jimnoneill/paper-to-field-training huggingface dataset:
Prevalence of Ceftriaxon-Sensitive Pneumococci Infection and Use of E- Test for Patients Admitted to Ghaem and Imam Reza Hospitals During a Two-Year Period

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

Background:: The emergence of Penicillin resistance and multidrug-resistant pneumococcal strains is a global concern. Several reports have demonstrated a correlation between increased Minimal Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) of Penicillin, and increased MICs of Cephalosporins and other β-lactam antibiotics. It should be pointed out that pneumococcal resistance to Penicillin may predict an unfavorable response to other β-lactam antibiotics. Objectives:: To outline pneumococcal resistance to Ceftriaxone, a microbiological survey was performed on pneumococcal strains, during a two-year period. Patients and Methods:: In this study, 35 strains of Pneumococci were isolated from blood samples of 35 different consecutive patients, admitted to two educational hospitals in Mashhad, North East of Iran during a two-year period of this prospective study, the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) of Ceftriaxone was determined, using E-test. Results:: Amongst 35 clinical isolates, evaluated in this study, only one isolate (2.86%) was resistant to Ceftriaxone (MIC > 1) and 34 isolates (97.14%) appeared to be sensitive to this antibiotic. MIC ranged from 0.012 to 6 and MIC50 and MIC90 were 0.07 and 0.5, respectively. Conclusions:: Considering the low rate of Ceftriaxone resistance amongst isolated pneumcocci.in this study, Only Ceftriaxone treatment of adult patients with invasive pneumococcal infections (other than CNS infections) is sufficient; but pediatric patients and patients with CNS infections should be treated with Ceftriaxone and Vancomycin. Apparently, diminution of Vancomycin use can be resulted in reduction of the resistance rate among other bacteria, sensitive to this antimicrobial agent, such as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococci.
India's nuclear proliferation policy the impact of secrecy on decision making, 1980-2010

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

"This book examines India's nuclear programme and shows how secrecy inhibits learning in states and corrodes the capacity of decision makers to generate optimal policy choices. Focusing on clandestine Indian nuclear proliferation during 1980-2010, the book argues that efficient decision-making is dependent on strongly established knowledge actors, high information turnover, and the capacity of leaders to effectively monitor their agents. When secrecy concerns prevent states from institutionalizing these processes, leaders tend to rely more on heuristics and less on rational thought processes in choices involving matters of great political uncertainty and technical complexity. Conversely, decision-making improves as secrecy declines and policy choices become subject to higher levels of scrutiny and contestation. The arguments in this work draw on compelling evidence gathered from interviews conducted by the author, with interviewees including individuals who were involved in nuclear planning in India from 1980 to 2010, such as former cabinet and defence secretaries, the principal secretary to the prime minister, national security advisors, secretaries to the department of atomic energy, military chiefs of staff and their principal staff officers, and commanders of India's strategic (nuclear) forces. This book will be of much interest to students of nuclear proliferation, Asian politics, strategic studies and International Relations."--
Field implementation of long-distance quantum key distribution over aerial fiber with fast polarization feedback

Field: Computer Science (Physical Sciences)

Quantum key distribution with polarized qubits has not yet been realized over the aerial fiber, due to rapid polarization changes. Here, we report our recent work towards quantum communication through an aerial fiber channel. We designed a fast polarization feedback module featuring high efficiency, fast speed, and good stability. With this module, we implemented long-distance quantum key distribution over different types of aerial fiber links based on polarization encoding. Our work takes a significant step towards the application of quantum communications in complex environments.
“Autogangs”. Car Smuggle to Communist Poland in the 1980s

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

Abstract The article refers to the economic consequences of the post-war division of Europe into the capitalist West and communist East. One of the consequences of this division was the creation of peculiar crime phenomenon on the eastern side of the “iron curtain”, which consist on exploit the prices and goods availability differences between wealthy West and backward East of Europe. This being the case of illegal movement of goods, begun from the 1940s, between those two worlds. In article you can find the outline of characteristic for the whole Polish “People’s” Republic period smuggling conducts. The key subject of following text is first of all the problem of car smuggling in the 1980s, which wasn’t researched by polish historians before. In this interesting for us times in Western Europe (West Germany, Austria, France) and in Scandinavia at least few groups of organized crime were active in a areas of car stealing and smuggling a luxury goods into Poland. The essence of following article are the presentation of these groups, their bosses, criminal practices and techniques and indication of the cooperation between polish car smugglers and western countries citizens. Sources for this text are based first of all on operational and investigation records of former Security Service collected in archives of the Institute of National Remembrance.
AQUAPONICS VS. HYDROPONICS: PRODUCTION AND QUALITY OF LETTUCE CROP

