jimnoneill/paper-to-field-training huggingface dataset:
Potential medicinal use of forest species of the Deciduous Seasonal Forest from Atlantic Forest Biome, South Brazil

Field: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (Life Sciences)

The current paper focuses on potential medicinal use of forest species from Deciduous Seasonal Forest in central region of Rio Grande do Sul State, South Brazil. Floristic and phytosociological surveys were carried out in 2011 and 2012. Results were compared with the available information in scientific literature about popular knowledge and biological/pharmacological evidences. Each species was classified in use categories to diseases, symptoms our disorders based on the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD). In 2011, we found a total of 31 species, 77,4% of them with medicinal use. In 2012, we found 33 species,72,7% of them with medicinal use. The species most frequently mentioned were Casearia sylvestris, Eugenia uniflora, Cabralea canjerana, Luehea divaricata, Parapiptadenia rigida and Vitex megapotamica. The main species with biological/pharmacological properties were C. sylvestris, E. uniflora, L. divaricata, V. megapotamica and Zanthoxylum rhoifolium. We concluded that there is a considerable potential for medicinal purposes to forest species from Deciduous Seasonal Forest in the study region. We recommend further studies mainly about the species Prunus myrtifolia, Zanthoxylum rhoifolium, Cabralea canjerana and Casearia sylvestris which presented references to antitumoral properties.
Profil Sarana Dan Prasarana Pengajaran Pendidikan Jasmani Di Sekolah Dasar Negeri Kec. Tanete Riattang Barat Kabupaten Bone

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

This study aims to describe the objective conditions of the profile of facilities and infrastructure for teaching physical education in the State Elementary School of Kec. Tanete Riattang Barat, Kab. This research method uses descriptive design. Data collection is done by questionnaire techniques, documentation and observation. The data analysis used is descriptive quantitative. The results of this study are: (a) the playing field is 100%, (b) the Volleyball court is 25%, and (c) the long jump field is 33.33%. Regarding physical education tools: (a) 91.66% have small balls, (b) 33.33% have soccer balls, (c) 16.66% have handballs, (d) 75% have volleyball, (e) 8.33% have basketball, (f) 41.66% have a high jump tool, (g) 16.66% have a mat, (h) 33.33% have a baton, (i) 41.66 % has a net volley, (j) 16.66% has a rope, (k) no one has a balance beam, (l) no one has a single crossbar, and (m) no one has a basketball hoop. While the ratio for the use of physical education tools is: (a) For small balls the ratio that has the most frequency in using the ball for 30 students with five balls is 8.33%, (b) For soccer balls the ratio has the most frequency with one ball is 25%, (c) For hand balls the ratio that has the most frequency with one ball is 16.66%, (d) For volleyball the ratio that has the most frequency with one ball is 75%, and (e ) For basketball the ratio that has the most frequency with one ball is 8.33%.
AGHmatrix: R Package to Construct Relationship Matrices for Autotetraploid and Diploid Species: A Blueberry Example

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)

Progress in the rate of improvement in autopolyploid species has been limited compared with diploids, mainly because software and methods to apply advanced prediction and selection methodologies in autopolyploids are lacking. The objectives of this research were to (i) develop an R package for autopolyploids to construct the relationship matrix derived from pedigree information that accounts for autopolyploidy and double reduction and (ii) use the package to estimate the level and effect of double reduction in an autotetraploid blueberry breeding population with extensive pedigree information. The package is unique, as it can create A‐matrices for different levels of ploidy and double reduction, which can then be used by breeders to fit mixed models in the context of predicting breeding values (BVs). Using the data from this blueberry population, we found for all the traits that tetrasomic inheritance creates a better fit than disomic inheritance. In one of the five traits studied, the level of double reduction was different from zero, decreasing the estimated heritability, but it did not affect the prediction of BVs. We also discovered that different depths of pedigree would have significant implications on the estimation of double reduction using this approach. This freely available R package is available for autopolyploid breeders to estimate the level of double reduction present in their populations and the impact in the estimation of genetic parameters as well as to use advanced methods of prediction and selection.
Novel Approaches to Image Body Fat in Biomedical Research

