jimnoneill/paper-to-field-training huggingface dataset:
Consumers' perception on corporate social responsibility: Evidence from Vietnam

Field: Business, Management and Accounting (Social Sciences)

Abstract The purpose of this research focuses on examining the consumers' perception towards corporate social responsibility (CSR) in a developing country via the case of Vietnam. This study was conducted by face‐to‐face interview, and the questionnaire was mailed directly to consumers who are living in the urban and rural areas in Vietnam. The findings of this research are to clarify consumers' perception of CSR issues in Vietnam based on four dimensions of the CSR definition by Carroll in 1991. Therefore, the results are useful for future researchers about CSR and consumers' perception in a developing country. Although, there have been some previous studies about consumers' perception in both developed and developing countries have been chosen. However, this study has applied Carroll's definition with other approach and compared it with other articles that aim to fill this knowledge gap in Vietnam because Vietnam can represent other developing countries nowadays; besides, those results allow enterprises to understand Vietnamese consumers' perception better.
Effect of confining pressure on soil-water characteristic curve and unsaturated shear strength

Field: Engineering (Physical Sciences)

How confining pressure affects the soil-water characteristic curve (SWCC) is not well understood as most SWCC tests are conducted without confining pressure. Furthermore, SWCC fitting parameters obtained from such tests are used to estimate the unsaturated shear strength of soils through predictive equations. Hence, the equations may not give an accurate prediction for the shear strength of soil when confining pressures are applied. To obtain more accurate predictive equations, this project investigated the effect of different confining pressures on the SWCC and unsaturated shear strength of a compacted soil. When confining pressure was increased, the study found that void ratio decreased while air-entry value (AEV) and ϕb increased. The predictive equations, developed by Goh et al. (2010), also appeared to underestimate the unsaturated shear strength beyond the AEV. Hence, some modifications were proposed for the Goh et al. (2010) model for more accurate predictions of unsaturated shear strength when confining pressures are taken into account.
Highly educated Ukrainian migrants in Poland prior to 2022: education, work and integration efforts

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

Drawing on recent original qualitative research, this paper focuses on the under-researched area of highly skilled migration in the relatively new migratory context of Ukrainian migrants to Poland. Commonly, migrants from Ukraine have been found to work in basic low-paid jobs and in an informal, non-regulated capacity; thus, often falling prey to precarious and insecure employment. However, this article focuses on career pathways of highly educated migrants from Ukraine in Poland and explores how they take advantage of their education and qualifications. The analysis is focused on individual-level factors. The paper discusses the findings of 29 individual in-depth interviews. Among the respondents, 15 were working in occupations requiring higher education, and 14 worked below their education. This article contributes to the literature on the use of qualifications of migrant workers from Ukraine in Poland. We found that knowledge of the Polish language, and individual attitudes influence migrants’ use of education/qualifications. The relationship between family composition and the labour market situation of people with higher education is not clearly established in this research. We hope these findings will support the integration efforts of the newly arrived forced migrants from Ukraine in Poland and beyond.
Ventilatory response to head‐down‐tilt in healthy human subjects

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

Abstract Postural fluid shifts may directly affect respiratory control via a complex interaction of baro‐ and chemo‐reflexes, and cerebral blood flow. Few data exist concerning the steady state ventilatory responses during head‐down tilt. We examined the cardiorespiratory responses during acute 50° head‐down tilt (HDT) in 18 healthy subjects (mean [SD] age 27 [10] years). Protocol 1 ( n = 8, two female) was 50° HDT from 60° head‐up posture sustained for 10 min, while exposed to normoxia, normoxic hypercapnia (5% CO 2 ), hypoxia (12% inspired O 2 ) or hyperoxic hypercapnia (95% O 2 , 5% CO 2 ). Protocol 2 ( n = 10, four female) was 50° HDT from supine, sustained for 10 min, while breathing either medical air or normoxic hypercapnic (5% CO 2 ) gas. Ventilation (, pneumotachograph), end‐tidal O 2 and CO 2 concentration and blood pressure (Finapres) were measured continuously throughout each protocol. Middle cerebral artery blood flow velocity (MCAv; transcranial Doppler) was also measured during protocol 2. Ventilation increased significantly ( P < 0.05) compared to baseline during HDT in both hyperoxic hypercapnia (protocol 1 by mean [SD] 139 [26]%) and normoxic hypercapnia (protocol 1 by mean [SD] 131 [21]% and protocol 2 by 129 [23]%), despite no change in or from baseline. No change in was observed during HDT with medical air or hypoxia, and there was no significant change in MCAv during HDT compared to baseline. The absence of change in cerebral blood flow leads us to postulate that the augmented ventilatory response during steep HDT may involve mechanisms related to cerebral venous pressure and venous outflow.
Patterns of Utopia for the English Commonwealth

