jimnoneill/paper-to-field-training huggingface dataset:
UAV observations of the NDVI, snow depth and melt out date, retreived ar the Izas Experimental Catchment in 2020 and 2021

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences (Physical Sciences)

This dataset includes very high spatial resolution observations at 1 m spatial resolution observations of the snow depth, the NDVI and the melt-out date (DOY of year) acquired with an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle at a sub-alpine site in the Pyrenees, the Izas Experimental Catchment. During two snow seasons (2019-2020 and 2020-2021), 14 NDVI and 17 snow depth distributions were acquired over 48ha. From the snow depth observations the melt-out dates have been derived. Also information on the main topographic variables (elevation, aspect and slope) is included, with same spatial resolution, in this dataset.
Optimal generation of transfer functions for direct volume rendering

Field: Computer Science (Physical Sciences)

Volume rendering implements the visualization of 3D structures without a prior segmentation process. Direct volume rendering is a key imaging technology for visualizing large 3D data sets from scientific or medical applications. Visualization is rendered by transfer functions which assign optical properties such as color, opacity and shading to original values of the data set being visualized. Constructing appropriate transfer functions is a tedious task, generally requiring substantial hand tuning for each new data set and often done by trial and error. This paper introduces a semi-automatic method of transfer function generation which makes volume rendering surfaces more intuitive and less labor intensive. Fundamentally, this method rests on an algorithm that computes the boundary characteristics in a volume and uses this information to guide the user toward opacity function settings which readily display the boundaries.
Sexual dimorphism in the Anatolian endemic tiger beetle, Cephalota circumdata cappadocica Franzen, 1996 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cicindelinae): a study showing the effectiveness of geometric morphometrics

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)

Eşeysel dimorfizm, kaplan böceklerinde türler arası varyasyonun önemli bir kaynağıdır. Buna rağmen, kaplan böceklerindeki eşeysel dimorfizm hakkında az şey bilinmektedir. Bu makale, endemik kaplan böceği Cephalota circumdata ssp. cappadocica Franzen, 1996 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cicindelinae)&#039;nin baş ve pronotumundaki fenotipik değişiklikler bağlamında erkek ve dişilerin morfolojisini karşılaştırarak eşeysel dimorfizm alanındaki literatüre katkıda bulunmaktadır. Araştırmada incelenen tüm örnekler, 2016 yılında Mayıs-Ağustos ayları arasında Kırşehir (Türkiye) İlinde bulunan Seyfe Gölü çevresindeki tuzlu topraklardan toplanmıştır. Spesifik olarak, kaplan böceklerinin eşeysel dimorfizminin analizinde geometrik morfometrinin etkinliği değerlendirilmiştir. Baş ve pronotum şekil varyasyonlarında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı farklılıklar bulunmuş ve regresyon sonuçları cinsiyetler arası bu şekil farklılaşmasında büyüklüğün etkisinin çok az olduğunu göstermiştir. Ayrıca sadece şekil değişkenlerinin kullanıldığında, Jack-knife çapraz geçerlenmiş doğru sınıflandırma yüzdesi sırasıyla baş için %88 ve pronotum için %85 olarak bulunmuştur. Sonuç olarak geometrik morfometri, kaplan böceklerinde eşeysel dimorfizmin belirlenmesinde etkili ve kullanışlı bir yöntemdir.
Is it just for shareholders or for all stakeholders? Evidence based on carbon emissions and cash dividends from China

Field: Business, Management and Accounting (Social Sciences)

Abstract As people become more aware of the catastrophic risk of carbon emissions, investors demand compensation for their exposure to carbon emission risk. However, it is unclear how a firm's carbon emissions affect its dividend policy to cater to shareholders and its implications for other stakeholders. Using publicly listed A‐share companies in China, we find that carbon emissions positively affect firms' cash dividends. The positive effect is more pronounced for firms with higher growth, better performance and those in heavily polluting industries. Furthermore, the cash dividends induced by carbon emissions benefit all stakeholders by reducing agency costs and promoting green innovations.
Coherent Raman Spectroscopy with a Fiber-Format Femtosecond Laser Oscillator

