jimnoneill/paper-to-field-training huggingface dataset:
Steganography in Audio Files – COTS Software Analysis

Field: Computer Science (Physical Sciences)

The paper presents the analysis of the Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) software regarding the ability to be used in audio steganography techniques. Such methods are a relatively new tool for hiding and transmitting crucial information, also being used by hackers. In the following work, the publicly available software dedicated to audio steganography is examined. The aim was to provide the general operating model of the information processing in the steganographic effort. The embedding method was analyzed for each application, providing interesting insights and allowing classifying the methods. The results prove that it is possible to detect the hidden message within the specific audio file and identify the technique that was used to create it. This may be exploited further during the hacking attack detection and prevention.
Evaluation of physical and mechanical properties of fiber cement produced with metakaolin and construction waste reinforced with jute and mallow textile residues, under accelerated carbonation

Field: Materials Science (Physical Sciences)

In recent years, there has been a growing concern regarding the reduction of extraction of non-renewable raw materials through the utilization of alternative and eco-efficient materials such as waste, pozzolans, and natural fibers. Thus, the study aims to investigate the feasibility of reducing the cement content in composites without compromising their physic-mechanical properties. The composite was manufactured with 45% cement, 50% metakaolin, and 5% construction and demolition waste, utilizing hornified jute and mallow fibers measuring 20 mm in length as reinforcement. The water-to-solid ratio was set at 0.4, with the inclusion of a superplasticizer additive at a concentration of 0.8%. Cubic samples were molded and subjected to an initial cure of 48 hours. Subsequently, the samples were divided into two groups. Group I underwent thermal curing for duration of five days, while Group II was subjected to an accelerated carbonation process lasting 9 h. The physic-mechanical properties were analyzed. The results demonstrate that the accelerated carbonation process led to a reduction in water absorption and apparent porosity of the fiber cement, also increasing the compressive strength by 7%. Overall, it was observed that the accelerated carbonation process during the early stages contributed to the enhancement of the physic-mechanical properties of the fiber cement.
Laboratory Investigation of Thrombophilia / LABORATORIJSKO ISPITIVANJE TROMBOFILIJA

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

Summary Laboratory investigation of thrombophilia is aimed at detecting the well-established hereditary and acquired causes of venous thromboembolism, including activated protein C resistance/factor V Leiden mutation, prothrombin G20210A mutation, deficiencies of the physio - logical anticoagulants antithrombin, protein C and protein S, the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies and increased plasma levels of homocysteine and coagulation factor VIII. In contrast, investigation of dysfibrinogenemia, a very rare thrombophilic risk factor, should only be considered in a patient with evidence of familial or recurrent thrombosis in the absence of all evaluated risk factors mentioned above. At this time, thrombophilia investigation is not recommended for other potential hereditary or acquired risk factors whose association with increased risk for thrombosis has not been proven sufficiently to date. In order to ensure clinical relevance of testing and to avoid any misinterpretation of results, laboratory investigation of thrombophilia should always be performed in accordance with the recommended guidelines on testing regarding the careful selection of patients, time of testing and assays and assay methods used. The aim of this review is to summarize the most important aspects on thrombophilia testing, including whom and when to test, what assays and assay methods to use and all other variables that should be considered when performing laboratory investigation of thrombophilia.
Effect of desmopressin acetate on hemorrhage without identifiable cause in coronary bypass patients.

