jimnoneill/paper-to-field-training huggingface dataset:
Chronic periodontitis is associated with platelet factor 4 (PF4) secretion.

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

Aim: Platelets contribute to chronic inflammation but their role in periodontitis is not well understood. The aim of this study was to compare platelet recruitment and activation in healthy and inflamed periodontium. Materials and Methods: Gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) samples were obtained from sites of healthy periodontium, gingivitis and periodontitis. Platelets were quantified in the GCF by staining and microscopy. GCF concentrations of platelet factor 4 (PF4) [PF4]GCF and glycoprotein IIbIIIa ([GPIIbIIIa]GCF) were determined by ELISA. Blood samples were obtained from the 3 patient groups. Platelets were isolated from whole blood and stimulated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) from P. gingivalis to evaluate and compare the LPS-induced PF4 release. Results: Compared to controls, platelet recruitment was increased at gingivitis and periodontitis sites, based on platelet counts and [GPIIbIIIa]GCF. [PF4]GCF was elevated in periodontal pockets but not at gingivitis or healthy sites. Circulating plasma levels of PF4 were higher in patients with generalized severe periodontitis (SP), compared to patients with gingivitis or healthy periodontium. Platelets isolated from SP patients contained and released more PF4 in response to P. gingivalis LPS than platelets from gingivitis or periodontally healthy patients. Conclusions: Periodontitis is associated with increased platelet activation and PF4 release, both locally and systemically.
Extending the UbiMDR Supporting Situation-Aware Access Control

Field: Computer Science (Physical Sciences)

Ubiquitous computing environment requirement needs information sharing of sensors based on sensor network technology, situation-aware and determination functions and other related technologies ranging to appropriate and effective action processing. The sensor field independent information access is most important issues in everywhere under the ubiquitous computing environment. We already proposed UbiMDR framework that is a supporting application-independent semantic interoperability for ubiquitous applications. However, the functions of the UbiMDR are limited only to identification and recognition of objects. The chief objective of our proposal is to let extending the UbiMDR supporting situation-aware access control about objects consistently and independently on various application fields (companies/ systems). This paper fist describes the current UbiMDR, and presents our proposed model for supporting situation-aware of UbiMDR. Also conceptual architectures of situation aware are shown.
Peripheral macrophages contribute to nociceptor priming in mice with chronic intermittent hypoxia

Field: Neuroscience (Life Sciences)

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a prevalent sleep disorder that is associated with increased incidence of chronic musculoskeletal pain. We investigated the mechanism of this association in a mouse model of chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH) that mimics the repetitive hypoxemias of OSA. After 14 days of CIH, both male and female mice exhibited behaviors indicative of persistent pain, with biochemical markers in the spinal cord dorsal horn and sensory neurons of the dorsal root ganglia consistent with hyperalgesic priming. CIH, but not sleep fragmentation alone, induced an increase in macrophage recruitment to peripheral sensory tissues (sciatic nerve and dorsal root ganglia), an increase in inflammatory cytokines in the circulation, and nociceptor sensitization. Peripheral macrophage ablation blocked CIH-induced hyperalgesic priming. The findings suggest that correcting the hypoxia or targeting macrophage signaling might suppress persistent pain in patients with OSA.
Vibration and flutter of advanced composite lifting surfaces

Field: Engineering (Physical Sciences)

This paper d iscusses the potential effects of composite material laminate tailoring on the vibration and flutter of moderate-to-high a spect ratio wings. Three stiffness models, including elastic cross-coupling, are discussed and compared. Chordwise flexibility is shown to be important to the correct determination of stiffness properties. Laminate ply orientation is shown to provide equivalent sweepback or sweepforward of node lines associated with free vibration. Ply o rientation is also shown to enhance flutter characteristics of wings, but may also sensitize the wing to changes in c.g. location and may even trigger body freedom flutter.
Combining high-throughput micro-CT-RGB phenotyping and genome-wide association study to dissect the genetic architecture of tiller growth in rice

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)

Manual phenotyping of rice tillers is time consuming and labor intensive, and lags behind the rapid development of rice functional genomics. Thus, automated, non-destructive methods of phenotyping rice tiller traits at a high spatial resolution and high throughput for large-scale assessment of rice accessions are urgently needed. In this study, we developed a high-throughput micro-CT-RGB imaging system to non-destructively extract 739 traits from 234 rice accessions at nine time points. We could explain 30% of the grain yield variance from two tiller traits assessed in the early growth stages. A total of 402 significantly associated loci were identified by genome-wide association study, and dynamic and static genetic components were found across the nine time points. A major locus associated with tiller angle was detected at time point 9, which contained a major gene, TAC1. Significant variants associated with tiller angle were enriched in the 3'-untranslated region of TAC1. Three haplotypes for the gene were found, and rice accessions containing haplotype H3 displayed much smaller tiller angles. Further, we found two loci containing associations with both vigor-related traits identified by high-throughput micro-CT-RGB imaging and yield. The superior alleles would be beneficial for breeding for high yield and dense planting.
Building trust through academic cooperation?

