jimnoneill/paper-to-field-training huggingface dataset:
Mindfulness-Based Programs for Patients With Cancer via eHealth and Mobile Health: Systematic Review and Synthesis of Quantitative Research (Preprint)

Field: Health Professions (Health Sciences)

BACKGROUND

eHealth mindfulness-based programs (eMBPs) are on the rise in complex oncology and palliative care. However, we are still at the beginning of answering the questions of how effective eMBPs are and for whom, and what kinds of delivery modes are the most efficient.

OBJECTIVE

This systematic review aims to examine the feasibility and efficacy of eMBPs in improving the mental health and well-being of patients with cancer, to describe intervention characteristics and delivery modes of these programs, and to summarize the results of the included studies in terms of moderators, mediators, and predictors of efficacy, adherence, and attrition.

METHODS

In total, 4 databases (PubMed, PsycINFO, Scopus, and Web of Knowledge) were searched using relevant search terms (eg, mindfulness, program, eHealth, neoplasm) and their variations. No restrictions were imposed on language or publication type. The results of the efficacy of eMBPs were synthesized through the summarizing effect estimates method.

RESULTS

A total of 29 published papers describing 24 original studies were included in this review. In general, the results indicate that eMBPs have the potential to reduce the levels of stress, anxiety, depression, fatigue, sleep problems, and pain, and improve the levels of mindfulness, posttraumatic growth, and some parameters of general health. The largest median of Cohen d effect sizes were observed in reducing anxiety and depression (within-subject: median −0.38, IQR −0.62 to −0.27; between-group: median −0.42, IQR −0.58 to −0.22) and facilitating posttraumatic growth (within-subject: median 0.42, IQR 0.35 to 0.48; between-group: median 0.32, IQR 0.22 to 0.39). The efficacy of eMBP may be comparable with that of parallel, face-to-face MBPs in some cases. All studies that evaluated the feasibility of eMBPs reported that they are feasible for patients with cancer. Potential moderators, mediators, and predictors of the efficacy, attrition, and adherence of eMBPs are discussed.

CONCLUSIONS

Although the effects of the reviewed studies were highly heterogeneous, the review provides evidence that eMBPs are an appropriate way for mindfulness practice to be delivered to patients with cancer. Thus far, existing eMBPs have mostly attempted to convert proven face-to-face mindfulness programs to the eHealth mode. They have not yet fully exploited the potential of eHealth technology.
The Existed Problem in Brucellosis Control in the Northwest Tuquan County and its Countermeasure

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

This paper is based on the detailed elaborating the concept,symptom and International and domestic situation of Brucellosis.And through making the investigation of epidemics of Brucellosis according to the County of Tuquan,the author analyzes the reason for improper prevention technology and some problems for peasants,and then summarizes application practice of the Administrative intervention in the epidemic area.
Models of massive molecular clouds

Field: Physics and Astronomy (Physical Sciences)

view Abstract Citations (361) References (8) Co-Reads Similar Papers Volume Content Graphics Metrics Export Citation NASA/ADS Models of Massive Molecular Clouds Zuckerman, B. ; Evans, N. J., II Abstract Observations of carbon monoxide lines from massive molecular clouds, such as those near Orion A and Sgr B2, have recently been interpreted in terms of large-scale motions, generally collapse or expansion, that imply rapid evolution of these clouds. An alternative explanation is suggested - namely, the clouds are not dominated by large-scale systematic motions and the CO profiles are determined primarily by local motions. Therefore, it is generally not possible to see through these clouds in optically thick lines of molecules such as CO and HCN. Some consequences and tests of this model are briefly discussed. Publication: The Astrophysical Journal Pub Date: September 1974 DOI: 10.1086/181613 Bibcode: 1974ApJ...192L.149Z Keywords: Astronomical Models; Carbon Monoxide; Hydrogen Clouds; Interstellar Matter; Line Spectra; Carbon Isotopes; Cloud Physics; Hydrocyanic Acid; Line Shape; Optical Thickness; Astrophysics full text sources ADS | data products SIMBAD (10)
Music, Culture, and the Library: An Analysis of Discourses

