jimnoneill/paper-to-field-training huggingface dataset:
The Cinematic Depiction of Conflict Resolution in the Immigrant Chinese Family

Field: Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)

Both emphasising dilemmas that have been confronted by the Chinese- American family, Ang Lee’s The Wedding Banquet (1993) and Alice Wu’s Saving Face (2004) highlight the image of homosexuality as incompatible with traditional Chinese family values. Through detailed narrative analyses of these two films with a focus on the structure of the plot, the key characters, and camera work, this article aims to answer the questions of how traditional Chinese culture continues to play into and conflict with the experiences of modern Chinese American families and how each film presents and resolves the tensions arising from a culture in transition. The article argues that the importance of studying the ways in which the protagonists try to come to terms with incompatible value systems, lies in the capacity of film to reveal the complex negotiation between tradition and modernity, as well as the socio-cultural specificity of the conceptions of modernity.
Role of Speculative Short Sales in Price Formation: The Case of the Weekend Effect

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance (Social Sciences)

ABSTRACT We argue that short sellers affect prices in a significant and systematic manner. In particular, we contend that speculative short sales contribute to the weekend effect: The inability to trade over the weekend is likely to cause these short sellers to close their speculative positions on Fridays and reestablish new short positions on Mondays causing stock prices to rise on Fridays and fall on Mondays. We find evidence in support of this hypothesis based on a comparison of high short‐interest stocks and low short‐interest stocks, stocks with and without actively traded options, IPOs, zero short‐interest stocks, and highly volatile stocks.
Gene expression profiling in B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas

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

Abstract BACKGROUND: Gene expression profiling has become a fundamental tool in cancer diagnosis and management. B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (B-NHL) is a group of malignant neoplasms originating from the lymphoid tissues, mainly the lymph nodes and the gene expression technique was used to unravel its complexity and aid in clinical decision-making. OBJECTIVES: The aims of this study were to find the significance of gene expression profiling focusing on colony-stimulating factor 1 receptor ( CSF1R ), myeloid differentiation factor 88 (MyD88) , and tumor necrosis factor-α ( TNF-α ) as a promising approach in B-NHL diagnosis and their comparison with healthy controls. PATIENTS, MATERIALS AND METHODS: The current clinical prospective study was mediated from June 1, 2021, to December 30, 2022, of NHL patients in Kurdistan, Iraq. Seventy-three patients were recruited from Nanakali Hospital for Blood Diseases and Cancer, Erbil. The integration of gene expression biomarkers uses quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction technique to diagnose B-NHL. Specifically, we focused on three key genes MyD88 , TNF , and CSF1R whose expression profiles were analyzed in B-NHL patients and controls. We leveraged a dataset to explore gene expression patterns in B-NHL and applied classification algorithms to distinguish between B-NHL patients and controls. RESULTS: The initial results show the overall lower CSF1R expression in B-NHL as compared to the controls and a significant reduction in CSF1R expression in females (≤50 years and >50 years). The result considers lower CSF1R expression in B-NHL males (≤50 years) and higher but not significant in males (>50 years). CONCLUSIONS: These B-NHL-expressed genes may be considered potential diagnostic markers with their meaningful comparisons to control groups, and they could be proposed to guide the management of patients and facilitate their stratification into clinical trials.
Controllers for traction inverter drives

Field: Engineering (Physical Sciences)

The authors present a study of two different types of controllers for a traction voltage source inverter (VSI) drive. The first is a simple scalar control scheme which ensures constant torque operation down to low motor speed. With this controller the inverter V/f characteristic is automatically varied to compensate for different levels of motor load. This type of controller is essentially designed for good steady state operation over a wide range of inverter frequency. The second controller is based on state feedback control of the induction motor and is designed specifically to achieve a good transient response requirement. The author shoes that with this type of controller it is possible to achieve near decoupled flux and torque control as is possible with DC traction drives. The transient and steady state results obtained with this controller are described in detail.
Efektivitas Keterampilan Vokasional Membuat Minuman Bandrek melalui Teknik Modeling bagi Anak Tunarungu Kelas X di SLB Negeri 1 Linggo Sari Baganti

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

The purpose of this study was to prove that modeling techniques were effective in improving vocational skills in making bandrek drinks in class X deaf children at SLB Negeri 1 Lingo Sari Baganti. This type of research used is an experimental method in the form of pre-experimental with the type of one-group pretest-posttest design. then given treatment using modeling techniques and continued by giving a posttest processed and compared using the Wilcoxon Rank Test test. From the results of statistical test studies that have been analyzed using the SPSS 23 research program, the data obtained on average during the pretest was 54.40 while for the posttest there was an increase to 83.80. The data were processed more scientifically using the Wilcoxon test and obtained a rank test score between the pretest and posttest of 2.023 with Asymp. Sig (2-tailed) 0.043. Predetermined probability α = 0.05. The alternative hypothesis is accepted because the probability <of the probability that has been determined is 0.039 <0.05.
Platelet and leucocyte activation in childhood sickle cell disease: association with nocturnal hypoxaemia

