jimnoneill/paper-to-field-training huggingface dataset:
Effect of meditation ('OM' chanting) on alpha EEG and galvanic skin response: Measurement of an altered state of consciousness

Field: Psychology (Social Sciences)

Consciousness is one's awareness of mental activities and processes going on in one's mind at any given moment, as well as one's awareness of objects and events in the external world. It includes awareness of sensations, perceptions, thoughts, feelings and memories. Meditation is a process of employing mental exercises to achieve a highly focused state of consciousness. It is a Vedic exercise which can be used as a powerful instrument to restrain sense organs, control autonomic nervous system and also to attain higher state of consciousness. Through meditation a person is expected to get mental peace. Electroencephalograph (EEG) and Galvanic skin Response (GSR) can be used as indicator of an alteration in an individual's state of consciousness. So the present researcher was interested in investigating the effect of meditation (Om Chanting) on EEG and GSR, an altered state of consciousness, under scientifically controlled conditions. This experimental research measures the effects of Meditation (Om Chanting) on EEG and GSR of female university students (graduates and post graduates). The sample consisted of 20 subjects in the age range of 18 to 24 years through purposive sampling technique. The daily practice time of Meditation session was 20 minutes for one month. Pre test- Post test data was recorded before and after intervention of Meditation session by using single group pre-post research design. Recordings of Electroencephalograph (EEG) and Galvanic Skin Response (GSR) were made on a computerized polygraph (Model Physiopac, PP 4, Medicaid Systems, Chandigarh, India) test. To test the significance of difference between means of pre test and post test scores of alpha EEG and between means of pre test and post test of GSR scores t test was applied. Results showed that mean score of alpha EEG for pretest is 10.41 and for posttest is 11.63. Similarly, for GSR mean score of pretest is 580.72 and for posttest is 700.78. Obtained t value for alpha EEG is 5.08 which is significant at .01 level and for GSR t value is 3.16 which is also significant at .01 level. The present study revealed a significant increase in Alpha EEG and GSR values as an effect of meditation which suggests the positive effect of psychophysiological relaxation. Increase in Alpha EEG and GSR values show the relaxation and decrease in stress level. It gives a stable and consistent measure of the involvement of the subjects. Alpha EEG and GSR also indicate the level of concentration during the practice of meditation. Today, meditation is a form of relaxation and a means of alleviating stress in our everyday lives.
Symptoms of anxiety and depression in social media in connection with the threat of COVID-19

Field: Psychology (Social Sciences)

Professional literature usually perceives the Internet and social media from the perspective of threat. Many papers describe the risk of using the Internet, both practical one concerning threatened security or finances and psychological one pertaining to addiction or depression. However, more and more often the cyberspace is treated as the research subject in itself or an area where one can analyse behaviours of Internet users. This paper is an example of the latter approach. With the help of the Big Data analysis of social media, Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10) shall be used to compare how often suicidal behaviour symptoms occurred in Internet users’ posts this year and the year preceding the COVID-19 threat.
LHD Langmuir5 #192539.1

Field: Physics and Astronomy (Physical Sciences)

Langmuir probes on divertor plates to investigate divertor plasma parameters and fluctuation characteristics of ion flux near the divertor plates. Total 400 Langmuir probes embedded on 20 divertor plates on each of which 20 electrodes are aligned every 6 mm. Sweeping and sampling frequency is normally 250 kHz.
Investigation into the Effect of Instrumental Parameters in Two-Dimensional Correlation Spectrometry

Field: Chemistry (Physical Sciences)

Two-dimensional correlation spectroscopy (2D-COS) has been of increasing interest in recent years. It is known that baseline variations, spectral shifts, and other phenomena can change the 2D-COS spectra. However, little attention has been placed upon what, if any, effects changing the instrumental parameters may have. We will show that some instrumental parameters such as resolution and acquisition time make significant contributions to the 2D-COS spectrum, and parameters such as apodization function and zero-filling make minor contributions. Gain makes no significant contribution to conventional 2D-COS. Type of phase correction and gain makes no significant contribution to conventional 2D-COS but can change the phase angle 2D-COS spectra.
Cefuroxime axetil in the sick elderly patient