Field: Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)

During the English Interregnum John Eliot and Gerrard Winstanley wrote their utopias in different hemispheres, depicting different patterns of utopias which offered alternative models of code laws for a divine platform of Government they urged the English to emulate. Their radicalism concerning the royalist power, the political order and stability, the improvement of social conditions and religion tolerance, were depicted within their utopian texts: The Christian Commonwealth and The Law of Freedom. A close analysis of these texts which have never been grouped and brought together by scholars, illustrates the range of the political imagination of their authors and provides an opportunity to examine different ways to deal with political and social concerns and different perspectives for ideal solutions by such writers who were so committed in connecting utopia to reality. Within this extraordinary historical and political context, political action and utopian literature enjoy an unparalleled symbiosis.
SH1865347.08FU

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)

UNITE provides a unified way for delimiting, identifying, communicating, and working with DNA-based Species Hypotheses (SH). All fungal ITS sequences in the international nucleotide sequence databases are clustered to approximately the species level by applying a set of dynamic distance values (<0.5 - 3.0%). All species hypotheses are given a unique, stable name in the form of a DOI, and their taxonomic and ecological annotations are verified through distributed, web-based third-party annotation efforts. SHs are connected to a taxon name and its classification as far as possible (phylum, class, order, etc.) by taking into account identifications for all sequences in the SH. An automatically or manually designated sequence is chosen to represent each such SH. These sequences are released (https://unite.ut.ee/repository.php) for use by the scientific community in, for example, local sequence similarity searches and next-generation sequencing analysis pipelines. The system and the data are updated automatically as the number of public fungal ITS sequences grows.
Effect of Exogenous Thyroxine Supplementation to Reduce the Incidence of Hypothermia in Dairy Calves

Field: Veterinary (Health Sciences)

Higher serum lipids concentration in blood is the major cause of hypothermia due to lesser utilization of lipids by the buffalo calves for generation of body heat (thermogenesis). A study of effect of exogenous thyroxine supplementation on hormonal status in murrah buffalo and crossbreed cow calves has been evaluated. The study was conducted on 12 healthy buffalo calves and 12 cow calves at Livestock Farm (calf unit), Adhartal, N.D.V.S.U., Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. Oral supplementation of thyroxine (0.167 mg/kg body weight), in powder form mixed along with 5 gram jaggery on 15 day interval starting from age of 16-days, 31-days and 46-days. The findings lead to these conclusions that thyroxine supplementation was found mobilisation of lipids and high density lipoprotein cholesterol for heat production to maintain homeostasis. The increased thyroxine level in buffalo calves helped to maintain their body temperature and increased basal metabolic rate, thus helped in their survival and reduced mortality.
Different forms of streptolysin O produced by Streptococcus pyogenes and by Escherichia coli expressing recombinant toxin: cleavage by streptococcal cysteine protease

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

To resolve apparent discrepancies in the literature, N-terminal sequences of the active high- and low-molecular-weight (high- and low-M(r)) forms of native streptolysin O (nSLO) purified from Streptococcus pyogenes culture supernatants and of the similar-size high- and low-M(r) forms of recombinant SLO (rSLO) found in the periplasm of Escherichia coli expressing a cloned slo gene were determined. The high-M(r) forms of nSLO and rSLO are identical, reflecting removal of a 31-residue signal peptide, but the similar-size low-M(r) forms are very different. Removal of C-terminal sequences by proteases in the E. coli periplasm produces an inactive low-M(r) form of rSLO. In contrast, an active low-M(r) form of nSLO is produced by proteolytic cleavage between the N-terminal residues Lys-77 and Leu-78, which was shown to correspond to an extremely sensitive cleavage site for the pyrogenic exotoxin B-derived streptococcal cysteine protease.
The influence of stressful life events, psychopathy, and their interaction on internalizing and externalizing psychopathology

Field: Psychology (Social Sciences)

© 2018 Elsevier B.V. Exposure to stressful life events increases risk for both internalizing and externalizing psychopathology, but less is known about moderators of the association between stressful life events and psychopathology. The present study examined the influence of stressful life events, psychopathy, and their interaction on internalizing and externalizing psychopathology in 3877 individuals from the community. We hypothesized that (1) exposure to stressful life events would be a transdiagnostic risk factor for psychopathology, (2) primary and secondary psychopathy would be differentially associated with internalizing psychopathology, and (3) primary psychopathy would moderate the association between stressful life events and internalizing psychopathology. Confirming existing findings, our results were consistent with the first and second hypotheses. In contrast to our third hypothesis, primary psychopathy was not associated with stressful life events in childhood, inconsistently associated with stressful life events in adolescence, and did not moderate the association between stressful life events and internalizing psychopathology. Furthermore, stressful life events across development were associated with secondary psychopathy and internalizing and externalizing psychopathology. We also found similar associations between stressful life events, psychopathy, and psychopathology in females and males. Future studies investigating the impact of stressful life events on psychopathology should include psychopathic traits and stress-reactivity.
Influence of pin geometry on mechanical and structural properties of butt friction stir welded 2024-T351 aluminum alloy

Field: Engineering (Physical Sciences)

The aim of this work was to investigate the combined effect of small difference in pin geometry, together with rotation and welding speed on the weldability, mechanical and structural properties of FSW 2024-T351 Al plates. The only difference in tool pin design was the shape of thread: regular and rounded. Specimens were welded using rotation rate of 750 rev/min and welding speeds of 73 and 93 mm/min. In all four cases, specimens were defect free, with good or acceptable weld surface. Modification in pin design showed strong influence on macro structure and hardness distribution. Weak places are identified as low hardness zone, close to the nugget zone and are in good agreement with fracture location in tensile testing. Weld efficiency, as a measure of weld quality, are better in case of 310 tool, while UTS values can differ up to 13% for the equal welding parameters. Therefore, it can be assumed that small modification in tool design, particularly in pin geometry, can have great influence on weld formation and mechanical properties.
“Oldest station in the nation”?

Field: Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)

In an article that appeared in Winter 1958–1959 issue of the Journal of Broadcasting, Profesor Gordon Greb added a new contender for the title of “oldest station in the nation.”; As a result, KQW has joined KDKA, WHA and WWJ as a candidate for the honor of primacy in American radio broadcasting. Although Greb's article created as much interest and controversy as any that has appeared in the Journal, it did not—and could not—still the confidence of the other claimants. In the instant article, Mr. R. Franklin Smith does the field of historical radio research a service by setting forth, for the first time, a logical set of criteria by which to judge these conflicting claims. To illustrate he has utilized early records of WHA. Using these criteria, it is shown that WHA cannot claim to have been a true broadcasting station before the latter part of 1920. Comparison of the claims of the several contenders is outside the scope of this article. However, it would be extremely interesting if these criteria were applied to the conflicting claims by persons having access to the detailed station records and other data necessary for thorough analysis. Perhaps Mr. Smith has given us the impetus and the tools necessary for determining which station really was the “oldest in the nation.”
Growth inhibitory and chemosensitizing effects of chemotherapeutic agents by ZD6474 (vandetanib) in human gastric cancer cells

Field: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (Life Sciences)

1437 There is evidence that links cellgrowth and angiogenesis in gastric cancer (GC). One promising treatment approach in GC involvestherapeutic agents that inhibit cell growth and angiogenesis. Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) signaling pathway is also deregulated in GC. ZD6474 (vandetanib, Astra Zeneca) is a small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) that specifically inhibits the VEGFR (vascular endothelial growth factor receptor) and EGFR. In the TMK-1 xenograft model, McCarty MF et al reported that ZD6474 could reduce tumor cell proliferation, increase tumor cell apoptosis, and decrease microvessel density (Mol Cancer Ther 2004; 3: 1041).  A panel of human gastric cancer ATCC cell lines was used in this study, including KATO-III, SNU-1, AGS, and N87, etc. Both EGFR and VEGFR-2 isoform were detected in AGS, KATO-III, SNU-1, and N87 by western blot analysis (HUVEC cells were used as a positive control for VEGFR-2 western blotting). EGFR and VEGFR-2 isoform most abundantly expressed in SNU-1 and KATO-III cells. Using MTT colorimetric assay, growth inhibitory effects by ZD6474 was found in GC cells, with an IC50 of 2.5±0.3, 5.1±0.4, and 8.2±0.6 μM in KATO-III, SNU-1, and AGS cells, respectively. Chemosensitizing effects of ZD6474 (vandetanib) for chemotherapeutic agents (gemcitabine, oxaliplatin, or 5-fluorouracil, etc.) were explored in SNU-1 cells, which were highly VEGFR-2 and EGFR expressing, as a model. Using MTT assay and median effect analysis with a fixed ratio (1:1000) of two-drug combination, gemcitabine and ZD6474 showed synergistic growth inhibition with a combination index (CI)
Sabah: breakthrough in the fixed deposit state

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

The Malaysian General Election 2014 (GE14) was one of the most anticipated in Malaysia’s political history as it was to determine the fate of Barisan Nasional (BN) under the leadership of the scandal-hit Prime Minister, Najib Razak. As in the 2008 and 2013 general elections, the East Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak once again became the frontline – or ‘fixed deposit’ – states as their support was crucial for BN’s survival. There were multiple claims that BN would return to power in Sabah once again, albeit with a reduced majority considering the strong anti-BN sentiment that was felt across all strata of society. The chances of Parti Warisan Sabah (Warisan), the key opposition party in the state, were downplayed as it was assumed that the party’s strength was only concentrated in the East Coast of Sabah. Hence, to comprehend BN’s defeat in the GE14, it is significant to turn towards the particular affinities and affiliations, particular commonalities and connections, particular stories and self-understandings, particular problems and predicaments of the socio-political dynamics in Sabah. Contrary to the claims that national politics were disconnected from Sabah, ‘problems and predicaments’ emanating from Peninsular Malaysia did indeed have a ‘connection and commonality’ upon the way they impacted people’s voting decision. The external factor of the strong tide of the anti-BN sentiment, fortified with the internal particularities of the political dynamics in the ‘stories and self-understandings’ of constituencies, illustrates how a jolt was caused in BN’s power bases.
High Speed Chemical Vapor Communication Using Photoionization Detectors in Turbulent Flow

Field: Chemical Engineering (Physical Sciences)

We consider data transfer between a chemical vapor emitter and photoionization detectors (PIDs) in a constrained airstream (flow tube). Owing to flow unsteadiness, the system is stochastic so that Karhunen-Loeve (K-L) channel characterization is useful. We project sensor traces onto a K-L-derived signal space, formulate likelihood ratios and obtain high bit rates (≥ 10 bps) at low probability of error (≪ 0.01) over meter-scale emitter-sensor separations. At higher data rates (30 and 40 bps) inter-symbol interference (ISI) requires we enlarge the K-L characterization window to include earlier bit intervals. By taking prior bits into account we achieve error rates on the order of ≈ 0.01 at 40 bps. We consider the effects of flow rate and timing jitter on performance. Within the limits of our experimental apparatus, the probability of error decreases with increasing wind speed, owing to decreased ISI at higher wind velocity, but perhaps also as a result of previously derived fundamental bounds related to jitter.
Reproductive Toxicity of Tricresyl Phosphate in a Continuous Breeding Protocol in Swiss (CD-1) Mice

Field: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (Life Sciences)

Reproductive Toxicity of Tricresyl Phosphate in a Continuous Breeding Protocol in Swiss (CD-I) Mice. CHAPIN, R. E., GEORGE, J. D., AND LAMB, J. C. IV. (1988). Fundam. Appl. Toxi-col. 10, 344-354. The effects of a mixture of tricresyl phosphate isomers on reproductive performance in Swiss (CD-I) mice were evaluated using a continuous breeding protocol. Tricresyl phosphate (TCP) was mixed into the feed at 0, 0.05, 0.1, and 0.2&percnt; by weight. Although the fertility index was not changed in the animals consuming the high-concentration feed, the number of litters per pair decreased in a dose-related fashion, and the proportion of pups born alive, and their weight, was significantly decreased in the high-dose group. A crossover mating trial found impaired fertility in both males and females exposed to 0.2&percnt; TCP, with a greater effect in females. Histopathology of the Fo pairs revealed dose-related seminiferous tubule atrophy, and decreased testis and epididymal weights in the high-dose males, while the female reproductive tract showed no histopathologic changes. There were dose-related changes in the adrenals of both sexes, and body weight was depressed in both sexes at the highest concentration. The last litter born in the 98-day breeding phase was reared to age 74 days and then mated within the control and two of the treatment groups (0.0,0.05, and 0.1 &percnt; TCP; there were too few offspring in the 0.2&percnt; group). There was a decrease in the fertility index in the 0.1&percnt; TCP group, and a decreased proportion of liveborn and number of liveborn pups per litter. In the F, males at necropsy, sperm concentration and morphology were normal at termination, although motility was decreased in both the 0.05&percnt; and the 0.1&percnt; groups compared to controls. These data show that TCP impaired fertility in both sexes of mice in the Fo generation and affected sperm motility at even the lowest dose in F, males.
The Cambridge Companion to Thomas Reid

Field: Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)

Book Review| January 01 2009 The Cambridge Companion to Thomas Reid Terence Cuneo and René van Woudenberg, eds., The Cambridge Companion to Thomas Reid. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. xxii + 369 pp. Rebecca Copenhaver Rebecca Copenhaver Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google The Philosophical Review (2009) 118 (1): 115–121. https://doi.org/10.1215/00318108-2008-034 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Rebecca Copenhaver; The Cambridge Companion to Thomas Reid. The Philosophical Review 1 January 2009; 118 (1): 115–121. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00318108-2008-034 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 Books & JournalsAll JournalsThe Philosophical Review Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Cornell University2009 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.
Polymerization Fidelity of a Replicative DNA Polymerase from the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus P2

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

Sulfolobus solfataricus P2 is an aerobic crenarchaeon which grows optimally at 80 degrees C and pH 2-4. This organism encodes a B-family DNA polymerase, DNA polymerase B1 (PolB1), which faithfully replicates its genome of 3 million base pairs. Using pre-steady-state kinetic methods, we estimated the fidelity of PolB1 to be in the range of 10(-6) to 10(-8), or one error per 10(6) to 10(8) nucleotide incorporations in vivo. To discern how the polymerase and 3' --> 5' exonuclease activities contribute to the high fidelity of PolB1, an exonuclease-deficient mutant of PolB1 was constructed by mutating three conserved residues at the exonuclease active site. The base substitution fidelity of this mutant was kinetically measured to be in the range of 10(-4) to 10(-6) at 37 degrees C and pH 7.5. PolB1 exhibited high fidelity due to large differences in both ground-state nucleotide binding affinity and nucleotide incorporation rates between correct and incorrect nucleotides. The kinetic partitioning between the slow mismatch extension catalyzed by the polymerase activity and the fast mismatch excision catalyzed by the 3' --> 5' exonuclease activity further lowers the error frequency of PolB1 by 14-fold. Furthermore, the base substitution error frequency of the exonuclease-deficient PolB1 increased by 5-fold as the reaction temperature increased. Interestingly, the fidelity of the exonuclease-deficient PolB1 mutant increased by 36-fold when the buffer pH was lowered from 8.5 to 6.0. A kinetic basis for these temperature and pH changes altering the fidelity of PolB1 was established. The faithful replication of genomic DNA catalyzed by PolB1 is discussed.