Field: Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 Chapter 1 Official Music Library Policy Statements Chapter 4 Chapter 2 The Interpretative Repertoires of the Music Library Chapter 5 Chapter 3 The Common Culture Repertoire Chapter 6 Chapter 4 The Consumer Culuture Repertoire Chapter 7 Chapter 5 The Mosaic Culture Repertoire Chapter 8 Conclusion Chapter 9 Appendix User Interviews Chapter 10 References Chapter 11 Index Chapter 12 About the Author
Role of the Hsp90-Immunophilin Heterocomplex in Cancer Biology

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

The identification of new factors that may function as cancer markers and become eventual pharmacologic targets is a challenge that may influence the management of tumor development and management. Recent discoveries connecting Hsp90-binding immunophilins with the regulation of signalling events that can modulate cancer progression transform this family of proteins in potential unconventional factors that may impact on the screening and diagnosis of malignant diseases. Immunophilins are molecular chaperones that group a family of intracellular receptors for immunosuppressive compounds. A subfamily of the immunophilin family is characterized by showing structural tetratricopeptide repeats, protein domains that are able to interact with the C-terminal end of the molecular chaperone Hsp90, and via the proper Hsp90-immunophilin complex, the biological properties of a number of client-proteins involved in cancer biology are modulated. Recent discoveries have demonstrated that two of the most studied members of this Hsp90- binding subfamily of immunophilins, FKBP51 and FKBP52, participate in several cellular processes such as apoptosis, carcinogenesis progression, and chemoresistance. While the expression levels of some members of the immunophilin family are affected in both cancer cell lines and human cancer tissues compared to normal samples, novel regulatory mechanisms have emerged during the last few years for several client-factors of immunophilins that are major players in cancer development and progression, among them steroid receptors, the transctiption factor NF-&#954;B and the catalytic subunit of telomerase, hTERT. In this review, recent findings related to the biological properties of both iconic Hsp90-binding immunophilins, FKBP51 and FKBP52, are reviewed within the context of their interactions with those chaperoned client-factors. The potential roles of both immunophilins as potential cancer biomarkers and non-conventional pharmacologic targets for cancer treatment are discussed.
Suppression of Drug‐Resistant Staphylococcal Infections by the Quorum‐Sensing Inhibitor RNAIII‐Inhibiting Peptide

Field: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (Life Sciences)

Staphylococcus aureus and S. epidermidis are major causes of infection related to biofilm formed on indwelling medical devices. Such infections are common causes of morbidity and mortality and, because of biofilm resistance to antibiotics, are difficult to treat. The RNAIII-inhibiting peptide (RIP) (YSPWTNF-NH2) inhibits the pathogenesis of staphylococci by disrupting bacterial cell-cell communication (known as "quorum sensing"). Using a vascular-graft rat model, we show that RIP, applied locally and systemically, can completely inhibit drug-resistant S. aureus and S. epidermidis biofilms. The present study provides the first direct demonstration that interfering with cell-cell communication by use of a quorum-sensing inhibitor can eliminate medical device-associated staphylococcal infections. We suggest that medical devices could be coated with RIP to prevent infections, including those by antibiotic-resistant staphylococcal strains.
A novel coordinated multi-point Joint Processing algorithm

Field: Computer Science (Physical Sciences)

It is well known that performance of MIMO system is greatly improved by used of spatial multiplexing and diversity. However, the performance of cell edge is dramatic depressed because of the inter-cell interference. This paper analysis the multi-cell coordinated transmission model and propose an JP(Joint Procession)-Multi-cell BD(Block Diagonalization) algorithm. Moreover, the different schedule strategies combing with the JP-Multi-cell BD algorithm are compared. The simulations show that the proposed transmission method can achieve the better performance than other method.
Markets for the Environment