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

Journal Article Cefuroxime axetil in the sick elderly patient Get access P. COWLING, P. COWLING aDepartment of Medical MicrobiologyWestbury-on- Trym, Bristol BS10 5SB, UK Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar C. P. CASE, C. P. CASE aDepartment of Medical MicrobiologyWestbury-on- Trym, Bristol BS10 5SB, UK Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Mac GOWAN, Mac GOWAN aDepartment of Medical MicrobiologyWestbury-on- Trym, Bristol BS10 5SB, UK Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar A. M. LOVERING, A. M. LOVERING aDepartment of Medical MicrobiologyWestbury-on- Trym, Bristol BS10 5SB, UK Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar H. HUMPHREYS, H. HUMPHREYS aDepartment of Medical MicrobiologyWestbury-on- Trym, Bristol BS10 5SB, UK Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar D. S. REEVES, D. S. REEVES aDepartment of Medical MicrobiologyWestbury-on- Trym, Bristol BS10 5SB, UK Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar I. MADAN, I. MADAN bDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Southmead HospitalWestbury-on- Trym, Bristol BS10 5SB, UK Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar M. HARDING, M. HARDING bDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Southmead HospitalWestbury-on- Trym, Bristol BS10 5SB, UK Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar J. E. HARVEY J. E. HARVEY bDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Southmead HospitalWestbury-on- Trym, Bristol BS10 5SB, UK Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 29, Issue 3, March 1992, Pages 350–351, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/29.3.350 Published: 01 March 1992
Theory of Hypochromism

Field: Chemistry (Physical Sciences)

A unified theory of complex refractive index in fluids is described. The theory shows that hypo- (or hyper-) chromism is an inevitable consequence of significant anisotropic relative correlation. Formulas are quoted which contain, among other significant terms, the more general form of those given by Tinoco and others. Factors of dispersive refractive index and multiple-scattering terms neglected in the previous treatments are shown to be important. Three alternative reasons why pronounced hypochromism may be accompanied by small frequency shifts in the dipole approximation are indicated: in general, hypochromism is accompanied by changes of band or line shapes as well as shifts of absorption maxima. A proof of a sum rule for integrated absorption in small isolated polymers is adumbrated: under less stringent conditions the sum rule appears to fail. The arguments are developed in much greater detail elsewhere.
A Compound Isolated from Phyllanthus tenellus Demonstrates Metabolic and Vascular Effects In Vitro

Field: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (Life Sciences)

Abstract Common chronic conditions such as metabolic syndrome and diabetes are increasingly associated to metabolic and cardiovascular complications. Although Phyllanthus tenellus leaves have been used in decoctions as a popular remedy to control blood glucose levels and hypertension, its use needs a scientific basis. This study was therefore undertaken to report a phytochemical analysis of P. tenellus leaves and to test if the main active compound has potential to simultaneously tackle several pathophysiological features of metabolic syndrome and diabetes-related metabolic and vascular disorders such as hyperglycaemia, increased platelet activation, and endothelial dysfunction. We performed a partition of the methanolic extract of P. tenellus leaves among different organic solvents followed by chromatographic separation guided by the rat liver microsomal glucose-6-phosphatase assay. Two known tannins were identified by spectroscopic methods as pinocembrin-7-O-[3″-O-galloyl-4″,6″-(S)-hexahydroxydiphenoyl]-α-D-glucose, named P7OG by us, and gemin D. The structural determination of the isolated compounds was based on spectral data. The ability of the main active component, P7OG, to inhibit human platelet aggregation and to modify vascular reactivity of rat aortic rings incubated with high glucose (D-glucose 55 mM) was then evaluated. P7OG was further able to inhibit platelet aggregation induced by adenosine 5′-diphosphate and collagen, showed vasorelaxant effects in arteries precontracted with phenylephrine, and reverted the endothelium-dependent impairment effect of high glucose in rat aortic rings. In conclusion, one tannin isolated from P. tenellus showed promising metabolic, antiaggregant, and vascular effects, which suggests the potential beneficial use of P. tenellus to tackle complex cardiometabolic diseases.
Evaluation of the Responsiveness of Swine Divergently Selected for Feed Efficiency to an Exogenous Adrenocorticotropin Hormone (ACTH) Challenge

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)

The relationship between stress and feed efficiency in finisher swine was investigated through an adrenocorticotropin hormone (ACTH) challenge. The objective of this study was to evaluate the role of the ACTH-cortisol axis and the stress response in feed efficiency using pigs divergently selected for RFI. Gilts divergently selected for residual feed intake (RFI) were used as a model for feed efficiency and were challenged with 0.2 IU/kg BW of exogenous porcine ACTH. Serial blood samples were collected and plasma cortisol concentrations were determined. These results indicate that high-RFI pigs(lower feed efficiency) are more responsive to an ACTH challenge, but cope equally as well as pigs selected for low-RFI (higher feed efficiency).
Molecular modeling studies and in vitro screening of dihydrorugosaflavonoid and its derivatives against Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Field: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (Life Sciences)

Novel drug regimens against tuberculosis (TB) are urgently needed and may be developed by targeting essential enzymes of Mtb that sustain the pathogenicity of tuberculosis. Dihydrorugosaflavonoid interacted with the active pocket of MabA and PanK.
Two uncommon complications of COVID-19 in same patient: MINOCA and pneumothorax

