jimnoneill/paper-to-field-training huggingface dataset:
AIDS acquired immune deficiency syndrome and other manifestations of HIV infection.

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

Human history has been marked by episodic plagues and AIDS is only a recent virulent expression of one of these natural phenomena. AIDS has however the potential to be the greatest natural tragedy in human history. This book provides an interim report on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and other manifestations of HIV infection. It was written to provide as comprehensive an overview as possible of the biologic properties of the etiologic viral agent its clinico-pathological manifestations including AIDS the epidemiology of its infection and present or future therapeutic and preventive options. In the same manner as for other infectious diseases when they have become better understood AIDS is approached from the perspective of the etiologic agent. Consequently AIDS is seen as a complex manifestation of an even more complex array of clinical and laboratory findings in the biologic expression of this viral infection of man. In this work the Editors and Contributors have synthesized their experiences and research to bring together fundamental information regarding AIDS. The information is intended as a guide to assist in the understanding of the etiology epidemiology clinical manifestations treatment and management of AIDS. But the facts regarding AIDS are changing almost daily as new information is uncovered. Future research could reveal facts contrary to those now found in this book or information that materially alters the significance of particular facts or theories presently advanced.
EVE - Your Personal AI Assistant

Field: Computer Science (Physical Sciences)

In today’s world, technology has become an essential part of our lives, with AI-powered voice assistants like Google Assistant, Alexa, and Siri seamlessly integrating into our daily routines. These assistants not only simplify tasks but also make technology more accessible. Eve, a personalized AI voice assistant, follows this trend by combining cutting-edge technology with Python to develop a smart, intuitive virtual assistant. Eve leverages the power of AI and machine learning (AI-ML), along with Python’s robust capabilities and Microsoft Azure’s Text-to-Speech platform. This provides users with natural-sounding male and female voices, enabling smooth and human-like interaction. Utilizing the dynamic Pyttsx library for text-to-speech synthesis, Eve creates a highly responsive and fine-tuned dialogue system that bridges the gap between the user and technology. Designed to act just like a human assistant, Eve can perform a wide variety of tasks through simple voice commands, such as opening applications, performing Wikipedia searches without the need for a browser, playing music, reading and summarizing PDFs, testing internet speed, and even handling tasks like Speak-to-Text, Google queries, Chrome tab management, image retrieval, live weather updates, word lookups, and event reminders. It also automates common desktop tasks like file search, open, close, and rename, all controlled through voice. This project demonstrates the creation of a personal desktop assistant using Python, aimed at improving convenience and automating tasks to assist users in their daily computer activities. Eve incorporates advanced features like voice recognition, natural language processing (NLP), and integration with external APIs to enrich its functionality and enhance the user experience. Designed with flexibility in mind, users can customize Eve’s behavior and functionality according to their specific needs while enjoying seamless integration with widely used tools and services. The user interface is crafted to be intuitive and easy to use, making Eve accessible to both beginners and experienced users alike. By combining personalization, automation, and ease of use, this project aspires to boost productivity and efficiency in everyday computer tasks.
Numerical study on annular-mist flow in V-Cone meter for wet gas metering

Field: Engineering (Physical Sciences)

Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter Facebook Reddit LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Reprints and Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Bofeng Bai, Denghui He, Rifeng Zhou; Numerical study on annular-mist flow in V-Cone meter for wet gas metering. AIP Conf. Proc. 11 April 2014; 1592 (1): 121–129. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4872095 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAIP Publishing PortfolioAIP Conference Proceedings Search Advanced Search |Citation Search
New Improvement Methods for Multispeed Initialization-Free Phase-Change Optical Disk

Field: Materials Science (Physical Sciences)

Disk structure optimization, thermal balance design and a new writing strategy are proposed to further widen the speed range of multispeed recording for an initialization-free phase-change disk. Simulated results show a high cooling rate. Experimental results show that the initialization-free phase-change disk with three improvement methods has a broad range of recording speeds from 3.49 to 20.94 m/s, which correspond to a rotation speed of 1 to 6 times that of digital versatile disk-read only memory (DVD-ROM), respectively.
Factors affecting bat occupancy of boxes in managed coniferous forests

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)

