jimnoneill/paper-to-field-training huggingface dataset:
A screening protocol incorporating brain-computer interface feature matching considerations for augmentative and alternative communication

Field: Health Professions (Health Sciences)

Purpose: The use of standardized screening protocols may inform brain-computer interface (BCI) research procedures to help maximize BCI performance outcomes and provide foundational information for clinical translation. Therefore, in this study we developed and evaluated a new BCI screening protocol incorporating cognitive, sensory, motor and motor imagery tasks. Methods: Following development, BCI screener outcomes were compared to the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Cognitive Behavioral Screen (ALS-CBS), and ALS Functional Rating Scale (ALS-FRS) for twelve individuals with a neuromotor disorder. Results: Scores on the cognitive portion of the BCI screener demonstrated limited variability, indicating all participants possessed core BCI-related skills. When compared to the ALS-CBS, the BCI screener was able to modestly discriminate possible cognitive difficulties that are likely to influence BCI performance. In addition, correlations between the motor imagery section of the screener and ALS-CBS and ALS-FRS were non-significant, suggesting the BCI screener may provide information not captured on other assessment tools. Additional differences were found between motor imagery tasks, with greater self-ratings on first-person explicit imagery of familiar tasks compared to unfamiliar/generic BCI tasks. Conclusion: The BCI screener captures factors likely relevant for BCI, which has value for guiding person-centered BCI assessment across different devices to help inform BCI trials.
Teaching Software Quality in an Interdisciplinary Course of Engineering

Field: Computer Science (Physical Sciences)

The undergraduate course in Software Engineering that was created in the University of Brasilia is the first undergraduate level course of this nature in Brazil. The focus of this program is on the development and on the quality of software and it is based on models for improvement of the software development process such as the Capability Maturity Model Integrated (CMMI) and the Reference Model of the Program for the Improvement of Brazilian Software Process (MR-MPS) and on the recommendations provided by specialized documents such as Software Engineering Education Knowledge (SEEK). It contains disciplines covering the main processes, methods and techniques of software development. The Software Engineering (SE) curriculum is composed of: (a) a common core of disciplines (shared with the other three engineering programs), (b) a set of disciplines for overall training in SE, (c) a set of optional disciplines that allow the student to pursue a specific area within the field of SE, (d) a set of complementary disciplines, and (e) other activities that generate credit. The pedagogical objective of this combination is to allow flexibility, enabling multi and interdisciplinary compositions that empower students to be co-responsible for their overall course and particular area of interest. In this context, the graduates will be able to use their newly-acquired knowledge in SE to define and apply a systematic, disciplined and quantifiable approach in the development, operation and maintenance of software, i.e., to apply engineering principles to software construction.
Erratum: Consensus for Networks with Unknown but Bounded Disturbances

Field: Mathematics (Physical Sciences)

Related DatabasesWeb of Science You must be logged in with an active subscription to view this.Article DataHistorySubmitted: 21 January 2021Accepted: 15 February 2021Published online: 29 April 2021Keywordserratum, consensus, networksAMS Subject Headings93A14Publication DataISSN (print): 0363-0129ISSN (online): 1095-7138Publisher: Society for Industrial and Applied MathematicsCODEN: sjcodc
A biased position for receptors

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

GPCR Signaling
G protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs) are the largest class of druggable receptors in the human proteome and can have multiple downstream signaling partners. Sanchez-Soto et al. studied how changes in the ligand-binding site of GPCRs can bias signaling toward one pathway versus another. They identified a specific conserved residue in the ligand-binding site for multiple class A GPCRs that modulates signaling by one partner, β-arrestin, while minimally affecting that mediated by another, G proteins. Mutations in this residue resulted in conformational changes predicted to allosterically affect the interaction of the receptor with β-arrestin.

Sci. Signal. 13 , eaaw5885 (2020).
The diagnosis of infection and the use of antibiotics.

Field: Health Professions (Health Sciences)

This chapter presents the 3rd domain of the antimicrobial stewardship framework, the diagnosis of infection and use of antibiotics with 17 competency descriptors highlighting the following key points: nurses are an important and highly valued component of the antimicrobial stewardship team who are integral to all aspects of patient care; local guidance on infection prevention and control and antimicrobial treatment ensures the application of evidence-based medicine whilst ensuring patients receive the safest and most effective treatment for their infection; all healthcare workers should follow the principles of antimicrobial stewardship to help address the global issue of antimicrobial resistance; appropriate sampling is key to diagnosing infection and tailoring antimicrobial therapy to the needs of the patient based on their clinical signs and symptoms; and antibiotics are not required in the management of self-limiting bacterial infections and are ineffective in the management of viral infections (e.g. the common cold and some respiratory infections).
A rare case of immune hydrops in an “Elevated D” pregnancy