Field: Chemistry (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 G. Cerullo, M. Marangoni; Coherent Raman Spectroscopy with a Fiber‐Format Femtosecond Laser Oscillator. AIP Conference Proceedings 6 August 2010; 1267 (1): 185–186. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3482456 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 ContentAIP Publishing PortfolioAIP Conference Proceedings Search Advanced Search |Citation Search
On semiclassical and universal inequalities for eigenvalues of quantum graphs

Field: Mathematics (Physical Sciences)

We study the spectra of quantum graphs with the method of trace identities (sum rules), which are used to derive inequalities of Lieb-Thirring, Payne-Pólya-Weinberger, and Yang types, among others. We show that the sharp constants of these inequalities and even their forms depend on the topology of the graph. Conditions are identified under which the sharp constants are the same as for the classical inequalities; in particular, this is true in the case of trees. We also provide some counterexamples where the classical form of the inequalities is false.
Jugulodigastric Lymph Node Inflammation Derived from Chronic Atypical Oropharyngeal Phlogosis Recurring Annually after Flu Virus Vaccination: A Holistic Vision and a Clinical Case Solved after Chlamydicidal Antibiotic Therapy

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

In this report, we evaluated the case history of a patient with longstanding chronic pharyngitis who had periodic clinical manifestation for three years after a flu vaccine administration, and after various treatments tried to resolve the chronic pharyngitis with unsuccessful antibiotic and anti-inflammatory therapies. The patient occasionally presented a slight ocular inflammation, while dysuria occurred after sexual activity. The search for common pathogens by use of pharyngeal swabs resulted only in Corynebacterium ulcerans growth. After this first result, we focused our investigations on ocular and uro-genital infections of Chlamydiaceae (Ct and Cp) and Mycoplasmataceae (Mh and Uu) families. We examined the patient's pharynx using molecular and culture techniques from three different sites. Although several infectious agents, including viruses and bacteria, causing chronic pharyngitis are reported in the literature, these ocular and uro-genital pathogens are seldomly routinely investigated in the same patient in ORL. Furthermore, while episodes of chronic pharyngitis is one of the most common clinical manifestation in ENT patients, these atypical pharyngitis represent ever-increasing infections which must always be considered and researched by suitable instruments such as PCR. Only from the collection of detailed medical history and careful observations of clinical manifestation, indicative of an oral chronic pathologic phenomenon of low intensity initiated several years previously, starting with sudden outbreak and relapse like a bout of flu', we suggest to study these atypical infecting agents frequently localized in the urogenital human area, awhich would allow to highlight and to recognize these clinical cases that manifest themselves as chronic inflammation of jugulodigastric lymph nodes, remaining still unrecognized and rarely associated to chlamydial infection, confused with the response to flu vaccination. After several specific cycles of antibiotic therapy, the patient's health improved considerably and showed almost complete regression of jugulodigastric lymph node inflammation.
Rapid killing of actinomycin D-treated tumour cells by mononuclear phagocytes: reactivity in mouse strains with defective classical tumour cytotoxicity.

Field: Immunology and Microbiology (Life Sciences)

In confirmation of previous data, macrophages from C3H/HeJ, C57BL/10ScCR and A/J mice, exposed in vivo to BCG or in vitro to lymphokines, had little tumoricidal activity, as assessed in a 48-hr [3H]thymidine release assay against TU5 tumour cells, compared to macrophages from C3H/HeN, C57BL/6 and (BALB/c X DBA/2)F1 mice. Macrophages from these mouse strains were examined for their capacity to kill actinomycin D-pretreated WEHI 164 sarcoma cells in a 6-hr 51chromium release assay (drug-dependent cellular cytotoxicity, DDCC). Peptone-elicited macrophages from C3H/HeN, C57BL/6, (BALB/c X DBA/2)F1, C57BL/10ScCR and A/J mice had high DDCC activity, whereas C3H/HeJ macrophages expressed little cytotoxicity against actinomycin D-pretreated WEHI 164 cells. In vivo exposure to BCG or inactivated streptococci caused a modest augmentation of the DDCC effector function of C3H/HeJ macrophages, but levels of reactivity remained 20-fold less than those of similarly treated normal mice. Thus, C57BL/10ScCR and A/J macrophages have defective classical direct cytotoxicity but mediate DDCC efficiently, whereas C3H/HeJ macrophages are defective in both effector functions.
Lithium carbonate and breast-feeding.

