jimnoneill/paper-to-field-training huggingface dataset:
Exploring The Variation of Economic Performance Within Developing Democracies: an Institutional Analysis of East and South-East Asia

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance (Social Sciences)

This thesis explores the impact of democratic institutions amongst the Asian developing countries. There has been debate about the successful economic rise of these seven countries; however, questions remain over the differing levels of economic performance. Institutional literature has paid scant attention to the role of democracy, and how this has influenced economic development throughout Asia. This thesis explores the relationships between four democratic institutions - cabinets, party-systems, electoral systems and bicameralism - and economic performance across six developing democracies, in addition to Japan. Using current democratic institutional literature derived from OECD countries, this thesis expands the scope to include new countries. The analysis employs both statistical methods and case studies to assess the relationships between four democratic institutions and seven socio-economic indicators between 1986 and 2005. The linear regressions provided evidence that coalition cabinets are correlated with lower levels of inflation and unemployment, but large multi-party legislatures are not. This thesis also found correlations between strong second legislative chambers and higher FDI, lower tariffs and higher income inequality. Although this is an exploratory thesis, I suggest that democratic institutional analysis within Asia does warrant further examination; an assessment of the specific institutions may provide us with clearer notions regarding economic development.
Pacifist Empowerment of the Current Peace Process in Colombia: 2012-2015

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

Colombia has been an internal armed conflict that has over half a century and is identified within the oldest. This country is also evidence, an important cumulative learning in peace processes; and the search for a negotiated end of the conflict, by governments and insurgent movements in the past thirty- three years. However, so far it not achieved the desired final peace agreement with all insurgent movements, leaving the country in a permanent limbo: neither peace nor total war; nor peace negotiations with the expected scope, or defeat the enemy. It is in this context that this paper feed, product of a research exercise for peace, conducted with the Institute of Political Studies at the Autonomous University of Bucaramanga -UNAB- , is located and focused on the peace process, since October 2012, a head President Juan Manuel Santos and the rebel movement Farc Ep. The object of the research was to characterize this peace process in order to produce academic knowledge around itself, and learning from it since the peacebuilding perspective. It was made from the historical - sociological analysis methodological model. Researchers consulted relevant primary and secondary sources. The first sources, represented in 35 semi –structured interviews with academic experts, peace negotiators, not academic experts and builders of peace. Considering that peace negotiations are still ongoing, this article presents partial findings, represented in one of its essential characteristics: build an experience of «pacifist empowerment».
[The International Chemical Safety Cards].

Field: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (Life Sciences)

Information is given on a new form of safety data sheets for chemical substances: the "International Chemical Safety Cards", that were developed by the "International Programme on Chemical Safety" of the WHO, in cooperation with the Commission of the European Communities. The Cards are prepared by various scientific institutions and then peer-reviewed by a committee of internationally-recognized experts. At the moment, 349 Cards are available in English. The Commission has also translated 78 Cards into the other eight official languages of the European Community. Among the aims of this undertaking, the most significant are: (a) the possibility of comparing risks associated with different substances, through the use of "standard phrases", whose meaning is given in a specific Guide; (b) circulation of information on chemical risks on a global level, particularly in those countries that are not able to make their own evaluations.
Evaluating Parent-to-Parent Program

Field: Health Professions (Health Sciences)

This paper reports the evaluative results for a 10 year old Targeted Parent Assistance (TPA)
Project||| a parent to parent helping program for Kansas children with mental health problems and
Their families||| by analyzing the client tracking databases. Data from 1656 cases||| served over three
Years||| were coded and quantitatively analyzed. This study reveals the extent of family involvement
and advocacy in the mental health field through the 10 level continuum with descriptive statistics
and cross tabulation analysis. Survival analysis was also conducted to compare the trends in
active/inactive status of the client over time for some variables client status||| service area and
race/ethnicity.
Adaptive evolution of a candidate gene for aging in\n Drosophila

