jimnoneill/paper-to-field-training huggingface dataset:
Impact of teachers’ career adaptability and family on professional learning

Field: Psychology (Social Sciences)

Teachers’ engagement in professional learning is vital to the profession’s sustainability. Their professional learning is influenced by the demands of balancing work, family, and the strain of balancing the two. This challenge is addressed through the notion resilience, operationalized as career adaptability. In a sample of teachers (N = 193), the present research explored the relations between career adaptability, family-to-work conflict (time-based and strain-based), and engagement in professional learning. Structural equation modelling revealed that time-based conflict mediated the relation between career adaptability and strain-based conflict. Strain-based conflict, in turn, negatively predicted engagement with professional development studies. It is recommended that strategies for teachers’ professional learning are inclusive of contextual factors, such as family-to-work conflict, and focused on enhancing their career adaptability.
Metamaterial-Inspired Antenna Array for Application in Microwave Breast Imaging Systems for Tumor Detection

Field: Engineering (Physical Sciences)

This paper presents a study of a planar antenna-array inspired by the metamaterial concept where the resonant elements have sub-wavelength dimensions for application in microwave medical imaging systems for detecting tumors in biological tissues. The proposed antenna consists of square-shaped concentric-rings which are connected to a central patch through a common feedline. The array structure comprises several antennas that are arranged to surround the sample breast model. One antenna at a time in the array is used in transmission-mode while others are in receive-mode. The antenna array operates over 2-12 GHz amply covering the frequency range of existing microwave imaging systems. Measured results show that compared to a standard patch antenna array the proposed array with identical dimensions exhibits an average radiation gain and efficiency improvement of 4.8 dBi and 18%, respectively. The average refiection-coefficient of the array over its operating range is better than S11 = -20 dB making it highly receptive to weak signals and minimizing the distortion encountered with the transmission of short duration pulse-trains. Moreover, the proposed antenna-array exhibits high-isolation on average of 30dB between radiators. This means that antennas in the array (i) can be closely spaced to accommodate more radiators to achieve higher-resolution imaging scans, and (ii) the imagining scans can be done over a wider frequency range to ascertain better contrast in electrical parameters between malignant tumor-tissue and the surrounding normal breast-tissue to facilitate the detection of breast-tumor. It is found that short wavelength gives better resolution. In this experimental study a standard biomedical breast model that mimics a real-human breast in terms of dielectric and optical properties was used to demonstrate the viability of the proposed antenna over a standard patch antenna in the detection and the localization of tumor. These results are encouraging for clinical trials and further refinement of the antenna-array.
Measurement of free radicals OH and HO2 in Los Angeles smog

Field: Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)

Atmospheric free radicals hydroxyl and hydroperoxyl (OH and HO 2 , collectively HO x ) are the catalysts that cause secondary or photochemical air pollution. Chemical mechanisms for oxidant and acid formation, on which expensive air pollution control strategies are based, must accurately predict these radical concentrations. We have used the fluorescence assay with gas expansion (FAGE) technique to carry out the first simultaneous, in situ measurements of these two radicals in highly polluted air during the Los Angeles Free Radical Experiment. A complete suite of ancillary measurements was also made, including speciated hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, aldehydes, nitric oxide, nitrogen dioxide, and ozone along with meteorological parameters. Using this suite of measurements, we tested the ability of a lumped chemical mechanism to accurately predict radical concentrations in polluted air. Comparison of model predictions with measured radical concentrations revealed generally good agreement for OH early and late in the day, including the early evening hours, when OH persisted at low concentrations after dark. During midday, however, modeled [OH] was high by about 50%. Agreement for HO 2 was quite good in the early morning hours, but model‐calculated HO 2 concentrations were significantly too high during midday. When we used our measured HO 2 concentrations as model input, agreement between calculated and measured OH concentrations was improved. It seems likely that (1) the model's HO x sources are too large, (2) there are unaccounted HO x loss processes in Los Angeles air, and/or (3) the complex parameterization of RO 2 /HO 2 radical chemistry in the reaction mechanism does not adequately describe the behavior of these radicals in the Los Angeles atmosphere.
Bone Mineral Density in African–American Women with Symptomatic Uterine Leiomyoma

