jimnoneill/paper-to-field-training huggingface dataset:
The Reconstruction Toolkit (RTK), an open-source cone-beam CT reconstruction toolkit based on the Insight Toolkit (ITK)

Field: Computer Science (Physical Sciences)

We propose the Reconstruction Toolkit (RTK, http://www.openrtk.org), an open-source toolkit for fast cone-beam CT reconstruction, based on the Insight Toolkit (ITK) and using GPU code extracted from Plastimatch. RTK is developed by an open consortium (see affiliations) under the non-contaminating Apache 2.0 license. The quality of the platform is daily checked with regression tests in partnership with Kitware, the company supporting ITK. Several features are already available: Elekta, Varian and IBA inputs, multi-threaded Feldkamp-David-Kress reconstruction on CPU and GPU, Parker short scan weighting, multi-threaded CPU and GPU forward projectors, etc. Each feature is either accessible through command line tools or C++ classes that can be included in independent software. A MIDAS community has been opened to share CatPhan datasets of several vendors (Elekta, Varian and IBA). RTK will be used in the upcoming cone-beam CT scanner developed by IBA for proton therapy rooms. Many features are under development: new input format support, iterative reconstruction, hybrid Monte Carlo / deterministic CBCT simulation, etc. RTK has been built to freely share tomographic reconstruction developments between researchers and is open for new contributions.
Researchtranscriptionally regulates ATM to control p53 Serine-15 phosphorylation

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

Background: ΔNp63α is an epithelial progenitor cell marker that maintains epidermal stem cell self-renewal capacity. Previous studies revealed that UV-damage induced p53 phosphorylation is confined to ΔNp63α-positive cells in the basal layer of human epithelium. Results: We now report that phosphorylation of the p53 tumour suppressor is positively regulated by ΔNp63α in immortalised human keratinocytes. ΔNp63α depletion by RNAi reduces steady-state ATM mRNA and protein levels, and attenuates p53 Serine-15 phosphorylation. Conversely, ectopic expression of ΔNp63α in p63-null tumour cells stimulates ATM transcription and p53 Serine-15 phosphorylation. We show that ATM is a direct ΔNp63α transcriptional target and that the ΔNp63α response element localizes to the ATM promoter CCAAT sequence. Structure-function analysis revealed that the ΔNp63-specific TA2 transactivation domain mediates ATM transcription in coordination with the DNA binding and SAM domains. Conclusions: Germline p63 point mutations are associated with a range of ectodermal developmental disorders, and targeted p63 deletion in the skin causes premature ageing. The ΔNp63α-ATM-p53 damage-response pathway may therefore function in epithelial development, carcinogenesis and the ageing processes.
ZULU GRAYS 1912

Field: Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)

Zulu Grays Baseball Team in 1912. This was one of the "Trolley" baseball teams from the Monroeville-Zulu area. They traveled to games via the Interurban. L-R front: Lou Gremaux, Ed Oberley. L-R 2nd row: Bill Girardot, Art Lomont, Art Banet, Bob Allen. L-R 3rd row: Jule Gremaux, Chet Comment, Clem Gremaux. Jule Gremaux is the father of Walt Gremaux. He had already lost his arm, but he continued to play the game he loved so much. He was a very good outfielder in spite of his handicap.
High hepatitis E virus antibody positive rates in dogs and humans exposed to dogs in the south‐west of China

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

Summary Hepatitis E ( HE ) is a zoonotic viral disease caused by hepatitis E virus ( HEV ). The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of HEV infection among dogs and humans exposed to dogs in the south‐west region of China. A total of 4,490 dog serum samples and 2,206 relative practitioner serum samples were collected from 18 pet hospitals and dog farms in Yunnan, Sichuan and Guizhou province, and the anti‐ HEV IgG antibodies were detected by ELISA . The results showed that the total positive rate of anti‐ HEV antibodies was 36.55% with the highest rate in city stray dogs, and the differences in distinct species and growth phases were significant. The positive rate of anti‐ HEV antibody in veterinarian and farm staff‐related practitioners was significantly higher than the general population. The finding of the present survey suggested that high HEV seroprevalence in dogs and humans exposed to dogs in the south‐west area of China poses a significant public health concern. It is urgent to improve integrated strategies to detect, prevent and control HEV infection in dogs and humans exposed to dogs in this area.
Additional file 1: of Stoichiometric gene-to-reaction associations enhance model-driven analysis performance: Metabolic response to chronic exposure to Aldrin in prostate cancer