(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) The gradual conversion of forest stands to single-aged and single-species stands is resulting in the loss of natural roosts for many animal groups. The installation of bat boxes is one solution to compensate for the lack of natural roosting opportunities. The box models differ in their design and material, which to some extent can determine their suitability for bats. We investigated the occupancy of 187 boxes made of wood, ceramic and two sizes concrete with styrofoam; and the intra-seasonal (spring migration, breeding, mating/migration) thermal profile for each type of box. The environment of the boxes was defined by parameters that could directly affect the box's thermal conditions (solar energy availability), or be related to sociality (distances, obstacles) or food availability (edge of forest, water). The box occupancy depended on the box type and the season: styrofoam-concrete boxes were preferred, with a higher occupancy during the mating and migration period (>75%), whereas the highest species richness occurred in ceramic boxes. Box types also differed significantly in their diurnal thermal profiles: the wooden boxes had inside temperatures similar to outside the box, whereas the styrofoam-concrete and with expanded clay aggregate (ceramic type) averaged 2°C higher. Overall, we found 6 bat species, although we concentrated our analysis on the most common species: Pipistrellus nathusii (88%). For this species, none of the parameters that could affect the box thermal condition had an impact on the occupancy, whereas the presence of obstacles and the distance to a water body, proved to be important. To ascertain that our results may be valid and be the result of differences in the box thermal properties, we tested the relationship of the box occupancy to the latitude, using data available in the literature. The occupancy of wooden boxes from the latter dataset significantly decreases with latitude, whereas for the concrete (with addition of sawdust or styrofoam) it increases, although this relationship is not significant and requires a larger sample.
In planta sequential hydroxylation and glycosylation of a fungal phytotoxin: Avoiding cell death and overcoming the fungal invader

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)

To facilitate plant colonization, some pathogenic fungi produce phytotoxic metabolites that damage tissues; plants may be resistant to a particular pathogen if they produce an enzyme(s) that catalyzes detoxification of this metabolite(s). Alternaria blackspot is one of the most damaging and significant fungal diseases of brassica crops, with no source of resistance known within the Brassica species. Destruxin B is the major phytotoxin produced by the blackspot-causing fungus, Alternaria brassicae (Berkley) Saccardo. We have established that a blackspot-resistant species ( Sinapis alba ) metabolized 14 C-labeled destruxin B to a less toxic product substantially faster than any of the susceptible species. The first metabolite, hydroxydestruxin B ( 14 C-labeled), was further biotransformed to the β- d -glucosyl derivative at a slower rate. The structures of hydroxydestruxin B and β- d -glucosyl hydroxydestruxin B were deduced from their spectroscopic data [NMR, high resolution (HR)-MS, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR)] and confirmed by total chemical synthesis. Although these hydroxylation and glucosylation reactions occurred in both resistant ( S. alba ) and susceptible ( Brassica napus , Brassica juncea , and Brassica rapa ) species, hydroxylation was the rate limiting step in the susceptible species, whereas glucosylation was the rate limiting step in the resistant species. Remarkably, it was observed that the hydroxydestruxin B induced the biosynthesis of phytoalexins in blackspot-resistant species but not in susceptible species. This appears to be a unique example of phytotoxin detoxification and simultaneous phytoalexin elicitation by the detoxification product. Our studies suggest that S. alba can overcome the fungal invader through detoxification of destruxin B coupled with production of phytoalexins.
The Impact of Preferential Taxation on the Stimulation of Investment Processes in Ukraine in the Context of the Experience of EU Member States

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance (Social Sciences)

In modern conditions, one of the main tasks of the fiscal mechanism is to create favorable conditions for maintaining and activating investment processes at the micro level. Thanks to tax incentives as a leading element of the fiscal mechanism, the state influences the amount of financial resources that are at the disposal of taxpayers − legal entities and individuals - and can be used for investment. Therefore, the purpose of the study was to evaluate the use of tax incentives to ensure the investment development of enterprises and households in EU member states and in Ukraine; to conduct SWOT analysis of investment tax incentives, and to find opportunities to further improve of their management. The study substantiates the content of tax incentives and the conditions of their use to activate investment processes at the micro level. The experience of EU member states in the use of different ways of tax stimulation of investments of legal entities and individuals is generalized. The tax incentives introduced in Ukraine are considered and the key problems of their existence are described in the context of stimulating the investment activity of taxpayers. SWOT analysis of investment tax incentives was carried out, which helped to identify the positive and negative impact of the external and internal environment on their implementation. The necessity and principles of management of investment preferential taxation are established. Improvement of the management of providing investment tax incentives in Ukraine is proposed on the basis of taking into account the experience of EU member states. It has been proven that the purposeful use of tax incentives stimulates the investment activity of households and economic entities, so Ukraine’s use of the experience of EU countries to solve the problems of providing tax incentives to individuals and legal entities will eventually lead to the intensification of investment processes at the micro level.
Eimeria vilasi (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the round-tailed ground squirrel (Xerospermophilus tereticaudus)

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)

