jimnoneill/paper-to-field-training huggingface dataset:
Use of a blog as a tracking tool for student-supervisor interaction in a Biomedical Informatics course: Future portfolios

Field: Health Professions (Health Sciences)

A blog can be considered as a diary of online thoughts. Derived from the term web log, blog is a method of posting entries to a specific URL. Initially used for text entry, blogs have now evolved into interactive and multimedia rich posts of information which can be maintained using various devices. While the existing methods of communication between the student and the supervisor such as official letters, telephone conversations, face to face meetings, and online meetings are being practiced there are problems of using these multiple methods over a longer period of time because of the difficulties in maintaining a chronological order, cataloguing minutes of meetings and excess paperwork. It may question the supervisory role of consultants and address the affective domain of learning. Blogs seem to give significant advantages in organising activities of a research project as well as aid in reflective learning. A survey of scientific literature shows active use of blogs in both medical teaching and training and as an aid to reflective learning. A blog was maintained for 40 weeks between September 2010 and July 2011 by a student of the MSc in Biomedical Informatics course which was overseen by two supervisors. In the course of maintaining a blog, its use as a tracking tool and reflective learning medium was evident. It can then be concluded that a blog can be seen as a useful aide in tracking student progress in a Biomedical Informatics course and has potential to be used in other medical disciplines as an adjunct to portfolio.Sri Lanka Journal of Bio-Medical Informatics 2012;3(3): 101-105 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sljbmi.v3i3.3779
Determination of the Motion Parameters of Near-Earth Objects from Position Measurements Performed at the Terskol Observatory

Field: Physics and Astronomy (Physical Sciences)

The paper presents a method for processing positional observations of near-Earth objects using a numerical model of satellite motion developed at the Research Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics of Tomsk State University (NII PMM TSU). The root-mean-square error of orbit improvement without rejection of observations for such objects does not exceed 0.3″ over a seven-day time interval. The results of the presentation of observations for the next occurrence of the object are obtained, which makes it possible to find the object in a time interval of five months. The orbit has been refined in the joint processing of measurements on several occurrences of the object over a six-month time interval. All results were obtained from observations made on the equipment of the Terskol Observatory Shared Use Center.
Partnerships in mathematics and science teacher preparation in Zimbabwe

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

<p class="ABS-C">Research evidence indicates that collaborative partnerships among stakeholders develop strong sense of ownership, interest and commitment, which promotes successful programme implementation. Research evidence also supports that loose partnerships adversely affect programme implementation. This study sought to explore the nature of partnerships among teacher education stakeholders in the pre–service Diploma in Education programme, offered at Teachers’ College S which is an associate of the University of Zimbabwe. Interviews with mentor teachers, pre-service teachers on attachment teaching practice/practicum, and head teachers were used to generate and collect data. Findings revealed existence of collaborative partnerships among Teachers’ College S, schools and the University of Zimbabwe. However, most mentor teachers expressed concern on absence of a policy guiding their operations. Recommendations to strengthen collaborative partnerships in pre–service teacher preparation were made.</p>
Penetapan Technical Assistance Service Fee dan Management Fee sebagai Proceeds dalam Audit Kepabeanan

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

The determination of costs such as the Technical Assistance Service Fee and Management Fee as proceeds is not approved by the auditee in the audit process. The auditee believes that these costs are payments for services provided by overseas entities and are not related to proceeds. After the determination was made by the customs audit team, PT ABC and PT XYZ submitted an appeal to the Tax Court and the panel of judges issued a different decision regarding the determination. The regulations regarding proceeds themselves are still limited, only regulating definitions and not yet regulating the criteria and limitations in detail. The research questions that will be raised in this study are why the TAS Fee and Management Fee payments are designated as proceeds and why there are differences in decisions from the Tax Court Panel of Judges. This research was conducted using a case study strategy with a qualitative approach. The data used is secondary data in the form of Tax Court decisions and primary data in the form of interviews. The data analysis methods used are content analysis, thematic analysis, and constant comparative analyses The results of the research show that there is a similar pattern and consistency in determining costs as proceeds by the audit team for two different auditees. However, at the Tax Court level, there are differences in the decision of the Panel of Judges, namely that the Panel determines the team's analysis that a fee can be designated as proceeds if it meets the definition in the regulations, and another decision determines that a service fee cannot be determined other than what is agreed in the agreement.
Production, composition, and manufacturing properties of milk from grazing cows fed on a formaldehyde-treated sunflower seed supplement

