jimnoneill/paper-to-field-training huggingface dataset:
Biosorption of chromium (VI) from aqueous solution by seed powder of prickly pear ( Opuntia ficus indica L.) fruits

Field: Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)

The solid residue of the cold press oil extraction from prickly pear (Opuntia ficus indica L.) fruit seeds was evaluated as a low-cost biosorbent for biosorption of Cr(VI) from aqueous solutions. Batch experiments were conducted as a function of initial pH, contact time, biosorbent dose, initial Cr(VI) concentration, and temperature. Biosorption was highly pH-dependent and found to be maximum at pH 1.0. Langmuir and Freundlich equations fitted very well with experimental data. The maximum monolayer adsorption capacity was 19.61 mg/g at 298 K and pH 1.0. Biosorption kinetics was controlled by the pseudo-second-order model. Thermodynamic parameters indicated that biosorption of Cr(VI) was a spontaneous, favorable and endothermic process. The activation energy was found to be 40.68 kJ.mol−1.
Profile of Congenital Transverse Deficiencies among Cases of Congenital Orthopaedic Anomalies

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

The authors showed the data of congenital amputation in 36 cases among the physically handicapped individuals (who attended a district level hospital for the purpose of obtaining a handicap certificate) during the period from 1 January 1999 to 31 December 2000. Out of 3,550 individuals, we found 612 with congenital orthopaedic anomalies, which accounted for 17.2%. Of these 612 individuals, we noted 36 cases with congenital amputation (amputation through digits and toes were not included). Both unilateral and bilateral congenital amputations were much more common in the upper extremity as compared to lower extremity. Not a single case of simultaneous upper and lower extremity involvement was seen. The most common transverse deficiency in the upper limb was through the forearm, and in the lower limb it was through the foot. Congenital amputation was common in males with a gender ratio of 3.5:1. Left limb involvement was twice as much as right limb involvement, and it was common in both sexes. Bilateral limb involvement was seen only in males.
A coaxial-type 1.3/1.55 μm WDM-PD module for optical access networks

Field: Engineering (Physical Sciences)

A new 1.3/1.55 /spl mu/m WDM/photodiode(PD) module has been designed and fabricated for use in optical access networks. A 1.3 /spl mu/m-PD and a 1.55 /spl mu/m-PD were arranged in series along the optical axis in a coaxial package. The 1.3 /spl mu/m-PD with an In/sub 0.66/Ga/sub 0.34/As/sub 0.76/P/sub 0.24/ photosensitive layer (/spl lambda//sub g/=1.42 /spl mu/m) absorbs 1.3 /spl mu/m digital optical signals and it is transparent to 1.55 /spl mu/m wavelength. The 1.55 /spl mu/m-PD with an In/sub 0.53/Ga/sub 0.47/As photosensitive layer absorbs 1.55 /spl mu/m analog optical signals. Responsivity of the module is 0.82 A/W at 1.31 /spl mu/m wavelength and 0.75 A/W at 1.55 /spl mu/m wavelength, respectively. IMD2 of the 1.55 /spl mu/m-PD measured by two-tone method was -76.1 dBc at Pf(1.55 /spl mu/m) of -6 dBm. Bit error rate (BER) of the 1.3 /spl mu/m-PD was measured at 28.8 Mb/s by using an amplifier with bandwidth of 200 MHz and was found to be less than 10/sup -8/ at Pf(1.3 /spl mu/m) of -30 dBm.
Double-Filtering Algorithm Based on Airborne LiDAR Data of Urban

Field: Computer Science (Physical Sciences)

Airborne laser radar scanning techniques can obtain three-dimensional coordinates of ground point quickly in a high accuracy,but the first task of LiDAR data processing is point cloud filtering,that is the separation of ground point and non-ground point.Traditional filtering methods are mostly based on a certain terrain conditions or a small amount of data.Then,a new double-filtering method for the complex three dimensional point cloud was proposed: building the triangulation,and filtering out part of the point cloud according to the angle of the triangular facets and dividing the rest point into the regular grid;and then filtering the height difference that is greater than a certain threshold with the moving least squares surface fitting,and finally gaining ground point cloud.
The Effect of Conditioning on the Height of Dancer's Extension in à la Seconde