The coccidian parasite Eimeria vilasi is reported for the first time from the round-tailed ground squirrel, Xerospermophilus tereticaudus. This coccidian was found in 9 of 94 (10%) round-tailed ground squirrels captured in Arizona. Sporulated oocysts were ovoidal, 20.1 × 18.1 (18–25 × 14–22) μm, with a length:width ratio of 1.1 (1.1–1.2). Sporocysts were ellipsoidal, 10.4 × 6.2 (8–13 × 5–7) μm, with a length:width ratio of 1.7 (1.3–2.2). The measurements and structural features of these oocysts were similar to those reported for E. vilasi from other marmotine rodents. Eimeria callospermophili was also recovered from 58 of 94 (62%) round-tailed ground squirrels.
Preinfarction angina entailing precordial ST segment depression with positive T wave

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

Cardiology Department, New Nicosia General Hospital, Nicosia, Cyprus Correspondence to Andreas Y. Andreou, MD, Cardiology Department, New Nicosia General Hospital, Old Road Nicosia-Limassol 213, PO Box 2029, Strovolos, Nicosia, CyprusTel: +357 22603490; fax: +357 22604322; e-mail: [email protected] Received 1 June, 2010 Revised 24 August, 2010 Accepted 5 September, 2010
Chromosome Studies in Cyperaceae, IV

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)

The chromosome numbers of 32 species and 3 varieties of the genus Carex have been reported. Five haploid numbers, 6, 8, 12, 13 and 17 are newly added to the series of known chromosome numbers of this genus, hence we have the total of 33 different haploid chromosome numbers, namely, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, every number of 23-43, 54 and 56.The karyotypes of Carex siderosticta, C. lasiolepis, C. oxyandra and C. Reinii have been determined as follows, 1Lt+3L+2S, 3L+5S, 1 Lt+2L+4M+2S, 2L+7M+4S, respectively.In 3 species aneuploid chromosome numbers have been found, i.e. in Carex gibba 2n=34 and 36, in C. breviculmis n=34 and 2n=64 and in C. conica 2n=34, 35 and 38. The ployploid relation has also been found in a single species, C. siderosticta, and also in the subsection Mitratae.From the fact that artificial species hybrids have been obtained in 19 combinations (37.3% of all crosses actually made) of 13 species, it is suggested that natural hybridization may often occur and it must have a relation to the considerable extent to the origin of aneuploidy which is too complex to interpret satisfactorily in this genus.Here the writer wishes to record his cordial thanks to Prof. Y. Sinotô under whose direction the work has been carried out. Thanks are also due to Dr. S. Akiyama, Dr. H. Hara, Dr. F. Maekawa who kindly identified most of the plants used, and to Dr. Ohwi who had interest in the present work.
Path-based Guidance of an Evolutionary Algorithm in Mapping a Fitness Landscape and its Connectivity

Field: Computer Science (Physical Sciences)

Understanding function regulation in proteins that switch between different structural states at equilibrium requires both finding the basins that correspond to such states and computing the sequence of intermediate structures employed (i.e., the path taken) in basin-to-basin switching. Recent worksuggests that evolutionary strategies can be used to map protein energy landscapes effectively. Further work has shown that the constructed maps can be additionally equipped with connectivity information to help identify basin-switching paths. Here we highlight a potential issue when the problems of mapping and path finding are considered separately. We conduct a simple, proof-of principle study that demonstrates the ability of an EA to allow extracting better paths from an EA-built map when the EA is supplied with the right information. The study is conducted on two key, multi-state proteins of importance to human biology and disease. The results presented here suggest that further research efforts to guide an EA with path-based information are warranted and feasible.
Dynamics of H++ H ionization in plasmas

Field: Physics and Astronomy (Physical Sciences)

Collision dynamics of H+ + H ionization in plasma-free cases and plasmas is studied by the classical trajectory Monte Carlo (CTMC) method. The plasma screening effects of dense quantum plasmas have been compared with these of weakly coupled plasmas. It is shown the plasma screening effects increase the ionization cross sections. Cross sections in dense quantum plasmas are bigger than these in weakly coupled plasmas.
Γ to X z electron transfer times in type-II superlattices due to emission of confined phonons

Field: Physics and Astronomy (Physical Sciences)

We calculate the Γ→Xz electron transfer times due to the emission of confined longitudinal optical phonons in type-II GaAs-AlAs and AlGaAs-AlAs superlattices. A dielectric continuum model is employed to describe the electron-confined-phonon interaction and the electron envelope wave functions are obtained from a Kronig–Penney model. The calculated transfer times compare within order of magnitude, or better, with available experimental results and we obtain a good qualitative description of the transfer time dependence on the layer thicknesses.
Validation of a Mobile Health Device for Neonatal Jaundice Screening: A Cross-Sectional Study in a Resource-Limited Setting in Mexico