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)

Aquaponics is an environmental-friendly production system due to its full reuse of waste and nutrients. The research, carried out at the Experimental Farm of the University of Tuscia, compared summer yields of two romaine lettuce crops (Lactuca sativa L. ‘Integral’) grown on aquaponic and hydroponic floating systems. For the hydroponic treatment a nutritive solution of 1.7 dS m-1 and pH 5.5 supported plant growth. For the aquaponic system two treatments under different fish densities supplied nutrients at different concentrations. Every aquaponic treatment consisted of 3 independent 250-L tanks stocked with Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.). Each fish tank fed a 1.5 m2 floating system under a 20 plant m-2 density. For the first crop 110 g and 24 g tilapia were stocked at system setup respectively under a low (5 kg m-3) and high (8 kg m-3) density and supplied nutrients with an electrical conductivity (EC) of 0.4 and 0.6 dS m-1. For the second crop 168 g and 90 g tilapia respectively stocked under a low (6 kg m-3) and high (20 kg m-3) stocking density raised EC levels to 0.5 and 1.0 dS m-1. Production of 2.8 kg m-2 from the first hydroponic crop was similar to the 2.7 kg m-2 assessed in the high density aquaponic treatment. Conversely the 2.3 kg m-2 measured in the low density treatment was smaller. For the second trial no differences were noticed between the 6.0 kg m-2 measured in the hydroponic system and the 5.7 and 5.6 kg m-2 assessed in the high and low-density aquaponic treatments, respectively. Nevertheless different nutrient concentrations in water affected plant mineral composition. Aquaponic leaves were poorer in phosphorus but richer in calcium, potassium magnesium and sodium.
Baker, Paul, Costas Gabrielatos, Tony McEnery. (2013) Discourse Analysis and Media Attitudes. The representation of Islam in the British Press

Field: Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)

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Reklama społeczna w Polsce po 1989 roku. Zarys problematyki

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

Social advertising, which appeared in Poland after 1989, plays a crucial role in processes of social communication. Although it is still immature, it is becoming a vital element of education of Polish society. Existence of mass social movements enables articulation of the issues that have been a social taboo so far. The article is an attempt to define a new research field in sociology, involved with social advertising.
IP@Remote : intelligent photography remote (with Arduino & Android)

Field: Computer Science (Physical Sciences)

High-Speed Photography is a popular genre of photography among photographers. An incredible amount of effort is needed to capture photos of events that occur too quickly and cannot be observed by the naked eye. Photographers often retry hundreds or even thousands of times to capture the perfect frame of a high-speed event. Fortunately, there are devices in the market that aid photographers who chase such goals. These products aim to use sensors and computers to control their cameras, since computers are fast and can carry out instructions much faster than humans physically can. This project is aimed at easing the tedious process of high-speed photography, by designing and developing applications for specific high-speed photography scenarios. With the use of an existing Intelligent Photography remote designed by a previous FYP student, this project seeks to extend the uses of the remote so that a photographer has a range of scenarios and photos he wishes to capture.
Body Image and Functional Loss

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

Abstract: The implications of functional loss following cancer is an area of psychosocial oncology that is rarely ventured. This is especially true in the context of limb and sensory losses, which have important repercussions on the patient’s well-being, namely as the individual is required to reassess and redefine his or her identity in face of these adversities. This chapter explores the implications of these losses via the intersection of the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health with key oncological attributes of body image disturbances that seek to render explicit psychological mechanisms underlying impairments, limitations, and restrictions. Emphasizing the use of a standard framework for the assessment of functioning is essential, especially in understudied areas. Through this perspective, further insight is provided for the methodological and biopsychosocial assessment of functioning and body, and implications for clinical inquiry and practice are proposed for the advancement of cancer survivor care.
Multidimensional investigation of source port 0 probing

Field: Computer Science (Physical Sciences)