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

After early hopeful reports, the ability of desmopressin acetate (DDAVP) to substantially reduce post surgical hemorrhage has been questioned. A total of 74 elective coronary bypass patients (Group A) receiving DDAVP (0.3 micrograms/kg) who, in the opinion of the operating surgeon, did not achieve adequate hemostasis after protamine neutralization of heparin were studied. They were compared with 91 age- and sex-matched controls (Group B). Before surgery there was no difference in hematocrit (40.8% vs. 40.3%); bleeding time (5.3 vs. 4.9 sec); platelet count (267 +/- 8 vs. 309 +/- 13 X 10(3)/mm3); fibrinogen (363 vs. 361 mg/dl); or activated clotting time (ACT) (168 +/- 4 vs. 163 +/- 3 sec). Both groups had the same number of grafts (3.3/pt), use of the mammary artery (72%), and average bypass time (124 min). There were also no differences in postbypass ACT (142 +/- 3 vs. 135 +/- 2 sec); platelet count (97 +/- 10 vs. 120 +/- 24 X 10(3)/mm3); and fibrinogen (157 +/- 35 vs. 207 +/- 40 mg/dl). However, postoperative hemorrhage was strikingly different: 1306 +/- 89 vs. 896 +/- 33 ml (P less than .0001). Fifteen patients in Group A bled more than 1.5 liters compared with 4 in Group B. Red cell transfusion rates were 1.23 +/- 0.26 for Group A and 0.35 +/- 0.8 for Group B (P less than 0.005). Sixteen Group A patients received additional blood products (plasma and platelets). The hemorrhage difference remained significant even when these patients were excluded (1098 +/- 57 vs. 896 +/- 34, P less than 0.003). Three Group A patients were re-explored without a bleeding source located.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
Studies on the characteristic peak and the sensitivity for the analysis of the micro-component by the mass spectrometry

Field: Chemistry (Physical Sciences)

微量の不純物を検出するには機器分析法が有効であるが,検出と同時にある程度の定性ができる点で,質量スペクトル法が最もすぐれている.にの特質を生かし,定性分析への労力をいくらかでも軽くするため,約350種の炭化水素および含酸素化合物のパタンを整理して,物質の種類により強いピークの現われる位置を調べた.これを化合物の種類(主として官能基)別およびピークの位置別にならべ,検出されたピークの位置から,その物質の定性がしやすいようにした.また,純物質が得られないため,あるいは沸点が高いために,感度がわからず,定量分析のできない場合を考え,感度と分子量の関係を調べ,全イオン強度が分子量とともに増大するにと,この関係が物質の種類ごとに,ほぼ直線的であることを知った.
INTRACTABLE POSTOPERATIVE DIPLOPIA

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

AS EARLY as 1842 Dieffenbach observed that diplopia might occur suddenly after operation for squint, although it had not been present prior to operation. In recent years there has been much discussion of this dreaded complication among practicing ophthalmologists, but little has been written about it. My interest was stimulated by being so unfortunate as to have a case of intractable postoperative diplopia. It is difficult to determine who suffers more in this experience, the patient or the ophthalmologist. In the collection and correlation of what little information was available on this subject, the literature for the past fifteen years was reviewed, and personal communications were received from seven ophthalmologists who have had wide experience in muscle surgery. The term intractable postoperative diplopia in this discussion is applied to those cases of double vision which occur after an operation on the extraocular muscles usually in cases of comitant squint with
Minimal Interaction Separated Tuning: A New Paradigm for Visual Adaptation

Field: Computer Science (Physical Sciences)

The rapid scaling of large vision pretrained models makes fine-tuning tasks more and more difficult on devices with low computational resources. We explore a new visual adaptation paradigm called separated tuning, which treats large pretrained models as standalone feature extractors that run on powerful cloud servers. The fine-tuning carries out on devices which possess only low computational resources (slow CPU, no GPU, small memory, etc.) Existing methods that are potentially suitable for our separated tuning paradigm are discussed. But, three major drawbacks hinder their application in separated tuning: low adaptation capability, large adapter network, and in particular, high information transfer overhead. To address these issues, we propose Minimal Interaction Separated Tuning, or MIST, which reveals that the sum of intermediate features from pretrained models not only has minimal information transfer but also has high adaptation capability. With a lightweight attention-based adaptor network, MIST achieves information transfer efficiency, parameter efficiency, computational and memory efficiency, and at the same time demonstrates competitive results on various visual adaptation benchmarks.
Role of inositol-containing sphingolipids in Saccharomyces cerevisiae during inositol starvation