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

This chapter addresses academic cooperation between the EU and Russia. We argue that academic cooperation and people-to-people relations represent an important field of interaction between the EU and Russia in times of severe political crisis. Evaluating academic cooperation, scholars have examined the rationales of actors involved at the supranational, national, institutional and personal levels. Currently, the EU and Russia demonstrate more of a political rationale for international academic cooperation, using academic cooperation as a tool of public diplomacy, whereas at the level of institutions and individuals, economic and academic rationales play a key role. The key debates in this field have mainly focused on the results of EU–Russia academic cooperation and have studied how Russia and Russian higher education (HE) have changed under the influence of or in cooperation with the EU. Scholars have addressed the issues of Europeanisation, democratisation, the modernisation of Russian HE, the nature of EU–Russia cooperation and the role of partners, often represented as a dichotomy between an asymmetrical and equal partnership. The Bologna Process has been the focus of studies concerning the gains, benefits and prospects for academia in the EU and Russia, a significant amount of this scholarship coming from Russians.
Arminius on the Assurance of Salvation: The Context, Roots, and Shape of the Leiden Debate, 1603-1609

Field: Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)

With special attention to the academic context and sources of the Leiden debate, this book examines Jacobus Arminius’s doctrines of salvation and the assurance of salvation, demonstrating the decisive role that assurance played in his dissent from Reformed theology.
The Upward Strategic Migration of an Automotive Manufacturing Plant

Field: Business, Management and Accounting (Social Sciences)

“Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.” Sir Winston Churchill Markets have evolved rapidly over the decades. Low cost, low skill manufacturing plants have been able to take on new roles, allowing companies in various countries to reinforce their competitive priorities. The manufacturing strategy by which these plants operate influences their ability to respond to its internal and external environment. One industry taking advantage of these global opportunities is the Automotive Manufacturing Industry. Volvo Bus de Mexico is within this industry operating as a Completely Knocked Down Chassis Assembly Plant and wishes to upgrade to a Part Number Factory. Several operational issues and concerns will arise when undertaking this upgrade, and these will require substantial focus and efforts to resolve. In particular cost, systems, supplier, process, BOM, DCN, and HR needs are issues that need to be addressed. In order to resolve these, a manufacturing plant will need to improve its cost understanding, undertake a systems upgrade, increase the flow of information, develop its processes, improve its supplier relationships and increase knowledge. This will furthermore have implications for the competitiveness of the plant with regards to costs, quality, delivery, flexibility, capability development, and independability. In particular it becomes evident that the impact on flexibility, capability development and independability will be positive whereas the effect on the other three will neither be positive or negative in the short run.
Prisons: Managing for change

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

What are the prospects for a better‐managed prison service, in the wake of Lord Justice Woolf's inquiry into the disturbances at Strangeways and elsewhere? On the face of it, the outlook is somewhat bleak: prison populations seem likely to grow, and resources are constrained. But, as Rod Morgan explains, the Government has accepted the principles advocated in the Woolf Report, including some far‐reaching changes in values, organization and procedure.
Dilute Solution Properties of Methyl Methacrylate/Acrylonitrile Random Copolymers, 2a)

Field: Chemistry (Physical Sciences)

The Stockmayer-Fixman relation was used to evaluate the short range and long range interaction parameters for methyl methacrylate/acrylonitrile copolymers of 0,566 and 0,657 mole fraction of monomeric units of acrylonitrile in the solvents acetonitrile, 2-butanone, dimethyl formamide, and y-butyrolactone, at different temperatures (30, 45, and 60 “C). The values of KO were found to be lower than those of the parent homopolymers, and their values depend on both solvent and temperature. Even negative Ko-values were obtained, in cases in which the Mark Houwink exponent a is nearly unity. The values of the polymer-solvent interaction parameter, x, , are high and close to 0,5, indicating that these solvents are not good. The values of the excess interaction parameter, xAB, are negative and are not affected by temperature. The large extension of these copolymer chains, as exhibited by a and a;-values, can be understood in terms of unusual short range interactions only. Similar results were obtained for some cellulose derivatives.
STUDY OF THE HEALTH SEEKING BEHAVIOUR OF ELDERLY PEOPLE WITH NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASE ATTENDING IN SGMH REWA

Field: Health Professions (Health Sciences)

Background: Improvements in healthcare infrastructure and living conditions have significantly enhanced life expectancy, particularly among individuals affected by non-communicable diseases (NCDs). This has led to a growing elderly population managing chronic health conditions. Objective: To evaluate the health-seeking patterns of elderly individuals and determine the primary factors that influence their healthcare decisions. Materials & Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in the Medicine Outpatient Department (OPD) of Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital, affiliated with Shyam Shah Medical College, Rewa. The study involved 310 elderly participants (aged 60 years and above), who were interviewed using a semi-structured questionnaire. The data included details on healthcare utilization, history of illnesses, and socio-demographic characteristics. Results: Among the 310 respondents, the majority (211, 68.06%) were aged between 60 and 70 years. The sample consisted of 176 males (56.8%) and 134 females (43.2%). More than half (167, 53.9%) had no formal education. A large proportion (239, 77.10%) reported living with chronic health conditions, with hypertension being the most common (113, 36.4%), followed by locomotor issues (81, 26.12%). Private healthcare services were preferred by 177 individuals (57.10%), and 183 participants (59.03%) reported undergoing regular medical check-ups. A significant number (231, 74.52%) were financially reliant on their children, and 232 (74.88%) indicated that the nearest health center was located over 5 km from their residence. Most healthcare costs were borne by their children, with health insurance covering a smaller portion (56, 18.06%). Age emerged as a significant factor affecting their healthcare-seeking behaviour. Conclusion: The study reveals that a majority of the elderly population falls within the 60–70 age group. There is a critical need to increase awareness about aging-related health conditions. Many chronic diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, and osteoarthritis remain either undetected or inadequately treated in this demographic.
The evaluation of search units used for ultrasonic reference block calibrations

Field: Engineering (Physical Sciences)

The effects of using different (nominally identical) quartz search units in the evaluation of ASTM-type standard reference blocks are determined.Various characteristics of the search units are measured and correlated with the amplitude of the ultrasonic response from reference blocks to determine which characteristics must be specified if reproducible results are to be obtained.It is shown by a series of experiments that the exact shape of the distance-amplitude curve in water (axial profile) is a primary characteristic that must be considered.When operational corrections for differences in axial profiles are made, the variability in ultrasonic responses from reference blocks, measured with different search units, is reduced from about 25 percent to 4 percent.
Blood Pressure Behaviour in Chronic Daily Headache

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

The objective was to examine the association between high blood pressure (BP) and chronic daily headache using 24-h ambulatory blood pressure monitorization (24-h ABPM). This was a cross sectional study in an out-patient clinic. Women were selected among patients referred for first evaluation, 62 with chronic daily headache and 57 without chronic daily headache. The main outcome measures were mean office systolic and diastolic blood pressure (BP), mean systolic and diastolic daytime and night-time BP and BP load, and mean systolic and diastolic nocturnal fall. Office systolic BP was 138.2 mmHg for women with chronic daily headache and 141.7 mmHg for women without headache ( P = 0.36). Office diastolic BP was 88.9 mmHg for women with headache and 92.7 mmHg for women without headache ( P = 0.17). Mean daytime and mean night-time systolic BP was, respectively, 122.2 mmHg and 108.8 mmHg for women with headache and 122.9 mmHg and 109.5 for women without headache ( P = 0.82 and P = 0.80, respectively). Mean daytime and mean night-time diastolic BP was, respectively, 78.6 mmHg and 65.4 mmHg for women with headache and 79.9 mmHg and 67.1 mmHg for the women without headache ( P = 0.80 and P = 0.45, respectively). There was no difference between the two groups regarding systolic and diastolic BP load and nocturnal systolic and diastolic fall. No significant difference in BP values was observed in women with chronic daily headache compared with women without headache using 24-h ABPM.
Turkish Domestic Actors’ Role in Foreign Policy Making: Case of Turkey – KRG’s Strategic Bilateral Partnership

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

This paper aims to describe the role of Turkish domestic societal actors in the state policy making in the case of strategic bilateral partnership between Turkey and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG); a quasi state within the Iraqi federal state. The rareness of literature describing domestic forces within Turkey and the consequence for the state’s policy in building a strategic partnership with the KRG was the gap that this research would be expected to narrow. The paper argues that Turkish domestic actors like the individual, the Justice and Development Party (AKP), the Turkish military and business people had an important role; shaping Turkey’s preference and national interests strongly determined by their views on nation and economic regulation which occupied its legitimate preference. The research applied the ideational liberal theory proposed by Andrew Moravcsik emphasizing the primacy of domestic actors. The research was qualitative with descriptive analysis model. The paper represents a perspective that identity or values well embedded in domestic actors’ views do matter to understand the state behavior either cooperation or conflict.
A Review of Quality Differential in Healthcare Delivery through PPP Model

Field: Health Professions (Health Sciences)

Health affects economic growth and development directly through increase in labour productivity. It also affects the development indirectly through the increase in enrolment ratio and level of educational attainment. Healthcare manager provides leadership, management and direction to healthcare units for ensuring the utmost delivery of the available healthcare services. Healthcare management encompasses planning, directing, and coordinating nonclinical activities within health care systems, organizations, and networks. Public healthcare sector targets increase in welfare through public services whereas private sector strives to enhance the value of resources. Private healthcare sector has the potential to exploit the commercial potential of the government assets through PPPs. This research uncovers measures of quality of healthcare services, identifies research gaps and suggestsdeveloping a holistic healthcare index to better understand the quality differential in healthcare delivery through PPP models.
Consecutive collision-induced dissociations in Fourier transform mass spectrometry

Field: Chemistry (Physical Sciences)

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTConsecutive collision-induced dissociations in Fourier transform mass spectrometryR. B. Cody, R. C. Burnier, C. J. Cassady, and B. S. FreiserCite this: Anal. Chem. 1982, 54, 13, 2225–2228Publication Date (Print):November 1, 1982Publication History Published online1 May 2002Published inissue 1 November 1982https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac00250a021https://doi.org/10.1021/ac00250a021research-articleACS PublicationsRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views132Altmetric-Citations48LEARN 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 InRedditEmail Other access optionsGet e-Alertsclose Get e-Alerts
Corporate governance structure, Bank externalities and sensitivity of non-performing loans in Nigeria

Field: Business, Management and Accounting (Social Sciences)

This study highlights the effect of corporate governance structure and bank externalities on non-performing loans in Nigeria covering the period 2009-2017. This study constructs corporate governance index for Nigerian Banks using Principal Component Analysis to establish the influence of corporate governance structure on non-performing loans. This study conducts a panel data analysis using static and dynamic estimators to examine the sensitivity of non-performing loans and corporate governance structure. From the empirical analysis, corporate governance structure of banks in Nigeria has a negative and significant influence on non-performing loans in Nigerian banks. This result reveals that sound corporate governance structure enhances the loan quality and bank stability. In addition, the study affirms that stringent policy imposed by the bank regulators has a negative impact on non-performing loans. Thus, effective corporate governance mechanism and bank regulations could help to curb excessive risk appetite that could mutilate probable performance and loan quality. This study recommends that banks should continue to implement high quality of corporate governance mechanism with positive effects at eliminating excessive risk-taking.
Vibration Isolation Control Via Simultaneous Left and Right Eigenvector Assignment

Field: Engineering (Physical Sciences)

The objective of this research is to investigate the feasibility of utilizing the simultaneous left and right eigenvector assignment concept for vibration isolation feedback control design. The purpose of the right eigenvector assignment method is to alter the closed-loop system modes such that the modal components corresponding to the concerned regions (isolation end of an isolator) have relatively small amplitude. Correspondently, the design goal of left eigenvector assignment is to alter the left eigenvectors of the closed-loop system so that they are as closely orthogonal to the system’s forcing vectors as possible. With this approach, one can achieve both disturbance rejection and modal confinement concurrently for the purpose of vibration isolation. In this research, a new formulation is developed so that the desired left eigenvectors of this integrated system are selected through solving a generalized eigenvalue problem, where the orthogonality indices between the forcing vector and the left eigenvectors are minimized. The components of right eigenvectors corresponding to the concerned regions are minimized concurrently. To realistically implement the algorithm, an integrated closed-loop system with state estimator is developed. Numerical simulations are performed to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed method on concurrent disturbance rejection and modal confinement for a isolator rod design. Frequency responses of the isolator in the selected frequency range are illustrated. It is shown that with the simultaneous left-right eigenvector assignment technique, both disturbance rejection and modal confinement can be achieved, and thus the vibration amplitude in the isolated regions can be suppressed significantly.