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

Markets are increasingly being used and proposed as a way to address environmental problems and manage natural resources. Functioning markets exist for water rights and sulfur dioxide credits can even be purchased via the Internet. Markets are being developed for trading water quality credits, greenhouse gas emissions, and many other environmental services. In this paper, I examine why such markets are being widely proposed, give some background on their history, and speculate on their future. The other papers in this Choices theme provide an overview of what is really happening “on the ground,” discussing how well the promise of these new markets has been met in reality.
Perceived Causes of Infertility: Accounts of Infertile Individuals in Kwara South, Nigeria

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

Infertility is perceived differently across socio-cultural contexts and studies have shown these perceptions affect the overall management of infertility.This study specifically explored the perceived causes of infertility among infertile married persons experiencing primary infertility in Kwara South, Nigeria.The study adopted a qualitative design.Infertile persons were recruited through snowball sampling technique.Data was collected through semi-structured in-depth interviews of 12 infertile married women and 7 infertile men.The data were analyzed using conventional content analysis with the aid of Atlas.ti 7. Findings showed that infertility is defined as barrenness and childlessness.Sociocultural factors rather than biomedical factors were exalted as primary causes of infertility.These include lifestyle choices or habits, rape, spiritual oppression, witchcraft/sorcery, trial and punishment from God. Understanding these perceptions will enhance the development of culture-specific programs targeted at managing infertility in Nigeria.
Dosage Forms Mentioned in Kashyapa Samhita â€“ A Review

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

Kashyapa Samhita is an Ayurvedic treatise having main focus on the health and well-being of children and their pathological manifestations. It describes Mantras (Vedic Hymns), Sutikagarogas (diseases of puerperal period), Dhatri (midwife), Dantodbhava (dentition) etc., which has its sole theme devoted to the vicinity of paediatrics. Different dosage forms or medicaments have been depicted in this ancient wisdom of knowledge especially for paediatric diseases. A wide array of herbs, minerals and metals has been used throughout the text. Total 670 formulations mentioned in the classics were screened and formulated into different dosage forms like Swarasa, Kalka, Kwatha, Hima, Sneha, Avaleha, Arista, Asava, Dhoopana, Anjana etc. Various Upa kalpanas like Yavagu, Ksheera, Kambalika etc. also have been amalgamated sporadically in this Samhita. Most of the formulations for internal administration have been advised to administer along with Ghrita and / or honey. In the current review, an attempt has been made to highlight the uniqueness of such formulations and to bring forward the specialities of such formulations with rational behind using these formulations.Â
Cross-Cultural Adaptation of a Health-Related Quality-of-Life Questionnaire for Children with Obstructive Sleep Disorders: Spanish Version of the OSD-6

Field: Health Professions (Health Sciences)

Background/Objectives: To translate the OSD-6 questionnaire (6-item quality of life questionnaire for children with obstructive sleep disorders) to Spanish and analyze the reliability and validity of the Spanish version. Methods: We included children with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). All underwent polysomnography before and after adenotonsillectomy. Study variables included age, sex, symptoms, polysomnography values, body measurements, and Mallampati and Brodsky classification. Parents or caregivers completed the OSD-6 at baseline and 3 to 6 months after adenotonsillectomy. Following translation and back-translation of the instrument, we evaluated its internal consistency, reliability, construct validity, concurrent validity, predictive validity, and sensitivity to change. Results: We included 45 boys and 15 girls. Mean body mass index was 18 (standard deviation [SD] 4) kg/m2 and mean neck circumference was 28 (SD 5) cm. Seven per cent of children had Brodsky grade 0, 12% had grade 1, 27% had grade 2, 45% had grade 3, and 6% had grade 4. Mean apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) was 12 (SD 7) h-1 before adenotonsillectomy. The overall Cronbach&#039;s alpha was 0.8. We found significant concurrent validity in each questionnaire domain and in the overall score. Predictive validity was significant for Mallampati scores (ANOVA p = 0.011) and borderline significant for AHI levels (ANOVA p = 0.069). Sensitivity to change was excellent, both overall (p &amp;lt; 0.001) and in each domain (p &amp;lt; 0.001). Test-retest reliability was also excellent. Conclusions: Our results suggest the Spanish version of the OSD-6 is equivalent to the original and can be used in Spanish-speaking countries.
Occurrence Download

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)