During November 2013, the operational cyber/network security community reported an unprecedented increase of traffic originating from source port 0. This event was deemed as malicious although its core aim and mechanism were obscured. This paper investigates that event using a multifaceted approach that leverages three real network security feeds that we receive on a daily basis, namely, darknet, passive DNS and malware data. The goal is to analyze such event from the perspectives of those feeds in order to generate significant insights and inferences that could contribute to disclosing the inner details of that incident. The approach extracts and subsequently fingerprints such malicious traffic from the received darknet data. By executing unsupervised machine learning techniques on the extracted traffic, we disclose clusters of activities that share similar machinery. Further, by employing a set of statistical-based behavioral analytics, we capture the mechanisms of those clusters, including their strategies, techniques and nature. We consequently correlate the sources with passive DNS in order to investigate their maliciousness. Moreover, to examine if the sources are malware contaminated, we execute a correlation mechanism between the darknet data and the malware feeds. The outcome reveals that such traffic indeed is reconnaissance/probing activities originating from three different horizontal scans utilizing packets with a TCP header length of 0 or packets with odd flag combinations. The results as well demonstrate that 28% of the scanning sources host malicious/blacklisted domains as they are often used for spamming, phishing and other fraud activities. Additionally, the outcome portrays that the bot probing sources are infected by 'Virus.Win32.Sality'. By correlating various evidence, we confirm that such malware specimen is in fact responsible for part of the source port 0 probing event. We concur that this work is a first attempt ever to comprehend the machinery of such unique event and we hope that the community could consider it as a building block for auxiliary analysis and investigation.
AnAnthropological Approach totheEvaluation ofPreschool Children Exposed toPesticides inMexico

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

Inthis comparative study, wEcompensated for manyoftheknown variables that influence children's growth anddevelopment byselecting twogroups of4-5-year-old Yaqui children who reside intheYaqui Valley ofnorthwestern Mexico. These children share silar geneic backgrounds, diets, watermineral contents, culural patterns, andsocial beviors. themajordifferencewastheir exposure topesticides. Pesticides have beenapplied totheagricultural areaofthe valley since thelate 1940s -iIn 199,ighlevels ofmultiple pesticides werefound inthecord blood ofnewborns andinbreast milk. Building onanthropologicad methods forrapid rural appraisal ofproblems within theenvironment, aRapid Assessment Tool forPreschool Children (RATPC) wasdeveloped tomeasure growth anddevelopment. Thechildren oftheagrarian region were compared tochildren living inthefoothills, where pesticide useisavoidedd The RATPCmeasured varied aspects ofphycal growth andabiliies tperform, orfunction in, normalchildhood activities. Nodierences werefound ing patterns. Functionally, the exposed children demonstratd decreases instanina, gossni eeye-hand coordination, 30minute memory, andtheability' todrawaperson. TheRATPCa pointe outareas inwhich morein-depth research on toxicoogy ofpesticide would b vluable. Keywrdchildren, Mexico, pesticides, Yaqul. En
Role of wildebeest fetal membranes and fluids in the transmission of malignant catarrhal fever virus

Field: Veterinary (Health Sciences)

Malignant catarrhal fever virus was not isolated from samples of fetal membranes or fluid collected from 93 calving wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) in Kenya Maasailand. Cell-free strains of malignant catarrhal fever virus were very rapidly inactivated when exposed to the sun under field conditions, at least 3.0 log10 units/25 microliter being lost per hour at midday. It is suggested that wildebeest fetal membranes and fluids act as visual markers for areas of pasture which are particularly heavily contaminated with malignant catarrhal fever virus in oculonasal secretions of wildebeest calves. It is possible that starting to graze cattle one to two hours later each morning may be a useful measure for helping to protect cattle from malignant catarrhal fever in areas where they are forced to share pastures with calving wildebeest.
Optimal architecture design of parallel manipulators for best accuracy

Field: Engineering (Physical Sciences)

Presents a design optimization method of parallel manipulators for best accuracy. An accurate kinematic error model that relates every structural error source in the manipulator's structure to end-effector pose errors is derived for a HexaSlide type parallel manipulator. Based on the error model, a measure of accuracy, error amplification factor, is introduced for an optimum design formulation with constraints on workspace and design variable limits. Then, design optimization for best accuracy has been performed by using a nonlinear optimization technique. Optimization results have been validated by Monte Carlo statistical simulation technique. The optimized design shows smaller error than the initial design.
Underwater luminescence of SrAl2O4:Eu2+, Dy3+ persistent phosphor

Field: Materials Science (Physical Sciences)

