jimnoneill/paper-to-field-training huggingface dataset:
“bokken ranga pāmuda?” gut feeling, instinct and rhetoric of Sri Lankan actor learning

Field: Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)

This paper was presented at the 2013 ADSA conference held on the 9-12 July at Flinders Universtiy, Adelaide.
The mental representation of learning as a dominant model of knowledge acquisition has been a long standing formula for Western pedagogy. Within the sensation-idea-response model (Barnacle 2009, Horn and Wilburn 2005) the subject perceives the objects and conceptualizes ideas in the brain and generates actions through the body. Thus the relationship between perception and action is hierarchical as the action is secondary to the perception. (Noë 2005) This epistemological problem is the result of the disembodied mind propagates by the Cartesian tradition. It is no exception when it comes to the discourse of acting: the rhetoric of acting has also been affected by this split (Zarrilli 2002); the actor’s mind is regarded as the rational knower and the active mover of the body. However some actors in Sri Lankan theatre often refer the phrase “bokken ranga pamu” (act from the gut) as metaphorical expression of how the actor should act truthfully. It further means that the good actor does not act from the heart or intellect but from the ‘gut instinct’ of the body. This metaphorical idea of ‘gut’ replaces the ‘disembodied rational thinking’ in the mind with something fleshy embedded in the ‘intestine’ of the actor’s body. In this paper I want to show how a group of Sri Lankan actors challenge the idea of mental representation of learning by introducing a visceral origination of their knowing (Deway 1896, Merleu-Ponty 1962, Dreyfus, 2002) and the synergy of thoughts and imagination coupled with the lived body.
['Australasian Association for Theatre, Drama and Performance Studies (2013 : Flinders University, Adelaide)']
ANALYSIS OF HURRICANE TIDES AT PADRE ISLAND, TEXAS

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences (Physical Sciences)

To establish design data, a study was undertaken to determine expected hurricane tide elevations, durations and frequencies of occurrence for events of various magnitudes in the vicinity of a proposed development at Padre Island, Texas A set of synthetic hurricanes with selected sizes, translation speeds, wind fields, and pressure patterns were generated corresponding to various frequencies of occurrence of the CPI Two numerical computer models were developed to determine the offshore surge hydrograph and to route the surge through the bay waters for each synthetic hurricane moving directly over the site Results included storm tide hydrographs at selected locations near the development Synthetic storms were also routed across the coast at locations north and south of the site and storm hydrographs again computed.
Effect of Soil Water Stress on Initiation of Ovulate Primordia in Loblolly Pine

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)

Abstract Forty loblolly pine ramets were subjected to combinations of irrigation and drought treatments during the 1967 growing season to determine possible effects of soil water stress on the conelet crop the following spring. Trees subjected to April-June irrigation followed by July-September drought bore a significantly higher conelet crop than the other treatments. The results suggest that irrigation during late summer drought periods may suppress cone production. Forest Sci. 16: 219-221.
Analisisfaktor-Faktoryang Mempengaruhi Produktivitas Kerja Pegawai Pada Badan Pengelola Pajak Dan Retribusi Daerah Kota Bandar Lampung

Field: Business, Management and Accounting (Social Sciences)

ABSTRAKEmployee productivity can be influenced by several factors including discipline, work experience, incentives and work environment. This study aims to analyze; (1) to find out whether work discipline, work environment, incentive, and work experience partially affect the work productivity of Employees of Regional Tax and Retribution Management of Bandar Lampung City, and (2) to find out whether work discipline, work environment, incentives, and experience simulatan work affects the productivity of Management Agency Employees Regional Taxes and Retributions Bandar Lampung City. This research was conducted in April-July 2018. The location of the study in Bandar Lampung City in the City Tax and Retribution Management of Bandar City The sample of 44 respondents was chosen in a simple random manner. Data were analyzed using the Linear Multiple Regression function approach with the Ordinasy Least Square (OLS) method. The results of data analysis resulted in a multiple regression equation Y = 3.148 + 0.509X1 + 0.420X2 + 0.110X3 + 0.152X4 .. The coefficient of determination R2 was obtained at 0.569, meaning that 56.9% of the variation in the dependent variable of employee productivity can be explained by changes in independent variables for Discipline, Work Experience, incentives and Work Environment, while the remaining 43.1% is influenced by other factors. Based on the results of the F-Test, the results show that the independent variables consisting of Discipline (X1), Work Experience (X2), Incentives (X3) and Work Environment (X4) have a simultaneous effect on employee work productivity variables. Based on the t-test, each of the independent variables of Discipline (X1), Work Experience (X2), Incentives (X3) and Work Environment (X4) has a partial effect on employee work productivity variables.
Opening Therapy to Conversations with a Personal God

Field: Psychology (Social Sciences)