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

Objective: Uterine leiomyoma is associated with increased BMD in Caucasian women and is largely attributed to the state of hyperestrogenemia associated with disease. This relationship, however, has not been previously described in African–American women. We aim to assess BMD in African–American women with symptomatic uterine leiomyoma. Design: Case–control study. Materials & methods: 29 African–American women with uterine leiomyoma signed an Institutional Review Board (IRB) approved consent form at a reproductive clinic of an inner city hospital in Brooklyn, NY, USA. BMD and T-score of lumbar spine was compared with a controlled group matched for age, race and BMI. BMD of lumbar spine was measured using Hologic QDR 4200 in both groups. Data are presented as mean ± SEM. Results: For the entire study population the mean age (years) was 42.07 ± 1.15, and the BMI (kg/m 2 ) was 29.37 ± 0.93 in patients with uterine leiomyoma and 30.07 ± 1.06 for the control group (p = 0.07). There was a significant difference in the mean BMD (cm 2 ) between the uterine leiomyoma group (1.17 ± 0.03) compared with control (1.05 ± 0.02 p < 0.01). The T-score for the uterine leiomyoma group was significantly higher compared with the control group (0.31 ± 0.25 and −0.74 ± 0.21 with p < 0.01). The prevalence of osteopenia (T-score <-1) was lower for the leiomyoma group when compared with controls, (p < 0.02). Conclusion: Consistent with data from the white population with uterine leiomyoma, our data showed a significantly higher BMD in African–American women with uterine leiomyoma, compared with an age- and race-matched cohort. The implications of these findings remain to be investigated and further confirmed in future longitudinal studies.
Alcohol and Other Drug Use by Residents of Major Districts in the Self-governing States in South Africa, 1990

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

This study was initiated in the light of the fairly recently announced South African National Plan to Prevent and Combat Alcohol and Drug Abuse. A major objective of this Plan, which was accepted by the RSA cabinet in 1988, is the stimulation, establishment and extension of research, and the accumulation of the information service deliverers' need in order to plan rationally, effectively and timeously. This study is aimed at contributing towards the implementation of one of the basic aims of the mentioned National Plan, i.e. the accumulation of baseline information concerning the general drinking and drugging structure in South Africa, including the selfgoverning territories. Generally this study focused on the nature and prevalence of the use of alcohol and various other substances or drugs.
Quincy T. Mills. Cutting along the Color Line: Black Barbers and Barber Shops in America.

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

Although research on black-owned businesses has proliferated, Quincy T. Mills contends that scholars have neglected their role “in visions of individual and racial progress within black communities” (p. 4). Cutting along the Color Line: Black Barbers and Barber Shops in America therefore not only seeks to tell the story of African American men in the barbering trade from the mid-nineteenth to the late twentieth centuries but also analyzes their role in the emergence of what Mills calls the “black commercial public sphere” (p. 4). Mills uses this phrase to adapt Davarian L. Baldwin's concept of “marketplace intellectual life” to the distinct circumstances of barbering. Specifically, barber shops were private businesses, and barbers provided a personal service—grooming—that established strong bonds with their customers. Mills persuasively argues that these circumstances allowed barbers to be leaders in the black freedom struggle and in defining black masculinity. However, his focus on cultural production within barber shops tends to obscure the lives of black barbers and their success as entrepreneurs.
The Price of Land and the Cost Paid for Land in a Socialist Economy

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance (Social Sciences)

The price of land and the cost paid for the use of land are important issues confronting China's economic reform at present. Does land have a price in a socialist economy? Should the land user compensate for the use of the land? In other words, should he pay regularly to the landowner the cost for the use of the land? This is one of the main aspects of the relations of production to be studied by socialist political economy. It is of great theoretical and practical significance.
Socio-scientific Issues (SSI) research trends: A systematic literature review of publications 2011 – 2022

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

This study aimed to investigate research trends related to socio-scientific issues (SSI). The SSI articles analysed were from highest-rating five science education journals with the highest impact ratings, published between 2011 and 2022, including Science Education [SE], Journal of Research in Science Teaching [JRST], Science and Education [S&E], International Journal of Science Education [IJSE], and Research in Science Education [RSE]. A total of 87 selected relevant SSI articles were analysed to determine research types, research topics, research sample groups, research sites, and authors with the most citations. According to the research findings, IJSE articles are the most widely published articles compared to other articles of similar journals. It is revealed that the most discussed issues in those articles of IJSE are argumentation and decision-making, followed by the nature of science. Pupils in middle and high schools constitute the largest sample groups. The continent that has been widely selected as research sites is European continent. Meanwhile, the country with the most research sites is the United States. The data collection tool most frequently used in the research is interview. S&E's Nature of Science, Scientific Inquiry, and Socio-Scientific Issues Arising from Genetics: A Pathway to Developing a Scientifically Literate Citizenry articles are the most cited articles. Challenges such as addressing efficacy, emotion, and attitude remain noticeably unexplored in SSI studies. Furthermore, exploratory studies on SSI for early childhood education.
Inelastic collisions facilitating runaway electron generation in weakly-ionized plasmas

Field: Physics and Astronomy (Physical Sciences)