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

The D-/-phenotype is a rare variant of the Rh system, in which red blood cells express only D antigen. Sensitized D-/-women carry a risk of hemolytic disease of fetus and newborn (HDFN) and pose a challenge in management due to nonavailability of antigen negative blood for intra-uterine/exchange-transfusion. A 23y old G2P1L1A0, blood group “A” Rh D+C-c-E-e- presented at 20 weeks' period of gestation (POG) with a positive indirect antiglobulin test. Cordocentesis at 23 weeks' POG revealed fetal's blood group as “B” Rh D+, Direct Coombs Test 4+, Hemoglobin 2.8 g/dL. USG with MCA-PSV indicated rapid development of fetal anemia and hydrops. Patient's sibling had D-/-phenotype, but was ABO-incompatible with the fetus. Rapidity of progression of case resulted in intrauterine fetal demise at 27 weeks' POG. HDFN, in rare blood groups, leads to problems in arranging compatible units in developing countries due to lack of centralized rare donor registries.
Late Holocene hydrologic variability and ecosystem structure from rock hyrax middens in Dhofar, Oman

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences (Physical Sciences)

Over 1/3 of the Earth’s human population relies on dryland ecosystems for food and water resources. While these ecosystems are highly sensitive to changes in climate, we lack observational data as to how changes in hydrology influences plant communities. Paleoecological data for southern Arabia show woodland communities transitioned to more dry-adapted herbaceous plants, which suggests rainfall decreased across the Holocene. To assess relationships between hydrology and ecology, we employed leaf wax n -alkane distributions, δ 13 C wax , and δD wax records from rock hyrax ( Procavia capensis ) middens in Dhofar, Oman. The biomarker properties allowed reconstruction of changes in C3/C4 vegetation and local moisture availability, in tandem with community changes represented by a published pollen record. To constrain interpretations, n -alkane analyses were conducted on herbarium specimens of leaves collected in Dhofar. For the modern specimens, xeric plants typically contained longer homologues than mesic plants. Across the fossil middens (4,038–109 cal yrs BP), the proportions of plant-wax homologues do not show major changes, and thus do not suggest a shift between xeric versus mesic plants. Similarly, δ 13 C wax values indicate little or no change in the distributions of C3 and C4 vegetation. Limited δD wax data from the middens confirm overall drying occurred into the late Holocene, punctuated by a wetter pulse at ∼1.6 ka. Taken together, plant wax distributions and isotope data indicate changes in moisture availability across the late Holocene did not alter the structural composition of the plant communities and that the proportion of C3/C4 vegetation remained stable. We infer vegetation changes associated with late Holocene drying involved reshuffling of community composition and not major changes in vegetation structure. Additionally, this study demonstrates that leaf wax n -alkanes from rock hyrax middens provide a method to reconstruct changes in climate and vegetation in dryland ecosystems where other archives are scarce.
Overell, Rosemary. 2014. Affective Intensities in Extreme Music Scenes: Cases from Australia and Japan

Field: Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)

Overell, Rosemary. 2014. Affective Intensities in Extreme Music Scenes: Cases from Australia and Japan. London: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-13740-676-7 (hbk). 211 pp.
Research Article A Novel Aspartic Protease with HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitory Activity from Fresh Fruiting Bodies of

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

Copyright © 2012 Qing-Xiu Hu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. A novel aspartic protease with HIV-1 RT inhibitory activity was isolated and characterized from fruiting bodies of the wild mushroom Xylaria hypoxylon. The purification protocol comprised distilled water homogenization and extraction step, three ion exchange chromatographic steps (on DEAE-cellulose, Q-Sepharose, and CM-cellulose in succession), and final purification was by FPLC on Superdex 75. The protease was adsorbed on all the three ion exchangers. It was a monomeric protein with a molecular mass of 43 kDa as estimated by SDS-PAGE and FPLC. Its N-terminal amino acid sequence was HYTELLSQVV, which exhibited no sequence homology to other proteases reported. The activity of the protease was adversely affected by Pepstatin A, indicating that it is an aspartic protease. The protease activity was maximal or nearly so in the pH range 6–8 and in the temperature range 35–60◦C. The purified enzyme exhibited HIV-1 RT inhibitory activity with an IC50 value of 8.3 μM, but was devoid of antifungal,
Beneficial Effects of Dietary Polyphenols on High-Fat Diet-Induced Obesity Linking with Modulation of Gut Microbiota

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

Obesity is caused by an imbalance of energy intake and expenditure. It is characterized by a higher accumulation of body fat with a chronic low-grade inflammation. Many reports have shown that gut microbiota in the host plays a pivotal role in mediating the interaction between consumption of a high-fat diet (HFD) and onset of obesity. Accumulative evidence has suggested that the changes in the composition of gut microbiota may affect the host's energy homeostasis, systemic inflammation, lipid metabolism, and insulin sensitivity. As one of the major components in human diet, polyphenols have demonstrated to be capable of modulating the composition of gut microbiota and reducing the HFD-induced obesity. The present review summarizes the findings of recent studies on dietary polyphenols regarding their metabolism and interaction with bacteria in the intestine as well as the underlying mechanisms by which they modulate the gut microbiota and alleviate the HFD-induced obesity.
Magnetic field evolution of accreting neutron stars * III

Field: Physics and Astronomy (Physical Sciences)

The evolutionary scenario of the neutron star magnetic field is examined assuming a spindown-induced expulsion of magnetic flux originally confined to the core, in which case the expelled flux undergoes ohmic decay. The nature of field evolution, for accreting neutron stars, is investigated incorporating the crustal microphysics and material movement due to accretion. This scenario may explain the observed field strengths of neutron stars but only if the crustal lattice contains a large amount of impurity which is in direct contrast to the models that assume an original crustal field.
Characterization of Transponder Antennas Using Intermodulation Response

Field: Engineering (Physical Sciences)

The intermodulation measurement technique enables measuring transponder antennas without any cable connections. This contactless technique exploits the inherent nonlinearity of the transponder to generate intermodulation products that can be measured. In this paper, we relate the transponder antenna properties to the intermodulation response, and use this relation to calculate the gain andimpedance matching of the transponder antenna. Additionally, we consider the limitations of the measurement method and present three different measurement geometries for measuring the radiation pattern. The presented equations and methods are experimentally verified by measuring an example harmonic transponder.
Moderating and Reactive Collisions of Hot Hydrogen Atoms: A Study on Isotope Effects in Methyl Fluoride

Field: Chemistry (Physical Sciences)

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTModerating and Reactive Collisions of Hot Hydrogen Atoms: A Study on Isotope Effects in Methyl FluorideH. Clement. Jurgeleit and Richard. WolfgangCite this: J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1963, 85, 8, 1057–1062Publication Date (Print):April 1, 1963Publication History Published online1 May 2002Published inissue 1 April 1963https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja00891a008https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00891a008research-articleACS PublicationsRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views35Altmetric-Citations12LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail Other access optionsGet e-Alertsclose Get e-Alerts
On the integrability aspects of nonparaxial nonlinear Schrödinger equation and the dynamics of solitary waves

Field: Mathematics (Physical Sciences)

The integrability nature of a nonparaxial nonlinear Schrödinger (NNLS) equation, describing the propagation of ultra-broad nonparaxial beams in a planar optical waveguide, is studied by employing the Painlevé singularity structure analysis. Our study shows that the NNLS equation fails to satisfy the Painlevé test. Nevertheless, we construct one bright solitary wave solution for the NNLS equation by using the Hirota's direct method. Also, we numerically demonstrate the stable propagation of the obtained bright solitary waves even in the presence of an external perturbation in a form of white noise. We then numerically investigate the coherent interaction dynamics of two and three bright solitary waves. Our study reveals interesting energy switching among the colliding solitary waves due to the nonparaxiality.
Does a religious universalism haunt secular religious education?

Field: Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)

Abstract Contemporary theories of non-confessional religious education (RE) imagine the subject as inclusive and non-indoctrinatory. Any latent confessional tendencies towards universalism—encouraging or promoting a singular religious vision—have been exorcised within secular, liberal education systems. But can universalism be so easily avoided? In this article, I argue that some forms of universalism are unjustified, while others are educationally inevitable. The argument acknowledges that failures to distinguish between different forms of universalism lead to confusion about the purposes and justification of RE, and contribute to the poor status of the subject in schools within England and Wales. Knowing when, how, and why universalism operates educationally can help to improve all kinds of education, particularly RE. This article is part of a suite of articles, titled ‘Universal Individuals’, which explore the relations and tensions between forms of universalism (political, civic, philosophical) and individualism.
The use of digital CCTV in an airport car-park application

Field: Computer Science (Physical Sciences)

The paper examines the use of multimedia computing as the basis for modern security surveillance systems. Based on an existing product and application examples, the paper aims to illustrate the power which new technology can bring to surveillance, monitoring and control systems. Multimedia computing is a hot topic which is seen as a vital part of the drive towards wider home use of PCs. This means that the technology is developing rapidly and most importantly the prize of a truly mass market is driving prices lower, thus making "spin off" applications such as the one described much more economically feasible and attractive. We look at a set of small case studies, based on a system called PanSeer which is available from Joyce-Loebl Ltd. in the United Kingdom.
Recent use of deep learning techniques in clinical applications based on gait: a survey

Field: Computer Science (Physical Sciences)

Abstract Gait analysis has been studied for a long time and applied to fields such as security, sport, and medicine. In particular, clinical gait analysis has played a significant role in improving the quality of healthcare. With the growth of machine learning technology in recent years, deep learning-based approaches to gait analysis have become popular. However, a large number of samples are required for training models when using deep learning, where the amount of available gait-related data may be limited for several reasons. This paper discusses certain techniques that can be applied to enable the use of deep learning for gait analysis in case of limited availability of data. Recent studies on the clinical applications of deep learning for gait analysis are also reviewed, and the compatibility between these applications and sensing modalities is determined. This article also provides a broad overview of publicly available gait databases for different sensing modalities.
A Genre Analysis of English and Chinese Legal Research Article Abstracts: A Corpus-based Approach

Field: Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)

Research article (RA) abstracts are generally viewed as the gateway to know the gist and major findings of a study. They also function as a “promotional” genre to attract readers’ interest and increase readership so as to better engage the authors in the academic communities. Although RA abstracts as a genre have been gaining more attention over the years, there is still a lack of study on RA abstracts in the field of law, let alone cross-linguistic study concerning them. Therefore, this study investigates English and Chinese legal RA abstracts from the perspective of genre, analyzes their move structures, frequency and features, and then compares the similarities and differences of them in two different languages. To this end, a corpus consisting of 60 RA abstracts was compiled, 30 randomly selected from three prestigious English law journals and 30 from three Chinese law journals. The move analysis was conducted based on an adjusted model of four moves. The results reveal that the moves of Introduction, Gap-filling and Contribution are obligatory while that of Methodology is optional in both languages. However, English abstracts, with more complicated move structures than Chinese ones, tend to state explicitly the purposes of study while Chinese abstracts show a preference for pointing out the “Gap” first.
Oryza sativa L. subsp. japonica S.Kato WAB0011313

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)

Plant Genetic Resource.
Taxonomy: Oryza sativa L. subsp. japonica S.Kato
Common name(s): Rice
Other names: TOS 11085
Conserved by: Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice), Côte d'Ivoire
Local sample unique identifier: WAB0011313
Method of creation: Inherited
Date: 1980
Other identifiers: n/a,TOS 11085
Historical: No
Biological status: Traditional cultivar/landrace
MLS status: Included
[Effects of wearing a mask on oxygenation of subjects with spontaneous breathing during supplementary oxygen through facemask].

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

During the COVID-19 epidemic, our national guidelines have suggested that surgical patients should wear a mask to decrease the potential transmission of COVID-19 in the operating room, as long as the condition allows. However, so far, there is no study to discuss the influence of wearing a mask on the ventilation and blood oxygenation status in patients of spontaneous breathing with supplementary oxygen through an anesthetic facemask. This is a before-after study in the same patient, and 10 healthy volunteers were recruited, by testing the arterial blood gas parameters at key time points before and after oxygen inhalation to evaluate the effects of two different supplementary oxygen methods ('disposable medical mask + anesthetic facemask' and 'anesthetic facemask only') on the oxygenation of subjects. Our data demonstrated whether wearing a disposable medical mask or not could effectively increase the oxygen supply of the subjects compared with the basic value before oxygen inhalation; however, compared with the group without mask, the arterial oxygen partial (PaO 2) reduced significantly at each time points when subjects wearing a disposable medical mask. There was no significant difference in other parameters, and our data showed that age growth and smoking had no significant effects on the difference of PaO 2 between the groups with and without masks. This study demonstrates effective oxygen supplementation through anesthetic facemask in subjects with spontaneous breathing who is wearing a disposable medical mask, whose pulse oxygen saturation and arterial oxygen saturation can reach 100% rapidly, and this provides a theoretical basis for the management of patients with disseminated respiratory diseases to wear masks in the operating room; however, the rate and amount of PaO 2 increase are both decreased as compared to those who is not wearing a disposable medical mask during supplementary oxygenation. Whether this difference will affect the clinical outcome needs further study.