Systemic therapists are particularly aware that a person's sense of self is co-created in a social network of relationships and conversations with others. But often clients feel that their private and meaningful conversations with a personal God are unwelcome in the therapy conversation. If we consider this unspoken censoring as a form of professional oppression, though usually inadvertent, then we may see not only how we participate in oppressing but how we can participate in freeing our conversations. It is therapists' certainty that oppresses and constrains opportunities to hear the story as the client experiences it. I offer four certainties I have recognized in my own work and how, with the help of clients and research participants, these certainties have changed to wonder and creativity.
A study on the role of ethics and Spirituality in Corporates

Field: Business, Management and Accounting (Social Sciences)

The purpose of this essay is to analyse a novel strategy for doing business that aims to break down conceptual boundaries between moral behaviour and the pursuit of wealth. It does this via the use of spiritual awareness and techniques like meditation in addition to more conventional concerns like worker's rights and environmental challenges. Design, methodology, and approach – The paper conducts a thorough analysis of companies, mostly multinational but also some small and medium-sized, that are starting to adopt holistic approaches to their workforce, their relationships with the larger human community, and their relationships with the environment. It also looks at the rising corpus of research on holistic business practises and how management is being affected by it. Although it is most pronounced in North America, this influence is starting to gain ground in Europe. Findings - This research shows that a range of organisations are discovering that adopting ethical principles tends to boost profitability rather than reduce it. They have also shown that "spiritual" or holistic approaches to social and environmental responsibilities are more effective than conventional political efforts. These methods also help to promote business brand and employee loyalty. Originality/value - A review of a novel strategy for doing business.
Mood Ratings and Physical Activity Among Patients in Cardiac Rehabilitation

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

(Introduction) Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is an effective treatment strategy for patients with CVD, typically involving 36 sessions of aerobic exercise over the course of a 12-week period along with education regarding cardiac risk factors. Exercise has been shown to not only affect a person’s physical abilities, but have a psychological effect as well. (Purpose) Previous studies have shown that exercise is often associated with enhanced mood and that positive mood ratings predict CR attendance. However, studies have not focused on ratings of perceived exertion and other physical symptoms in relation to mood and exercise performance. This study was designed to evaluate associations of symptom ratings with mood and exercise performance among patients in CR. (Design) This is an observational study consisting of patient assessments at two time points approximately three months apart. (Methods) Patients were recruited from the two outpatient CR programs at Ohio State University medical center. 38 patients (11 female) completed a questionnaire packet before and after CR that included the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. The exercise testing consisted of a 60-foot walk test followed by a 6-minute walk test both before and after CR. Patients reported their ratings of dyspnea, fatigue, and perceived exertion before and after each walk test. Heart rate and oxygen saturation were also recorded before and after each walk test. (Results) Participants reported a significant decrease in distress (11.23 to 8.87, p = .002, t(38) = 3.36). Participants also reported a significant decrease in anxiety (6.86 to 5.54, p = .018, t(35) = 2.49). Six minute walk test performance significantly improved between T1 and T2 (426.31 meters to 455.01 meters, p < .0001, t(38) = 4.76). Additionally, pre 60-foot walk test RPE decreased between T1 and T2 (7.23 to 6.39, p = .014, t(38) = 2.59), and pre 6-minute walk test RPE decreased from T1 to T2 (6.90 to 6.32, p = .026, t(38) = 2.33)Correlational analyses indicated that change in pre 60-foot walk test RPE from T1 to T2 was associated with T1 distress (r = .36, p = .027) and T1 depression (r = .33, p = .044), with a trend toward significance for anxiety (r = .31, p = .062) (Conclusions/Importance) Results of this study provide evidence that there are many advantages to be gained from CR participation, including lower distress and anxiety levels, improved functional status, and decreased perceived exertion. However, the drop in RPE between assessment times was associated with elevated distress and depression before entering CR. Patients entering CR with elevated depression and distress tended to feel more exerted before CR began. The discovery of this relationship can allow CR programs to provide additional treatment for distress and depression upon entrance to the CR program so that patients may not feel so exerted when beginning the program, thus allowing them to provide a maximal effort and benefit from all the CR program has to offer.
Product Innovation and Design Strategies for 5G Technology in China’s Home Appliance Companies

Field: Business, Management and Accounting (Social Sciences)

With the continuous evolution of mobile communication systems, 5G technology has become a key driver for a smart home appliance ecosystem. Fifth-generation technology may create opportunities and threats for the home appliance industry in the stock market, and so companies that do not actively engage in product innovation activities will eventually be eliminated from the market because their products are not on trend. This study investigates Chinese household appliance industry firms to identify their innovation strategies, applied to cope with global competition and gain a competitive advantage, and explores the correlation and operation mode between innovation strategies and design strategies. For this study, we administered a questionnaire to analyze three innovation clusters for Chinese household appliance firms. Interviews were conducted to further understand the design strategies and priorities of Chinese home appliance companies in response to 5G technology, to explore the relationship between innovation strategies and product design strategies, and to provide a reference for the product design strategies of home appliance companies in response to global competition.
The distribution and morphology of a blue-green alga growing in association with the liverwort Cephaloziella rubella.