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

We hypothesized that vaso‐occlusive events in childhood sickle cell disease (SCD) may relate to inflammatory cell activation as well as interactions between sickle erythrocytes and vascular endothelium. Peripheral blood was examined from 24 children with SCD, of whom 12 had neurological sequelae and seven had frequent painful crises, and 10 control subjects. Platelet (CD62P and CD40L expression) and granulocyte (CD11b expression) activation and levels of platelet–erythrocyte and platelet–granulocyte complexes were determined by flow cytometry. Platelets ( P = 0·019), neutrophils ( P = 0·02) and monocytes ( P = 0·001) were more activated and there were increased platelet–erythrocyte complexes ( P = 0·026) in SCD patients compared with controls. Platelet–granulocyte complexes were not raised. There were no differences between the different groups of SCD. As hypoxia activates monocytes, platelets and endothelial cells and causes sickling of SCD erythrocytes, we also investigated 20 SCD patients with overnight pulse oximetry. Minimum overnight saturation correlated with the level of platelet–erythrocyte complexes (Spearman's ρ−0·668, P < 0·02), neutrophil CD11b (Spearman's ρ−0·466, P = 0·038) and monocyte CD11b (Spearman's ρ−0·652, P = 0·002). These findings provide important clues about the mechanism by which SCD patients may become predisposed to vaso‐occlusive events.
Numerical simulation of multicellular natural convection in air-filled vertical cavities

Field: Physics and Astronomy (Physical Sciences)

The paper deals with 2D laminar natural convection in vertical air-filled cavities of aspect ratio 20, 30 and 40 with differentially heated sidewalls. The airflow and heat transfer were simulated numerically with an in-house Navier-Stokes code SINF. The focus is on the appearance of stationary vortex structures, "cat's eyes", and their transition to unsteady regime in the Rayleigh number range from 4.8×103 to 1.3×104. The dependence of the predicted flow features and the local and integral heat transfer on the aspect ratio value is analysed.
[Surgical treatment of esophageal diverticula].

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

The aim of this paper is to evaluate the methods and therapeutic principles of esophageal diverticula pathology. We analyze the main pathological mechanisms which establish the therapeutic attitude linked with a complex pretherapeutic evaluation. In our study we enrolled 12 patients operated between 2001-2009 for esophageal diverticula with different topography. In this period of time there were much more patients diagnosed with this pathology, but the need for surgery was establish very tight regarding the actual practical guide which impose the identification and interception of physiological mechanisms by the surgical procedure. We highlight the particular technical details, as well as the important differences of postoperatory complications according to the topography of the diverticula pouch.
Climate Changes Focus of Research on Effects of Nuclear War

Field: Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)

RETURN TO ISSUEPREVNewsNEXTClimate Changes Focus of Research on Effects of Nuclear WarSoot and dust injected into atmosphere from nuclear blasts likely to cause major temperature decreases, other climatic changesRUDY M. BAUMView Author Information C&EN San FranciscoCite this: Chem. Eng. News 1983, 61, 51, 16–17Publication Date (Print):December 19, 1983Publication History Published online7 November 2010Published inissue 19 December 1983https://doi.org/10.1021/cen-v061n051.p016Copyright © 1983 AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETYArticle Views7Altmetric-Citations-LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InReddit PDF (234 KB) SUBJECTS:Climate,Environmental modeling,Ozone depletion,Particulate matter Get e-Alerts
Design of Web-Based SPP Payment System with Payment Gateway at PAUD Nurul Ikhsan Ciruas Using Laravel Framework

Field: Computer Science (Physical Sciences)

The payment process for Education Development Contributions (SPP) at PAUD Nurul Ikhsan Ciruas was previously done manually, which posed challenges in terms of timeliness, accuracy, and transparency in financial recording. These limitations often resulted in delays in payment tracking, difficulties in reporting, and lack of real-time access for parents or guardians. Based on these issues, this study designed and implemented a web-based information system to support both direct and installment payments for SPP. The system includes online payment options through integration with a third-party payment gateway service, namely Midtrans. The development approach adopted in this study followed the Waterfall model, starting from the stages of requirement analysis, system design, implementation, testing, deployment, and maintenance. The resulting application provides several key features such as student data management, automatic invoice generation, installment payment tracking, payment history display, transaction receipt printing, and online payment processing connected to the Midtrans gateway. The results show that the system successfully addresses the problems identified in the manual process by improving the regularity and efficiency of payment administration. Moreover, the system offers better transparency and convenience for users, especially parents or guardians, who can now monitor and complete payments remotely and securely. This innovation contributes to digital transformation in early childhood education institutions.
Deceleration behaviour of commuter heavy rail vehicles