Dreicer generation is one of the main mechanisms of runaway electrons generation, in particular during tokamak startup. In fully ionized plasma it is described as a diffusive flow from the Maxwellian core into high energies under the effect of the electric field. In this work we demonstrate a critical role of the non-differential nature of inelastic collisions in weakly ionized plasma during tokamak startup, where some electrons experience virtually no collisions during acceleration to the critical energy. We show that using the Fokker-Planck collisional operator can underestimate the Dreicer generation rate by several orders of magnitude.
Decoupled evolution of the cranium and mandible in carnivoran mammals

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)

The relationship between skull morphology and diet is a prime example of adaptive evolution. In mammals, the skull consists of the cranium and the mandible. Although the mandible is expected to evolve more directly in response to dietary changes, dietary regimes may have less influence on the cranium because additional sensory and brain-protection functions may impose constraints on its morphological evolution. Here, we tested this hypothesis by comparing the evolutionary patterns of cranium and mandible shape and size across 100+ species of carnivoran mammals with distinct feeding ecologies. Our results show decoupled modes of evolution in cranial and mandibular shape; cranial shape follows clade-based evolutionary shifts, whereas mandibular shape evolution is linked to broad dietary regimes. These results are consistent with previous hypotheses regarding hierarchical morphological evolution in carnivorans and greater evolutionary lability of the mandible with respect to diet. Furthermore, in hypercarnivores, the evolution of both cranial and mandibular size is associated with relative prey size. This demonstrates that dietary diversity can be loosely structured by craniomandibular size within some guilds. Our results suggest that mammal skull morphological evolution is shaped by mechanisms beyond dietary adaptation alone.
EmoEcho: Towards Understanding the Design of Emotion Mimicry in Digital Social Games

Field: Computer Science (Physical Sciences)

Despite the growing exploration of body games for social interaction, current approaches predominantly focus on physical mimicry while overlooking the critical emotional dimension of bodily expression. We address this gap by investigating emotion mimicry as a novel game mechanic for enhancing social presence and interpersonal connection. This paper introduces EmoEcho, a two-player 2D side-scrolling game that integrates emotion mimicry into its core mechanics. In EmoEcho, one player's facial expressions trigger game events while the second player must mimic these expressions to interact with game elements. Through a controlled comparative study (N=24, 12 pairs) contrasting emotion-based input against conventional keyboard controls, we demonstrate that emotion mimicry significantly enhanced social presence and overall game experience. Qualitative interviews further suggest that emotion mimicry enriched player experience via intriguing emotion-based embodied interaction, collaborative emotion co-creation, and development of shared emotional experiences. Our findings extend the understanding of social body games beyond physical mimicry to the emotional domain and provide actionable design implications for creating emotional social games. This work opens new space for game designers to leverage face-to-face emotional expressions as a powerful interface for creating meaningful social play experiences.
An Empirical Research on Factors Influencing Purchase Intention of Mobile Shopping

Field: Business, Management and Accounting (Social Sciences)

Based on the theory of Flow experience, this thesis combines the theory of perceived value with the theory of customer innovation, and constructs the influencing factor model of Smartphone users’ purchase intention. The paper aims to understand the impact of Flow experience in the intention of mobile shopping in China. To address this, an empirical study with 430 subjects was carried out. It collected the data by questionnaire with 5-point Likert scale, and used SPSS.22.0 and AMOS.21 to encode and analysis the data by the method of factor analysis, descriptive statistics and structural equation modeling. The results indicate that flow experience has a significant positive effect on the purchase intention of mobile shopping, and customer innovation has a direct effect on flow experience which in turn impacts purchase intention. Furthermore, this study also reveals that perceived value influence mobile shopping deeply. Key words: Mobile shopping
Radio coverage optimization with genetic algorithms

Field: Computer Science (Physical Sciences)

Cellular network operators are dealing with complex problems when planning the network operation. In order to automate the planning process, the development of simulation and optimization tools are under research. In this paper genetic algorithms with three different approaches are studied in order to optimize the base station sites. This research shows that a proper approach in developing the individual structure and fitness function has crucial importance in solving practical base station siting problems with genetic algorithms.
Virtual learning impacts communication and teamwork

Field: Health Professions (Health Sciences)

Abstract Background Essential interpersonal skills, such as teamwork and communication, are increasingly emphasised in the curricula of various health professions' programmes. A push towards virtual learning has gained traction following COVID‐19 online learning; however, the implications of this modality on the aforementioned skills remain unclear. Approach Medical, physician assistant, physical therapy and occupational therapy students engaged in a four‐part educational intervention aimed at promoting interprofessional teamwork, communication and role knowledge during an anatomy course taught in‐person in 2019 and virtually in 2020. Students' perceptions of the intervention were explored through focus groups following each of these educational interventions using inductive coding. Evaluation A comparison of focus group and survey data collected in both years demonstrated less effective communication and teamwork. With respect to communication and teamwork in a virtual learning setting, the following subthemes were identified: Challenges ascribed to the virtual learning format , Feeling of missing out on in‐person experiences , Less engagement and accountability , Lack of bonding and teamwork , Feeling uncomfortable , as well as Added difficulty regarding Conversing , Ensuring inclusivity , Hesitation and Inadvertently domineering discussions . Communication challenges stemming from the virtual learning format were identified as the primary hindrance. Implications Therefore, virtual learning may be less effective than in‐person with respect to cultivating communication and teamwork skills. In our context, and based on the evaluation, we have decided to assess the utility of virtual interactive sessions in the context of other activities in the curriculum to ensure in‐person opportunities are available for students to cultivate the necessary communication and teamwork skills.
The Study Mong Wai: Karen's Musical Instrument of Sangkhlaburi District, Kanchanaburi