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)

Eight cows in each of four treatment groups grazed regulated areas of green oats and consumed either 0, 1.3, 2.5 or 3.1 kg of a formaldehyde-treated sunflower seed supplement (FSS) per head per day. The digestible energy content of the rations was balanced with hammer-milled barley. Milk fat percentages and milk fat yields were higher from cows fed on FSS, responses being in proportion to the amount of FSS eaten. Protein percentages were significantly lower in milk from cows fed on FSS. Milk and protein yields did not differ significantly between treatments. The linoleic acid (C18:2) content of milk fat was three to five times as high in cows fed on FSS as in those not fed on FSS. The stability to oxidation and the rennet curd firmness of the milk decreased as the percentage of C18:2 in milk fat increased. Changes in the heat stability of milk were associated with the introduction of FSS feeding. Plasma cholesterol levels increased with increasing intakes of FSS. Milk of high C18:2 content can be produced by dairy cows fed on FSS and grazed on green oats. The milk readily oxidizes and its properties for cheese and skim milk powder manufacture are altered.
Attitude, Self-Efficacy And Students' Academic Performance In Mathematics

Field: Psychology (Social Sciences)

This study aimed to determine the influence of attitude and self-efficacy towards academic performance in Mathematics for Grade 8 students. The findings revealed that the level of academic performance of the students was satisfactory. In terms of the level of attitude towards Mathematics subject, it is either positive or negative. As to the students’ self-efficacy, it is neither high nor low. No significant difference was found on the level of attitude and self-efficacy when grouped according to gender. It was
also discovered that only attitude towards Mathematics manifested significant influence to academic performance. Students who have shown a positive attitude towards the subject tend to perform well. Hence, performance in Mathematics can be improved by developing a positive attitude towards the subject.
Genetic Defects of Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel α Subunit 1 in Dravet Syndrome and the Patients’ Response to Antiepileptic Drugs

Field: Neuroscience (Life Sciences)

In the past decade, hundreds of mutations have been found in the SCN1A (sodium voltage-gated channel α subunit 1) gene in the epileptic patients. The functioning of the SCN1A gene products is intensively studied in the neuroscience field. The loss-of-function mutations of the SCN1A gene are the causative factor of Dravet syndrome, an intractable epilepsy syndrome. With the loss-of-function Nav1.1 (the protein encoded by SCN1A gene), the selective dysfunction of the inhibitory parvalbumin (PV) interneurons impairs the balance of excitatory and inhibitory synaptic inputs to the downstream neurons, and causes the hyperexcitability of the neuronal network. The underlying mechanism is that the axon initial segments (AISs) of inhibitory parvalbumin interneurons predominantly express Nav1.1, particularly in the proximal end of the AISs. The deficiency of Nav1.1 weakens the excitability of the inhibitory parvalbumin neurons and leads to the hyperexcitability of the neuronal network. The sodium channel blockers, one category of the antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) that specifically block the activity of VGSCs, may potentially worsen the defect of Nav1.1 of the PV interneurons in the patients with the SCN1A gene loss-of-function mutations, aggravate the clinical manifestation, and increase the seizure frequency of those patients.
Inductive Synthesis Of Recursive Logic Programs

Field: Computer Science (Physical Sciences)