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

Metabolomic and Fluxomic experimental data. Metabolomic data and ROI analysis result from Aldrin-exposed and non-exposed DU145 cells at time 0 and after 5â h. (XLSX 1253 kb)
Predicted thermochemistry and unimolecular kinetics of nitrous sulfide

Field: Chemistry (Physical Sciences)

The geometry of N2S was obtained at the CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pV(T + d)Z level of theory and energies with coupled-cluster single double triple (CCSD(T)) and basis sets up to aug-cc-pV(6 + d)Z. After correction for anharmonic zero-point energy, core-valence correlation, correlation up to CCSDT(Q) and relativistic effects, D0 for the N–S bond is estimated as 71.9 kJ mol−1, and the corresponding thermochemistry for N2S is ${\rm \Delta }_{\rm f} {\rm H}_0^ \circ = 205.4\,{\rm kJ}\,{\rm mol}^{ - 1}$ΔfH0∘=205.4 kJ mol −1 and ${\rm \Delta }_{\rm f} {\rm H}_{298}^ \circ = 202.6\,{\rm kJ}\,{\rm mol}^{ - 1}$ΔfH298∘=202.6 kJ mol −1 with an uncertainty of ±2.5 kJ mol−1. Using CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pV(T + d) theory the minimum energy crossing point between singlet and triplet potential energy curves is found at r(N–N) ≈ 1.105 Å and r(N–S) ≈ 2.232 Å, with an energy 72 kJ mol−1 above N2 + S(3P). Application of Troe's unimolecular formalism yields the low-pressure-limiting rate constant for dissociation of N2S k0 = 7.6 × 10−10 exp(−126 kJ mol−1/RT) cm3 molecule−1 s−1 over 700–2000 K. The estimated uncertainty is a factor of 4 arising from unknown parameters for energy transfer between N2S and Ar or N2 bath gas. The thermochemistry and kinetics were included in a mechanism for CO/H2/H2S oxidation and the conclusion is that little NO is produced via subsequent chemistry of NNS.
Engineering Activity and Engineering Thinking in the Context of Artificial Intelligence Expansion

Field: Engineering (Physical Sciences)

The academic press is increasingly discussing the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies on education and science. Researchers pay attention not only to the applied aspects of the use of AI technologies, but also to the issues of the ontological foundations of activity that are being transformed under the influence of new technologies. However, the issues of the impact of AI technologies on engineering activity, engineering thinking and, consequently, on engineering education are not sufficiently reflected in academic publications. Moreover, the aspects related to the widespread use of artificial intelligence, both in professional activities and in everyday life, remain insufficiently studied. The article proposes theses and corresponding arguments that clarify the fundamental changes occurring in engineering activity and engineering thinking in the context of the expansion of artificial intelligence technologies. Engineering activity is presented as a system that is not identical to the activity of individual engineers. A definition of engineering activity is proposed, which reveals its essence through its goal of solving human and societal problems. A non-instrumental approach to the interpretation of engineering based on AI technologies is substantiated, within which artificial intelligence appears as a partner in engineering activity. Finally, engineering thinking is complemented by anticipatory and responsible thinking. The article is a contribution to the academic discussion on the specifics of engineering activity and engineering thinking at the present stage.
Challenge to International Agencies

Field: Health Professions (Health Sciences)

International health agencies face major changes requiring basic adjustments in approaches and values. The ethical issues include moral criteria for allocating scarce resources, relation of health to population growth and development, iatrogenic social consequences of health measures, and inappropriate transfer of technology. A proposed new style of international health work is summarized in five principles and ten guidelines. The principles are: development from below; a role shift from adviser collaborator; sequential research, demonstration, and implementation; concentration on problems of motivation; and partnership in approaches to mutually shared complex problems.
Independent effects of dietary linoleic and linolenic fatty acids on the conjugated linoleic acid content of cows’ milk