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

Examination of the phenotypic effects of specific mutations has\n been extensively used to identify candidate genes affecting traits of\n interest. However, such analyses do not reveal anything about the\n evolutionary forces acting at these loci, or whether standing allelic\n variation contributes to phenotypic variance in natural populations.\n The Drosophila gene methuselah\n (mth) has been proposed as having major effects on\n organismal stress response and longevity phenotype. Here, we examine\n patterns of polymorphism and divergence at mth in\n population level samples of Drosophila melanogaster,\n D. simulans, and D. yakuba. Mth has\n experienced an unusually high level of adaptive amino acid divergence\n concentrated in the intra- and extracellular loop domains of the\n receptor protein, suggesting the historical action of positive\n selection on those regions of the molecule that modulate signal\n transduction. Further analysis of single nucleotide polymorphisms\n (SNPs) in D. melanogaster provided evidence for\n contemporary and spatially variable selection at the mth\n locus. In ten surveyed populations, the most common mth\n haplotype exhibited a 40% cline in frequency that coincided with\n population level differences in multiple life-history traits including\n lifespan. This clinal pattern was not associated with any particular\n SNP in the coding region, indicating that selection is operating at a\n closely linked site that may be involved in gene expression. Together,\n these consistently nonneutral patterns of inter- and intraspecific\n variation suggest adaptive evolution of a signal transduction pathway\n that may modulate lifespan in nature.
A Chemically Safe Way to Produce Insect Biomass for Possible Application in Feed and Food Production

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)

Black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens, HI, Diptera, Stratiomydae) has great potential as a food and feed ingredient in the European Union (EU). The production of insects as livestock feed or as food ingredients requires strict monitoring of the content of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in the growth substrate, to meet the security requirements. This study aims to investigate the presence of PTEs, like cadmium, lead, mercury, arsenic, and nickel, in HI prepupae and in their growth substrates based on coffee roasting by-product and microalgae Schizochytrium sp. and Isochrysis sp. Analyses were carried out via graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrophotometry for Cd, Pb, Ni, and As, and via Direct Mercury Analyzer for Hg. All element concentrations found in growth substrates were below the legal limit of undesirable substances in animal feed (2002/32/EC). Elements concentrations in HI prepupae were in the range (mg kg−1 wet weight) of 0.072 to 0.084 for Cd, 0.018 to 0.026 for Pb, 0.010 to 0.032 for Hg, 0.036 to 0.047 for As, and 0.18 to 0.76 for Ni. Even if HI prepupae accumulated Cd, Pb, and Hg, our results indicated that the risk of exposure to PTEs from HI prepupae consumption is relatively low and in compliance with EU regulations.
On the recognition of the game type based on physiological signals and eye tracking

Field: Computer Science (Physical Sciences)

Automated interpretation of signals yields many impressive applications from the area of affective computing and human activity recognition (HAR). In this paper we ask the question about possibility of cognitive activity recognition on the base of particular set of signals. We use recognition of the game played by the participant as a playground for exploration of the problem. We build classifier of three different games (Space Invaders, Tetris, Tower Defence) and inter-game pause. We validate classifier in the player-independent and player-dependent scenario. We discuss the improvement in the player-dependent scenario in the context of biometric person recognition. On the base of the results obtained in game classification, we consider potential applications in smart surveillance and quantified self.
Characteristics of prototype mist singlet-oxygen generator for COIL

Field: Chemistry (Physical Sciences)

A mist singlet oxygen generator is possible to improve the HO2 utilization at the one pass reaction between basic hydrogen peroxide (BHP) and chlorine. In this investigation, BHP was atomized to small droplets by the gas flow. Chlorine, which is required for stoichiometric reaction with HO2 in the BHP, was used for atomization of BHP in order to reduce the buffer flow rate for atomization. We obtained the results that the conversion efficiency from chlorine to singlet oxygen (Ux Y) was 9.7% with purely chlorine atomization and 16% with x0.93 dilution ratio of nitrogen buffer at 18.7 mmol/s input chlorine flow and 5.8 ml/s BHP flow rate in a free space reaction chamber.
A Tile-Based Approach for the LULC Classification of Sentinel Image Using Deep Learning Techniques

Field: Computer Science (Physical Sciences)

In this paper, we present a tile-based approach for the classification of sentinel images. Google Earth Engine provides open and free access to the sentinel level-2 and other satellite images. The study area of this research includes Bangalore (BBMP limits) of Karnataka state, India. We have created novel dataset by tiling sentinel image and obtained at least 1000 training samples for each of the five classes namely Forest, Open land, Water, Urban and Vegetation. Deep learning models such as VGG16, DenseNet and ResNet50 are used. Out of these three Resnet50 outperformed with classification accuracy of 98.47 on test data. All the image patches used here are of a spatial resolution of 8m. They are geo-referenced and manually labeled. This aids for exploring different applications of spatial data analytics.
A multi attribute trade off and analysis framework for electric utility integrated resource planning