The learning of recursive logic programs (i.e. the class of logic programs where at least one clause is recursive) from incomplete information, such as input/output examples, is a challenging subfield both of ILP (Inductive Logic Programming) and of the synthesis (in general) of logic programs from formal specifications. This is an extremely important class of logic programs, as the recent work on constructive induction shows that necessarily invented predicates have recursive programs, and it even turns out that their induction is much harder than the one of non-recursive programs. We call this inductive program synthesis. We introduce a system called DIALOGS-II (Dialogue-based Inductive and Abductive LOgic Program Synthesizer-II) whose ancestor is DIALOGS. It is a schema-guided, interactive, and non-incremental synthe...
CHARACTERIZATION OF RIBOSOMAL AGGREGATES ISOLATED FROM LIVER

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

Currently, no pharmacological therapies treat skeletal muscle insulin resistance in pathological conditions such as type 2 diabetes, age-associated diseases, and cancer. Therefore, there is an unmet need to identify the molecular mechanisms ...The molecular events governing skeletal muscle glucose uptake have pharmacological potential for managing insulin resistance in conditions such as obesity, diabetes, and cancer. With no current pharmacological treatments to target skeletal muscle insulin ...
Temperature Effects in Packaged RF MEMS Switches with Optimized Gold Electroplating Process

Field: Engineering (Physical Sciences)

Due to its excellent electrical performance, mechanical reliability, and thermal stability, electroplated gold is still the most commonly used material for movable beams in RF MEMS switches. This paper investigates the influence of process conditions on the quality and growth rate of gold electroplating, and the optimized process parameters for the gold electroplating process are obtained. The characterization of the optimized electroplated gold layer shows that it has small surface roughness and excellent thermal stability. With this optimized gold electroplating process, the RF MEMS switches are fabricated and hermetic packaged. In order to obtain the temperature environment adaptability of the packaged switch, the influence of working temperature is studied. The temperature effects on mechanical performance (includes pull-in voltage and lifetime) and RF performance (includes insertion loss and isolation) are revealed.
Orbital cellulitis related to an influenza A virus epidemic.

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

category in whom evidence of virus infection in the lower respiratory tract was found-that is, those who had type 2 lung histology with or without an identified virus.The proportion of cot deaths with evidence of virus infection in the lower respiratory tract (seven out of 31; 23°0) was greater than that of "other deaths" under 1 year (one out of 23; 4 /), but the difference was not significant.RS virus was identified in two children from each of the three categories.The case histories of the two cot deaths and two "other deaths" were as follows.Case 1-Cot death at age 2 months.The baby developed a minor cough and runny nose.After two days he was seen by the general practitioner, who prescribed an antibiotic.He remained generally well but two mornings later was found dead.Case 2-Cot death at age 4 months.On the day before death the baby was seen for a routine check by her general practitioner, who found her well.Next day she appeared well to her parents, although possibly she took her 8 am feed less hungrily than usual.At 11.30 am she was found dead.Case 3-Death from medulloblastoma at age 5 months.Hydrocephalus was diagnosed in this girl at the age of 9 weeks and relieved by a shunt operation.At 3 months she was readmitted with signs of increasing intra- cranial pressure, and air studies suggested a tumour.At the age of 5 months, while still in hospital, she became ill suddenly one evening, with irregular respiration but no signs or symptoms of respiratory infection; she died three hours later.Postmortem examination showed a medulloblastoma and coning, as well as RS virus in the lungs and type 2 lung histology.Case 4-Death from road-traffic accident at age 3 years.Three days before death the child had developed a slight cold but was not considered to be ill.His brothers and sisters had similar colds.He was run over in the street by a reversing van and died immediately.At necropsy there was extensive brain damage, but also RS virus in the lungs and type 2 lung histology.
Acute aortic syndrome: aortic dissection—ascending aortic dissection

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

Abstract Aortic dissection, intramural haematoma, and penetrating aortic ulcer can each present as an acute aortic syndrome. If left untreated, acute aortic syndrome carries a high mortality. Therefore, rapid diagnostic work-up and appropriate surgical therapy are of utmost importance. Chest computed tomography is the imaging method of first choice.
Application of commercial enzyme linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) for the detection of antibodies for foot-and-mouth disease virus in wild boar and red deer