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)

Abstract It may be desirable to increase the level of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) in milk as a health benefit in human nutrition. The purpose of this work was to separate the effects of linoleic and linolenic acids on CLA production in dairy cows and to determine to what extent endogenous synthesis contributes to cis-9, trans-11 CLA concentration in milk fat. Eight lactating cows and four non-lactating duodenal fistulated cows were used in a 4 ✕ 4 Latin-square design. All cows received a basal diet of grass silage that was supplemented with one of four concentrates, which were designed to differ in their linoleic and linolenic acid contents. The oil components of the concentrates were produced from mixtures of olive, linseed, rape, soya and sunflower oils to produce the four treatments: low linoleic/ low linolenic acid (LL), low linoleic/high linolenic acid (LH), high linoleic/low linolenic acid (HL) and high linoleic/ high linolenic acid (HH). Milk cis-9, trans-11 CLA contents were 0·8, 0·9, 0·9 and 1·1 g/100 g fatty acid methyl esters (P < 0·05) and yields were 5, 7, 7 and 8 g/day (P < 0·05) for the LL, LH, HL and HH treatments, respectively. The yields of trans-C 18:1 fatty acids in milk were 19, 22, 21 and 23 g/day (P < 0·05), respectively. Taking the data for the cis-9, trans-11 CLA content and flow of duodenal fluid from the fistulated cows and representing this in terms of dietary intake by the lactating animals, the amounts of cis-9, trans-11 CLA produced in the rumen were calculated to be 0·8, 0·9, 1·2 and 1·1 g/day (P < 0·05) and for trans-C 18:1 fatty acids 58, 58, 66 and 69 g/day (P < 0·05). Increasing linoleic and/or linolenic acids in the diet can increase the cis-9, trans-11 CLA content of cows’ milk. Only diets high in linoleic acid increased cis-9, trans-11 CLA production in the rumen. On all four diets, more than 80% of cis-9, trans-11 CLA in milk was produced endogenously by Δ 9 -desaturase from trans-11 C 18:1 in the mammary gland. Cows on the same diet have different milk fat cis-9, trans-11 CLA concentrations that may be partially explained by differences in Δ 9 -desaturase activity between cows. Increasing the activity of Δ 9 -desaturase in the mammary gland may offer greater potential for enhancing the cis-9, trans-11 CLA content of milk fat than increasing cis-9, trans-11 CLA production in the rumen.
Control of Cherry Leaf Spot and Cherry Fruit Fly at Sour Cherry

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)

The investigations were made in the experimental sour cherry orchard from the Institute of Agriculture, Kyustendil, Bulgaria, during the period 2010-2014, in order to compare conventional and integrated sour cherry protection against cherry leaf spot and cherry fruit fly. Two variants were investigated, with two different treatment approaches for the control of cherry leaf spot and cherry fruit fly. Variant 1 – cherry leaf spot was controlled by protective treatments with dodin and tebuconazole + trifloxystrobin and cherry fruit fly was controlled by treatments with deltametrin and thiacloprid, independently of density. Variant 2 - cherry leaf spot was controlled by post-infection (curative) treatments with tebuconazole + trifloxystrobin and cherry fruit fly was controlled by treatments based on biological threshold: 10-11 cherry fruit fly females caught in traps up to the moment for chemical treatment. It was established that Blumeriella japii can be successfully controlled by post-infection treatments and by this the number of insecticide treatments was reduced. The treatments against cherry fruit fly can be avoided or reduced when the attack control is based on the biological threshold established in the studied area.
Transitive Inference in a Clinical Childhood Sample

Field: Psychology (Social Sciences)