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

Mentor: Jun Zhang, Ohio State University\nFrom the Washington University Undergraduate Research Digest: WUURD, Volume 7, Issue 1, Fall 2011. Published by the Office of Undergraduate Research, Joy Zalis Kiefer Director of Undergraduate Research and Assistant Dean in the College of Arts & Sciences; Kristin Sobotka, Editor.
Microwave Heating of a Luneberg Lens

Field: Physics and Astronomy (Physical Sciences)

A calculation is made of the maximum steady-state temperature rise due to a small amount of dielectric dissipation in a Luneberg lens which is continuously illuminated by a powerful microwave transmitter, when the surface of the lens is held at a constant temperature. The temperature distribution along the axis of the lens is computed both when the focus is at the surface, and also when it is outside the surface at a distance equal to one-tenth of the lens radius. The numerical results are given in such a form that the maximum temperature rise is easily deduced when the loss tangent is any linear function of the refractive index of the lens material. In general the maximum steady-state temperature occurs on the axis at some interior point between the center of the lens and the focus. The total power dissipated in the lens is also computed. Finally, a brief discussion is given of the time scale associated with transient heating of the lens.
The Interactional Dimensions of Language Therapy

Field: Health Professions (Health Sciences)

This article distinguishes between adult- and child-centered intervention practices according to five interrelated dimensions of therapy context: the event, the agenda, the interactional lead, evaluation, and repair. To illustrate how these five dimensions could potentially manifest themselves during interaction, clinicians were asked to engage a child of their own choosing in both adult- and child-centered intervention. The present discussion focuses on a turn-by-turn analysis of an excerpt from one of the child-centered language therapy sessions. Analysis reveals that simply doing away with three-part quiz question sequences, eliminating explicit verbal evaluations of a child's communicative performance, and changing the function of repair does not necessarily result in a more child-centered interaction. To evaluate the child-centeredness of intervention, one must understand the communicative relationships between speakers as they manifest themselves during ongoing sequences of interaction that are embedded in therapeutic events.
Direct Effects of Sodium Nitroprusside on Type I Vestibular Hair Cell Shape in vitro

Field: Neuroscience (Life Sciences)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of sodium nitroprusside (SNP) on isolated type I vestibular hair cell morphology. Vestibular hair cells were superfused with artificial perilymph containing SNP. Application of 3 or 30 mM SNP resulted in a high rate (50 and 33%, respectively) of bleb formation in the neck region and decreased (3 mM,5.4%; 30 mM,8.0%)mean cell length. This bleb formation and neck shortening may alter the ability of mechanotransduction and was suggested to disrupt mechanotransduction in the vestibule.
Dynamic CT of hepatic cirrhosis.

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

The aim of this research was the estimation of the dynamic sequential CT scanning (d-CT) method of the cirrhotic liver. The examined group consisted of 23 patients (8 women and 15 men, average age--57) histopathologically diagnosed as the cirrhotic liver. Dynamic CT scanning was performed 30-40 seconds after contrast material injection administered with an automatic syringe in the amount of 125 ml at flow time 2-3 ml/s. After the administration of contrast material the measurements of the hepatic parenchyma density were taken both in the left and right lobes. Time-density curves of the liver, spleen and portal vein were drawn for each patient. The curves of the liver and spleen of cirrhotic liver patients were not different from the curves obtained due to examining people with no medical problems. The time of peak enhancement of the liver and spleen of cirrhotic liver patients was delayed compared with control group. Time-density curves of the liver and spleen were considerably flattened of peak and were slow and longer in washout phase. Moreover, the time of peak enhancement of the portal vein curves was longer and the curves were flattened. Three cirrhotic liver patients had focal neoplastic lesion. The patterns of the time-density curves of the liver in dynamic CT scanning may contain diagnostic information useful for prophylactic monitoring of the neoplastic lesion, which develops in hepatic cirrhosis.
Entangled lives: a dialogic reading of the characters Heed and Christine in Toni Morrison’s Love