Field: Veterinary (Health Sciences)

For detecting antibodies towards foot and mouth (FMD) virus in sera collected\n from red deer hinds (Cervus elaphus) and wild boars (Sus scrofa), three\n commercially available enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) were used.\n Two ELISA kits (PrioCHECK FMDV NS and CHEKIT FMD-3ABC) were used for the\n detection of antibodies towards non-structural proteins of FMD virus and one\n assay was based on the detection of antibodies for serotype O (PrioCHECK FMDV\n type O). All of the sera tested in our study were negative for antibodies\n against FMD virus. The aim of this study was to investigate the usefulness of\n commercially available ELISA kits given for marketing authorization in\n Croatia in testing the prevalence of FMD antibodies in wild boar and red deer\n populations. Since the producers of ELISA kits used in our study did not\n declare wild animals as a target species, we hypothesised that the same kits\n could be used for serological diagnosis of FMD in red deer and wild boars.\n Our study confirmed that the kits used are acceptable for detecting\n antibodies in both species tested, however, the investigation highlighted the\n problem of validating the kits due to the absence of available positive sera\n originating from red deer, as well as other susceptible species, especially\n artiodactyls.
Highly\nEfficient Target Recycling-Based Netlike Y‑DNA\nfor Regulation of Electrocatalysis toward Methylene Blue for Sensitive\nDNA Detection

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

In\nthis work, the highly efficient target recycling-based netlike\nY-shaped DNA (Y-DNA), which regulated the electrocatalysis of Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>@CeO<sub>2</sub>–Pt nanoparticles (Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>@CeO<sub>2</sub>–PtNPs) toward methylene\nblue (MB) for signal amplification, was developed to prepare a sensitive\nDNA biosensor for detecting the DNA associated with oral cancer. Specifically,\nwith the help of highly efficient enzyme-assisted target recycling\n(EATR) amplification strategy, one target DNA input was converted\nto corresponding plenty of DNA strands S1Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>@CeO<sub>2</sub>–Pt and S2MB output, which\ncould be employed to interact with HP2 immobilized on the electrode\nsurface to form stable netlike Y-DNA without any waste of recycling\nproducts. Meanwhile, the formation of netlike Y-DNA could regulate\nelectrocatalytic efficiency of Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>@CeO<sub>2</sub>–PtNPs, inducing the proximity of Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>@CeO<sub>2</sub>–PtNPs to MB and significantly enhancing\nelectrochemical signal. Further, the signal could also be amplified\nby Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>@CeO<sub>2</sub>–PtNPs modified\non the electrode surface. By virtue of this ingenious design, a novel\nnetlike Y-DNA structure based on highly efficient EATR was simply\nconstructed and successfully applied to an electrochemical DNA biosensor\nalong with electrocatalysis of Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>@CeO<sub>2</sub>–PtNPs, achieving the sensitive detection of target\nDNA ranging from 10 fM to 50 nM with a detection limit of 3.5 fM.\nImpressively, the biosensor here demonstrates an admirable method\nfor regulating the electrocatalysis of NPs toward substrates to enhance\nsignal, and we believe that this biosensor is a potential candidate\nfor the sensitive detection of target DNA or other disease-related\nnucleic acids.
Family history and the risk of liver, gallbladder, and pancreatic cancer.