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)

In conjunction with my bryophytic studies, I noticed a peculiar blue-green algae growing in apparent symbiosis with the liverwort Cephaloziella rubella (Nees) Douin. (see Plate 1). My concern then focused on the identification, morphology and distribution of the blue-green.
Thermalization patterns for broad neutron energy range real-time semiconductor personal dosimetry

Field: Physics and Astronomy (Physical Sciences)

This paper concerns neutron detection below 500-keV energies. The paper studies numerically simulated responses from thermalized neutrons. These neutrons are induced by monoenergetic dose equivalent neutron beams ranging between 14 MeV and 1 eV. Results are first discussed against several moderating stack efficiencies. The discussion analyzes the lowest standard deviation relative to the mean thermalized flux calculated over several incident neutron energy bands of which upper values decrease from 14 MeV to 100 keV. The simulated responses show near 50% response accuracy if monitoring neutrons in the range 1 eV to 100 keV with a small 1.5-cm radius 5-cm thick polyethylene cylinder. Adding neutron converter foils, the efficiency is then calculated against secondary photon detection. An overlap between fast neutron detection efficiencies and those at lower energies is found to be possible, so that similar diodes can be used for both recoil protons and radiative photon detection.
Technical report on Chapter 0 (Numero Zero) of Cognition in the Wind – Taqwim navigation, May 10-16, 2018.

Field: Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)

The present technical report describes the salient aspects of the project Cognition in the wind and addresses issues arisen during the field trip. General description of the project: We sailed for a week (and about 120 NM) on board the cutter Kleronia between Rome, the Pontine Islands and Gaeta, with variate weather conditions, embarking a number of pilot projects: a revisitation of the sailing draftsman; haiku writing in navigation; projects on navigation strategies in non-adaptive environments (including a study of the way in which clouds, changing entities, become reference points, however ephemeral, in second-to-second navigation); on the definition of scenarios in which orientation is lost; and on drawing challenges. In carrying out these projects we filmed in time lapse and in real time, in view of the creation of a short documentary, different onboard dynamics both on board and in the environment, from maneuvers that require sudden accelerations and coordination to the execution of line drawings and watercolors in difficult conditions, from the movements of the pilot's attention to convivial moments such as dinners. The project was directed by Roberto Casati (Institut Jean Nicod, CNRS ENS EHSS, Paris) as part of the research activities Disorientation Remediation (PSL NYU), Design: Cognitive Foundations (PSL IRIS; EHESS) and Cognition in the Wind (Institut Nicod), and had as a partner the Taqwim Association, whose members Fabrizia de Gasparre, Fabio Rosciglione, Fabio Sebastiani and Maria Sebregondi coordinated the navigation. Simonetta Capecchi has intervened as a draftswomen on board representing the Urban Sketchers association. The writer Maria Sebregondi composed the haiku. The shots were taken by Roberto Casati and Rocco Soldini. The key brief of the field trip was an assessment of the suitability of the vessel for an embarked research activity. The project is thus a Chapter 0.
Repair of Cracked Prestressed Concrete Girders, I-565, Huntsville, Alabama

Field: Engineering (Physical Sciences)

Wide cracks were discovered in prestressed concrete bridge girders shortly after their construction in Huntsville, Alabama. Previous investigations of these continuous-for-live-load girders revealed that the cracking resulted from restrained thermal deformations and inadequate reinforcement details, and that the cracking compromised the strength of the girder end regions. A wet-layup fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) repair system was installed. To assess the efficacy of the FRP repair solution, load testing and finite-element analyses were conducted for pre- and post-repair conditions of two repaired spans. Post-repair testing included controlled truck loading as well as the monitoring of structural response to diurnal thermal conditions. Results indicate that the girders should be considered simply supported for conservative strength-limit-state design of the FRP repair system. FRP response to thermal conditions was accurately estimated using simplified analysis of restrained temperature gradient effects. A design procedure was developed for FRP repair of similar structures in accordance with AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications and the recommendations of ACI 440.2R-08. The reported procedure was formulated to provide the girder end regions with adequate strength for the combined effects of shear and flexure, as well as to provide adequate performance under daily truck loads and temperature variations.
Quality of life, depression and anxiety in cerebral amyloid angiopathy: A cross‐sectional study