Field: Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)

This article investigates the construction of character in Toni Morrison’s novel Love, arguing that its characters are dialogically constructed in multiple ways and that this relational structure reflects the novel’s thematic focus on interhuman relationships. The primary focus for the discussion is the way that various genres are brought into play in the presentation of two of the novel’s most central characters, Heed and Christine, whose fraught relationship occupies a central place in the novel. The reading of the novel reveals that its dialogic narrative structure refracts the manifold and complex nature of their relationship and shows how the life of one individual is entangled in the lives of other people. Blame cannot be located in one specific place or in one specific character and the novel’s narrative strategy thus defers stable conclusions.
Physical educators who participated in the AAAPE: Looking back to the historical dawn of the physical education profession

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

The purpose of this study was to ascertain the process by which the physical education profession was established during the period of the American Association for the Advancement of Physical Education (AAAPE, 1885-1903). At first, the large majority of physical educators who joined the AAAPE were intended to rise to the social position of gymnastic teachers. They recommended their physical training system, which had been proved through the scientific method of anthropometry. They considered that school physical education should be a compulsory subject. In their discussion of the profession, it was confirmed that a medical degree should not be considered a sufficient qualification for a position as a physical training director and/or gymnastic teacher. It was concluded that a proper educational course was necessary to qualify a person as a director of physical training. Professional views of gymnastic teachers toward sport were characterized by disgust or prejudice against violent competition and excessive exercise. Sport was considered incompatible with the normal practice of gymnastics education. However, physical educators who were typically able to take positions in the YMCA were already enthusiastic about games and sports. Therefore they had to modify games and sports according to educational needs, and apply these activities to build well-balanced all-round individuals. It is evident that this well-disposed action toward sport led to gradual progress in this direction.
Tropical Cyclone Larry: Estimation of Wind Field and Assessment of Building Damage

Field: Engineering (Physical Sciences)

SummaryTropical Cyclone Larry made landfall on 20 March 2006 near Innisfail, causing significant damage to buildings in the surrounding areas. This paper is based on the field survey and assessment of the performance of buildings, which experienced severe winds in the Innisfail region during Tropical Cyclone Larry. The peak gust wind speeds in the study area are estimated at 50 to 65 m/s, which is less than the region's current design wind speed. Damage to the housing stock was estimated at about 20% (not including water ingress). Contemporary housing fared considerably better than older housing, reflecting marked improvement of construction detailing and better structural condition, and satisfactory performance of relevant standards. Failure of roller doors, loss of roof battens when fastened to rafters with one or two nails, and loss of rafters or trusses when anchored to top plates with skew nails only, were common. Structural component failures of under-designed cold-formed steel sheds and garages were also widespread. Construction details used in houses on or near hill-tops need to reflect the higher wind speed caused by topographic effects.
Mu'jam al-Muṣannifīn. By Maḥmūd Hasan at-Tonkī. Bairūt: Matba'ah Ṭayyārah, 1344. 8vo. 385 pp.

Field: Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)

An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
Inotropic effects of MCI-154 on rat cardiac myocytes.

Field: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (Life Sciences)