Field: Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)

The objectives of this research are, 1) to study the history, background, functions and components ofMong wai, and 2) to collect and analyze songs that played by Mong wai in Karen culture. The study andanalysis of data collected by surveying and interviewing revealed that;1. Mong Wai is a percussion musical instrument invented by Karen tribe in Myanmar. Mong Wai has18 small Gongs with 18 different pitches that orderly, made from alloy and looked similar to Thai Mong(Thai Gong). Mong Wai has big knob at the middle of each Gong, which has different size and producesdifferent musical note. Luk Mong are attached to all three parts of a wooden frame. Mong Wai plays ahighly influential role for Karen culture. Mong Wai is usually played as the main instrument in most ofthe Karen festivals and ceremonies.2. There are 12 Songs performed by using Mong Wai at different Karen ceremonies, i.e., 1) Payinghomage to the teacher 2) End of Buddhist Lent Day 3) Temple fair 4) Fulfill one’s vow 5) Songkranfestival 6) The funeral. From the song analysis it is found that the major tone of most songs is in cFaenote. The songs generally start with introduction part and also end with the same introduction part. Thesongs also have a repeat and upbeat rhythm. At all annual festivals, Mong Wai is usually used as themain musical instrument for attracting people to attend the events.
England's Disgrace?: J.S. Mill and the Irish Question (review)

Field: Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)

This book records an encounter between one of Victorian England's most enlightened political spirits and one of its gravest political embarrassments. Unlike most of his youthful preoccupations, John Stuart Mill did not inherit his interest in Ireland from his eminent father. Mill Senior was a full-blooded separatist when it came to the Irish question, and thus to the left of his staunchly liberal-Unionist son. He was also, needless to say, to the left of Thomas Carlyle, who held that the repeal of the Union was flatly forbidden [End Page 682] by the laws of the universe. Yet as Bruce L. Kinzer points out in this meticulously researched study, James Mill, a veteran of imperialism in India, had strangely little to say in his work about Britain's turbulent off-shore island, and omitted the subject altogether from his essay on colonies for the Encyclopaedia Britannica. As often, Ireland was too close to England to be quite visible; and as with many a Victorian Englishman, James Mill's main interest in the Irish was how to get rid of them. "The most dreadful plague that ever infested human nature" (qtd. 12) was his lurid characterisation of Irish immigration in England, scarcely the dispassionately analytical language one expects of a Benthamite. Jeremy Bentham himself despatched a fiver to Daniel O'Connell's Catholic Association, and Kinzer might have mentioned that O'Connell was a curious cross-breed of Romantic nationalist and Utilitarian reformer; but when it came to systematic proposals for solving Ireland's ills, J. S. Mill had few Philosophic-Radical resources to draw upon.
Reluctant Pioneers

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

Reluctant Pioneers describes the migration of Chinese to Manchuria, their settlement there, and the incorporation of Manchuria into an expanding China, from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries. The expansion of Chinese state and society from the agrarian and urban core of China proper to the territories north and west of the Great Wall doubled the size of the empire, forming the "China" now so prominent on the map of Asia. The movement and settlement of people, clearing and cultivation of land, invasions of soldiers, circulation of merchants, and establishment of government offices extended the boundaries of China at the same time that the American expansion westward and the Russian expansion eastward created the other great landed empires that dominated the twentieth century and persist today. The chief purpose of this book is to describe the Chinese experience and what it tells us about the expansion of states and societies, drawing comparisons with Russia and America, and reflecting on the nature of what scholars since Frederick Jackson Turner have called "frontiers" and what Turner's critics now call "borderlands" or "middle ground." In addition, the book touches on several other issues central to our understanding of modern China, such as the development of the Chinese economy and the nature of Chinese migration.
[Subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord: manifestations of esophageal epidermoid carcinoma].

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

Anti-intrinsic factor antibodies were the only found factor which could explain cyanocobalamin malabsorption. A esophageal squamous cel carcinoma was discovered. In our case, vitamin B12 malabsorption had a paraneoplastic origin mediated by anti-intrinsic factor antibodies. Subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord may be the manifestation of a hidden esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.