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

Objective: To evaluate the performance of Picterus Jaundice Pro (Picterus JP), a mobile health device for neonatal jaundice (NNJ) screening, in Mexican newborns. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted from January 2023 to June 2024 at a hospital in a resource-limited setting in Mexico. The main outcomes were Picterus JP measurements and total serum bilirubin (TSB) levels. Results: A total of 177 term newborns, aged 1 to 14 days, were enrolled. Picterus JP showed a significant positive Spearman’s rho correlation with TSB (ρ = .68), sensitivity of 85.7% and specificity of 80.1% to detect TSB ≥ 250 using Picterus cut off value of 202 µmol/L. However, it tended to underestimate higher bilirubin levels. Conclusion: Picterus JP shows potential to be a useful tool for NNJ screening, particularly in resource-limited areas. Further validation across more diverse populations and clinical environments, alongside accuracy improvements, is necessary to enhance its utility and support wider implementation. Registered in ClinicalTrials.gov ( https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06276582 )
Littoral Blackness: Race, cinema and mid-century cultural nationalisms in Puerto Rico

Field: Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)

This article is the winner of the 2021 SCMS Latinx Caucus’s Graduate Student Award. It focuses on the mid-century fictional and documentary films on the Black cultural practice of Loíza produced by Puerto Rico’s Division of Community Education (DivEdCo) and addresses the pedagogical film’s role in promoting its attendant cultural-nationalist project. It analyses the DivEdCo period of Oscar Torres, a pioneering presence in the national cinemas of all three Hispanic Caribbean islands. Torres was an artist twice exiled; banished from the Dominican Republic for decrying the oppressive policies of the Trujillo regime and later forced out of Castro’s Cuba under mysterious circumstances. Torres’s lone stint of creative stability – though not of complete creative freedom – came in the intervening years of the 1950s, at DivEdCo, where he directed a series of films that represent the role of Puerto Rico’s working poor in the face of rapid modernization initiated by the new political and social relationship with the United States. Torres’s Nenén de la ruta mora/Nenén of the Moorish Way (1955), an exploration of film Blackness in Puerto Rico, has elicited claims of trafficking in extractive modes of ethnography, but may reveal his commitment to transnational solidarities across the greater Caribbean.
Analysis of cyanide uptake (CN) and growth of yardlong beans (Vigna unguiculata) with different planting media variations and planting periods of Sekotong people’s gold mining soil sediment

Field: Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)

The gold extraction process using the cyanidation method has a negative impact on the surrounding environment, including agricultural areas. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of variations in growing media on growth and cyanide uptake in the roots, stems, leaves, and fruit of yardlong beans. This experimental study used a Randomized Block Design (RBD), with a comparison of the percentage of mining soil and katel sand, namely A (100% katel), B (20% : 80%), C (40% : 60%), D (60% : 40%), E (80% : 20%) with 5 replications. The results showed that there were differences in the influence of the planting medium on the growth of stem height, number of leaves, and dry weight. Media A has the highest growth and is significantly different from other media. Media B was not significantly different from C. The lowest growth was medium D and E. Cyanide uptake at C was higher and significantly different from medium A on stems, roots, leaves with age 1, 2, 3, and 4 months, for fruit was not significantly different. The cyanide uptake is inversely proportional to the growth of yardlong beans.
A MAP/SM/1 queue with service times depending on the arrival process

Field: Mathematics (Physical Sciences)

We study a MAN/SM/1 queue with Markov arrival process input and semi-Markov service. Service times may depend on the arrival phase states, that is, there are many types of arrivals which have different service time distributions. At first, we derive the joint distribution of the numbers of different types of customers at departures. The distributions of the virtual and actual waiting times as well as the queue length distributions at an arbitrary time, arrivals, and departures are derived.
Clarissa's Party in the House of the Sleeping Beauties A Study of Memory and Time in Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway and Kawabata's The House of the Sleeping Beauties

Field: Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)

On the verge of death and in the Autumn of their lives, Clarissa Dalloway, in Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway, and Eguchi Yoshio, in Kawabata’s The House of the Sleeping ­Beauties , find themselves facing the existential realization that life has been stripped out of them. The past is all that is left for them, but the present is all they have. They are haunted by the ticking of the cosmic clock, so they resort to their memories to shun death. The apparition of death, nevertheless, reveals itself for both protagonists at the zenith of their celebration of life, and this existential realization is carried out within a Modernist framework in which the narrative style gives meaning to the content of both works.
DESIGNING HIGHER EDUCATION DIGITAL COURSE TO BOOST ENTREPRENEURSHIP COMPETENCIES

Field: Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)

Appears in: EDULEARN17 Proceedings Publication year: 2017Pages: 5178-5184ISBN: 978-84-697-3777-4ISSN: 2340-1117doi: 10.21125/edulearn.2017.2157Conference name: 9th International Conference on Education and New Learning TechnologiesDates: 3-5 July, 2017Location: Barcelona, Spain