Field: Health Professions (Health Sciences)

The purpose of this study was to document the effects on the height of the gesture leg in dancer's extension in à la seconde (the combined actions of hip flexion, external rotation, and abduction) following a six-week regimen of conditioning aimed specifically at the hip flexors. Sixteen intermediate and advanced college age female dancers in a university dance program were invited to participate as a convenience sample on a volunteer basis. The subjects were divided in half, eight serving as the control group and eight serving as the treatment group. The control group continued their usual dance regimen for the six-week period. The treatment group added five minutes of therapeutic exercise three times per week following their usual dance regimen for the six-week period. T-tests served to compare the pre-test and post-test scores for the control and experimental groups. There was a significant difference in the mean height of the gesture leg in the experimental group (+ 6.25 inches, p = 0.001). There was no significant difference in the mean height of the gesture leg in the control group. Extra conditioning targeting hip flexion has been shown to be beneficial in this small sample of intermediate and advanced university dancers. Potentially, adequate strength in this vital area of the dancer's body may enhance performance and help reduce compensations that can lead to injury.
“Mother-Warriors”: Queer Motherhood as Resistance in Arundhati Roy’sThe Ministry of Utmost Happiness

Field: Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)

This article examines the motifs of queer motherhood and womanhood in Arundhati Roy’s novel The Ministry of Utmost Happiness as strategies of resistance against an increasingly totalitarian Indian state, particularly in light of the resurgence of Hindutva extremism and state-sanctioned repression of sexual, gender, caste, and religion-based minorities. Drawing on scholarship from queer theory, South Asian, and motherhood studies, and their underemphasized intersections, I interpret the novel’s recalibration of adoptive adult-female/female-child relationships as a legitimate queer feminist praxis that, in turn, signals ahead to a utopian future that will pose an ideological challenge to the heteropatriarchal institutions of a nation currently experiencing the detrimental impacts of global capitalism and neoliberalism. I go on to contend that Roy’s portrayal of the two female protagonists and their queered relationship to two abandoned girl children, whom they adopt and care for without the sanction of social and legal systems, is a direct critique of the devaluation of the lives of South Asian girl children and a violation of the norms of compulsory heteronormativity. Lastly, I supplement my reading of queer motherhood in the novel with analysis of both mainstream and academic discourses on real hijra mother-adoptive daughter relationships.
Over-Expression of Catharanthus roseus Apoplastic Peroxidase (CrPrx) Gene Associated with Late Downstream Steps of TIAs Pathway at whole plant level.

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)

Abstract

Agrobacterium rhizogenes mediated genetic transformation for hairy root production was carried out to explore the possibility of recovering transgenic plants from hairy roots with over expressed limiting pathway Apoplastic peroxidase gene ( CrPrx ). For generating ( CrPrx ) over-expressing hairy roots, the leaves of C. roseus cv. Dhawal culture were infected with A. rhizogenes strain A 4 harboring Ri plasmid and a pBI 121- CrPrx construct. 15 independent roots clones finally established were christened as NV-C1 to NV-C15 clones. Maximum expressions of genes (RQ=8.23 ± 0.23) was observed in root lines NV-C7 followed by NV-C6(RQ=6.44 ± 0.21) and NV-C11(RQ=5.59 ± 0.30). The direct regeneration of shoots from hairy root explants co-cultured with A.rhizogenes resulted in integration of CrPrx gene in the regenerated progeny. Nearly 78.3% root explants formed adventitious shoot buds on to an optimized regeneration medium (1.0 m/l NAA+5.0 mg/l BAP). CrPrx overexpressing tisssues registered 2.00-2.54 higher level of mRNA transcripted strictosidine synthase (STR), tryptophan decarboxylase (TDC), 0.8 and 0.75 fold lesser level of CrPrx 1 in NV-C7 root tissues as compare to their non-transformed controls. HPLC analysis revealed that CrPrx overexpressing NV-C7 roots had 3 folds more ajmalicine and serpentine content over parent NVST roots comparatively for Catharanthine, this enhancement was 2 folds, while shoots regenerated from NV-C7 and NVST showed ajmalicine accumulation elevated by a factor of 2.5 as well as also favored the near doubling of vindoline content which in turn resulted in better vincristine and vinblastine content. NV-C7 root line and its respective shoot progeny is promising tissue in terms of TIA’s productivity at the whole plant level.
Survey of the incidence and distribution of viruses infecting yam (Dioscorea spp.) in Ghana and Togo