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

Onemocnění COVID-19 je spojeno s několika klinickými projevy postihujícími dýchací a kardiovaskulární systém. Dvěma různými klinickými komplikacemi onemocnění COVID-19 jsou pneumotorax a infarkt myokardu bez obstrukce koronárních tepen (non-obstructive coronary arteries, MINOCA). Dosud však nebyly popsány pneumotorax a MINOCA u jednoho a téhož pacienta. Pro dechovou tíseň byl do nemocnice přijat pacient s onemocněním COVID-19. Byla u něj stanovena diagnóza pneumotoraxu a syndromu MINOCA. V tomto článku popisujeme náš postup v diagnostice a léčbě pneumotoraxu a syndromu MINOCA. U pacientů s onemocněním covid-19 se lze setkat s nejrůznějšími účinky na dýchací a kardiovaskulární systém. Syndrom MINOCA a pneumotorax se sice současně vyskytují vzácně, nicméně tuto kombinaci nelze - jak dokazuje naše kasuistika - u pacientů s onemocněním COVID-19 zcela vyloučit.
Before Command: An Economic History of Russia from Emancipation to the First Five-Year Plan. By Paul R. Gregory. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994. viii, 188 pp. Index. Appendixes. Figures. Tables. $35.00, hard bound

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance (Social Sciences)

Before Command: An Economic History of Russia from Emancipation to the First Five-Year Plan. By Paul R. Gregory. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994. viii, 188 pp. Index. Appendixes. Figures. Tables. $35.00, hard bound - Volume 54 Issue 2
Effect of Humidity and Temperature on Composite Plates With Different Fiber Orientations

Field: Materials Science (Physical Sciences)

In this study, the effect of humidity and temperature on glass fiber reinforced epoxy composite plates with different fiber reinforcement angles and different widths were experimentally investigated. For this purpose, composite plates with fiber reinforcement angles of [0°]8 and [45°/-45°/0°/90°]s were prepared in 25 mm and 30 mm dimensions and kept in hot water at 40 °C, 60 °C and 80 °C for 15, 30 and 45 days. At the end of the duration, the moisture absorption rates and strengths of the specimens were obtained. The obtained data were compared among themselves and with that of dry specimens. In addition, the morphologies of the specimens were visualized with the help of Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and the effects of humidity and temperature on failure behavior were examined. It was determined that the strength of the [45°/-45°/0°/90°]s fiber orientations specimens was lower than the strength values obtained from the [0°]8 fiber orientations specimens. It has been determined that when the waiting time and temperature increase, the matrix/fiber structure of the specimens deteriorates and the strength values decrease accordingly.
NEUROTHERAPY COMBINED WITH STANDARD ANTITUBERCULOSIS DRUG THERAPY IN ACUTE PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

Впервые в комплексном лечении больных инфильтративным туберкулезом легких применялся метод антистрессовой психофизиологической коррекции. Метод заключался в проведении сеансов аудио-визуально-вибротактильной стимуляции (2–3 сеанса в неделю по 30 мин непрерывно на протяжении 4 месяцев). Через 4 месяца комплексной терапии у пациентов обнаруживалось достоверное улучшение показателей эмоционального статуса, психомоторных и нейровегетативных показателей, улучшение функций фагоцитарного звена и отчетливое повышение концентраций дегидроэпиандростерон-сульфата практически до уровня здоровых испытуемых. В клинической картине наблюдалась достоверная выраженная положительная динамика закрытия полостей распада терапевтическим путем, срокам прекращения бактериовыделения и переносимости противотуберкулезных препаратов.
Colony Count and Turbidity Data from Time-Kill Assay of Acinetobacter baumannii exposed to Meropenem-based Antibiotic Combinations

Field: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (Life Sciences)

This is data from experimental laboratory study which was conducted on Acinetobacter baumannii. There are four resistotypes of Acinetobacter baumannii tested. ATCC 19606 is Acinetobacter baumannii susceptible to meropenem, ampicillin-sulbactam, and amikacin. MDR 1 is a clinical isolate which is intermediate to ampicillin-sulbactam and resistant to meropenem and amikacin. MDR 2 is a clinical isolate intermediate to amikacin and resistant to meropenem and ampicillin-sulbactam. XDR is a clinical isolate which is resistant to all three antibiotics.
Meropenem and ampicillin-sulbactam as well as meropenem and amikacin in concentrations of 0,5 MIC+0,5 MIC, 1 MIC+1 MIC, 2 MIC+2 MIC, and 2 MIC+0,5 MIC were tested against isolates. Turbidity measurements were made at the predetermined time point of 0, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 24 hours after exposure; bacterial concentration was enumerated using the agar plate method.
These data represent the turbidity and colony count data of the Acinetobacter baumannii test suspension after being subjected to the combination antibiotic. Turbidity data and colony count were the means of six replications.
Turbidity data are expressed in McFarland units. Colony count data is expressed in units of log CFU/ml.
Data were obtained from six replications formatted in Microsoft Excel and then processed with IBM SPSS Statistics 23.
A Comparison of Adult and Pediatric Measles Patients Admitted to Emergency Departments during the 2008^|^ndash;2011 Outbreak in the Midi-Pyr^|^eacute;n^|^eacute;es Region of France

