jimnoneill/paper-to-field-training huggingface dataset:
Psychometric Properties of The Turkish Version of The International Trauma Questionnaire

Field: Psychology (Social Sciences)

In clinical practice, there is a need for a measurement tool that can support the diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex PTSD (CPTSD). The present study investigates the psychometric properties of the Turkish Version of the International Trauma Questionnaire (ITQ), the first scale developed for PTSD and CPTSD diagnosis purposes. The sample for this study comprised 395 participants recruited from the clinical sample (n = 112) and community (n = 283). After identifying the best fitting model, correlations between factors and criterion variables were calculated to examine the concurrent and convergent validity of ITQ scales. Criterion variables to examine concurrent validity comprised PTSD symptoms as assessed by the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R), Sheehan Disability Scale (SDS), The Core Self-Evaluations Scale (CSES), Relationship Assessment Scale (RAS), and Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ). Participants were primarily female (61.0%, n = 241) with a mean age of 32.43 years (SD = 10.14). Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) findings of our study indicated that Two-Factor Second-Order Model, Each Measured by Three First-Order Factors (Six first-order and two second-order factors), is congruent with previous studies. Cronbach's alpha was satisfactory for both PTSD (alpha = .910) and Disturbances in Self-Organization (alpha = .867) scales. The correlations between ITQ and the IES-R, RAS, ERQ, CSES, and SDS supported the concurrent and convergent validity of the scale. The study results demonstrated that the Turkish version of the scale is valid and reliable and can be used in research and clinical practice.
Propagation of a global coronal wave and its interaction with large-scale coronal magnetic structures

Field: Physics and Astronomy (Physical Sciences)

\nContext. Global coronal waves associated with solar eruptions (the so-called EIT waves) often encounter coronal holes and solar active regions and interact with these magnetic structures. This interaction leads to a number of observed effects such as wave reflection and transmission.\nAims. We consider the propagation of a large-scale coronal shock wave and its interaction with large-scale non-uniformities of the background magnetic field and plasma parameters.\nMethods. Using the Lare2d code, we performed 2.5-dimensional simulations of the interaction of a large-scale single-pulse fast-mode magnetohydrodynamic shock wave of weak-to-moderate intensity with the region of enhanced Alfvén speed as well as with that of reduced Alfvén speed. We analysed simple models of non-uniformity and the surrounding plasma to understand the basic effects in wave propagation.\nResults. We found the reflected waves of plasma compression and rarefaction, transmitted waves that propagate behind or ahead of the main part of the wave, depending on properties of the plasma non-uniformity, and secondary wave fronts. The obtained results are important to the correct interpretation of the global coronal wave propagation in the solar corona, understanding of theoretical aspects of the interaction of large-scale coronal shock waves with large-scale coronal magnetic structures, and diagnostics of coronal plasma parameters.\n
DISTRIBUTION OF VERTEBRATES IN THE SILURIAN OF ESTONIA

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences (Physical Sciences)

A rich collection of Silurian vertebrate remains, including abundant thelodont and acanthodian scales, has been made from recent borings on the Estonian island of Saaremaa (Osel). Thelodonts have been reported for the first time at the top of the Jaagarahu Stage, as have anaspids from the Rootsikula (formerly Kaarma) Stage, and acanthodians from the Paadla Stage. Arthrodires as well as actinopterygians (?), represented by the genus Andreolepis, have been found for the first time on Saaremaa. Arthrodires appear to be the oldest known members of this group. The recent stratigraphical classification of the Silurian of Estonia has been taken into account, and the stratigraphical distribution of the vertebrate genera and species is given. The correlation between some of the vertebrate-bearing beds of Saaremaa, Gotland, and the southern Baltic is also discussed.
Transition Metal(II) Complexes with Cefotaxime-Derived Schiff Base: Synthesis, Characterization, and Antimicrobial Studies

Field: Chemistry (Physical Sciences)

New [ML 2 (H 2 O) 2 ] complexes, where M = Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), and Zn(II) while L corresponds to the Schiff base ligand, were synthesized by condensation of cefotaxime with salicylaldehyde in situ in the presence of divalent metal salts in ethanolic medium. The complexes were characterized by elemental analyses, conductance, and magnetic measurements, as well as by IR and UV-Vis spectroscopy. The low values of the molar conductance indicate nonelectrolyte type of complexes. Based on spectral data and magnetic moments, an octahedral geometry may be proposed for Co(II), Ni(II), and Zn(II) complexes while a tetragonal geometry for Cu(II) complex. Molecular structure of the Schiff base ligand and its complexes were studied using programs dedicated to chemical modeling and quantomolecular calculation of chemical properties. All the synthesized complexes were tested for in vitro antibacterial activity against some pathogenic bacterial strains, namely Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Bacillus subtilis, and Staphylococcus aureus . The MIC values shown by the complexes against these bacterial strains revealed that the metal complexes possess superior antibacterial activity than the Schiff base.
Additional file 1 of Characterizing the polygenic overlap and shared loci between rheumatoid arthritis and cardiovascular diseases