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)

Yam leaves were collected during surveys of major yam producing agro-ecological zones (AEZs) in Ghana (n = 628) and Togo (n = 218) respectively, in 2005. Leaf tissues were tested for Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), Dioscorea mottle virus (DMoV), Yam mild mosaic virus (YMMV), Yam mosaic virus (YMV) and badnaviruses by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), immunocapture-polymerase chain reaction (IC-PCR) and/or IC-reverse transcription-PCR (IC-RT-PCR). Eighty-one percent (370/459) and 78.9% (127/161) of symptomatic leaf samples from Ghana and Togo, respectively and 56.2% (95/169) and 57.9% (33/57) of non-symptomatic leaf samples, reacted positive to CMV, YMMV, YMV and/or badnaviruses, but DMoV was not detected. The highest incidence of YMV and badnaviruses was observed in the forest–savannah transition and Guinea savannah AEZ respectively in Ghana. In Togo, incidence of badnaviruses across the four AEZ ranged from 50 to 57.9%; however, Savane Derivée Seche AEZ had the highest incidence of badnaviruses (57.9%), YMV (34.2%) and CMV (7.9%). Mixed infection of badnaviruses and YMMV was the most frequent (105 of 276 mixed infections) in the two countries and Dioscorea alata was more heavily infected than D. rotundata in both countries.
LHD imp02 #171249.1 (analyzed)

Field: Physics and Astronomy (Physical Sciences)

Line intensities of Lyman-alpha and some impurity ions to monitor impurity behaviors, which use 20cm normal incidence monochromators, grazing incidence monochromator, and interference filter + photomultipliers (or + APD), for CIV, OVI, HI, FeXVI, CIII and OV.
Subtyping of psychiatric disorders: implications for drug development

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

Psychiatric diagnosis suffers from being based on phenomenology and not on pathophysiology. Data are presented showing that psychiatric patients reveal consistent quantitative electroencephalographic abnormalities, such that they can be separated from normals and from each other. Clustering these pathophysiological groupings reveals an underlying variability, which permits useful subtyping. Data are presented relating subtyping to pharmacological treatment.
Automatic generation of configurable test-suites for software product lines

Field: Computer Science (Physical Sciences)

\n Software Product Line Engineering (SPLE) is an approach used in the development of similar products, which explores the systematic reuse of software artifacts. The SPLE process has several activities executed to ensure software quality. Quality assurance is of vital importance for achieving and maintaining a high quality of all kinds of artifacts, such as products and processes. Testing activities are widely used in the industry for quality management. However, the effort for applying testing is usually high, and increasing the testing efficiency is a major concern of all systems engineering activities. A common means of increasing efficiency is automation of the test execution and the test design. Automated test design can be performed using approaches such as Model-Based Testing (MBT) in which the real behavior of a software system is compared to an abstract test model. Several techniques, processes, and strategies were developed for SPLE testing, but still many problems are open in this area of research. The challenge in focus is the reduction of the overall test effort required to test SPLE products. Test effort can be reduced by maximizing test reuse using models that take advantage of the similarity between products. The thesis goal is to automate the generation of small test-suites with high fault detection and low test redundancy between products. To achieve the goal, equivalent tests are identified for a set of products using complete and configurable test-suites. Two research directions are explored, one is product-based centered, and the other is product line-centered. For test design, test-suites that have full fault coverage were generated from state machines with and without feature constraints. A prototype implementation tool was developed for test design automation. In addition, the proposed approach was evaluated using examples, experimental studies, and an industrial case study for the automotive domain. The results indicates test effort reduction of 36% in the first research direction for a product line with 24 products, and in the second research direction increasing test effort reduction based on the number of products that require testing. For 6 products 15% reduction (from case study), and for 20 random products 50% reduction (from experimental studies).\n
VIEWPOINT WHO Tiered-Effectiveness Counseling Is Rights-Based Family Planning