Field: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (Life Sciences)

Lithium carbonate and breast-feedingLithium carbonate taken during pregnancy has been associated with neonatal hypotonial and congenital heart disease.2There is little information on lithium concentrations in human breast milk or in the serum of breast-fed infants.We have studied such a case. Case reportA 36-year-old woman, gravida 1, para 0+1, had been taking lithium car- bonate for manic depressive psychosis for seven years when pregnancy was confirmed at eight weeks.The pregnancy was allowed to continue.Initially maintained at 800 mg daily, the dose was reduced twice during pregnancy to maintain therapeutic serum levels (see figure).Her mood was more stable than at any previous time, and she needed no other medication apart from routine haematinics.At 38 weeks she went into spontaneous labour last- ing 12 hours and received protective forceps for suspected prematurity.
Preparation of Brevibacillus brevis FJAT-0809-GLX Angent and Study on its Effect on Loquats (Eriobotrya japonica)

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)

Microbial fresh-keeping agent could be prepared by adding 2‰ agar and 2% to 5% NaCl to fermentation broth of Brevibacillus brevis FJAT-0809-GLX.The content of FJAT-0809-GLX cells in the colloidal suspension agent was high.And it had the characteristic of uniform texture.Microbial fresh-keeping agent had better fresh-keeping effect to ‘Zao Zhong Six’ and ‘Jie Fangzhong’ loquat(Eriobotrya japonica).Good fruit rates and weight lose rates of loquat treated with microbial fresh-keeping agent after 8 days under room temperature(20～25 ℃) were different significantly to that of control.This microbial fresh-keeping agent belongs to non-toxic class according to the result of the mouse acute test.
SEEN AND NOW HEARD: Talking to the Targets of Open Street CCTV

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

The presence of closed circuit television cameras (CCTV) in town and city centres, mostly with Home Office or Scottish Office support, has grown enormously in the past few years. Analysis of their effectiveness in preventing crime is infrequent, and then usually relies only on comparing police recorded or otherwise reported criminal victimization rates before and after camera installation. It is difficult for this approach to tackle convincingly the possibility of camera-induced crime displacement. This article tries an alternative approach to displacement: asking offenders. To test the efficacy of the approach, an area whose criminal statistical profile had previously been studied intensely—Airdrie, a small town near Glasgow which has one of the first CCTV schemes to be installed in Scotland—was revisited. Thirty offenders (most were then on probation or doing community service) were interviewed and their attitudes to the cameras and to reoffending recorded. Few, if any, clear patterns emerged. Indeed, what is more remarkable is the rich and broad diversity of views, which, in turn, serve to defy any obvious or common-sense categorization of offender reaction to CCTV surveillance.
A Study of Biogenic amines and their metabolites in convulsions induced by maximum electric shock in Rats

Field: Neuroscience (Life Sciences)

Description: Catecholamines, serotonin, 5-hydroxy indole acetic acid(5-HIAA) and gamma amino butyric acid(GABA) were analyzed in the brains of male albino rats before and after convulsions induced by maximum electric shock (MES). Similarly, urinary total catecholamines, their metabolites 5-HIAA and cortisol were also estimated before and after these convulsions in the same group of rats. Variations in the levels of brain amines and GABA with time after treating with MES were also studied. There was a significant increse in the brain amines and GABA levels in maximum electric shock treated rats after 24 hours with no significant alteration in the 5-HIAA levels. There was also a marked increase in the levels of norepinephrine, dopamine and GABA in brain with a peak at 4 hours after MES whereas serotinin showed a peak at 2 hours after MES. The levels decreased gradually with time but were considerably higher than the control values even after 24 hours. However, in the urine there was a significant increase in the levels of total catecholamines with a significant decrease in the levels of 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyl phenyl glycol (MHPG) and cortisol. There is no significant change in the excretion of homoyallinic acid(HVA), vanillic mandelic acid(VMA) and 5-HIAA. Therefore an increased norepinephrine level in brain together with increased catetholamine excretion in urine relflects an increased turnover of norepinephrine after maximum electric shock induced convulsions in rats.
Repeatability and correlations among peach physical traits