Background: Transitive inference has a long history of study in developmental contexts. However, trial-and-error transitive inference learning (in which participants infer item relations, rather than evaluate them explicitly from verbal descriptions) has been the subject of minimal study in childhood samples with reported clinical diagnoses.Methods: Children aged 8 to 10 underwent a battery of clinical assessments and received a range of diagnoses, potentially including autism spectrum disorder (ASD), attention-deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD), anxiety disorders (AD), specific learning disorders (SLD), and/or communication disorders (CD). Participants also performed a simple trial-and-error learning task that tested for transitive inference. Response accuracy and reaction time were assessed in a statistical model that controlled for diagnostic comorbidity at the group level.Results: Participants in all diagnostic categories showed evidence of transitive inference, and thus succeeded at the task. However, a model comparison analysis suggested that those diagnosed with ASD succeeded in a qualitatively different way, responding more slowly to each choice and improving faster across trials than their non-ASD counterparts. Additionally, transitive inference performance was not associated with IQ. Overall, our data suggest that superficially similar performance levels between ASD and non-ASD participants may have resulted from a difference in the speed-accuracy tradeoff made by each group.Conclusions: This provides a preliminary profile of the impact of various clinical diagnoses on TI performance in young children. Of these, an ASD diagnosis resulted in the largest difference in task strategy.
“Something New in the Musical Line”: The Emergence of the Song Recital during the 1870s and 1880s

Field: Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)

Research Article| December 01 2020 “Something New in the Musical Line”: The Emergence of the Song Recital during the 1870s and 1880s Heather Platt Heather Platt Heather Platt, professor of music history at Ball State University, is the author of Johannes Brahms: A Research and Information Guide and coeditor with Peter H. Smith of Expressive Intersections in Brahms. Platt’s publications have focused on the reception history and tonal and rhythmic structures of Brahms’s Lieder. She has served as president of the American Brahms Society and currently serves as digital reviews editor for Nineteenth Century Music Review. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google American Music (2020) 38 (4): 454–484. https://doi.org/10.5406/americanmusic.38.4.0454 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Heather Platt; “Something New in the Musical Line”: The Emergence of the Song Recital during the 1870s and 1880s. American Music 1 January 2020; 38 (4): 454–484. doi: https://doi.org/10.5406/americanmusic.38.4.0454 Download citation file: 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 Scholarly Publishing CollectiveUniversity of Illinois PressAmerican Music Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright 2021 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois2021 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.
Bistable Prestressed Symmetric Laminates

Field: Materials Science (Physical Sciences)

The bistability of unsymmetric cross-ply [0 n /90 n ] T laminates has already been investigated in much detail. In this work a new type of bistable laminate is presented which has a symmetric lay-up. Bistability derives from an unsymmetric fiber prestress applied to the laminate. The experimental procedure used to apply this fiber prestress is presented in detail. Experimental results are compared with analytical and finite element models which have the ability to model fiber prestress accurately. As well as having minimal hygrothermal variability, it is noted that the snap-through loads for a prestressed symmetric laminate can be much higher than its unstressed [0 n /90 n ] T equivalent.
“I tasted sweetness, and I tasted affliction”: pleasure, pain, and body in medieval Sufi food practices

Field: Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)

Attitudes toward food and eating are an often-neglected area of Sufi thought and practice. In this article, I analyze medieval Sufi food practices as a mode of piety. In doing so I focus on distinctions between pleasure and pain brought on by food consumption and abstention, and the gestures that accompany these experiences. By focusing on Sufism from the 11th-13th centuries CE, this article traces Sufi approaches to food through theoretical, practical, and hagiographical texts over time. I first detail the interconnection between the body and mystical experience in Sufi theory, before moving on to a discussion of more practical approaches to food consumption. I then consider Sufi narratives involving food and its connection to sex and gender before turning to questions of food habits and belonging. In doing so I intend to highlight how Sufi food practices played a significant role in embedding pious bodily habits within Sufi communities.
Study for Component based ECS Control Monitoring SW Generation Tool

Field: Computer Science (Physical Sciences)