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

Additional file 1: Supplementary Fig. 1. Polygenic overlap between rheumatoid arthritis and cardiovascular diseases: (A) RA and AF; (B) RA and stroke; (C) RA and HF; and (D) RA and CAD. Each sub-figure contained Venn Diagrams, conditional Q-Q plots, and negative log-likelihood plot, respectively. Venn diagrams showed the polygenic overlap (gray) between RA (blue) and the corresponding CVD phenotype (orange). The numbers in the Venn diagram indicate the estimated number of variants (in thousands) explained 90% of heritability in the corresponding phenotype, followed by the standard error. Conditional Q–Q plots of observed versus expected -log10 P-values in the primary trait as a function of significance of association with a secondary trait at the different threshold of P-values. The Black dotted line indicate the null hypothesis. In the negative log-likelihood plot, minus log-likelihood is calculated for the bivariate model as a function of parameter. Abbreviations: AF, atrial fibrillation; CAD, coronary artery disease; HF, heart failure; RA, rheumatoid arthritis. Table S1. The ICD-9 diagnosis codes, ICD-10 diagnosis codes, and self-reported codes in the UK Biobank for rheumatoid arthritis and cardiovascular diseases. Table S2. Detailed information of summary statistics of rheumatoid arthritis and cardiovascular diseases. Table S3. Basic characteristics of individuals included in the RA-CVD cohort. Table S4. Propensity score and stratified analyses of associations between rheumatoid arthritis and cardiovascular diseases risk. Table S5. Basic characteristics of individuals included in the CVD-RA cohort. Table S6. Propensity score and stratified analyses of associations between cardiovascular diseases and rheumatoid arthritis risk. Table S7. The regions with nominally significant genetic correlation were identified from LAVA analysis. Table S8. The results of the model fit in MeXiR analysis. Table S9. The independent pleiotropic loci based on conjFDR analyses. Table S10. The independent pleiotropic loci based on ASSET analyses. Table S11. The results of histone modification and enhancer enrichment for lead SNPs. Table S12. The results of summary-based Mendelian randomization analyses and colocalization results. Table S13. The enriched GO terms of the mapped genes. Table S14. The enriched KEGG pathway terms of the mapped genes. Table S15. The effects of different combinations of rheumatoid arthritis/cardiovascular disease status and overlapped modifiable risk factors (diastolic blood pressure).
PAD therapy as induction treatment prior to autologous stem cell transplantation for relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

Objective:To evaluate the therapeutic efficacy and toxicity of PAD therapy as induction treatment prior to autologous peripheral stem cell transplantation(APBSCT) for elapsed/refractory multiple myeloma(MM).Methods: We used PAD(bortezomib + doxorubicin + Dexamethasone) to treat elapsed/refractory MM as induction therapy.Results: Thereinto was used in three patients by 4-6 cycles of PAD,and 2 obtained complete remission(nCR),1 partial remission(VGPR).Subsequently combined PAD and cyclophosphamide followed by G-CSF was used for mobilization regimen.APBSCT were collected when white blood cell(WBC) 10.0×109/L.The conditioning regimen was high-dose melphalan(140mg/m2).Post-APBSCT maintenance was thalidomide 100mg/d.Induction pre-transplantation treatment with PAD could increase the CR + VGPR rate before APBSCT.3 patients in which a successful mobilization of peripheral stem cells was obtained with PAD + cyclophosphamide and G-CSF.The patients underwent APBSCT showing a rapid and complete post-transplant hematological recovery /hematopoietic reconstitution.No toxic deaths were observed.After APBSCT maintenance with thalidomide improves the response rate.With a follow-up time of 3 to 12 months,patients achieved complete remission(CR).Conclusion: Our experience suggests that PAD is not only very effective for patients with relapsed or refractory MM,but also an effective therapy without negative impact on stem cell mobilization.It is a new strategy for elapsed/refractory MM that the patients have received PAD then proceed to APBSCT.Owing to limited follow-up,it is unclear whether these higher response rates translate into increased survival.
Does Early Childhood Education Matter on Reading Achievement Among Arab Countries

