jimnoneill/paper-to-field-training huggingface dataset:
Binding Properties of Odorant-Binding Protein 4 of Tirathaba rufivena to Areca catechu Volatiles

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)

Odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) play a key role in the olfactory system and are essential for mating and oviposition host selection. Tirathaba rufivena, a serious lepidopterous insect pest of the palm area in recent years, has threatened cultivations of Areca catechu in Hainan. Female-biased odorant-binding protein 4 of T. rufivena (TrufOBP4) expression was hypothesized to participate in the process of oviposition host recognition and localization. In this study, we cloned and analyzed the cDNA sequence of TrufOBP4. The predicted mature protein TrufOBP4 is a small, soluble, secretory protein and belongs to a classic OBP subfamily. Fluorescence binding assay results showed that TrufOBP4 had high binding abilities with the host plant volatiles, octyl methoxycinnamate, dibutyl phthalate, myristic acid and palmitic acid. These four components tend to dock in the same binding pocket based on the molecular docking result. The interactions and contributions of key amino acid residues were also characterized. This research provides evidence that TrufOBP4 might participate in the chemoreception of volatile compounds from inflorescences of A. catechu and can contribute to the integrated management of T. rufivena.
Fedundity and breeding sites of an anuran community in a seasonal tropical environment

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)

At Panguana, a study site in Amazonian Peru, the anuran community consists of 73 species. As evidence of the diversity of this community, the snout‐vent length of 48 species ranged from 14.2 mm (Eleutherodactylus carvalhoi) to 180.0 mm (Leptodaclylus pentadactylus) and the ovarian complement of 40 species from 5 (Dendrobates quinquevittatus) to 2431 eggs (Bufo typhonius) (type 1). Seasonality of rainfall at Panguana affected the breeding patterns of the anurans by limiting the availability of aquatic sites. Because of their different modes of reproduction the frogs were unevenly dispersed at these breeding sites. Explosive breeding at the beginning of the rainy season is characteristic for the seasonal environment of Panguana.
Evaluation of the Clinical Efficacy of Vitrification, Warming and Blastocyst Transplantation in Assisted Reproductive Treatment

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

<p><strong>Background and Objective:</strong> Advances in cell media have led to embryo transfer from cleavage to blastocyst. The extension of embryo culture to blastocyst stage provides some theoretical advantages and disadvantages that have been controversial. The objective of this study was to evaluate the clinical efficacy of vitrified warm cutting and blastocyst transplantation in Assisted Reproductive Technique (ART) therapy.&nbsp;<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> The study was performed on 2740 women undergoing frozen embryo thawing transfer. Patients' basic clinical information, status of frozen embryo transfer cycle, clinical pregnancy rate, early abortion rate, sex ratio of birth and birth weight were retrospectively analyzed. The main clinical outcomes of the recovery of frozen embryos at cleavage and blastocyst stages were compared. In addition, the clinical outcomes of blastocyst cryopreservation on the 5th, 6th or 7th day after oocyte retrieval according to the date of blastocyst expansion were recorded.<br /><strong>Results:</strong> The implantation ratio of cleavage stage embryos was 21.62% compared with 43.52% on D5 (P &lt;0.05). The D5, D6, and D7 implanting rates were statistically different. The pregnancy rates were 57.56%, 51.76% and 35.95% versus 37.79%, and the early abortion was 23.08%, 15.42% and 22.35% versus 34.55% respectively for embryos cryopreserved on D5, D6, D7 and D3. There were significant differences between D5 and D3 rates of ectopic pregnancy and early abortion. The sex ratio, the birth weight and birth defect were not statistically different among four groups.<br /><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Blastocyst transfer achieved a higher implantation rate than vitrified cleavage stage embryo and decreased ectopic pregnancy rate. With increased incubation days before expansion blastocyst formed, the implantation rate is reduced and the early abortion rate increases.</p>
Implementation of a RTP-based streaming video server for mobile devices

Field: Computer Science (Physical Sciences)

As mobile devices possess more and more computing power, many applications used to be available only on personal computers start to emerge on mobile devices, including video applications. In recent years, streaming video to mobile has become a reality, but streaming video out from mobile device is still rare. The objective of this project is to design and implement a RTP-based streaming video server on mobile devices. Currently no open source implementation of video streaming server on mobile device is available, thus the implementation was built from scratch. Windows Mobile 6.0 with .NET Compact Framework 3.0 has been chosen as the targeted system. C# programming language is used to code the server. Upon completion of this project, I have successfully developed a mobile video streaming server for Windows Mobile device, which is capable of streaming out MJPEG, MPEG-1, MPEG-2 (MPEG-2 module is coded by one of my FYP partners) and H.264 videos through RTP. I have also implemented a RTSP server on mobile device, which is able to support client initialization of communication.
Randomized response trials: a unified approach for qualitative data