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

The present French and European measles outbreaks show a bimodal distribution: the two most affected populations are infants aged less than 1 year and adults older than 20 years. The purpose of this study was to determine wether there were differences in the clinical presentation and evolution of measles between adult and pediatric patients. We performed a retrospective study of adult and pediatric measles patients admitted to three tertiary-level university hospitals between January 2008 and May 2011. Data were extracted from medical charts and positive laboratory results. Collected data were age, sex, geographical origin, vaccination status, source of exposure, overseas travel before symptom onset, clinical symptoms, risk factors for complications, severity criteria on admission, type of diagnosis, biological abnormalities, complications, and treatments. A total of 305 patients (171 children and 134 adults) were included in the study. The mean age was 4.6 ± 4.4 years in children and 26.7 ± 8.1 years in adults. Children were less often hospitalized than adults (29% vs. 66%). A comparison between hospitalized pediatric (n = 49) and adult (n = 89) patients revealed that the former had a higher incidence of complications (P < 0.0001), more otorhinolaryngological complications (24% vs. 1%; P < 0.0001), and a higher incidence of severe criteria on admission (P = 0.02). Hospitalized pediatric patients differed from adults in terms of disease severity and complications.
Optimal Li-Ion battery sizing on PEMFC hybrid powertrain using dynamic programming

Field: Energy (Physical Sciences)

This investigation studies the effect of the number of Li-Ion battery modules on the fuel consumption and the 10-year operating cost for optimal powertrain design in a Proton Exchange Membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) hybrid vehicle. A 30kW PEMFC stack is in parallel with a number of 334Wh-LiFePO4 battery modules to deliver its energy to a 77 kW electric drive (ED). The ED output is connected to the gear box and the lower powertrain. For a given road/load mechanical power demand on the vehicle, the ED power profile can be computed. The electrical power-split strategy between the PEMFC and the battery pack plays a great role on the hydrogen fuel consumption and cost. The dynamic programming (DP) approach is adopted to compute the optimal power management strategy and to evaluate the vehicle performance and the average fuel consumption over five different standard driving profiles, i.e. Japan 10/15 mode, UN/ECE, UDDS, HWFET, and SFTP. The objective function to be minimized consists of the fuel cost and the Li-Ion battery cost. Since the Li-Ion battery is expensive, the battery's state of charge (SOC) operating range is limited to 0.5 and 0.7 to prolong the battery lifetime. From the simulation results, it is found that for average driving distance 10,000 km/year, the set of 5 battery modules is the most appropriate option. The set of 8 battery modules is best for average driving distance more than 50,000 km/y.
Psycho-Social and Economic Adjustment of Mid-Life Women After Divorce:

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

The purpose of this research was to examine how midlife women adjusted psychologically, socially, and economically after the dissolution of a long-term marriage. Specific attention was given to evaluating the extent of pre-retirement planning before and after the divorce transition and perceptions regarding the later years. The data indicates chat a majority of women established a positive self-identity within five years after divorce. However, few women in the sample have acquired financial planning skills which severely jeopardizes their economic well-being after retirement.
Preparative Isolation and Purification of Five Flavonoid Glycosides and One Benzophenone Galloyl Glycoside from Psidium guajava by High-Speed Counter-Current Chromatography (HSCCC)

Field: Chemistry (Physical Sciences)

Psidium guajava leaves have a diverse phytochemical composition including flavonoids, phenolics, meroterpenoids and triterpenes, responsible for the biological activities of the medicinal parts. In particular, flavonol glycosides show beneficial effects on type II diabetes mellitus. A simple and efficient HSCCC method has been developed for the preparative separation of five flavonoid glycosides and one diphenylmethane glycoside from P. guajava. A solvent system composed of n-hexane–ethyl acetate–methanol–water (0.7:4:0.8:4, v/v/v/v) was optimized for the separation. The upper phase was used as the stationary phase, and the lower phase was used as the mobile phase. Under the optimized conditions, hyperoside (15.3 mg), isoquercitrin (21.1 mg), reynoutrin (65.2 mg), quercetin-3-O-β-D-arabinopyranoside (71.7 mg), quercetin-3-O-α-L-arabinofuranoside (105.6 mg) and 2,4,6-trihydroxy-3,5-dimethylbenzophenone 4-O-(6''-O-galloyl)-β-D-glucopyranoside (98.4 mg) were separated from crude sample (19.8 g). The structures of all the isolates were identified by ESI-MS, 1H- and 13C-NMR analyses and their purities (>95%) were determined using HPLC.