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)

Selection fields of fruit crops are commonly installed without statistical design. This impairs the acquisition of trustworthy information and genetic parameters such as heritability. The coefficient of repeatability can be used to guide the selection since it defines the superior limit of heritability and can be estimated without much experimental sophistication. The coeffici ent of repeatability of fruit characters of peaches was estimated. It was verified that the selection based on samples of nine fruits leads to the accuracy of 0.90 in the evaluations of the permanent phenotypic values, indicating the efficiency of mass selection for len gth, diameter, and weight of the fruit, weight of the pit, firmness of the pulp and the pulp/pit and length/diameter ratios of the f ruit. The coefficients of correlation indicate that the fruit physical traits can be improved by selecting for fruit diameter (highly cor related with fruit weight), low ratio L/D, and high ratio pulp/pit.
&lt;i&gt;Phenotyping Morphological Traits of Blueberry Bushes using UAS&lt;/i&gt;

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)

Abstract. Phenotyping morphological traits of blueberry bushes in the field is important for selecting genotypes that are easily harvested by machine and have high yields. In addition, the rate at which a bush grows is indicative of its vigor, and is therefore of interest to breeders and growers. Morphological data can also be used to assess the effects crop treatments such as plant growth regulators, fertilizers, and environmental conditions. This paper investigates the feasibility and accuracy of an inexpensive unmanned aerial system in determining morphological characteristics of blueberry bushes. Color images collected by a quadcopter are processed into 3-D point clouds via structure from motion algorithms. Bush height, extents, canopy area, volume in addition to crown diameter and width are derived and referenced to ground truth. Twelve bushes were imaged by a quadcopter in 8 minutes, and height and width dimensions achieved a mean absolute error of 8.73cm. Strong correlation was found between manual and image derived bush volumes and their traditional growth indices. The methodology developed from this study is suitable for high throughput phenotyping for blueberry breeders, and producers, and provides a more intuitive metric for bush evaluation than current growth indices.
The Fast X-Ray Transient XRT 210423 and Its Host Galaxy

Field: Physics and Astronomy (Physical Sciences)

Abstract Fast X-ray Transients (FXTs) are X-ray flares with durations ranging from a few hundred seconds to a few hours. Possible origins include the tidal disruption of a white dwarf by an intermediate-mass black hole, a supernova shock breakout, or a binary neutron star merger. We present the X-ray light curve and spectrum as well as deep optical imaging of the FXT XRT 210423, which has been suggested to be powered by a magnetar produced in a binary neutron star merger. Our Very Large Telescope and Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) observations began on 2021 May 6, thirteen days after the onset of the flare. No transient optical counterpart is found in the 1.″ (3 σ ) X-ray uncertainty region of the source to a depth g s = 27.0 AB mag. (We use the word “counterpart” for any transient light in a wave band other than the original X-ray detection wave band, whereas the word “host” refers to the host galaxy.) A candidate host lies within the 1.″ X-ray uncertainty region with a magnitude of 25.9 ± 0.1 in the GTC/HiPERCAM g s filter. Due to its faintness, it was not detected in other bands, precluding a photometric redshift determination. We detect two additional candidate host galaxies: one with z spec = 1.5082 ± 0.0001 and an offset of 4.″2 ± 1.″ (37 ± 9 kpc) from the FXT, and another one with z phot = 1.04 − 0.14 + 0.22 and an offset of 3.″6 ± 1.″ (30 ± 8 kpc). Based on the properties of all the prospective hosts, we favor a binary neutron star merger, as previously suggested in the literature, as the explanation for XRT 210423.
Inventory Model with Multi-Item and Emergency Orders

Field: Decision Sciences (Social Sciences)