Field: Decision Sciences (Social Sciences)

In this paper a unified theory for estimating population proportion of individuals belonging to a certain sensitive group has been presented under randomized response (RR) Surveys. Some of the existing estimators for the surveys where information is not available directly from teh respondent have been modified suitably for the RR surveys. Improvement of the Franklin's (1989) and Sing and Singh's (1993) RR technique have neen made by providing the optimal estimators .
O36 | Assessment of the antinociceptive efficacy of analgesics, anesthetics and other compounds in zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Field: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (Life Sciences)

Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and TherapeuticsVolume 46, Issue S1 p. 45-45 ORAL PRESENTATIONS O36 | Assessment of the antinociceptive efficacy of analgesics, anesthetics and other compounds in zebrafish (Danio rerio) First published: 11 June 2023 https://doi.org/10.1111/jvp.13202Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL No abstract is available for this article. Volume46, IssueS1Special Issue: 15th International Congress of the European Association for Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology held Bruges, Belgium, July 2–5, 2023June 2023Pages 45-45 RelatedInformation
Invasion and Colonization of Upper Elevations on East Maui (Hawaii) by Vespula pensylvanica (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)

The western yellowjacket Vespula pensylvanica (Saussure) has become established on the island of Maui since its initial appearance in 1978. On eastern Maui, colonies show a bimodal elevational distribution with peaks at 600–1,050 m and 2,400–2,700 m. At upper elevations (>2,000 m) nests occur at disproportionate frequencies beneath Styphelia tameiameiae (Chamisso and Sclechtendal) Mueller bushes. This plant also supports a honeydew-producing mealybug Pseudococcus nudus Ferris, which provides a dietary supplement for adult wasps. On Maui, V. pensylvanica retains its typical annual colony cycle, but in some years colonies overwinter and persist into a second year. Overwintered colonies are ≈20 times larger than annual colonies. Some overwintered colonies undergo at least two distinct episodes of queen cell construction. Evidence is provided in support of two distinct routes to requeening (a likely requirement for successful colony overwintering): outside queens join a colony late in the season, and queens produced within the colony at the end of the first season remain for the second season.
Electron Traps and Excess Current Induced by Hot‐Hole Injection into Thin SiO2 Films

Field: Physics and Astronomy (Physical Sciences)

Electron capture and excess current after substrate hot‐hole injection into 60 and 131 Å silicon dioxides have been studied. After the hole injection into 131 Å oxides, a transient excess current appears in the gate current‐oxide field characteristics and electrons are captured even at low oxide fields for the positive gate polarity. The low field electron capture is explained based on the tunneling of electrons from the substrate into the positive charge and neutral trap centers created near the substrate‐ interface. The transient excess current is suggested to be due to the two current components: the displacement current component due to the electron capture by both the positive charge and the neutral trap centers, and the tunneling current component enhanced by the positive charge located near the interface. In 60 Å oxides, excess currents appear for both positive and negative gate polarities after the hole injection, and consist of the steady‐state leakage current component and the transient current component. The leakage current induced by the hole injection is increased as the oxide thickness is decreased.
The novel ant colony system for DNA sequencing by hybridization

Field: Computer Science (Physical Sciences)

DNA sequencing by hybridization (SBH) has been a very challenging problem in computational biology. We propose a novel ant colony system through a detailed analysis of SBH. Firstly, the SBH problem is subtly transformed into a selective asymmetric traveling salesman problem with constraint condition. Then, the local mutation and neighborhood searching technique are introduced to improve the solution quality and accelerate the convergence according to the characteristic of SBH. Finally, the optimal DNA sequence is obtained by using an effective results-post-processing technique. Experimental results from extensive simulations confirm that our proposed method is significantly superior to the state-of-the-art methods in accuracy and stability.
Protein Folding: From Classical Issues to a New Perspective

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

The Levinthal paradox exposes many critical questions on the protein folding problem, among which we could point out why proteins can reach their native state in a biologically reasonable time. A proper answer to this question is of foremost importance for evolutive biology since it enables us to understand life as we know it. Preliminary results, based on the upper bound protein marginal-stability limit, together with transition state theory arguments, lead us to show that two-state proteins must reach their native state in, at most, seconds rather than ($\sim 10^{27}$) years -- as indicated by a naive solution of the Levinthal paradox. This outcome -- added to the amide hydrogen-exchange protection factors analysis -- makes it possible for us to suggest how a protein point mutations and/or post-translational modifications impact its folding time scales but not its upper bound limit that obeys the physics ruling the process. Noteworthy for almost 50 years, the protein folding problem --mas the Levinthal paradox -- has been a topic of passionate debate because Anfinsen's challenge -- how a sequence encodes its folding -- remains unsolved despite the smashing success of accurately predicting the protein tridimensional structures by state-of-the-art numerical-methods. Aimed to unlock this long-standing challenge, we propose a new perspective of protein folding, specifically, as a problem that should be devised as an 'analytic whole' -- a Leibniz & Kant's notion. This viewpoint might help us decode Anfinsen's challenge and, thus, open new avenues for future research in the protein folding field.
BIOLOGIC HALF-LIFE OF I131IN THE THYROID OF HEALTHY MALES*