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

The in vitro lipid requirements of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine-dolichol phosphate N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphotransferase for the inositol-containing sphingolipids from Saccharomyces cerevisiae were characterized in terms of concentration and specificity. The effects of combinations of lipids, especially phosphatidylinositol and the inositol-containing sphingolipids, were also tested on the transferase. Phosphatidylinositol and phosphatidylglycerol stimulated the enzyme 3.3- and 2.8-fold, respectively. The inositol-containing sphingolipids, phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, and phosphatidylserine did not stimulate the activity of the transferase. Phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine in combination with phosphatidylinositol had no effect on the transferase activity; however, the inositol-containing sphingolipids markedly inhibited the stimulation of the transferase by phosphatidylinositol. This inhibition by the sphingolipids was prevented if phosphatidylcholine, in addition to the other lipids, was present in the assay mixture. In addition, changes due to inositol starvation in the in vivo membrane lipid environment, i.e., phosphatidylinositol and the inositol-containing sphingolipids, were analyzed to determine whether they corresponded to the observed in vitro effects. Three hours after the beginning of inositol starvation, there were 9- and 14-fold reductions in the accumulation of phosphatidylinositol in membrane fractions IIA (vesicles) and IV (endoplasmic reticulum), respectively, although there was only a 6-fold reduction in membrane fraction I (plasma membrane). The accumulation of [14C]inositol into inositol-containing sphingolipids also reflected the differences in the cellular location of membranes.
The Story of Thelyphron in Apuleius

Field: Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)

Research Article| October 01 2016 The Story of Thelyphron in Apuleius Ben Edwin Perry Ben Edwin Perry Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Illinois Classical Studies (2016) 41 (2): 435–441. https://doi.org/10.5406/illiclasstud.41.2.0435 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Ben Edwin Perry; The Story of Thelyphron in Apuleius. Illinois Classical Studies 1 January 2016; 41 (2): 435–441. doi: https://doi.org/10.5406/illiclasstud.41.2.0435 Download citation file: 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 Scholarly Publishing CollectiveUniversity of Illinois PressIllinois Classical Studies Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright 2017 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois2017 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.
Introduction

Field: Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)

While the recent “transnational” and “global” turns in history have inspired new approaches to studying the French Revolution and the French Resistance, they have made a surprisingly minor impact on the study of French decolonization. Adopting a global or transnational lens, this special issue argues, can open up new possibilities for broadening our understanding of the collapse of France’s global empire in the mid-twentieth century as well as the reverberations of decolonization into the twenty-first.
Interactions of Flaxseed Gum, Soy Protein Isolate and Casein in Pork Sausages

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)

This study aimed to investigate the interactions among flaxseed gum(FG),soy protein isolate(SPI) and casein in pork sausages.Factorial design was applied to study the effects of different levels of added FG,SPI and casein on the water retention and oil retention of pork sausages.Our results indicated that FG addition had highly significant effect on the water retention of sausages after drying for 20 min at 60 ℃(P 0.01),but showed no significant effect on water retention after drying for 40 min at 60 ℃(P0.05).Casein addition also affected the water retention of sausages after drying for 20 or 40 min at 60 ℃(P 0.01).Casein had the most significant effect on the water retention of sausages,followed by FG;the effect of SPI was the weakest.FG addition had significant effect on the oil retention of sausages after immersion in diethyl ether for 20,40 or 60 min(P0.05),and similar results were observed when SPI or casein was added.SPI addition showed highly significant influence on the oil retention of sausage after immersion in diethyl ether for 60 min(P0.01) and there was a significant interaction between FG and SPI on the water retention of sausages after drying for 60 min at 60 ℃(P 0.05).SPI was superior to casein in terms of oil retention.
Clinical and Hemodynamic Findings Following Prosthetic Valve Replacement for Mitral Valve Disease

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

ABSTRACT. Clinical and hemodynamic results have been evaluated 12–24 months after mitral valve replacement with the new Björk‐Shiley tilting disc valve prosthesis. After operation, most patients were improved symptomatically and were classified as I‐II (N.Y.H.A.). No patient became worse. Hemodynamic status at rest showed significant reduction in pulmonary capillary venous pressure, pulmonary arterial pressure and significant increase in cardiac output when compared with the preoperative values, but postoperative hemodynamic abnormalities remained. Exercise produced a rise in pressures in the pulmonary circuit and in cardiac output. The increase in cardiac output was less than expected from the increase in oxygen consumption, with a few exceptions. Apparently, there was no close relationship between the symptomatic improvement and the hemodynamic results. Thus, the present study points to the importance of hemodynamic data in the objective assessment of the results of cardiac surgery.
[Treatment of an asthmatic crisis by acupuncture. Probable role in the onset of pneumothorax with development to status asthmaticus].