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

The relationship between family history of selected neoplasms in first-degree relatives and the risk of pancreatic, liver, and gallbladder cancer was investigated using data from a case-control study conducted in northern Italy on 320 histologically confirmed incident cases of liver cancer, 58 of gallbladder cancer, 362 of pancreatic cancer, and 1408 controls admitted to the hospital for acute, nonneoplastic, nondigestive tract disorders. Significant associations were observed between family history of hepatocellular carcinoma and primary liver cancer [relative risk (RR) = 2.4; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.3 to 4.4], between family history of pancreatic cancer and pancreatic cancer (RR = 3.0; 95% CI, 1.4 to 6.6), and between family history of gallbladder cancer and gallbladder cancer (RR = 13.9; 95% CI, 1.2 to 163.9). The elevated risk of liver cancer associated with family history was not materially modified by adjustment for tobacco, alcohol, and personal history of cirrhosis and hepatitis (RR = 2.9; 95% CI, 1.5 to 5.3). Similarly, the risk for pancreatic cancer did not appreciably change after allowance for tobacco, alcohol, dietary factors, and medical history of diabetes and pancreatitis (RR = 2.8; 95% CI, 1.3 to 6.3). This pattern of risk would support the existence of a genetic component in the familial aggregation of liver and pancreatic cancer. In terms of population attributable risk, approximately 3% of the newly diagnosed liver and pancreatic cancers would be related to this familial component.
P733Regulatory B cells from patients with coronary artery disease display numerical and functional alterations: a novel immune defect in atherosclerosis

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

Aim: T and B lymphocytes, the main cellular effectors of adaptive immunity, are deeply involved in the chronic inflammatory process that drives atherosclerosis. As the main source of antibodies, B cells were originally thought to be anti-atherogenic via production of neutralising antibodies against oxidised low density lipoprotein (LDL). Recent studies that depleted B lymphocytes in animal models of atherosclerosis have unravelled pro-atherogenic effects of conventional mature B2 B cells and protective roles for the innate B1a B-cell subset. Recently, B cells with regulatory function (Bregs) have also been identified in both animals and humans, but their role in atherosclerosis is currently unknown. Impairment of Bregs has been implicated in the pathogenesis of autoimmune disorders, but whether the same is true in atherosclerosis is yet to be determined. Our aim was to examine Bregs in patients with coronary atherosclerosis. Methods: Bregs were defined as CD19+CD24hiCD38hi B cells. The percentage and absolute number of Bregs was quantified in the circulation of patients with myocardial infarction (MI, n=60) and stable angina (SA, n=40), as well as in healthy subjects (n=30) using flow cytometry. The production of interleukin-10 (IL-10) by mature, memory and Breg cells was quantified by intracellular staining and flow cytometry. Results: We found a marked reduction in the percentage and absolute number of Bregs in patients with coronary atherosclerosis (MI and SA) compared to healthy subjects. No differences were noted in the percentage and absolute number of total B cells, mature and memory B cells in the study groups, suggesting a specific numerical deficit in Bregs in patients with coronary atherosclerosis. Furthermore, Bregs from patients with coronary atherosclerosis produced significantly less IL-10 in response to CpG and CD40L compared to Bregs from healthy subjects, while the production of IL-10 from mature and memory B cells was not impaired. We are now characterising the molecular mechanisms that underlie the defects in Bregs in patients with coronary atherosclerosis. Conclusion: Our data show for the first time that patients with coronary atherosclerosis harbour marked numerical and functional deficits in Breg cells that may tip the balance in favour of pro-inflammatory B and T lymphocytes. A better understanding of these defects may reveal novel targets for future therapies to quench the inflammatory process that drives atherosclerosis.
DIRECT VS INDIRECT CORRECTIVE FEEDBACK FOR WRITING IMPROVEMENT: STUDENTS’ PREFERENCES

Field: Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)

This research presents the students’ preference for feedback in deciding what specific feedback will be valuable and positively affect the students’ writing performance. There might be a mismatch between students’ preferences and lecturer’s practice from a few past studies. A quantitative research design was utilized in this study. It was conducted in Muhammadiyah Malang University with 70 English Language Education Department students as the participants. A data set of 10 questions in the survey for students was adjusted from Aridah et al. (2017). Further, the data were scored using the “Feedback Scale” with a scale ranging from 0 to 1. The finding showed that the feedback preference of the students is direct corrective feedback, in which the mean score was higher (M=6.53) than indirect corrective feedback. The students believed that direct corrective feedback gave more additional clearness. Therefore, this study recommended that the lecturer give feedback based on the students’ preference which is direct corrective feedback to improve their writing skills easily and effectively.