Field: Decision Sciences (Social Sciences)

The application of this framework to a 1988 Energy Laboratory study served to illustrate the flow of the analysis and the interrelationships among the various components of the framework. The trade off analysis stage - focusing on the trade off vectors and the pairwise dominance comparisons - is at the heart of the framework. These tools allow the participant to explore the set of trade offs that are available given the specified group of options and strategies, rather than trying to select a strategy that somehow maximizes a difficult to determine preference structure.
Effect of Sowing Dates, Seeding Rates on Growth, Yield and its Component of Some Rapeseed (Brassica nupus L.) Genotypes.*

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)

This study was conducted at Grdarasha Research Field / College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences - Salahaddin University - Erbil during the winter growing season (2014-2015), to investigate the effect of sowing dates, seeding rates on growth parameters, yield and its component of different rapeseed genotypes . A factorial experiment based on Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD), with three replicates was applied, the first factor included three genotypes (Pactol, Raja and Rendy), the second factor included three sowing dates (15th October, 31st October, and 15th November), while the third factor represented two seeding rates (4 and 6 kg ha -1).The results indicated that the sowing on 15th October was superior and gave highest rate of leaf area (1986.34 cm 2), dry matter weight (23.86 g plant -1), plant height (208.63 cm), number of primary branches (8.05), number of secondary branch (5.75), stem diameter (11.04 mm), number of siliques plant -1 (218.75), number of seeds silique -1 (21.95), weight of thousand seeds (3.31 g), seed yield (3.39Mg ha -1). Increasing seeding rate from 4 to 6 kg ha -1 caused reduction in all growth characteristics of Rapeseed genotypes except plant height. While Pactol genotype obtained the highest seed yield (4.49 Mg ha -1) when sown on 15th October with seeding rate of 4 kg ha -1.
An Incremental Functionality-Oriented Free Software Development Methodology

Field: Computer Science (Physical Sciences)

This chapter presents a methodology used as reference model for a free software factory that is part of the National Centre for Free Technologies in Venezuela. This centre is oriented at promoting free software development for serving mostly the public sector in order to promote endogenous development and technologic autonomy. Under this strategy, strengthening the software small and medium size enterprises and cooperatives, by allowing them to participate in different projects (improving their know-how) and providing them with a methodology for increasing their capabilities and software quality, is necessary and urgent. This methodology plans the development process incrementally, based on a prioritisation of the software functionalities development in accordance to the functionalities risks, development urgency, and dependencies. It combines aspects of the two styles of free software development,namely cathedral and bazaar. The development process is centralised, in essence collaborative, and continuously allows source code release.Request access from your librarian to read this chapter's full text.
Erratum: “Entropy and evolution” [Am. J. Phys. 76(11), 1031–1033 (2008)]

Field: Physics and Astronomy (Physical Sciences)

Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter Facebook Reddit LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Reprints and Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Daniel F. Styer; Erratum: "Entropy and evolution" [Am. J. Phys. 76(11), 1031–1033 (2008)]. Am. J. Phys. 1 July 2014; 82 (7): 706. https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4881610 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAmerican Association of Physics TeachersAmerican Journal of Physics Search Advanced Search |Citation Search
Transcriptome and metabolome sequencing identifies glutamate and LPAR1 as potential factors of anlotinib resistance in thyroid cancer

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

Objective To explore the mechanism of anlotinib resistance in thyroid carcinoma. Methods We constructed an anlotinib-resistant thyroid carcinoma cell line and observed the effect of drug resistance on the functional activity of these cell lines. Transcriptome sequencing and metabolomic sequencing combined with biosynthesis analysis were used to explore and screen possible drug resistance regulatory pathways. Results Through transcriptomic sequencing analysis of drug-resistant cell lines, it was found that the differentially expressed genes of drug-resistant strains were enriched mainly in the interleukin 17, transforming growth factor-β, calcium, peroxisome proliferator activated receptor, and other key signaling pathways. A total of 354 differentially expressed metabolic ions were screened using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry to determine the number of metabolic ions in the drug-resistant strains. The results of the Venn diagram correlation analysis showed that glutamate is closely related to multiple pathways and may be an important regulatory factor of anlotinib resistance in thyroid carcinoma. In addition, eight common differentially expressed genes were screened by comparing the gene expression profiling interactive analysis database and sequencing results. Further quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction verification, combined with reports in the literature, showed that LPAR1 may be an important potential target. Conclusion This is the first study in which the drug resistance of thyroid cancer to anlotinib was preliminarily discussed. We confirmed that anlotinib resistance in thyroid cancer promotes the progression of malignant biological behavior. We conclude that glutamate may be a potential factor for anlotinib resistance in thyroid cancer and that LPAR1 is also a potentially important target.
STRATEGIC INVOLVEMENT OF TRAINING PROFESSIONALS IN THE FIRMâ€™S BUSINESS STRATEGIES: EVIDENCE FROM THE U.S.