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

The onset of pneumothorax during acupuncture treatment has been reported since 1973. Usually unilateral, it occurs in patients free from any bronchopulmonary disease, and its consequences are therefore relatively benign. However, rare cases of bilateral pneumothorax have been reported since 1978, as well as a pneumothorax developing in asthmatic patients, with often dramatic consequences. A 15-year-old girl with a severe attack of asthma was treated by implantation of needles, and this coincided with the onset of a pneumothorax, and a subsequent state of status asthmaticus. A fatal outcome was only just avoided. The question is raised as to the technical quality of the implantations practised, as well as the validity and dangers of acupuncture in asthmatics, particularly during the acute attack.
Erythrosin B inhibits high affinity ouabain binding in guinea‐pig heart Na+‐K+‐ATPase without influence on cardiac glyoside induced contractility

Field: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (Life Sciences)

Binding of [ 3 H]‐ouabain to guinea‐pig heart membranes enriched in Na + ‐K + ‐ATPase revealed two different cardiac glycoside binding sites. High affinity binding was obtained at a K D = 2.2 × 10 −7 mol 1 −1 ( B max = 16.8 pmol ouabain mg −1 protein) whereas low affinity ouabain binding occurred at a K D > 10 −6 mol 1 −1 . To discover whether the two ouabain binding sites are functional in guinea‐pig heart muscle, erythrosin B, an inhibitor of the high affinity ouabain binding in rat brain tissue, was tested in guinea‐pig isolated heart muscle preparations. Erythrosin B proved to be a potent inhibitor of the Mg 2+ (Na + )‐dependent‐, as well as Na + ‐K + ‐activated ATPase (ID 50 = 9 × 10 −6 mol 1 −1 ). Contractility of guinea‐pig isolated papillary muscles, however, was not influenced by erythrosin B in concentrations up to 1 × 10 −5 mol 1 −1 . Only very high concentrations (4 × 10 −4 mol 1 −1 ) resulted in a slightly negative inotropic effect (about 20%). Erythrosin B dose‐dependently inhibited [ 3 H]‐ouabain binding to the Na + ‐K + ‐ATPase ( K D = − 3.6 × 10 −6 mol 1 −1 ). In a concentration of 1 × 10 −5 mol 1 −1 the dye abolished high affinity [ 3 H]‐ouabain binding without affecting the low affinity binding sites. In contrast, in guinea‐pig isolated atria, no functional antagonism between erythrosin B (5 × 10 −5 mol 1 −1 ) and ouabain was observed. As there is a coincidence between the high affinity binding ( K D = 2.2 × 10 −7 mol 1 −1 ) and the concentration for half maximum inotropic effects of ouabain (ED 50 = 1.6 × 10 −7 mol 1 −1 ), the lack of effect of erythrosin B on ouabain‐induced inotropy may be caused by an inaccessibility of the dye to the (internal) ATP‐site of the Na + ‐K + ‐ATPase.
What's new in the treatment of cerebrovascular disease?: an endovascular perspective.

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

Surgical therapy currently allows for the correction of many pathologic conditions affecting the vasculature of the central nervous system. Recent advances in technology have given the cerebrovascular specialist further options in the minimally invasive sphere. Endovascular techniques, complimentary to surgery in some conditions, are poised to replace conventional open surgery in others. A review of current interventional radiological procedures for the treatment and prevention of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke are herewith presented.
Associations between emotion reactivity and eating disorder symptoms in a transdiagnostic treatment‐seeking sample

Field: Psychology (Social Sciences)

