jimnoneill/paper-to-field-training huggingface dataset:
Information security in offshoring business processes: Design and implementation of controls guidelines

In the times of emerging technologies and rising individuals’ awareness more light is shed on privacy and associated risks. This does not go unnoticed by regulators, that develop and enforce tighter requirements towards organisations. Simultaneously, outsourcing relationships develop and offshoring as well as nearshoring are still popular among cost-optimisation methods. While many security methods are discovered and developed and numerous standards and best practices exist that talk about information security management systems, there is only limited literature on how to develop and implement these controls so that they bring the expected value. The goal of this research was to present guidelines for designing and implementing information security management system controls on basis of identified risks and issues with controls existing at the time. This was to support existing financial institutions with improving their internal controls for information security when engaging in offshoring relationships. The goal was achieved through qualitative methods: case study observation followed by a questionnaire that was distributed among and answered by information security advisors and specialists with extensive experience in financial sector. Case study is a Swiss globally operating bank that outsources its processes to a number of offshore and nearshore locations. The bank has had a number of controls and processes already well established at the time of the research. This research confirms that financial institutions face various obstacles and issues at different phases of offshoring. The most commonly identified included: dispersed responsibilities, issues arising at the time of offshoring that could be identified prior to decision to outsource and finally – lack of power to enforce technical controls over vendors. The guidelines developed include but are not limited to: focus on additional areas when preparing for offshoring initative, establishing and defining responsibilities across different teams in the organisation and with the vendor and defining detailed contractual clauses. The findings from this thesis also open opportunities for further research – to investigate the relationship between these guidelines and efficiency of information security management system or to quantify impact of these guidelines in order to prioritise them. Similar research could also be conducted in other sectors and organisations to provide evidence for the research generalization.

Topic: Outsourcing and Supply Chain Management
Subfield: Management Information Systems
Field: Business, Management and Accounting
Domain: Social Sciences
Fecal bacteriotherapy eliminates established &lt;i&gt;K&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;i&gt;pneumoniae&lt;/i&gt; and VRE intestinal domination.

&lt;p&gt;(A) Experimental design. Mice were treated with ampicillin for 8 days. On day 5 of ampicillin treatment, mice were simultaneously infected with 5x10&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt; CFU of VRE and &lt;i&gt;K&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;i&gt;pneumoniae&lt;/i&gt; (Kpn). Three days post infection, ampicillin treatment was stopped. Mice were administered PBS or a fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) from an untreated mouse on three consecutive days starting on the third day after ampicillin cessation. (B, C) VRE and &lt;i&gt;K&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;i&gt;pneumoniae&lt;/i&gt; burden was quantified in fecal pellets at the indicated time points after the last PBS (B) or FMT (C) dose. (D, E) PBS- and FMT-treated mice were sacrificed on day 10 following the last treatment dose and numbers of &lt;i&gt;K&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;i&gt;pneumoniae&lt;/i&gt; (D) and VRE (E) CFU were quantified in the duodenum, ileum and cecum. L.O.D., limit of detection. n ≥ 5 per group. (B-E) **&lt;i&gt;P&lt;/i&gt;&lt;0.005 by the Mann-Whitney test.&lt;/p&gt;

Topic: Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
Subfield: Infectious Diseases
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Quasi-structured quadrilateral meshing in Gmsh -- a robust pipeline for complex CAD models

We propose an end-to-end pipeline to robustly generate high-quality quadrilateral meshes for complex CAD models. An initial quad-dominant mesh is generated with frontal point insertion guided by a locally integrable cross field and a scalar size map adapted to the small CAD features. After triangle combination and midpoint-subdivision into an all-quadrilateral mesh, the topology of the mesh is modified to reduce the number of irregular vertices. The idea is to preserve the irregular vertices matching cross-field singularities and to eliminate the others. The topological modifications are either local and based on disk quadrangulations, or more global with the remeshing of patches of quads according to predefined patterns. Validity of the quad mesh is guaranteed by monitoring element quality during all operations and reverting the changes when necessary. Advantages of our approach include robustness, strict respect of the CAD features and support for user-prescribed size constraints. The quad mesher, which is available in Gmsh, is validated and illustrated on two datasets of CAD models.