Field: Engineering (Physical Sciences)

This MSc thesis research has the objective to empirically determine the perceived stochastic nature of the deceleration regimes and to determine the impact it has on infrastructure occupation within the network corridor. This research expands on the data-driven reconstruction model to estimate the speed profiles of realised train runs developed by N. Besinovic et al., calling it the 'Deceleraton Reconstruction' (DR) model. This model elaborates on the deceleration regimes of the speed profiles in a more dynamic and generalised manner to provide a more detailed description of the realised deceleration behaviour, through introducing the concept of sub-regimes to describe the deceleration regimes and the concept of a non-uniform braking rate in the braking regimes. This research expands on the number of data sources used for location tracking of the realised train runs and introduces the concept of 'Data Fusion' in which the different sources of location tracking are combined in order to provide a more reliable and more detailed input for the DR model. The results of the empirical and comparative analysis, provide interesting insights to the correlations between the departure delays, realised running times and deceleration loss time performance, and provides insights to the impact the deceleration behaviour has on infrastructure occupation. The DR model provides interesting results regarding the quality and detail of the estimated deceleration behaviour (e.g. braking rate, deceleration regime profile) and compares these in relation to the nominal characteristics used in timetabling tools and simulation models.
An Improved Method for Tanzania Number Plate Location and Segmentation Based on Mathematical Morphology and Regional Features of an Image

Field: Computer Science (Physical Sciences)

In this paper, plate number localization and character segmentation using mathematical morphological approach and regional features of images are discussed from the proposed ANPR system of vehicles in Tanzania. The proposed algorithm consists of three main modules: Pre-processing (cutting and resizing, convert RGB image to grayscale image, image binarization use Otsu method), Finding Region of Interest(morphology opening to remove noises &amp; dilation operation, measure properties of image regions to find candidates), License plate exactly location (finding the LP angle &amp; rotating LP, cut exactly LP region). The Character segmentation also consist three parts: Eliminate incrimination of the binary using boundary features, removes impurities using regional features and morphological process, and divide character into sub-images. The results show an average of 98 % successful plate number localization and segmentation for proposed ANPR system in a total of 200 images captured from a complex outdoor environment in Tanzania. Implementation was done using MATLAB Version 7.11.0 (R2010b).
Utilization of a Voice-Based Virtual Reality Advanced Cardiac Life Support Team Leader Refresher: Prospective Observational Study (Preprint)

Field: Health Professions (Health Sciences)

BACKGROUND

The incidence of cardiac arrests per year in the United States continues to increase, yet in-hospital cardiac arrest survival rates significantly vary between hospitals. Current methods of training are expensive, time consuming, and difficult to scale, which necessitates improvements in advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) training. Virtual reality (VR) has been proposed as an alternative or adjunct to high-fidelity simulation (HFS) in several environments. No evaluations to date have explored the ability of a VR program to examine both technical and behavioral skills and demonstrate a cost comparison.

OBJECTIVE

This study aimed to explore the utility of a voice-based VR ACLS team leader refresher as compared with HFS.

METHODS

This prospective observational study performed at an academic institution consisted of 25 postgraduate year 2 residents. Participants were randomized to HFS or VR training and then crossed groups after a 2-week washout. Participants were graded on technical and nontechnical skills. Participants also completed self-assessments about the modules. Proctors were assessed for fatigue and task saturation, and cost analysis based on local economic data was performed.

RESULTS

A total of 23 of 25 participants were included in the scoring analysis. Fewer participants were familiar with VR compared with HFS (9/25, 36% vs 25/25, 100%; <i>P</i>&lt;.001). Self-reported satisfaction and utilization scores were similar; however, significantly more participants felt HFS provided better feedback: 99 (IQR 89-100) vs 79 (IQR 71-88); <i>P</i>&lt;.001. Technical scores were higher in the HFS group; however, nontechnical scores for decision making and communication were not significantly different between modalities. VR sessions were 21 (IQR 19-24) min shorter than HFS sessions, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration task load index scores for proctors were lower in each category, and VR sessions were estimated to be US $103.68 less expensive in a single-learner, single-session model.