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

The biologic half-life of I131 in the thyroid gland was measured in 38 healthy males ranging in age from 22 to 83 years. In subjects 50 years of age and over the biologic half-life of thyroidal I131 was directly proportional to the age of the subject and inversely proportional to the initial 24-hour percentage uptake in the gland. In subjects less than 50 years of age the biologic half-life was more or less independent of the age of the subject and of the 24-hour percentage uptake of I131. Variation in the re-accumulation of I131 may explain this difference between young and old subjects. The results were compatible with the concept of a progressive decrease in secretion of thyroid hormone due to decreased peripheral utilization with advancing age.
Climate Change Litigation in Domestic Courts and Human Rights Commissions

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

Creative climate change litigation has raised awareness of the human rights dimensions of climate change impacts and highlighted the deficiencies of the existing domestic and international regulatory regimes to address climate change. The Inuit petition, submitted to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) in 2005, marked the beginning of this movement to hold public and private actors accountable for their contributions to climate change impacts and their failure to act (or at least to act adequately) to address the problem. A line of public nuisance cases was pending in US courts while the Inuit awaited the decision on its petition. This line of cases initially sought injunctive relief for climate change mitigation, but subsequently sought damages from private companies for their greenhouse gas emissions. The Kivalina case sparked the climate justice movement in this regard, where a small and remote Native Alaskan community sought damages under a public nuisance theory for the cost of relocation as a result of severe coastal erosion that caused its homeland to become imminently uninhabitable.
Capsulotomy and hydroprocedures for nucleus prolapse in manual small incision cataract surgery

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

Manual small incision cataract surgery (MSICS) involves the manual removal of nucleus through a scleral tunnel. To achieve 100&#x0025; success every time, one has to do a good capsulotomy and should master the technique to prolapse the nucleus into anterior chamber. During conversion from extracapsular cataract surgery to MSICS, one can perform a can-opener capsulotomy and prolapse the nucleus. However, it is safer and better to perform a capsulorrhexis and hydroprolapse the nucleus, as it makes the rest of the steps of MSICS comfortable. Use of trypan blue in white and brown cataracts makes the capsulorrhexis and prolapse simple and safe. Extra caution should be taken in cases with hypermature cataracts with weak zonules and subluxated cataracts.
Liver Cirrhosis Improvement by Weight Loss Prior Bariatric Surgery

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) as a phenotype of metabolic syndrome can lead to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and liver cirrhosis. Bariatric surgery in patients with liver cirrhosis can be related to possible bleeding complications due to resultant hypocoagulability. Therefore lifestyle-changing programmes are necessary in order to improve liver function until (bariatric) surgery is performed.
Workplace Reform in New Zealand: The Case of "Tomorrow's Schools"

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

This paper describes the development and structure of a research project, known as the 'Shared Decision Making Project', which is being funded by the secondary teachers' union, the New Zealand Post Primary Teachers' Association (PPTA). The project is using action research methods to explore management structures and decision making processes in New Zealand secondary schools, and seeks to document successful practice described in the context of a theoretical base; and to describe successful and unsuccessful experimental developments in a group or participant schools.
Girls' cognitions of hypothetical friends: Are they related to depression, loneliness, social anxiety and perceived similarity?

Field: Psychology (Social Sciences)

We examined in 100 girls whether girls' depression, loneliness, social anxiety, and perceived similarity were related to their cognitions of hypothetical friends (prosocial, withdrawn/ depressed, and aggressive). Depression, loneliness, and social anxiety were each related to various friend-related cognitions, but only social anxiety and loneliness had unique relations when these three internalizing problems were examined simultaneously and with perceived similarity. After accounting for the three internalizing constructs, perceived similarity was related to higher wanting to be friends with and perceived acceptance from all three hypothetical friends, lower not wanting aggressive girls as friends, and lower expected rejection by prosocial girls. Findings highlight the importance of perceived similarity, and the importance of examining depression, loneliness, and social anxiety simultaneously, when assessing girls' friendship-related cognitions.
[Neuropharmacological studies on drug dependence (II). Changes in spontaneous motor activity, EEG and brain monoamines during the period of dependence development and of abrupt withdrawal in rats, with special reference to circadian rhythm (author's transl)].