Topic: Computational Geometry and Mesh Generation
Subfield: Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
07 Mazhar Bey Report - Resit

[This is a long document. Please consult the index for full information]The encrypted written correspondence between the Bogazlian [Boğazlıyan] Military Commander Mustafa Bey and the Ankara 5th Army Commander Halil Recai Bey on 22 June 1915, regarding the fate of the 14 Armenians who were arrested in Yozgat; the telegraph sent by Colonel Shahabeddin Bey [Şahabeddin] to Halil Recai Bey, informing him that the 130 Armenians in Yozgat had been killed by order of the Yozgat District Governor Kemal Bey.The encrypted written correspondence between the Bogazlian [Boğazlıyan] Military Commander Mustafa Bey and the Ankara 5th Army Commander Halil Recai Bey on 22 June 1915, regarding the fate of the 14 Armenians who were arrested in Yozgat; the telegraph sent by Colonel Shahabeddin Bey [Şahabeddin] to Halil Recai Bey, informing him that the 130 Armenians in Yozgat had been killed by order of the Yozgat District Governor Kemal Bey.The testimony of Mazhar Efendi, stating that the Armenians who had come in the Armenian convoy from Erzurum had been massacred in Kahta by Sadi, Canip, Macit and Dr. Fuad.The draft text written by the Military Tribunal Member Captain Fazil Bey [Fazıl Bey], pointing to the existence of various testimonies on the topic of how and by whom the Armenians in the Mamuret-ul-Aziz Province had been annihilated.The telegraphs sent by Talat regarding the topic of the deportation of Armenians, and their German translations.The investigation of the Mazhar Bey Commission on 22 December 1918, regarding the role of the Sivas Governor-General Muammer Bey in the annihilation of the Armenians in the labor battalions; the telegraph sent by Talat Pasha to the Governor-General Atif Bey [Atıf Bey], regarding the annihilation without exception of the Armenians; the miserable condition of the starving and thirsty Armenian deportees; and the offer of conversion provided to the Armenian deportees.[This is a long document. Please consult the index for full information]

Topic: Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics
Subfield: Political Science and International Relations
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Socioeconomic Inequality of Non-Communicable Risk Factors among People Living in Kurdistan Province, Islamic Republic of Iran

Background: The most fundamental way to decrease the burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) is to identify and control their related risk factors. The goal of this study is to determine socioeconomic inequalities in risk factors for NCDs using concentration index based on Non-Communicable Disease Surveillance Survey (NCDSS) data in Kurdistan province, Islamic Republic of Iran in 2005 and 2009. Methods: The required data for this study are taken from two NCDSSs in Kurdistan province in 2005 and 2009. A total of 2,494 persons in 2005 and 997 persons in 2009 were assessed. Concentration index was used to determine socioeconomic inequality. To assess the relationship between the prevalence of each risk factor and socioeconomic status (SES), logistic regression was used and odds ratio (OR) was calculated for each group, compared with the poorest group. Results: The concentration index for hypertension was -0.095 (-0.158, -0.032) in 2005 and -0.080 (-0.156, -0.003) in 2009. The concentration index for insufficient consumption of fruits and vegetables was -0.117 (-0.153, -0.082) in 2005 and -0.100 (-0.153, -0.082) in 2009. The concentration index for the consumption of unhealthy fat and oil was -0.034 (-0.049, -0.019) in 2005 and -0.108 (-0.165, -0.051) in 2009. The concentration index for insufficient consumption of fish was -0.070 (-0.096, -0.044) in 2005. The concentration index for physical inactivity was 0.008 (-0.057, 0.075) in 2005 and 0.139 (0.063, 0.215) in 2009. In all the cases, the OR of the richest group to the poorest group was significant. Conclusion: Hypertension, insufficient consumption of fruits and vegetables, consumption of unhealthy fat and oil, and insufficient consumption of fish are more prevalent among poor groups. There was no significant socioeconomic inequality in the distribution of smoking, excess weight, and hypercholesterolemia. Physical inactivity was more prevalent among the rich groups of society in 2009. The reduction of socioeconomic inequalities must become a main goal in health-care policies.

Topic: Health and Well-being Studies
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Active Earth Fault Current Compensation in Medium Voltage Grids

The active earth fault current compensation technique in medium voltage grids using a power converter is presented. The converter connected with the grid in parallel can produce the zero sequence compensation current opposite the ground fault current. The grid model with the converter in αβ-components is considered and the key challenges of the fault measurement and identification are described. Finally, the simulation results are given.

Topic: High-Voltage Power Transmission Systems
Subfield: Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
A fixed-point approximation for a routing model in equilibrium

We use a method of Luczak (arXiv:1212.3231) to investigate the equilibrium distribution of a dynamic routing model on a network. In this model, there are $n$ nodes, each pair joined by a link of capacity $C$. For each pair of nodes, calls arrive for this pair of endpoints as a Poisson process with rate $λ$. A call for endpoints $\{u,v\}$ is routed directly onto the link between the two nodes if there is spare capacity; otherwise $d$ two-link paths between $u$ and $v$ are considered, and the call is routed along a path with lowest maximum load, if possible. The duration of each call is an exponential random variable with unit mean. In the case $d=1$, it was suggested by Gibbens, Hunt and Kelly in 1990 that the equilibrium of this process is related to the fixed points of a certain equation. We show that this is indeed the case, for every $d \ge 1$, provided the arrival rate $λ$ is either sufficiently small or sufficiently large. In either regime, we show that the equation has a unique fixed point, and that, in equilibrium, for each $j$, the proportion of links at each node with load $j$ is strongly concentrated around the $j$th coordinate of the fixed point.