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

Abstract Background and Purpose Data on health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) and mood in cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA), a disease characterized by stroke and cognitive decline, are limited. We aimed to investigate the impacted domains of life, value‐based HRQoL and the prevalence of depression and anxiety in patients with CAA. Methods We conducted a cross‐sectional study of patients with sporadic (s)CAA, lobar dominant mixed CAA and hypertensive arteriopathy (mixed CAA‐HTA), or Dutch‐type hereditary (D‐)CAA, from prospective outpatient clinic cohorts. Participants completed four questionnaires: the EuroQoL 5 dimensions 5‐level questionnaire (EQ‐5D‐5L; EQ‐VAS for visual analogue scale; EQ‐Index for index rating), the Short‐Form 36 questionnaire (SF‐36), the Center for Epidemiologic Studies—Depression scale (CES‐D), and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS; ‐D for depression and ‐A for anxiety subscales). The EQ‐5D‐5L assesses the domains mobility, self‐care, usual activities, pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression. The SF‐36 domains are physical functioning, social functioning, physical role limitations, emotional role limitations, mental health, vitality, bodily pain, and general health perceptions. We compared age‐ and sex‐ adjusted HRQoL (SF‐36 domain scores; EQ‐VAS; EQ‐Index) to the Dutch normative population, and estimated the prevalences of current depression (either: history of depression or current use of antidepressants, with high score on CES‐D [≥16] and/or HADS‐D [≥8]; or high score on both depression questionnaires) and anxiety (HADS‐A ≥ 8). Results We included 179 patients: 77 with sCAA (mean age: 72 years, women: 36%), 31 with mixed CAA‐HTA (68 years, women: 29%), and 71 with D‐CAA (56 years, women: 52%, symptomatic: 35 [49%]). The SF‐36 profiles of all patient groups were similar, negatively differing from the norm in emotional role functioning, social functioning and vitality. The EQ‐VAS score of patients (mean [SD] sCAA: 76 [16], D‐CAA: 77 [15]) was similar to the norm, as was the EQ‐Index score. Fifteen patients with sCAA (23%; 95% confidence interval [CI] 13%–33%), seven with mixed CAA‐HTA (27%; 95% CI 10%–44%) and eight with D‐CAA (14%; 95% CI 5%–22%) were noted as having depression. The prevalences of anxiety and depression were equivalent. Conclusions We found that CAA influenced emotional role functioning and aspects linked to social engagement consistently across its subtypes. One quarter of patients exhibited depressive or anxiety symptoms. Recognizing these impacted domains could enhance overall well‐being.
Immobilization and One-Dimensional Arrangement of Virus Capsids with Nanoscale Precision Using DNA Origami

Field: Computer Science (Physical Sciences)

DNA origami was used as a scaffold to arrange spherical virus capsids into one-dimensional arrays with precise nanoscale positioning. To do this, we first modified the interior surface of bacteriophage MS2 capsids with fluorescent dyes as a model cargo. An unnatural amino acid on the external surface was then coupled to DNA strands that were complementary to those extending from origami tiles. Two different geometries of DNA tiles (rectangular and triangular) were used. The capsids associated with tiles of both geometries with virtually 100% efficiency under mild annealing conditions, and the location of capsid immobilization on the tile could be controlled by the position of the probe strands. The rectangular tiles and capsids could then be arranged into one-dimensional arrays by adding DNA strands linking the corners of the tiles. The resulting structures consisted of multiple capsids with even spacing (approximately 100 nm). We also used a second set of tiles that had probe strands at both ends, resulting in a one-dimensional array of alternating capsids and tiles. This hierarchical self-assembly allows us to position the virus particles with unprecedented control and allows the future construction of integrated multicomponent systems from biological scaffolds using the power of rationally engineered DNA nanostructures.
Novel regulatory SNPs in the promoter region of the TNFRSF18 gene in a Gabonese population

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

Parasites are accountable for driving diversity within immune gene families. We identified and investigated regulatory single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the promoter regions of the tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily member 18 (TNFRSF18) gene by direct sequencing in a group of male Gabonese individuals exposed to a wide array of parasitic diseases such as malaria, filariasis and schistosomiasis. Two new promoter variants were identified in 40 individuals. Both novel variants were heterozygous and were linked to SNP #rs3753344 (C/T), which has been described. One of the SNP variants (ss2080581728) was close to the general transcription factor site, the TATA box. We further validated these new promoter variants for their allelic gene expression using transient transfection assays. One new promoter variant with two base changes (C/T - ss2080581728/rs3753344) displayed an altered expression of the marker gene. Both novel variants remained less active at the non-induced state in comparison to the major allele. The allele frequencies observed in this study were consistent with data for other African populations. The detection and analysis of these human immune gene polymorphisms contribute to a better understanding of the interaction between host-parasite and expression of Treg activity.