Field: Business, Management and Accounting (Social Sciences)

The problem of this study is to investigate the extent to which training professionals employed in USbased global and local companies are strategically integrated in their companiesâ€™ business strategies. The t-test analysis of data obtained from an online survey of training professionals shows that there is not a statistically significant difference in the involvement of training professionals, who are employed in USbased global and local companies, in their firmsâ€™ differentiation, cost leadership, focus, market penetration, and market development strategies. However, the same analysis shows a statistically significant difference in the involvement of training professionals in their respective firmsâ€™ product/service development, and diversification strategies.
IMPACT OF PHYSIOTHERAPY PROGRAMME ON QUALITY OF LIFE AND FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE POST ANTERIOR MEDIASTINAL TUMOUR WITH MYASTHENIA GRAVIS

Field: Health Professions (Health Sciences)

A thymoma occurs in approximately 15 per cent of adult diagnosed with Myasthenia gravis (MG). Recent studies have supported the active role of structured physiotherapy rehabilitation program post MG and its complicating symptoms. A male patient, 61 years old, was admitted to the physiotherapy out-patient department with present complains of lump in neck region with generalised weakness and early fatigability. From past two months, the patient faced difficulty in both basic and instrumental activities of daily living such as swallowing, transportation and regular hand movements. Investigation for the patient was carried out in which chest X-ray, CT chest and serum Ach R (positive) was done and was diagnosed with thymoma. Restricted muscle examination of the shoulder and scapular muscle was positive showing symptoms of chest pain and was rated 3/5 with associated discomfort giving away fatigue. The patient was operated for thymectomy which was an elective surgical procedure, operated under general an aesthesia for a duration of approximately 4 hrs. The patient was then referred for post-operative physiotherapy rehabilitation with incisional pain, cough with expectoration, early fatigue and reduced upper limb strength. The patient had a history of Type II Diabetes Mellitus. The focus of the physiotherapy rehabilitation program included airway clearance techniques, monitored graded bed mobilization, aerobic training and progressive resistance training. There was a significant improvement in the patient after 6 weeks of physiotherapy rehabilitation program. The early excision of thymoma with prompt tailor made supervised exercise program helps in early recovery and achievement of functional goal thus improving the quality of life and functional independence.
The Emergence of Cooperative Social Institutions

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

This chapter discusses the two principal approaches to the problem of institutional genesis-invisible-hand and solidaristic. At the most general level, the author will take the existence of a social institution to be revealed by the appearance of some regularity in collective behavior. Whereas can assume that other members also have an interest in getting their own investment back, have no assurance that they will not take the author's share, split it among themselves, and claim that the author's share was never found. This discussion of the emergence of cooperative institutions has two principal implications. Irrigation systems provide a graphic example of a cooperative institution that develops to provide access to a bulky joint good. It should be emphasized that the analysis in this chapter is quite different from Mancur well-known explanation of the development of collective goods-seeking organizations like trade unions and farm organizations.
Volatile Water Soluble Constituents of Grapefruit Juice

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTVolatile Water Soluble Constituents of Grapefruit JuiceJ. G. Kirchner, J. M. Miller, R. G. Rice, G. J. Keller, and M. M. FoxCite this: J. Agric. Food Chem. 1953, 1, 7, 510–512Publication Date (Print):June 1, 1953Publication History Published online1 May 2002Published inissue 1 June 1953https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jf60007a004https://doi.org/10.1021/jf60007a004research-articleACS PublicationsRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views128Altmetric-Citations23LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail Other access optionsGet e-Alertsclose Get e-Alerts