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

Our research focuses on the impact of Early Childhood Education (ECE) in the reading achievement of pupils in primary schools in MENA countries. The study employed the international data from PIRLS 2016 to identify the effect of early literacy practices on later reading attainment. Leveraging data from the 2016 Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, we utilize ordinary least squares (OLS) regression and quantile regression to estimate education production functions for each country individually. This approach enables us to assess how coefficients on explanatory variables vary across the spectrum of test scores. The results show that in MENA countries, early childhood education, which develops pupils’ skills acquisition before formal schooling, improves their reading performance. In sum, The Early childhood education effect can be reinforced through government policy and family background. In addition, we recommend a universal access to early childhood education., concentration of early childhood services in the private sector makes the programs confined only to wealthy people who can afford them, especially people living in urban cities and improve the quality of early education by implementing appropriate curricula and modern teaching.
A case of idiopathic bilateral vestibulopathy that was suspicious to be bilateral vestibular neuritis

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

Generally, the prognosis of vestibular neuronitis is considered favorable due to vestibular compensation. In cases where semicircular canal function is not restored, however, a floating sensation during body motion can persist for a long period. Cases of bilateral vestibular loss are especially intractable. The onset and course of bilateral vestibular neuronitis is similar to that of sequential type idiopathic bilateral vestibular hypofunction with multiple episodes of vertigo. In this study, we experienced a case of suspected bilateral vestibular neuronitis, with onset first in the left ear and then in the right. The patient was a 55-year-old man who visited our hospital with a chief complaint of a floating sensation persisting for more than 2 months after experiencing rotational vertigo. The patient showed direction-fixed right-beating horizontal nystagmus in all head positions without cochlear symptoms. According to the caloric test, a higher rate of decline in the vestibular function of the left ear was observed. Based on these findings, the patient was diagnosed as having left vestibular neuronitis. Although vestibular function in the left ear improved after vestibular rehabilitation, vestibular hypofunction appeared in the right ear approximately 4 years later, and we thought that bilateral vestibular neuronitis had developed in our patient. Oscillopsia was observed in the early stage, but disappeared after rehabilitation at the hospital. According to posturography findings, improvement was observed. Vestibular rehabilitation is considered important in order to recover vestibular function and promote compensation of the core function of the impaired vestibule.
ChemInform Abstract: Reactivity of 4‐Amino‐2‐benzyl‐2,3‐dihydro‐3‐oxo‐1,2,5‐thiadiazole 1,1‐Dioxide Toward Amines: Synthesis of Potential Histamine H2‐Receptor Antagonists.

Field: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (Life Sciences)

Abstract The reaction of the title compound (II) with sodium or ammonium hydroxides yields the corresponding ring‐opened derivatives (I) or (III).
Physical limits to biochemical signaling

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

Many crucial biological processes operate with surprisingly small numbers of molecules, and there is renewed interest in analyzing the impact of noise associated with these small numbers. Twenty-five years ago, Berg and Purcell showed that bacterial chemotaxis, where a single-celled organism must respond to small changes in concentration of chemicals outside the cell, is limited directly by molecule counting noise and that aspects of the bacteria"s behavioral and computational strategies must be chosen to minimize the effects of this noise. Here, we revisit and generalize their arguments to estimate the physical limits to signaling processes within the cell and argue that recent experiments are consistent with performance approaching these limits.
Who Trusts the Public Sectors?: The Case of Kazakhstan

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

1991년 소련으로부터 독립이후 카자흐스탄은 급속한 사회 경제적인 발전을 이룩했지만, 여전히 권위주의 정치체제를 유지하고 있다. 이러한 경제와 사회체제 사이의 모순은 카자흐스탄인들로부터 공공영역의 성과에 대해 상반된 평가를 추동할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 공공영역에 대한 상반된 평가를 추동하는 사회심리적인 요인을 하나의 이론적 틀로 설명하려 한다. 특히 본 논문에서는 1991년 카자흐스탄의 독립 이후 카자흐스탄이 직면한 세계화의 물결 속에서 나타난 제도적 환경(Institutional Environment)의 변화가 공공영역에 대한 신뢰도에 영향을 미치는 중요한 요인이라고 주장하고자 한다. 최근 공개된 2014 세계가치관 조사(World Value Survey)를 사용하여 세계화의 조류 속에서 나타난 세계 시민으로서의 인식과 탈물질주의 가치관이 공공영역에 대한 신뢰에 어떻게 영향을 미치는지를 분석하였다.
Bacterially expressed core and envelope proteins of human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1): comparative evaluation in detection of type-specific antibodies.