Calcium sensitizers exert positive inotropic effects without increasing intracellular Ca(2+). Thus, they avoid the undesired effects of Ca(2+) overload such as arrhythmias and cell injury, but most of them may impair myocyte relaxation. However, MCI-154, also a calcium sensitizer, has no impairment to cardiomyocyte relaxation. To clarify the underlying mechanisms, we examined the effects of MCI-154 on Ca(2+) transient and cell contraction using ion imaging system, and its influence on L-type Ca(2+) current and Na(+)/ Ca(2+) exchange current with patch clamp technique in rat ventricular myocytes as well. The results showed that: (1) MCI-154 (1-100 micromol/L) had no effect on L-type Ca(2+) current; (2) MCI-154 concentration-dependently increased cell shortening from 5.00+/-1.6 microm of control to 6.2+/-1.6 microm at 1 micromol/L, 8.7+/-1.6 microm at 10 micromol/L and 14.0+/-1.4 microm at 100 micromol/L, respectively, with a slight increase in Ca(2+) transient amplitude and an abbreviation of Ca(2+) transient restore kinetics assessed by time to 50% restore (TR(50)) and time to 90% restore (TR(90)); (3) MCI-154 dose-dependently increased the electrogenic Na(+)/ Ca(2+) exchange current both in the inward and the outward directions in rat ventricular myocytes. These results indicate that MCI-154 exerted a positive inotropic action without impairing myocyte relaxation. The stimulation of inward Na(+)/ Ca(2+) exchange current may accelerate the Ca(2+) efflux, leading to abbreviations of TR(50) and TR(90) in rat myocytes. The findings suggest that the improvement by MCI-154 of myocyte relaxation is attributed to the forward mode of Na(+)/ Ca(2+) exchange.
The Impact of Cobit 5 On the Effectiveness of Applying Governance Tools in Jordanian Commercial Banks

Field: Business, Management and Accounting (Social Sciences)

The study aimed at showing the impact of COBIT5 with its dimensions (planning and organization, ownership and implementation, support and deliver, follow-up and evaluation, guidance and control) on the effectiveness of governance tools in Jordanian commercial banks.In order to achieve the objectives of the study and answer its questions, the study adopted the descriptive-analytical approach, in order to trace the relationship between the study variables, and to identify their trends and their impact on the study problem.The study population included all the (13) Jordanian commercial banks listed on the Amman Stock Exchange.350 questionnaires were distributed.322 of them were recovered, but 32 of them were non-analyzable.Thus, 290 questionnaires could be analyzed.They were analyzed on the program SPSS.The results of testing the hypotheses branching from the main hypothesis showed that there is a statistically significant impact of COBIT5 on the effectiveness of applying governance tools in Jordanian commercial banks, when studying each of them individually.The study recommended the necessity of speed in providing the management of Jordanian commercial banks with all software and special techniques, which help them to respond to any variables that may occur in the work environment.It also recommended the importance of working on developing systems and technologies that are characterized by modernity and accuracy in the event of the emergence of what is new and advanced, thus to document, classify and protect data.
Does The Purchase Preference and Consumer Beliefs can Predicts Increased of Repurchase Intention of Traditional Culinary in Indonesia?

Field: Business, Management and Accounting (Social Sciences)

Kuningan Regency with an area of around 1,110 Km2 which 3.14% of the total area of West Java Province with a population of 1,087,105 people. In 2020 there was a significant increase compared to the previous year, reaching 600%. This increase can also be a great opportunity for MSMEs or creative industry players in Kuningan Regency, West Java, one of which is Ibu Misarah's sticky rice. Consumers of Ms. Misrah's sticky rice have spread to the Jakarta area, but consumers only buy tape at certain times. The sustainability of MSMEs is also an important goal in the development of the Kuningan Regency area. This study aims to explore the effect of purchase preference and consumer beliefs on repurchase intention by using an online questionnaire instrument with a total of 100 respondents. Data processing in this study used the partial least square structural equation modeling technique (SEM-PLS). The results of this study indicate that purchase preference and consumer beliefs affect repurchase intention.
Targeted septal branch microcirculatory embolization with tris-acryl gelatin microspheres in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

