid disease since nasal disease caused significant bleeding. A detailed description of the vomer-ethmoid relationship outlines the advantages of using the septal zone. The actual zone used to enter the sphenoid sinus must be determined by the nature of the disease process to be treated and therefore a detailed knowledge of the normal and aberrant anatomy of each zone, as elaborated by the radiological road map, is required to prevent complication.
Policy and practice: including parents and students in school self-evaluation

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

As with school self-evaluation in most European countries, the Irish education system now promotes the involvement and inclusion of stakeholders such as parents and students in the evaluation process. Yet, in the Irish context, there is limited research exploring the role of these stakeholders in this internal mode of school evaluation. To address this lacuna, this research draws on a national survey of post-primary school principals and interviews conducted with 109 stakeholders now placed at the centre of the evaluation process: school staff, parents and students. While there are some optimistic indications in the data, this research highlights that only slight progress has been made in terms of including parents and students in school self-evaluation in Ireland. The data presented in this paper corroborate that many age-old obstacles in the Irish context still exist and continue to dominate. Ultimately, this research concludes that changes in policy do not necessarily produce changes in practice
Estimation of lithium battery state of charge based on N-order EKF

Field: Engineering (Physical Sciences)

Abstract To address the issue of the Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) algorithm ignoring higher-order terms during nonlinear transformations near the estimated state point, resulting in errors in State of Charge (SOC) estimation, the author established a second-order RC equivalent circuit model. Additionally, an impulse characteristic experiment was conducted to identify the internal parameters of the model offline. The SOC of lithium batteries can be tracked and estimated using the EKF algorithm, which has been enhanced by integrating the high-order expansion of the Taylor formula. Matlab simulation results confirm that the N-order EKF algorithm has better robustness and convergence than lower-order EKF algorithms, with a Mean Absolute Error (MAE) of less than 0.5% in dynamic and static battery estimation.
Sequence‐specific chemical modification of a 365‐nucleotide‐long DNA fragment with an alkylating oligonucleotide derivative

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

An aromatic 2‐chloroethylamino group was attached to the 5'‐terminal phosphate of the oligodeoxyribonucleotide pCCCTCTTTCTT. The oligonucleotide derivative prepared was used for modification of the 365‐nucleotide‐long DNA fragment. It was found that modification of the fragment proceeds in a sequence‐specific way at 3 guanosine residues within the sequence complementary to the oligonucleotide reagent.
Amy Baker Sandback, Looking Critically: 21 Years of Artforum Magazine

Field: Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)

Journal Article Amy Baker Sandback, Looking Critically: 21 Years of Artforum Magazine Get access Douglas F. Stalker Douglas F. Stalker 1University of Delaware Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Volume 44, Issue 3, Spring 1986, Pages 305–306, https://doi.org/10.2307/429747 Published: 01 March 1986
The Relationship between Public Debt and Economic Growth in Albania and Other Countries

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance (Social Sciences)

Abstract The purpose of this study is the relationship between public debt and economic growth in Albania in post-dictatorships. Many authors have analyzed the mutual link between economic growth and public debt and the results and the methodologies are different in different countries and periods. Let’s see what data are specifically about these two indicators (provided by the Ministry of Finance, the Bank of Albania and the International Monetary Fund). Does the public debt performance affects the trend of the economic growth or not? I have mentioned what are the main events and phenomena in Albania, in Europe and in the World that have affected the Albanian economy. For these years, I have made comparisons with situations in other countries.
Commercialising Eco-Efficient Nanotechnologies in the Construction Industy - The case of glass-processing in Finland

Field: Engineering (Physical Sciences)

New and advanced process technologies are growing in importance for highly industrialized countries which increasingly have to compete with rapidly-developing, low-cost, countries. Nanotechnology is an interesting example in this context. It may evolve into a platform for industrial renewal in a broad range of sectors, and can also offer eco-efficient applications to address environmental concerns related to climate change. This paper assesses facilitating and inhibiting factors in the commercialisation and use of eco-efficient nanotechnology in the Finnish glass-processing and construction industry based on company case studies. The focus on the construction industry is motivated by its large contribution to economies while it also stands to gain significantly from new eco-efficient applications such as those enabled by nanotechnology. While there is an active community of nanotechnology-dedicated companies and research groups in this field, commercialization is inhibited by the absence of large and technologically progressive companies which could act as lead users, provide test markets, critical longer-term funding, and aid in the transition from R&D and piloting phases to industrial production. Public technology programs have provided a good basis for further developments and the construction industry could gain from nanotechnology once its benefits and value proposition to consumers and the general public become clearer.
The symbiosis between the weaver ant,Oecophylla smaragdina, andAnthene emolus, an obligate myrmecophilous lycaenid butterfly

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)

Females of Anthene emolus use the presence of the weaver ant, Oecophylla smaragdina, as oviposition cue. Ovipositing females are not attacked by the ants. The first instar larvae are adopted by the ants and carried into their pavilions where the caterpillars feed. Outside the pavilions the larvae cannot survive. The older larvae leave the pavilions and are carried by the ants to their feeding places or back into the pavilions. The larvae are constantly attended by the ants. During the 3rd and 4th instar the caterpillars secrete high amounts of nutritive liquids representing an estimated energy content of 200 J per larva. Thus the larvae are important trophobionts of Oe. smaragdina and attract the ants by releasing food recruitment behaviour. The pupae are not attractive for ants, but are not attacked, either. The emerging adults are not protected from ant attacks and are sometimes killed by their host ants. The costs and benefits of this close obligate myrmecophilous relationship for both the ants and lycaenids as well as the evolution of ant-specific relationships of the lycaenids are discussed.
Figure 2 from: Neumeyer R, Sommerhalder J, Ungricht S (2021) First observation of an ant colony of Formica fuscocinerea Forel, 1874 invaded by the social parasite F. truncorum Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Alpine Entomology 5: 23-26. https://doi.org/10.3897/alpento.5.67037

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)

Figure 2 Close-up of a worker of the host species Formica fuscocinerea. Photo: Jürg Sommerhalder.