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

Recombinant proteins derived from immunodominant conserved domains of HIV-1 env and gag genes were synthesized in E. coli. An immunoblot system using total cell lysates was employed for the analysis of recombinant bacterial clones. Together 427 serum samples obtained from asymptomatic anti-HIV seropositive individuals, AIDS patients, healthy donors and persons suffering from various conditions were comparatively evaluated for the presence of HIV-1 antibodies using recombinant peptides and commercially available western blot (WB) and ELISA assays. The recombinant antigen product of plasmid pEX41 was found to be superior, with respect to sensitivity and specificity, to the viral gp41 which represents a diagnostically important constituent of the WB.
Effects of replacing corn silage with barley silage on performance of high-producing Holstein cows

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)

The objective of this study was to determine the effects of the replacement of corn silage with barley silage on high producing dairy cow performance. Thirty six high-producing (57.3±3.9kg/d) dairy cow in mid-lactation (93±7 DIM) were assigned to one of three experimental treatments including (1) no barley silage (BS) and 30% corn silage (CS), (2) 10% BS and 20% CS, and (3) 20% BS and 10 % CS in the TMR over two 24-day periods. The results showed that replacement of corn silage with barley silage linearly increased fat corrected milk (FCM; P=0.04), fat yield (P=0.04) and fat corrected milk production efficiency (P=0.01). There was also a tendency for linear increase in milk fat percentage (P=0.08), and linear decrease in milk lactose percentage (P=0.05). Ruminal acetate proportion and pH increased with increasing barley silage and propionate proportion decreased. Increasing barley silage resulted in linear increase in dry matter, organic matter and neutral detergent fiber digestibility (NDF; P<0.05). This study showed that replacing corn silage with barley silage could be considered as a successful strategy to improve performance and forage provisions of high-producing dairy cows.
Taro Tourism Village Development Strategy as an Eco-Spiritual Destination, in Gianyar Regency- Bali

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

Taro Village is one of the villages located in Tegallalang District, Gianyar Regency, Bali Province. This village has various kinds of potential, especially natural potential that can be used as a tourist destination. In addition, the surrounding environment is quite calm making this village as one of the tourist destinations based on ecological, community custom and cultural values so it can make Taro Village has the potential to be developed into an eco-spiritual destination. The research aims to identify the potentials and weaknesses that exist in Taro Village, as well as the opportunities and external obstacles faced by Taro Village. The method used in this research is qualitative approach by using a SWOT analysis. The results show that Taro Village can be developed into an eco-spiritual tourist by maximizing the strategy according to its potential and minimizing the weaknesses in Taro Village.
2012 IEEE 12th International Conference on Data Mining Topic-aware Social Influence Propagation Models

Field: Computer Science (Physical Sciences)

Abstract—We study social influence from a topic modeling perspective. We introduce novel topic-aware influence-driven propagation models that experimentally result to be more accurate in describing real-world cascades than the standard propagation models studied in the literature. In particular, we first propose simple topic-aware extensions of the well-known Independent Cascade and Linear Threshold models. Next, we propose a different approach explicitly modeling authoritativeness, influence and relevance under a topic-aware perspective. We devise methods to learn the parameters of the models from a dataset of past propagations. Our experimentation confirms the high accuracy of the proposed models and learning schemes. I.
Director's Order #42: Accessibility

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

In 1979, the National Park Service (NPS) decided to approach the issue of accessibility in a comprehensive, organized way, rather than on a project-by-project basis. The primary goal of the program was to develop and coordinate a System-wide, comprehensive approach to achieving the highest level of accessibility that is reasonable, while ensuring consistency with the other legal mandates of conservation and protection of the resources we manage. Since 1980, the NPS has been working with accessibility coordinators in each regional office, and in parks and program offices, to: (1) assess the level of accessibility of various parks; (2) identify the barriers to accessibility; (3) develop policies and guidelines regarding appropriate methods and techniques for improving access; and (4) provide technical assistance and in-service training on effective approaches and program implementation. Through this coordinated effort, the NPS has been recognized as a leader in opening opportunities to people with disabilities. While accessibility policies apply to both employees and visitors, this Director's Order focuses on visitors, and Director's Order 16A focuses on employees.
OVERVIEW OF U.S. AGRICULTURAL POLICY

Field: Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)

Agriculture progresses through four stages of policy: traditional, developing, maturing, and modern. The third or maturing stage of sizeable transfers from taxpayers and consumers to farmers is described at length an 10 implications drawn for the United States and other countries. Among the lessons learned are that government commodity programs once initiated contain much momentum for continuation; that benefits of programs accrue disproportionately to the least disadvantaged among those eligible; that markets work for farm commodities because goods are rival, exclusionary, and transparent; that agricultural market forces are difficult to circumvent; that the least competitive traditional farm commodities are most likely to seek and receive government help; that multilateral trade reform has not been very effective in liberalizing farm trade; that American farm policy has been heavily influenced by populist myths; that economic analysis matters; and that direct payments targeted solely to small farms are essential but politically infeasible to save small farms.