An artificial block from concrete and sand covered by SrAl2O4:Eu2 , Dy3 based phosphor was prepared, and a new direction in the study and application of persistent phosphors was proposed. For the first time, underwater luminescence was experimentally studied in real sea conditions. The bright blue-green long-lasting afterglow was demonstrated and registered from a depth of 5 m. The fishes were attracted by the light of the artificial reef.
Ernest Hemingway: A Documentary Volume (Dictionary of Literary Biography, vol 210)

Field: Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)

Biographical treatment tracing Hemingway’s life and writing career from Oak Park through the posthumous publications. Reynolds’s introduction chronicles Hemingway’s continued literary and cultural influence along with a brief consideration of his innovative prose style. Covers the composition, publication, and critical reception of all Hemingway’s major works, including In Our Time, The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, To Have and Have Not, For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Old Man and the Sea, and The Garden of Eden. Includes chronologies at different stages of his life, facsimiles of his works in progress, reprints of his statements on writing, and excerpts from letters, reviews, and interviews. Concludes with a bibliography for further reading. Also published 2002 as Ernest Hemingway: A Literary Reference by Carroll & Graf.
The corporate strategic‐operational divide and TQM

Field: Business, Management and Accounting (Social Sciences)

Aims principally to identify the main issues relating to the strategic impact and application of total quality management (TQM). Uses a grounded theory inductive research methodology involving 19 case study organisations. In this approach, the deep rich data gained through the dialogue and story telling, is critical to the research study findings. Therefore, the findings are presented largely in the form of transcript quotes and coding analysis. Furthermore, the grounded theory approach enables simple constructs to be created and developed throughout the research discourse. The findings indicate that largely bureaucratic approaches to TQM and strategy exist without proper integration of employee and customer feedback. TQM mainly impacted the strategy process at the objective setting level, forming a strategic‐operational divide, reflecting a tactical emphasis for TQM deployment. Thus, there is a need for TQM to be considered from a philosophical level rather than simply as an operational tool. A considerable gap was found to exist between organisational rhetoric, in relation to strategy and TQM, in comparison to organisational practice.
Floodplain restoration principles for the Avon Ōtākaro Red Zone: case studies and recommendations

Field: Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)

The Canterbury region of New Zealand experienced a sequence of strong earthquakes during 2010-2011. Responses included government acquisition of many thousands of residential properties in the city of Christchurch in areas with severe earthquake effects. A large and contiguous tract of this ‘red zoned’ land lies in close proximity to the Ōtākaro / Avon River and is known as the Avon-Ōtākaro Red Zone (AORZ). The focus of this study was to provide an overview of the floodplain characteristics of the AORZ and review of international experience in ecological restoration of similar river margin and floodplain ecosystems to extract restoration principles and associated learnings. \n \nCompared to pre-earthquake ground levels, the dominant trend in the AORZ is subsidence, together with lateral movement especially in the vicinity of waterway. An important consequence of land subsidence in the lower Ōtākaro / Avon River is greater exposure to flooding and the effects of sea level rise. Scenario modelling for sea level rise indicates that much of the AORZ is exposed to inundation within a 100 year planning horizon based on a 1 m sea level rise. As with decisions on built infrastructure, investments in nature-based ‘green infrastructure’ also require a sound business case including attention to risks posed by climate change. Future-proofing of the expected benefits of ecological restoration must therefore be secured by design. \n \nUnderstanding and managing the hydrology and floodplain dynamics are vital to the future of the AORZ. However, these characteristics are shared by other floodplain and river restoration projects worldwide. Identifying successful approaches provides a useful a source of useful information for floodplain planning in the AORZ. This report presents results from a comparative case study of three international examples to identify relevant principles for large-scale floodplain management at coastal lowland sites.
Disturbance observer-based feedback linearization control of an unmanned quadrotor helicopter

Field: Engineering (Physical Sciences)

Feedback linearization is widely used for the purpose of quadrotor control. Unfortunately, feedback linearization is highly sensitive to any quadrotor model uncertainties. This paper provides feedback linearization-based control with robustness by integrating it with a disturbance observer. The proposed approach maintains the simplicity of the control structure without ignoring the high nonlinearities existing in the model by considering these nonlinearities as disturbances to be attenuated by the disturbance observer. Thus, the requirement to include complex high-order Lie derivatives in the controller is eliminated even in the presence of the high nonlinearities. Simulation results show that the proposed controller successfully force the quadrotor to follow the desired position and heading trajectories in the presence of different types of disturbances including ignored nonlinear dynamics, wind disturbances and partial actuator failure.