Topic: Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics
Subfield: Mathematical Physics
Field: Mathematics
Domain: Physical Sciences
Effect of Mass Fraction on Leaching Kinetics of Hydrophobic Ultraviolet Stabilizers in Low-Density Polyethylene

The leaching kinetics of five hydrophobic ultraviolet (UV) stabilizers from low-density polyethylene (LDPE) (micro)fibers into water was evaluated in this study, with variation of the mass fraction (ω = 0.1-2.0 wt %) of the stabilizers. A one-dimensional convection-diffusion model for a cylindrical geometry, requiring partitioning between the LDPE fibers and water (<i>K</i><sub>LDPEw</sub>) and the internal diffusion coefficients (<i>D</i><sub>LDPE</sub>), was used to evaluate the leaching process and the leaching half-life of the target UV stabilizers at ω < 0.5 wt % (Case I). Diffusion through the aqueous boundary layer is the rate-determining step, and the leaching half-life is predicted to be very long (a few months to years) under unaffected conditions. When the UV stabilizers are supersaturated within LDPE fibers (i.e., ω > 0.5 wt %, Case II), the possible formation of a surficial crystal layer of the additives on the LDPE fiber extends the time scale for leaching compared to that in Case I due to the requirement of overcoming the crystallization energy. This study provides a fundamental understanding of the leaching profiles of plastic additives for assessing their potential chemical risks in aquatic environments; further studies under the relevant environmental conditions are required.

Topic: Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
Subfield: Pollution
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Influence of training on dorsal tangential radiographic view to detect screw protrusion after anterior plating of the distal radius: a cadaveric study

In this cadaveric study of anterior plating of the distal radius, we aimed to determine the interobserver agreement and diagnostic performance for detecting dorsally protruding screws using the dorsal tangential radiographic view before and after specific training. Without prior instruction, 13 observers interpreted the dorsal tangential view of cadaveric specimens, in which anterior radial plates were placed. After seeing a training video on the dorsal tangential view, they repeated the task. Though we found that accuracy and interobserver agreement was lower than described in some other clinical series, training led to statistically significant improvements of (1) the interobserver agreement on the decision to exchange screws, (2) the self-confidence of the surgeon in obtaining adequate views, and (3) the number of fluoroscopic images required to obtain these views. After training, the number of protruding screws missed was reduced by 36%, but 7% of dorsally protruding screws was still missed.

Topic: Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Plasma levels of some blood coagulation parameters in Nigerian homozygous sickle cell patients (HbSS) in steady state

The plasma levels of some blood coagulation parameters; prothrombin time, (PT), partial thromboplastin time with kaolin (PTTK), thrombin clotting time, (TCT), fibrinogen and factor X assay were determined in 50 Nigerian homozygous (HbSS) patients and 50 HbAA healthy individuals for the purpose of assessing their baseline values and susceptibility of patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) to hyper coagulability. Standard procedures were used for all variables. The mean age of the study participants was 21.7 +/- 5.0 years. The mean PT of 13.7 +/- 1.4 s in HbSS patients was found to be significantly longer than the mean PT value of 12.9 +/- 1.0 in HbAA control subjects (p < 0.001). The mean PTTK values of 46.0 +/- 9.6 s in HbSS patients was also found to be significantly higher than the 41.0 +/- 3.7 s recorded among the control subjects (p < 0.001). The mean TCT of 6.4 +/- 0.8 s in HbSS patients was however found to be significantly lower than the mean value of 10.6 +/- 0.8 s obtained in the control group. Fibrinogen level (4.1 +/- 2.1 g/l) in HbSS patients and 2.8 +/- 0.9 g/l in HbAA controls was also found to be significantly different (p < 0.001). Factor X level in the sickle cell patients, (64.6 +/- 14.9%) was equally found to be significantly lower than that of the apparently healthy HbAA control individuals (95.2 +/- 7.2%) (p < 0.001).

Topic: Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
Subfield: Genetics
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
The two-stage evolution of homochirality: From sugars to protein via RNA

Conference Abstract| October 01 2001 The two-stage evolution of homochirality: From sugars to protein via RNA J.M. Bailey J.M. Bailey 1Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, George Washington University Medical School, Washington, DC. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Biochem Soc Trans (2001) 29 (5): A113. https://doi.org/10.1042/bst029a113a Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Cite Icon Cite Get Permissions Citation J.M. Bailey; The two-stage evolution of homochirality: From sugars to protein via RNA. Biochem Soc Trans 1 October 2001; 29 (5): A113. doi: https://doi.org/10.1042/bst029a113a Download citation file: Ris (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 All ContentAll JournalsBiochemical Society Transactions Search Advanced Search This content is only available as a PDF. © 2001 Biochemical Society2001 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Topic: Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
Subfield: Molecular Biology
Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Domain: Life Sciences
Galois extension of CP-Graded ring extensions

In this paper, we investigate galois theory of CP-graded ring extensions. In particular, we generalize some galois results given
in [1, 2] and, without restriction to nor graded fields nor torsion free of the grade groups, we show that some results of graded field extensions given in [3] hold.