Field: Health Professions (Health Sciences)

Contraceptive effectiveness is the leading characteristic for most women when choosing a method, but they often are not well informed about effectiveness of methods. Because of the serious consequences of ‘‘misinformed choice,’ ’ counseling should proactively discuss the most effective methods—long-acting reversible contraceptives and permanent methods—using the WHO tiered-effectiveness model. Improving access to long-acting, reversible methods ofcontraception (LARCs)—which provide highly effec-tive, long-term, and easy-to-use protection against unintended pregnancy—is of crucial importance to the lives of countless individual women. Yet, among family planning experts, consensus remains elusive on the important issue of whether and how client counseling should emphasize this top tier of highly effective contraceptive methods. Research consistently shows women believe effectiveness is one of the most important factors—usually the most important factor— when choosing a contraceptive method,1 but accurate
High Resolution Two-Dimensional Electrophoretic Study of Human Seminal Plasma Proteins

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

A comprehensive biochemical screening procedure for the evaluation of seminal plasma constituents is needed which, when used in conjunction with semen analysis, can provide the physician with both qualitative and quantitative information regarding the fertility status of an individual. High resolution two-dimensional electrophoresis is a technique whereby proteins in a complex mixture such as a biological fluid are separated in one dimension by molecular charge and in the second dimension by molecular mass. It has been the purpose of this investigation to adapt and evaluate this technique for the analysis of human seminal plasma. Our efforts have shown that this technique is potentially useful for use as an andrological screening procedure. Distinct protein patterns have been produced containing up to two hundred detectable components with several proteins having been either tentatively or positively identified.
Molecular characteristics of class 1 integrons in Salmonella Enterica isolated from poultry and swine

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

A total of a hundred and fifty Salmonella enterica isolated from poultry and swine representing 31 serovars were used in this study. Antibiotic susceptibility was examined and resistance pattern was analyzed. All the isolates were investigated for occurrence and characteristics of class 1 integrons. Localization of class 1 integrons and their transferability were assessed by conjugal experiment. The presence of Salmonella genomic islands were assessed. The S. enterica strains that were resistant to at least one of antibiotic were 86% and 59.3% was multidrug resistant. Two common resistance patterns found were the SPC-STR-SUL (6.21%) and the AMP-CHP-SPC-STR-SUL-TET-TRI (6.21%) phenotype. The intI1 gene was present in 25.6%, of which 55.5% carried gene cassettes with size ranging from 650 to 2,300 bp. Sequence analysis revealed 10 distinct Integrons profiles (IPs), in which genes blaPSE-1, dfrA1, dfrA12, aadA2, aadA4, silB, incompleted sat and incompleted codB were present in variable regions. The gene cassettes array dfrA1-orfC was most frequenly found among the isolates. Class 1 integrons were identified on conjugative plasmid in 7 Salmonella isolates. SGI1 variants (SGI1-A and SGI1-F) were present in 9 isolates belonging to serovars Albany, Emek, Kedougou and Kingston.
Portal and peripheral blood short chain fatty acid concentrations after caecal lactulose instillation at surgery.

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

The major end products of fermentation, short chain fatty acids (acetate, propionate, butyrate) were measured in portal and peripheral venous blood after the caecal instillation of lactulose at surgery in patients undergoing elective cholecystectomy. Blood samples for short chain fatty acid measurement were taken before and at 15 minute intervals up to 60 minutes after caecal instillation of either 20 ml sterile saline or 6.7 g or 10 g lactulose. Fasting concentrations (n = 28) were (mumol/l, mean (SD)); portal acetate 128.0 (70.8), propionate 34.4 (23.3), butyrate 17.6 (18.4); peripheral acetate 67.0 (23.0), propionate 3.7 (1.2), butyrate traces only. After lactulose there was a rapid rise in portal short chain fatty acids with peak concentrations being reached in 15 to 45 minutes. Mean peak concentrations (mumol/l (SD)) after 10 g lactulose were acetate 240.9 (142.2), propionate 39.0 (17.8) and butyrate 26.9 (17.6). The changes in acetate concentrations seen in portal blood were reflected in peripheral blood acetate measurements. In contrast with portal blood, only small amounts of propionate and traces of butyrate were found in peripheral blood.
The Quality of Work Index Luxembourg (QoWIL): A multidimensional approach and its links to well-being at work.