Abstract Background Alcohol septal ablation (ASA) has been shown to be an effective treatment in patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) who are refractory to medical treatment. ASA may cause some life-threatening complications including conduction disturbances, hemodynamic compromise, ventricular arrhythmias, distant and massive myocardial necrosis. Tris-acryl gelatin microspheres provide consistent and predictable results for effective targeted microcirculatory embolization. Purpose We aimed to report our initial experience in tris-acryl gelatin microspheres for septal ablation in HOCM. Methods Microspheres are biocompatible, hydrophilic, non-resorbable microspheres which are available in a range of calibrated sphere sizes. In our method, after the cannulation of the left anterior descending by a 6F-7F guiding catheter, a 0.014-inch guidewire is introduced through the catheter and advanced into the septal branch. This septal artery is selectively cannulated with a 4F catheter over the guidewire. Selective angiography of the septal artery is performed to show the anatomy and collateral branches to other coronary arteries. Contrast echocardiography is performed to make sure that the pertinent septal artery is the target vessel supplying the hypertrophied septum. A microcatheter is then advanced deep enough into the septal artery through the 4F catheter. Microspheres/contrast solution infused slowly under fluoroscopic guidance into the targeted septal branches initially using coronary arteriolar sized small particles (diameter 100–300 μm); then the particle size was stepped up to larger particles (diameter 300–500 μm) until a complete block of the arteriolar flow is achieved. Results Septal ablation with tris-acryl gelatin microspheres was performed in 6 patients (mean age = 47.8±11.5; 5 males). Immediately after the procedure peak left ventricular outflow (LVOT) gradient reduced significantly both for direct catheter (69.0±13.8 vs. 8.2±3.7 mmHg, P&lt;0.001) and Doppler echocardiographic measurements (78.8±19.9 vs. 12.0±5.1 mmHg, P&lt;0.001). Post-procedure peak serum CK- MB fraction concentration was 82±22 ng/ml (reference range is 0 - 4.9 ng/mL) and peak serum troponin T concentration was 1.2 ng/ml [(interquartile range, 0.4–1.4), (reference range is 0 - 0.017 ng/mL)]. LVOT tract gradient reduction persisted after 6 months follow-up. There was no significant complication during the procedure and within a 6 months follow-up period. Conclusions The novel strategy by targeted septal branch microcirculatory embolization with tris-acryl gelatin microspheres seems to be an efficient and safe approach to HOCM. Further experience is needed in order to assess the long-term efficacy and safety of this technique. Funding Acknowledgement Type of funding source: None
A case study research of Walmart's acquisition in Germany and Japan.

Field: Business, Management and Accounting (Social Sciences)

This paper compares the cross-border mergers and acquisitions (“M&A”) of Walmart, a United States (“U.S.”) based company in Germany and Japan. We observed the difference in the M&A outcomes when Walmart, a company with a shareholder-oriented system, tried to integrate their system in Germany and Japan, two traditionally stakeholder-oriented economies. We observed how Walmart‟s different degrees of compliance with local norms affect its outcomes in its acquisitions in Germany and Japan. We analyzed how the state, businesses and labor unions interacted with one another to shape the corporate governance systems in the companies, which eventually affected the cross-border M&A practices.
Stents Versus Bypass Surgery for Left Main Coronary Artery Disease: 3-Year Clinical Outcomes Depending on SYNTAX Score.

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

The purpose of our study was to compare the 3-year of follow-up clinical outcomes in patients suffering from left main coronary artery disease (LMCAD) treated either by percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or by coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) depending on SYNTAX score tertiles. The primary end point of the study was all-cause mortality for the PCI arm versus CABG arm depending on SYNTAX score tertiles. The secondary end points were the recurrence of angina pectoris following revascularization, the acute nonfatal myocardial infarction, the reduction of the left ventricular ejection fraction or the need for myocardial revascularization. With regard to patients with LMCAD, at low risk (SYNTAX score 0-22) there was no difference in the frequency of end-point occurrence among patients treated by PCI compared to CABG. Also, the tendency to increase end point occurrence in patients with LMCAD treated by PCI compared to patients treated by CABG was more evident in patients at intermediate risk, but the significant statistical difference was recorded only in the occurrence of acute myocardial infarction. Regarding the patients with LMCAD at high risk (SYNTAX score over 33) the endpoint occurrence was significantly increased, statistically significant differences were recorded in all evaluated endpoints. In conclusion, coronary artery bypass grafting remains the standard treatment for high-risk patients with complex lesions, while for patients with LMCAD at low or intermediate risk, percutaneous coronary intervention by stent implantation remains an alternative that does not pose significant risks.