CONCLUSIONS

Utilization of a VR-based team leader refresher for ACLS skills is comparable with HFS in several areas, including learner satisfaction. The VR module was more cost-effective and was easier to proctor; however, HFS was better at delivering feedback to participants. Optimal education strategies likely contain elements of both modalities. Further studies are needed to examine the utility of VR-based environments at scale.
Deformation processes in the lithosphere related to the nonuniformity of the Earth’s rotation

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences (Physical Sciences)

The series of observations conducted at the Baksan and Protvino deformation stations in the Northern Caucasus and the Central Russian Plain, respectively, and the length-of-day (LOD) data describing the variable rate of the Earth’s rotation are used to study the relation between the deformation processes in the lithosphere and the global geodynamics of the Earth over short time intervals. The methods applied are based on high-resolution spectral analysis, analysis of the coherence of the studied processes, and correlation analysis. A significant (95%) correlation is revealed between the local deformation fields at two remote observation stations, which proves the existence of a global component in the Earth’s deformation field that manifests itself at characteristic time intervals of up to 3–4 weeks. At the same level of significance, the correlation between the local deformation fields and variations in the rate of the Earth’s rotation has also been identified. It is shown that the found correlations in the tidal low-frequency range are caused by the direct impact of the long-period tidal loading (M f and M tm waves) on the lithosphere and the length-of-the-day (LOD). The global mechanisms giving rise to the correlation of these processes in the nontidal range require further study.
Economic appraisal of kinnow production and its marketing in lower hills of Himachal Pradesh

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance (Social Sciences)

A study was conducted in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh during the year 2013-14 to appraise the socio-economic status of kinnow orchardists and marketing system in the selected area. The samples comprised of 160 kinnow growers selected from Nurpur and Indora blocks of Kangra district using multistage sampling technique. The required information was collected through personal interview method using well-designed and pre-tested schedules. The average size of kinnow crop holdings of small, medium and large orchardists in Nurpur block was worked out to be 1.46, 2.83 and 4.12 respectively whereas in Indora block it was 1.79, 2.79 and 3.95 hectares respectively. The net farm income was found to be the highest in the category of large farms (87.09%) and the lowest in small ones. This indicated that farmers with larger holdings were more inclined towards horticultural crops particularly kinnow. The results revealed that the kinnow production makes significant contribution towards the upliftment of the socio-economic status of the kinnow orchardists in the study area. Out of the three marketing channels, channel III was found to be most efficient with a marketing efficiency of 2.18 followed by channel II with a marketing efficiency of 1.56 while channel I was found to be the least efficient with a marketing efficiency of 0.76.
Hilbert space valued Gabor frames in weighted amalgam spaces

Field: Mathematics (Physical Sciences)

Abstract Let {\mathbb{H}} be a separable Hilbert space. In this paper, we establish a generalization of Walnut’s representation and Janssen’s representation of the {\mathbb{H}} -valued Gabor frame operator on {\mathbb{H}} -valued weighted amalgam spaces {W_{\mathbb{H}}(L^{p},L^{q}_{v})} , {1\leq p,q\leq\infty} . Also, we show that the frame operator is invertible on {W_{\mathbb{H}}(L^{p},L^{q}_{v})} , {1\leq p,q\leq\infty} , if the window function is in the Wiener amalgam space {W_{\mathbb{H}}(L^{\infty},L^{1}_{w})} . Further, we obtain the Walnut representation and invertibility of the frame operator corresponding to Gabor superframes and multi-window Gabor frames on {W_{\mathbb{H}}(L^{p},L^{q}_{v})} , {1\leq p,q\leq\infty} , as a special case by choosing the appropriate Hilbert space {\mathbb{H}} .
Flurandrenolide-Impregnated Tape for Granuloma Gluteale Infantum

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

To the Editor.—

Two cases of granuloma gluteale infantum (GGI) were treated with a flurandrenolide-impregnated tape. The cutaneous lesions flattened rapidly, but the erythema was more persistent. The lack of response to a noncorticosteroid-containing tape in the second case suggests that the response was attributable to the antiinflammatory effect of the medication. The prolonged use of the tape that contained flurandrenolide produced atrophy at the site of application.

Report of Cases.—Case 1.—

A baby girl was treated with 0.025% fluocinolone acetonide ointment for diaper dermatitis at the age of 3 months. Initially responding to therapy, the dermatitis exacerbated after treatment was discontinued. In January 1974, a red tumor appeared within the diaper contact area, and orally given antibiotics were without effect for a presumed secondary pyodermia. The tumors increased in size the number during an episode of diarrhea that lasted for ten days. The patient was referred to us