Abstract Objective Individuals with eating disorders (EDs) demonstrate difficulties with emotion regulation, and these difficulties have been associated with severity and maintenance of ED symptoms. Although emotion reactivity (i.e., the strength and duration of emotional experiences) is distinct from emotion regulation, few studies have examined emotion reactivity in the context of EDs. The purpose of the current study was to examine longitudinal associations between emotion reactivity and ED symptoms and impairment in individuals with EDs. Method Individuals seeking outpatient ED treatment ( N = 265) completed questionnaires assessing ED symptoms and severity, emotion reactivity, and emotion regulation difficulties at treatment intake and bi‐monthly during treatment. Results Individuals with anorexia nervosa or binge eating or purging presentations had higher emotion reactivity scores than a non‐ED comparison group. Controlling for age, diagnosis, and emotion regulation difficulties, emotion reactivity was positively associated with ED severity, ED‐related impairment, and loss of control eating severity. Moreover, emotion reactivity, but not emotion regulation difficulties, was associated with change in ED symptoms during treatment. Discussion Findings support that emotion reactivity may differ based on ED presentations and may be an important correlate of ED symptom severity. Public Significance Emotion reactivity refers to the strength and duration of an emotional experience. This study found that higher emotion reactivity was related to greater eating disorder symptom severity and eating disorder‐related impairment. It may be beneficial to consider the role of emotion reactivity in conceptualizations of eating disorders, particularly those characterized by binge eating or purging.
A Combined Maximum-Likelihood Analysis of the High-Energy Astrophysical Neutrino Flux Measured with IceCube

Field: Physics and Astronomy (Physical Sciences)

Evidence for an extraterrestrial flux of high-energy neutrinos has now been found in multiple searches with the IceCube detector. The first solid evidence was provided by a search for neutrino events with deposited energies $\gtrsim 30$ TeV and interaction vertices inside the instrumented volume. Recent analyses suggest that the extraterrestrial flux extends to lower energies and is also visible with throughgoing, νμ-induced tracks from the Northern Hemisphere. Here, we combine the results from six different IceCube searches for astrophysical neutrinos in a maximum-likelihood analysis. The combined event sample features high-statistics samples of shower-like and track-like events. The data are fit in up to three observables: energy, zenith angle, and event topology. Assuming the astrophysical neutrino flux to be isotropic and to consist of equal flavors at Earth, the all-flavor spectrum with neutrino energies between 25 TeV and 2.8 PeV is well described by an unbroken power law with best-fit spectral index −2.50 ± 0.09 and a flux at 100 TeV of $({6.7}_{-1.2}^{+1.1})\times {10}^{-18}\;{\mathrm{GeV}}^{-1}\;{{\rm{s}}}^{-1}\;{\mathrm{sr}}^{-1}\;{\mathrm{cm}}^{-2}$. Under the same assumptions, an unbroken power law with index −2 is disfavored with a significance of 3.8σ (p = 0.0066%) with respect to the best fit. This significance is reduced to 2.1σ (p = 1.7%) if instead we compare the best fit to a spectrum with index −2 that has an exponential cut-off at high energies. Allowing the electron-neutrino flux to deviate from the other two flavors, we find a νe fraction of 0.18 ± 0.11 at Earth. The sole production of electron neutrinos, which would be characteristic of neutron-decay-dominated sources, is rejected with a significance of 3.6σ (p = 0.014%).
Fermi resonance structure in the CH vibrational overtones of CD3CHO

Field: Chemistry (Physical Sciences)

Gas-phase fundamental and CH and CO overtone spectra (700–17 500 cm−1) of 2,2,2-trideuteroacetaldehyde were recorded using FTIR and laser photoacoustic techniques. The Fermi resonance structure in the overtone spectra of the coupled CH stretching and in-plane CH bending vibrations is analyzed with a tridiagonal Hamiltonian, yielding a large effective coupling constant, ‖k′sbb‖ =93 cm−1, corresponding to subpicosecond redistribution times. No coupling between the out-of-plane CH bending mode and the Fermi resonance system is apparent. This study presents the first detailed analysis of the anharmonic couplings in the CH chromophore at an sp2 carbon atom. The in-plane CH bending vibration couples in a manner similar to the CH(sp3) bending vibrations, whereas the out-of-plane bending vibration is decoupled, similar to the CH(sp) bending vibrations.