Field: Psychology (Social Sciences)

Quality of work is a very often used and complex concept. We will present a new conceptualization of quality of work, compare it with the European Working Conditions Survey framework to measure job quality (Eurofund, 2017), and structure it with the help of the Job Demands-Resources model (Bakker & Demerouti, 2017). Based on this conceptualization we developed and validated a new measure of quality of work, the Quality of Work Index – Luxembourg (QoWIL) in three different languages (German, French, Luxembourgish). The QoWIL is composed of 43 items, focusing on four areas of work – work intensity, job design, physical conditions, and social conditions (subdivided in eleven components) – which are particularly important for employees’ well-being. Data were collected via computer-assisted telephone interviews in a representative sample of 1,522 employees working in Luxembourg (aged 17–67 years; 57.2% male). Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the proposed factors structure and scalar measurement invariance for the three different language versions. Internal consistencies were satisfactory for all subscales (Cronbach’s α between .70 and .87). Correlations and hierarchical regression analysis with different psychological health measures (i.e., burnout, general well-being, psychosomatic complaints, work satisfaction, vigor) and subjective work performance confirmed the construct validity of the new questionnaire. We conclude that the QoWIL is globally and on the level of the sub-categories an effective tool to measure work quality, which could be used to compare work quality between organizations and different countries. Furthermore, the current study confirms associations between the different components of quality of work and employees health. Therefore, this new tool allows to monitor and to benchmark quality of work and health outcomes and compare them with each other, across gender, age, nationality and work sector.
LIDAR-Camera Fusion for Road Detection Using Fully Convolutional Neural\n Networks

Field: Computer Science (Physical Sciences)

In this work, a deep learning approach has been developed to carry out road\ndetection by fusing LIDAR point clouds and camera images. An unstructured and\nsparse point cloud is first projected onto the camera image plane and then\nupsampled to obtain a set of dense 2D images encoding spatial information.\nSeveral fully convolutional neural networks (FCNs) are then trained to carry\nout road detection, either by using data from a single sensor, or by using\nthree fusion strategies: early, late, and the newly proposed cross fusion.\nWhereas in the former two fusion approaches, the integration of multimodal\ninformation is carried out at a predefined depth level, the cross fusion FCN is\ndesigned to directly learn from data where to integrate information; this is\naccomplished by using trainable cross connections between the LIDAR and the\ncamera processing branches.\n To further highlight the benefits of using a multimodal system for road\ndetection, a data set consisting of visually challenging scenes was extracted\nfrom driving sequences of the KITTI raw data set. It was then demonstrated\nthat, as expected, a purely camera-based FCN severely underperforms on this\ndata set. A multimodal system, on the other hand, is still able to provide high\naccuracy. Finally, the proposed cross fusion FCN was evaluated on the KITTI\nroad benchmark where it achieved excellent performance, with a MaxF score of\n96.03%, ranking it among the top-performing approaches.\n
Dinuclear Mg Complex-Mediated Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactones: High Molecular Weight and Enhanced Performance

Field: Chemical Engineering (Physical Sciences)

Poly(caprolactone) (PCL) is a promising biomaterial for applications in tissue engineering, drug delivery systems, and elastomers. However, low catalytic efficiency hinders the synthesis of PCL with a high molecular weight (MW), greatly impeding its performance. Herein, we address this issue using a bimetallic synergistic catalysis strategy, wherein a dinuclear Mg complex is developed for catalyzing the ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of ε-caprolactone (ε-CL) with a low catalyst loading, yielding PCL with an MW as high as 480.0 kg/mol. PCLs with high MWs and low dispersities exhibit enhanced thermal and mechanical properties that are superior to those of PCLs produced with industrial catalysts. In addition, the bimetallic synergistic catalysis strategy enables the controlled ROP of ε-CL and a high tolerance to various chain transfer agents, thus enabling the production of various PCL-based polyols. Moreover, the dinuclear Mg complex can facilitate the ROP of other lactones, thus accessing diverse aliphatic polyesters.