In this paper, we analyze a multi-item periodic review inventory model where at each review point regular orders are placed according to an (s, S) policy and whenever the inventory level reaches a reorder level, emergency orders are placed according to (s, Q) policy. Bayesian approach is used for updating the demand. The optimum expected profit function for regular and emergency orders are derived by using the dynamic programming approach. Numerical illustration is facilitated for comparing the profit by using emergency order.
Green synthesis of silver nanoparticle and characterization of Woodfordia floribunda Salisb. aqueous leaf extract and their anti-inflammatory activity

Field: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (Life Sciences)

This study focused on the biogenic preparation of silver nanoparticles.The (AgNPs) synthesised by using silver nitrate and water-extracted leaves from Woodfordia floribunda Salisb.Biosynthesized crystallites had an average size of roughly 23.18 nm.As a precursor and a capping reducing agent, silver nitrate as well as leaves extract were utilised, respectively.Energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), transmission electron microscope, field emission scanning electron microscope, and UV-Vis spectrophotometer were employed to characterise and identify the biogenic AgNPs (FTIR).T he W. floribunda AgNPs exhibit anti-inflammatory activity, with diclofenac (5 mg/kg), showing the strongest activity.The release of histamine (1 h), serotonin and bradykinin (2 h), and prostaglandins (3 h) was additionally inhibited by the AgNPs, demonstrating additional anti-inflammatory effect.This indicates that W. floribunda derived AgNPs have the desired inhibition (76.66%).The AgNPs anti-inflammatory properties are due to the release of prostaglandins (48.21%), histamines (68.34%) and bradykinins (80.48%).Mean and standard error were calculated using one-way ANOVA.Values of p<0.05 were considered statistically significant
New approaches to European loess: a stratigraphic and methodical review of the past decade

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences (Physical Sciences)

Abstract This review paper intends to summarize the state of the art in loess research at the first international “Loess-fest’99” conference and to outline progress in loess research during the past decade. The focus is on loess as a terrestrial archive of climatic and environmental change during the Quaternary. The review highlights remarkable new results from regional investigations into European loess, as well as the emergence of new methods and refinements of established techniques, focussing on stratigraphy, dating and palaeoenvironment. It is concluded that loess research during the past decade not only has developed rapidly to take an outstanding place in Quaternary sciences, but also promises exciting perspectives for the next decade, in particular when combined approaches are applied to benefit from the now comprehensive pool of established and new methods.
Physiotherapy management of spasticity

Field: Health Professions (Health Sciences)

Spasticity is a disabling problem for many adults and children with a variety of neurological disorders such as multiple sclerosis, stroke, cerebral palsy and traumatic brain injury. A practical guide for clinicians involved in the management of spasticity, this book covers all aspects of upper motor neurone syndrome from basic neurophysiology and measurement techniques to practical therapy and the use of orthoses. Surgical techniques are also covered, as well as the particular problems of management of spasticity in childhood. In the second edition of this key text, all chapters have been thoroughly updated.
‘Any one of us could be among that number’: Comparing the Policy Narratives for Individualized Disability Funding in Australia and England

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

Abstract In this article we compare the introduction of individualized budget policies for people with disabilities in Australia and England. Data is drawn from semi‐structured interviews undertaken in Australia with politicians, policymakers, providers, disability rights groups and care planners, along with analysis of policy documents. This data is compared to the authors’ earlier research from England on the personalization narrative. We argue that the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) currently being introduced in Australia deploys an insurance storyline, emphasizing risk‐pooling and the minimizing of future liabilities. This contrasts with the dominant storyline in England in which attention has focused on the right to choice and control for a minority of the population. This difference can be explained by the different financial context: the NDIS needed to build public and political support for a large increase in funding for disability services, whereas in England the reforms have been designed as cost‐neutral. Tensions in the English narrative have been about the extent to which personalization reforms empower the individual as a consumer, with purchasing power, or as a citizen with democratic rights. Australia's approach can be characterized as a form of social investment, evoking tensions between the citizenship of people with disabilities now and the future worker‐citizen.