Topic: Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory
Subfield: Geometry and Topology
Field: Mathematics
Domain: Physical Sciences
Diffusion Rates of Plasticizers in Polyvinyl Chloride Compounds

第1報で報告した塩化ビニル樹脂混和物中の可塑剤の拡散速度と, 混和物の2次転移点および体積固有抵抗との関係を検討した。混和物の可撓温度をTf (°K), 樹脂の重量分率を恥とすると, 1/Tf～ic2の間には直線関係が成立する。logD～1/Tfの関係は, 10O℃ 以上においては, Boyerの指摘したように, 直線関係が成立するが, 50℃ になると曲線になり, 20℃ になると可塑剤の種類に無関係にほぼ一定の関係が成立する。混和物の体積固有抵抗をρとすると, log (ρw2)～logDの間には, 可塑剤の種類に無関係に直線関係が成立する。

Topic: Polymer Science and PVC
Subfield: Polymers and Plastics
Field: Materials Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
The German Spa and Health Resort Industry in the Light of Health Care System Reforms

The German health care system has been under increasing pressure over the past decades due to escalating health care costs. A number of reforms have been introduced to ensure a fair and sustainable financing of the health care system. These reforms also have had a significant impact on the health and wellness tourism market and pose great challenges and also new opportunities for the industry. Special reference is made to the important senior market for which health and wellness have become key aspects influencing travel behavior. This can be seen as a positive trend, particularly for the traditional spas and health resorts in Germany. However, the situation is far more complex as outlined with the case example of Bad Wörishofen.

Topic: Global Healthcare and Medical Tourism
Subfield: General Health Professions
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Non-Gaussian quasi-likelihood estimation of SDE driven by locally stable Lévy process

We address estimation of parametric coefficients of a pure-jump Lévy driven univariate stochastic differential equation (SDE) model, which is observed at high frequency over a fixed time period. It is known from the previous study Masuda (2013) that adopting the conventional Gaussian quasi-maximum likelihood estimator then leads to an inconsistent estimator. In this paper, under the assumption that the driving Lévy process is locally stable, we extend the Gaussian framework into a non-Gaussian counterpart, by introducing a novel quasi-likelihood function formally based on the small-time stable approximation of the unknown transition density. The resulting estimator turns out to be asymptotically mixed normally distributed without ergodicity and finite moments for a wide range of the driving pure-jump Lévy process, showing much better theoretical performance compared with the Gaussian quasi-maximum likelihood estimator. Extensive simulations are carried out to show good estimation accuracy. The case of large-time asymptotics under ergodicity is briefly mentioned as well, where we can deduce an analogous asymptotic normality result.

Topic: Stochastic processes and financial applications
Subfield: Finance
Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Domain: Social Sciences
Strength training in a cardiac rehabilitation program: a six-month follow-up.

The effect of circuit training on blood pressure (BP) and strength were evaluated for six months in 16 middle-aged (means = 55.8 years) men in a metropolitan cardiac rehabilitation program. Circuit training consisted of 12 to 20 repetitions at 30% to 40% of one repetition maximum on 12 Nautilus exercises with one-minute rests between exercises. This strength conditioning was supplemental to the patients' aerobic exercise. Five of the patients had myocardial infarctions, six had coronary artery bypass grafts, two had ventricular arrhythmias, one had angioplasty, and two had a complex of other cardiac conditions. Average height, weight, and body fat for the 16 patients were 179.3 cm, 82.4 kg, and 24.6%, respectively. Blood pressure (BP) data indicated no change in mean systolic or diastolic values during actual circuit training sessions (initial = 122/77 mmHg, mid = 124/78 mmHg, end = 122/76 mmHg). These data were compared with corresponding sets of BP at three and six months of training and no significant differences were seen. In no instance did circuit training appear to elevate a patient's BP above clinically acceptable levels for controlled hypertension. In the six months, significant increases in strength were observed with a mean increment of 8.2 kg or 22% for all 12 exercises. No changes occurred in body weight or percentage of fat. For selected patients in cardiac rehabilitation programs, a carefully supervised, long-term program of low-resistance strength training appears to be safe with regard to BP response, and beneficial in terms of strength gain.

Topic: Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
Subfield: Complementary and alternative medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences