jimnoneill/paper-to-field-training huggingface dataset:
Parental Attachment Styles and Psychological Well-being in Gifted Adolescents: Insights from India

Field: Psychology (Social Sciences)

A BSTRACT Objectives: The present study aimed to understand the relationship between perceived parental attachment style and the well-being of gifted adolescents in India. Methods: A correlational research design was used to analyze the results of the study. Data were collected from 53 gifted adolescents (age: 13–17 years) using the purposive sampling method. The Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment - Revised (Gullone & Robinson, 2005) and Psychological Well-being of Adolescents scale (Kulkarni & Patwardhan, 2015) which is based on Ryff’s model of psychological well-being were used for data collection. The data were analyzed using Kendall’s Tau correlation. Results: The results indicate a significant positive correlation between perceived parental attachment and psychological well-being, specifically with respect to self-acceptance and personal growth in gifted adolescents. Conclusion: Findings suggest that perception of trust from parents, effective communication, and reduced sense of parental alienation are positively linked to self-acceptance and purpose of life in gifted adolescents. Parental trust correlates with the feeling of empowerment in gifted adolescents, impacting their willingness to explore new things and find innovative solutions to problems. Diminished feelings of parental alienation contribute to the personal growth in gifted adolescents and vice versa.
[Chinese expert consensus on meibomian gland dysfunction: diagnosis and management (2023)].

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

Meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) is a common ocular surface disease. In recent years, the meibomian gland-related examination and treatment technologies have evolved rapidly. In order to further optimize the diagnostic process of MGD in China and improve the treatment efficiency of MGD, the Chinese Branch of the Asian Dry Eye Society has organized relevant experts to discuss the clinical characteristics of MGD in China and the progress of research at home and abroad. Based on the expert consensus formed in 2017, the updated consensus opinions have been developed for clinical physicians to refer to in the diagnosis and management of MGD.
Smart Elderly Care: An Intelligent e-Procurement System for Elderly Supplier Selecting

Field: Decision Sciences (Social Sciences)

(1) Objective: to accelerate the digitalization of the elderly care service industry and the construction of the smart elderly care industry, this paper designs an intelligent e-procurement system for elderly suppliers selecting from the perspective of smart elderly care, which can enhance the efficiency of elderly care supply chains and assist manufacturers of elderly products in choosing a reliable, high-quality supplier during trades. (2) Methods: the e-procurement system, including six modules, is built with an improved dynamic Markov Decision Process selection model combined with an Analytic Network Process, bringing dynamic evolution of both inventory cost and purchasing cost into long-term reward calculation, and taking into account 15 common indexes and 7 specific indexes when evaluating suppliers’ competitiveness. (3) Results: a real sample shows that when facing 50 suppliers with 50 different quotations, the e-procurement system selects a stable and reliable supplier that brings the best long-term profits for demand enterprises in ten purchase periods, and it makes the selecting process more efficient and more prompt. (4) Conclusions: the model can be used in the circumstance where an elderly product producer is forced to decide on a long-term strategy or reselect a new stable supplier since it is focused on choosing long-term and high-quality suppliers over numerous periods.
Respecting Human Rights in Conflict Regions: How to Avoid the â€˜Conflict Spiralâ€™

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

This article introduces a novel way in which human rights due diligence can be â€˜enhancedâ€™ to respond to business and human rights challenges specific to conflict affected areas. It makes two key arguments. First, it claims that a crucial and often neglected factor for understanding human rights risks in conflict affected areas is that businesses face escalating and largely unpredictable human rights risks once they become involved in conflict. Second, the article shows how integrating aspects of the well-established method of conflict sensitive business practice into human rights due diligence can help companies address this challenge. For instance, companies should include a conflict analysis in human rights impact assessments and systematically identify and address their actual or potential impacts on conflict. This article provides support to a UN Working Group proposal for the integration of conflict sensitive business practices into human rights due diligence.
Innovation Under Stress

Field: Business, Management and Accounting (Social Sciences)

The aim of the dissertation is to explore firms’ innovation strategies during certain stressful periods. This dissertation consists of 3 chapters. . . Chapter 1: Innovation Diversification Under Policy Uncertainty Using detailed data on patent grants and applications, I explore the effect of policy uncertainty on firms’ innovation strategies. I show that firms that invest in R&D tend to pursue more diversified strategies and are more likely to explore unfamiliar fields during periods of policy uncertainty. These findings hold after adjusting for possible sample-selection bias using variation from patent examiners’ historical approval rates, and after adjusting for potential endogeneity using pre-scheduled gubernatorial elections for neighbor states. To understand the factors that underlie this phenomenon, I conduct a variety of heterogeneity tests and find that a firm’s tendency to diversify is limited if it is financially constrained, holds irreversible assets, or relies heavily on pay-performance incentive contracts for managers. In addition, firms with higher sensitivity to government spending follow less diversified strategies, while firms facing higher product market competition are more likely to explore new fields. Chapter 2: Less Competition, Slower R&D: The Impact of Joint Ventures Under Policy Uncertainty I provide evidence showing that during periods of high policy uncertainty, firms with R&D joint ventures defer innovation investments further compared to firms that use competing innovation strategies. The deferral effect is mainly driven by joint ventures among potential market competitors and joint ventures among domestic firms. Furthermore, the deferral effect dies away when firms face a higher level of market competition. The results provide a detailed picture of the influence of R&D joint ventures during the period of policy uncertainty. It reduces the preemption value of the investment when competitors share the proprietary benefits but allow firms to fully appreciate the flexibility value of the project by waiting longer. Chapter 3: Ripple Effect of Patent Litigation Shock I show that firms react positively to their peers’ patent litigation suffering by increasing their investments in R&D and their applications for patents protection. The reaction is mainly taken when more peer firms are asserted by non-practicing entities (NPEs) and largely disappears when more peer firms are asserted by practicing entities (PEs). Furthermore, the reaction is stronger for firms that are more likely to be litigated, firms that perform in the highly competitive market and firms with high CEO pay-performance sensitivity. The results support the threat side story that the increase in peer firms’ litigation risk enhances firms’ awareness of patent protection. I test it directly on a subsample of firms that report non-zero R&D expenditure and find that the probability of having a patent protection increases significantly after more peer firms get involved in patent litigation issues.
Post-injury Inhibition of Endothelin-1 Dependent Renal Vasoregulation Mitigates Rhabdomyolysis-Induced Acute Kidney Injury

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

Abstract In patients with rhabdomyolysis, the overwhelming release of myoglobin into the circulation is the primary cause of kidney injury. Myoglobin causes direct kidney injury as well as severe renal vasoconstriction. An increase in renal vascular resistance (RVR) results in renal blood flow (RBF) and glomerular filtration rate (GFR) reduction, tubular injury, and acute kidney injury (AKI). The mechanisms that underlie rhabdomyolysis-induced AKI are not fully understood but may involve the local production of vasoactive mediators in the kidney. Studies have shown that myoglobin stimulates endothelin-1 (ET-1) production in glomerular mesangial cells. Circulating ET-1 is also increased in rats subjected to glycerol-induced rhabdomyolysis. However, the upstream mechanisms of ET-1 production and downstream effectors of ET-1 actions in rhabdomyolysis-induced AKI remain unclear. Vasoactive ET-1 is generated by ET converting enzyme 1 (ECE-1)-induced proteolytic processing of inactive big ET to biologically active peptides. The downstream ion channel effectors of ET-1-induced vasoregulation include the transient receptor potential cation channel, subfamily C member 3 (TRPC3). This study demonstrates that glycerol-induced rhabdomyolysis in Wistar rats promotes ECE-1-dependent ET-1 production, RVR increase, GFR decrease, and AKI. Rhabdomyolysis-induced increases in RVR and AKI in the rats were attenuated by post-injury pharmacological inhibition of ECE-1, ET receptors, and TRPC3 channels. CRISPR/Cas9-mediated knockout of TRPC3 channels attenuated ET-1-induced renal vascular reactivity and rhabdomyolysis-induced AKI. These findings suggest that ECE-1-driven ET-1 production and downstream activation of TRPC3-dependent renal vasoconstriction contribute to rhabdomyolysis-induced AKI. Hence, post-injury inhibition of ET-1-mediated renal vasoregulation may provide therapeutic targets for rhabdomyolysis-induced AKI.
The Commonality of Envelope Wages in Eastern European Economies

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance (Social Sciences)

This paper evaluates the common practice in East European economies whereby formal employers pay their formal employees both a declared wage and an undeclared "envelope wage." Until now, little survey evidence has been available. Here, an extensive Eurobarometer survey involving 10,171 face-to-face interviews in East European economies conducted in 2007 is reported. It finds that one in ten formal employees had received envelope wages in the previous year, amounting on average to two-fifths of their gross annual wage. This is found to be a ubiquitous practice, albeit more common in some countries, sectors, occupations, and population groups than others. A more in-depth evaluation of this wage practice in Eastern Europe and greater discussion of how the arrangement might be tackled is called for.
Colorimetric and Fluorometric Profiling of Advanced Glycation End Products

Field: Chemistry (Physical Sciences)

Profiling of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) is an emerging area of clinical significance for disease diagnosis and prognosis. Typically, concentrations of AGEs are estimated in laboratories by trained personnel using sophisticated equipment. Herein, a facile approach for colorimetric and fluorometric profiling of AGEs is reported for rapid and on-site analysis. The concentrations of AGE levels in plasma are estimated via changes in optical properties of polythiophenes (PTs) upon interaction with aptamers (Apts) in the presence and in the absence of AGEs. To validate the proposed approach, glyceraldehyde-derived AGEs (AGE class 1 [AGE1]), the biomarker associated with cardiovascular diseases and diabetes, are used as a model system. Colorimetric analysis yielded linear responses for AGE1 for clinically relevant concentration ranges between 1.5 and 300 μg/mL with a limit of detection (LOD) of ∼1.3 μg/mL. Subsequently, an approach utilizing PTs with four different pendant groups in conjunction with four different Apts is demonstrated for qualitative colorimetric profiling and for quantitative fluorometric profiling of up to four AGEs in clinical matrices. Principal component analysis (PCA) of fluorometric responses of AGE-spiked samples yielded distinct responses for the different AGEs tested. Thus, the proposed approach ascertains rapid profiling of spiked AGEs in plasma samples without the requirement of preanalytical processing and advanced instrumentation, thereby facilitating on-site diagnosis.
Consent to rate laws: A case study of the North Carolina homeowners insurance marketplace

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance (Social Sciences)

In this paper, the authors discuss Consent to Rate (CTR) laws. These laws, found in many states, allow insurers in a given marketplace to charge a rate that differs from the approved rate if the insured completes the appropriate documentation consenting to the rate change. As such, CTR laws effectively allow for the circumvention of strict rate regulation laws by providing a way for insurers in highly regulated marketplaces (e.g., homeowners or automobile) to charge higher rates than those promulgated or approved by state insurance regulators. The paper proceeds as follows. First, an overview of CTR laws and the impact on consumers. Next, a case study approach is used, using three neighboring states to provide detailed information on their rate regulation model and the extent of use of CTR law. Based on the experience of the three states, the authors find evidence that insurers leverage CTR laws to obtain rate increases when rates are suppressed by the rate approval process.
Identification of a novel splice site mutation in the SERAC1 gene responsible for the MEGDHEL syndrome

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

Abstract Background MEGDHEL is an autosomal recessive syndrome defined as 3‐MEthylGlutaconic aciduria (3‐MGA) with Deafness, Hepatopathy, Encephalopathy, and Leigh‐like syndrome on magnetic resonance imaging, due to mutations in the SERAC1 (Serine Active Site Containing 1) gene, which plays a role in the mitochondrial cardiolipin metabolism. Methods We report the case of a young patient who presented with a convulsive encephalopathy, 3‐methylglutaconic aciduria, deafness, and bilateral T2 hypersignals of the putamen and the thalami, who passed away at 8 years of age. Results Analysis of nuclear genes using an ampliSeq ™ targeted custom panel disclosed two compound heterozygous variants in the SERAC1 gene: a nonsense substitution in exon 4, c.202C>T, resulting in a premature stop codon (p.Arg68*), and a novel variant at a canonical splicing site upstream exon 4 (c.129‐1G>C). mRNAs sequencing from the fibroblasts of the patient showed that the splice site variant resulted in exon 3 skipping without frameshift while Western blot experiments showed the absence of SERAC1 expression compared to controls and abnormal filipin staining. Conclusion We showed that the loss of the putative transmembrane domain of SERAC1, due to a novel splice site variant, impairs the protein expression and is responsible for the MEGDHEL syndrome.
J1349 Certified Power Engine Data for GM LS4 as used in 2008 Chevrolet Impala / Chevrolet Monte Carlo / Pontiac Grand Prix

Field: Engineering (Physical Sciences)

This product includes information on the manufacturer, engine, applications, testing location, certified maximum horsepower, certified maximum torque along with the certified curves of horsepower and torque over a wide range of engine RPM speeds. In addition, this product contains complete engine information such as displacement, cylinder configuration, valve train, combustion cycle, pressure charging, charge air cooling, bore, stroke, cylinder numbering convention, firing order, compression ratio, fuel system, fuel system pressure, ignition system, knock control, intake manifold, exhaust manifold, cooling system, coolant liquid, thermostat, cooling fan, lubricating oil, fuel, fuel shut off speed, etc. Also included are all measured test parameters outlined in J2723.
TheMarcosCase and Transitional Justice in the Philippines

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

This chapter explores how the US court judgments and narratives in the Marcos case were mobilized in the Philippines. In the decade following the judgment on liability, victim organizations, elected officials, and the leftist press used the judgment to clarify the historical record and provide evidence of the extent of abuses under Marcos.In addition, when discussing the case, two leading Philippine newspapers offered a narrative about the Marcos regime much more challenging to both the US and to Filipino elites than that offered in US courts. The chapter also explores post-liability proceedings, and their conflict with the Philippine Republic's policy of agrarian reform in the post-Marcos era. This conflict was resolved in 2013 through the enactment of a law providing reparations and recognition to victims of the Martial Law regime. Though the reparations law was initially conceived as a way to enforce the ATS judgment and was accordingly limited to narrow categories of abuse, following parliamentary debates its scope was extended to cover a broader range of victims whose stories are being recorded for the first time. In addition, the reparations legislation has triggered and strengthened various governmental and nongovernmental memory and official history projects. The chapter thus traces how in the move from the United States to the Philippines the meaning of the lawsuit was transformed to produce richer public narratives of repression under Marcos.
Aminopropylcellulose, synthesis and derivatization

Field: Chemistry (Physical Sciences)