A dataset containing 20 species occurrences available in GBIF matching the query: { "and" : [ "TaxonKey is Verbesina turbacensis", "Country is Honduras", "HasCoordinate is true" ] } The dataset includes 20 records from 5 constituent datasets; see https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/download/0046173-250920141307145/datasets/export for details. Data from some individual datasets included in this download may be licensed under less restrictive terms.
On the presence of Zelus renardii Kolenati, 1857 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) in Germany

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)

ABSTRACT: The presence of Zelus renardii Kolenati, 1857 in Germany is discussed. The first record of a nymph of the species in Germany is reported. KEY WORDS: Zelus renardii, alien species, first records, distribution, Germany
Upcycling Waste Polyethylene Terephthalate to Produce Nitrogen-Doped Porous Carbon for Enhanced Capacitive Deionization

Field: Chemistry (Physical Sciences)

Porous carbon with a high surface area and controllable pore size is needed for energy storage. It is still a significant challenge to produce porous carbon in an economical way. Nitrogen-doped porous carbon (N-PC) was prepared through carbonization of a mixture of waste PET-derived metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) and ammonium. The obtained N-PC exhibits a large surface area and controlled pore size. When utilized as an electrode material for supercapacitors, the N-PC exhibits a specific capacitance of 224 F g−1, significantly surpassing that of commercial activated carbon (AC), which has a capacitance of 111 F g−1. In the subsequent capacitive deionization (CDI) tests, the N-PC demonstrated a maximum salt adsorption capacity of 19.9 mg g−1 at 1.2 V in a NaCl electrolyte (0.5 g L−1), and the salt adsorption capacity increased to 24.7 mg g−1 at 1.4 V. The N-PC electrode also exhibited superior regeneration. The present work not only presents a potential approach to develop cost-effective electrodes for seawater purification but also paves the way for recycling of waste plastics into high value-added products.
Transition Bonds for Stranded Costs

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance (Social Sciences)

Through their policies on pricing, entry, exit, service quality, and the obligation to supply unbundled network access to competitors, public utilities commissions or other sector-specific regulatory authorities influence the ability of an investor-owned regulated firm to recover its fixed and common costs. A major regulatory transition involving any one of those policy instruments can materially impair the regulated firm’s ability to recover its sunk costs and thus give rise to the problem of stranded costs. Consequently, a legal battle will inevitably erupt between the regulated firm and its regulator over whether the perpetuation of an unchanged regime of price or cost-of-service regulation in the newly changed regulatory environment of impaired cost recovery is confiscatory and, therefore, contrary to statute or even the U.S. Constitution.

This scenario unfolded time and again with a predictability that might have led one to wonder whether regulation was the sole activity in the American economy impervious to innovation. Then, remarkably, a brilliant idea emerged in the 1990s: authorize the regulated firm to securitize its stranded costs and issue “transition bonds” to be serviced by a competitively neutral surcharge that end users would be unable to bypass. In the United States, a number of electric utilities successfully used transition bonds to recover the stranded capital costs of infrastructure whose value had fallen as a result of a change (or the expectation of a change) in the government’s policies or regulations that would impede the electric utility’s ability to recover the cost of its sunk investment. As of August 2019, utilities in the United States had issued nearly $55 billion of transition bonds. Yet, despite the success of transition bonds in the electric power industry over more than two decades, scholars on regulation have evidently shown no interest in studying the use of this innovative financial instrument. It is also puzzling why both regulators and regulated firms in the telecommunications industry ignored this public-policy success story unfolding in the electric power industry.