Field: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (Life Sciences)

The present study was an attempt to determine whether the circadian rhythm as recorded by Animex and EEG can be used as an indicator of drug dependence in rats, and also to examine the correlation between drug dependence and changes in several monoamines. Repetitive injections of morphine (MP), methamphetamine (MAPT) and cocaine (CC) markedly increased motor activity for about 4 hours post-injection, depending on the number of injections and also remarkably increased the state of wakefulness (AW), but decreased the amount of both slow wave sleep (SWS) and fast wave sleep (FWS) in the EEG sleep-wakefulness cycles during the 7-hour observation period. The injection of MP induced the dissociation between EEG and behavior. SWS increased in phenobarbital (PNB)- and diazepam (DZP)-dependent rats. Abrupt withdrawal of MP resulted in a consistent decrease in motor activity, an increase in AW, and a decrease in SWS and FWS both during the day and at night. The withdrawal of PNB and DZP produced an increase in motor activity and AW, and a decrease in SWS both during the day and at night. The circadian rhythm seen during the course of repetitive injections of MAPT and CC disappeared immediately following the withdrawal. Normal rhythm was recovered with an increase in SWS at night. Repetitive administration and subsequent abrupt withdrawal of the drugs altered the contents and turnover rates of the three monoamines.
TELEMEDICINE TRENDS IN THREE NURSING HOMES DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Field: Health Professions (Health Sciences)

Abstract Physical distancing and visiting restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic posed significant challenges in providing timely medical care in nursing homes. The rising number of new COVID-19 cases created hardship in providing scheduled and non-urgent care visits. Virtual visits were pivotal in providing patient care. However, the additional responsibility of facilitating virtual visits for both social and clinical purposes further constrained the ability of nursing home staff to provide care. The critical deficiency of the workforce, rising numbers of new cases, and required triage of patients have been significant barriers to regularly scheduled care. We hypothesize that regular non-COVID-19 services in the evaluated nursing home facilities were lower than COVID-19 visits during this period. Our goal is to show the types of services affected during the pandemic. In this study, we analyzed 563 virtual visits during the COVID-19 pandemic in three nursing home facilities in Michigan from December 2020 through February 2022. Upon analyzing the types of services and trends, our results revealed that the number of COVID-19 related visits (68) was significantly lower than non-COVID-19 related visits (485), refuting our hypothesis. This illustrates that routine care could still be delivered during the pandemic. Additionally, the overall number of virtual visits declined steadily over the study period. This trend could suggest an increase of in-person services or a decrease in COVID-19 cases. The decline could also be related to the barriers faced by the nursing home workforce considering the time and additional responsibility of monitoring a virtual visit.
The Effect of Teachers’ Language Speaking Anxiety on their Performance in English

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

Communication is supposed to be important to convey the message to the audience. The communication skills of teachers occupied a major role in effective students’ learning. If a teacher is anxious about speaking, his instructions may not be effective and also may affect the students’ learning. The researchers were intended to measure the language anxiety of the teachers who teach in 10th class while utilizing the survey method. The sample for the study included the teachers from Federal Government Educational Institutions (cants/ Garrisons) – FGEI’s (C/G). The data regarding the teachers’ language anxiety was collected by Teachers’ Language Anxiety Scale adapted by the researcher from (Horwitz, Horwitz, & Cope, 1986). The scale consists of 30 items with a Likert’s Rating scale ranging from strongly agree to strongly disagree. In order to measure the teachers’ performance, the cumulative GPA of their English subject that they have taught in recent anum was taken. This GPA was the outcome of their English teaching taken from Federal Board Intermediate & Secondary Education annual exam. The results showed that there exists a negative, moderate as well as significant correlation between teachers’ anxiety and their performance. It is recommended that the FDCI’s should organize workshops on a regular basis for the teachers that focus on the practice of English speaking proficiency. There should be seminars propagating about the strategies to cope with language anxiety.
Vaginal Laceration in an Open Pelvic Fracture Case Report: A Novel, Prophylactic Antibiotic Delivery Mechanism

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

Introduction. Rotational displaced pelvic ring injuries are associated with internal injuries to both the gastrointestinal and genitourinary viscera and anatomic structures. Vaginal lacerations and open genitourinary-associated injuries are at increased risk of mortality due to sepsis. Case Presentation. This case presents a 65-year-old female status post-pedestrian-vehicle struck diagnosed with an open pelvic fracture with extension into the outer one-third of the vaginal wall. The patient was successfully treated with emergent surgical debridement, pelvic stabilization, and internal placement of a novel combination of metronidazole antibiotic gel and vancomycin/tobramycin Polymethyl methacrylate beads. Conclusion. No evidence of infection was observed with the use of topical metronidazole-coated vancomycin/tobramycin Polymethyl methacrylate beads for contaminated open pelvic fracture injury involving the vaginal wall. Further research on antibiotic gels for use in high-risk open fractures is required.