Abstract The preparation of 3‐aminopropylcellulose from cyanoethylcellulose is readily achieved. Reduction of the cyano groups with borane‐dimethyl sulfide in tetrahydrofuran or a borane‐tetrahy‐drofuran complex proceeds quantitatively in 3 h to a corresponding 3‐aminopropylcellulose. The presence of primary amine functions is confirmed by spectroscopy and a positive ninhydrin test; the concentration of amino substituents, as ascertained by titration, ranged from 1.2 to 6.4 meq/g. Because the derivatives are neither soluble nor excessively swollen in water, applications as ion‐exchange resins or chromatographic supports can be envisioned. Treatment of 3‐aminopropyl‐cellulose with acetyl chloride, phenyl isocyanate, or p ‐toluenesulfonyl isocyanate produced 3‐acetamido‐, 3‐( N ′‐phenyluredo)‐, or 3‐( N ′‐ p ‐toluenesulfonyluredo)‐ N ‐propylcellulose. Alkylation with methyl chloride yielded a water‐soluble quaternary ammonium salt.
Is the Piglet Grimace Scale (PGS) a Useful Welfare Indicator to Assess Pain after Cryptorchidectomy in Growing Pigs?

Field: Veterinary (Health Sciences)

Pig cryptorchidism is a congenital anomaly, which requires surgical intervention. Pain assessment in pig farming has some limitations and consumers are increasingly concerned about suffering linked to on-farm procedures. The PGS seems to be a promising tool for pain assessment in piglets, although it has not been investigated whether this tool is applicable to growing pigs. This study was designed to determine whether the PGS could be useful to assess pain in growing pigs undergoing on-farm cryptorchidectomy. Ten mixed-breed cryptorchid pigs were pre-medicated with azaperone and ketamine. Anesthesia was induced and maintained using IV sodium based. Pigs were filmed pre- and 6 h post-surgery to evaluate their behavior (scan sampling every minute). Besides, 36 pictures of the face expressions (18 pre- and 18 6 h post-surgery) were scored with the PGS by three treatment-blind observers. The pre-surgery pig’s activity ratio was 59%, while it was 2% 6 h post-surgery. While the PGS inter-observer reliability was excellent (Interclass Correlation Coefficient value of 0.87), the PGS score increased significantly in pigs 6 h post-surgery (Paired sample t-test, p = 0.02). The PGS proved to be a potentially effective method to assess pain associated with cryptorchidectomy. However, further validation studies are required to validate this tool for other potentially painful procedures.
Teaching Italian Opera from the metrical functions of the libretto: The “ESTRO-VERSO” competition experience at the Conservatoire of Terni (Italy)

Field: Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)

In the librettos of Italian operas, characters often associate precise metrical functions with certain personal features. For example, comical or low-class characters express themselves in octosyllables (verses with a hammered rhythm pattern), while serious and more socially important characters prefer the nobler septenaries (verses with mobile accents). There are also exceptions, which can be explained according to specific dramaturgical situations. These metrical differences have an impact on the musical development of the sung poetry. In fact, students at the Conservatoire should always be aware of the close connection between poetry and music. For this reason, I have just devised the first national competition based on Italian metrics, called “ESTRO-VERSO” (‘ESplora e TROva il VERSO giusto’ = ‘Explore and find the right verse’). It will take place during the academic year 2024/25 at the Conservatoire “Giulio Briccialdi” of Terni (Italy).
,,Długie trwanie” dydaktyki języka polskiego według Zenona Klemensiewicza

Field: Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)

The “Long Duration” of Teaching Polish, According to Zenon Klemensiewicz Zenon Klemensiewicz is the creator of the theoretical and practical discipline of teaching Polish. Inspired by the 90th anniversary of the publication of his fundamental work Dydaktyka nauki o języku ojczystym (‘Teaching the science of the native tongue’), these considerations pose, from the point of view of a contemporary teacher, the question about the timeliness and longevity of Klemensiewicz’s views on linguistic education in schools. To answer them, we attempted to recover the tracks he left as a researcher and as a teacher. They proved to be many, and durable. They are listed here, and their existence is taken as proof that through the vehicle of his works referred to in this paper, Prof. Z. Klemensiewicz inscribed himself on the plane that does not become obsolete, the plane of “long duration” of language teaching. They mark a path that is worth following, because it clearly shows both the sense of continuation, and the need for change as guarantors and operators of progress.