함정 통합기관제어체계(ECS) 제어감시 SW를 신규 함정에 최적화하여 개발하거나 기존 함정의 계통 변경에 따른 제어감시 화면을 변경을 위한 수정 작업시 작업 소요시간이 많고, 휴먼에러 발생 가능성이 있다. 본 논문에서는 함정 ECS 제어감시 SW 개발간 발생하는 문제점을 최소화하기 위한 방안으로 함정 ECS 계통별 제어감시 SW를 자동생성하는 도구를 연구하였다. 계통별 설계도면을 패턴인식하여 제어감시 HMI화면을 생성하고, 계통별 구성 장비에 대한 제어 및 감시 가능한 기능 컴포넌트를 라이브러리화하였다. 생성도구를 이용하여 제어감시 HMI 화면이 생성되고 기능 컴포넌트가 할당, 배치되는 방법을 제안한다. 그리고, 제어감시 SW 생성도구 프로토타입을 구현하여 제안한 방법의 타당성을 실험을 통해 검증하였다.
Impact of heterogeneity-corrected dose calculation using a grid-based Boltzmann solver on breast and cervix cancer brachytherapy

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

Purpose : To analyze the impact of heterogeneity-corrected dose calculation on dosimetric quality parameters in gyne¬cological and breast brachytherapy using Acuros, a grid-based Boltzmann equation solver (GBBS), and to evaluate the shielding effects of different cervix brachytherapy applicators. Material and methods: Calculations with TG-43 and Acuros were based on computed tomography (CT) retrospectively, for 10 cases of accelerated partial breast irradiation and 9 cervix cancer cases treated with tandem-ring applicators. Phantom CT-scans of different applicators (plastic and titanium) were acquired. For breast cases the V
Farmer Transaction Costs of Participating in Federal Conservation Programs: Magnitudes and Determinants

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)

Transaction costs may be a barrier to participation in USDA conservation programs. Data on perceived barriers and transaction costs from the 2012 USDA Agricultural Resources Management Survey of soybean farmers were analyzed. Of farmers who had not applied for programs, almost a third agreed that applying for programs and documenting compliance (perceived transaction costs) were barriers to participation. The measured magnitudes of transaction costs of those who did apply varied by program but do not seem particularly onerous and are lower than in European studies. Regression analysis indicates that complexity of the program and the farming system may increase transaction costs. (JEL Q15, Q52)
Processes connected with local laser heating of TiB2 armor ceramics

Field: Materials Science (Physical Sciences)

The process of high-temperature heating of TiB2 armor ceramics in air in a continuous and pulsed mode of laser irradiation has been studied by the X-ray diffraction and SEM methods. It has been established that, in the irradiation zone, the temperature increases up to 3000 ?C and over, resulting in the decomposition of TiB2 and appearance of ablation products, which, in passage of air, oxidize and form dense films (in the pulsed mode) or ?reticulated? films (in the CW mode) consisting of boron and titanium oxides. The mechanism of laser-induced breakdown of TiB2 ceramics is similar to the mechanism of ballistic destruction.
Extra gauge bosons and lepton flavor universality violation in ϒ and B meson decays

Field: Physics and Astronomy (Physical Sciences)

Lepton flavor universality can be tested through the ratio of semileptonic $B$ meson decays and leptonic $\Upsilon$ meson decays, with $\Upsilon \equiv \Upsilon(nS)$ ($n=1,2,3$). For the charged-current transitions $b \to c\tau\bar{\nu}_\tau$, discrepancies between the experiment and the Standard Model (SM) have been observed in recent years by different flavor facilities such as BABAR, Belle, and LHCb. While for the neutral-current transitions $b \bar{b} \to \tau\bar{\tau}$, the BABAR experiment reported recently a new measurement of leptonic decay ratio $R_{\Upsilon(3S)} = {\rm BR}(\Upsilon(3S) \to \tau^+\tau^-)/{\rm BR}(\Upsilon(3S) \to \mu^+\mu^-)$, showing an agreement with the SM at the $1.8 \sigma$ level. In light of this new BABAR result and regarding the connection between new physics (NP) interpretations to the charged-current $b \to c \tau \bar{\nu}_{\tau}$ anomalies and neutral-current $b \bar{b} \to \tau \bar{\tau}$ processes, in this study, we revisit the NP consequences of this measurement within a simplified model with extra massive gauge bosons that coupled predominantly to left-handed leptons of the third-generation. We show that the BABAR measurement of $R_{\Upsilon(3S)}$ cannot easily be accommodated (within its experimental $1\sigma$ range) together with the other $b \to c\tau\bar{\nu}_\tau$ data, hinting toward a new anomalous observable.