In this article, I explain how regulators have used transition bonds to defuse incumbent opposition to major regulatory transitions that threaten to impair the ability of the incumbent regulated firm to recover the costs of its sunk investments prudently made in expectation of providing regulated service to the public. Transition bonds elicit a credible commitment from the government to allow the incumbent utility to recover its stranded costs in its network. Specifically, the capital market quantifies the expectation of regulatory opportunism through the price and rating of the transition bonds, much as risk premiums quantify political risk in a country with an unstable political regime. In effect, the regulated firm’s issuance of transition bonds to recover stranded costs enables the capital market to regulate the regulators.
(www.interscience.wiley.com) DOI: 10.1002/acp.1154 The Intention Interference Effect and Aging: Similar Magnitude of Effects for Young and Old Adults

Field: Psychology (Social Sciences)

In young adults, intentions have been shown to be more accessible (e.g. faster reaction times and higher accuracy) compared to other sorts of to-be-remembered information, a result termed an ‘intention superiority effect ’ (Goschke &amp; Kuhl, 1993). In the current study, we assessed whether older adults also demonstrate this superiority of intention-related material and we used a new interference paradigm to examine performance. On each trial, participants performed a Stroop-like colour-naming task on a short series of words, including words related to an intention that they encoded at the beginning of the trial. In Experiment 1, results revealed an ‘intention interference effect ’ for both young and older adults in which performance was slower for words belonging to an intention that participants intended to carry out versus an intention that did not have to be executed. In Experiment 2, we tested the effect that completing an intention had on the representation of intentions. For both groups, completing an intention led to a decrease in interference in Stroop task performance. Copyright # 2005 John Wiley &amp; Sons, Ltd. Everyday life is filled with stimuli that remind us that there is a goal that needs to be carried out (e.g. driving by the store cues the memory that we meant to buy milk). In this example, an intention was encoded and then postponed until the time for its execution
Identification of cancer chemosensitivity by ODE and GMM modeling of heterogeneous cellular response to perturbations in fluorescent sphingolipid metabolism

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

Cancer refers to a group of diseases in which cells display uncontrolled growth. Chemotherapy options are usually conditioned by generating resistance which is explained in part by the intrinsic heterogeneity of the population in the tumor. Because the study of resistance requires biosensors able to report the response at the single cell level, we propose to use fluorescently labeled SL to estimate pathway dynamics at the single cell level and investigate its possible application as gemcitabine (GMZ) response sensor in pancreatic cancer by comparing the dynamics between GMZ resistant (Panc-1, MiaPaca-2) and sensitive (BxPC3) cell lines. We used imaging flow cytometry to extract multiple image features and classify cells using gaussian-mixture model (GMM) to generate response fingerprints upon known perturbations. The results suggest that GMZ inhibits the Sphingomyelin-Synthase of BxPC3. Also, we constructed and fitted a dynamical mathematical model to simulate these perturbations and formulate cell line models revealing a striking heterogeneity among them. Predictions of the model respect the effect of GMZ in the accumulation of ceramide in BxPC3 and glucosyl-ceramide in MiaPaca-4 were confirm experimentally. Altogether, these results indicate that fluorescent-SL analogues can be used as sensors of chemotherapy in pancreatic cancer and reveal pathway dynamics between different cell lines, and its potential usage for the development of in vitro chemosensitivy assays able to dissect pathway dynamics to overcome resistance.
Asia Network: An API-based cyberinfrastructure for the flexible topologies of digital humanities research in Sinology

Field: Computer Science (Physical Sciences)

Digital humanities (DH) is a burgeoning field of research in Sinology and Asian studies more broadly, and its diversity and maturity necessitate a cyberinfrastructure fit for DH-focused Sinologists’ specific needs. “Asia Network” is our solution. It is a pioneering approach for resource dissemination and emerging data analytics (such as text mining and other fair-use, consumptive research techniques) in the humanities. It is a language-agnostic software that facilitates the secure linkage between third-party research tools to different third-party textual collections (both licensed and open-access ones) via application programming interfaces (APIs). It revolutionizes how scholars can work with textual sources by promoting a flexible, networked approach to e-infrastructure development. Crucially, Asia Network is a loosely-coupled software with flexible topologies; it can enable both federated or centralized linkages, and it can even “disappear” as long as its API standards remain in place to facilitate communications among databases and tools in the back-end. Thus, unlike large-scale infrastructural projects, Asia Network actively lowers the profile of centralized infrastructure and instead promotes existing tools and resources by enabling their interoperability. As a result, it allows scholars to fully leverage the potential of material digitization and digital research tools without re-creating silos of resources in the digital realm.