jimnoneill/paper-to-field-training huggingface dataset:
A study of the impact of new technology and teaching methodologies on global maritime education and training into the 21st century

Global maritime education and training (MET) is currently subject to great change brought about by new international legislation, a dynamic shipping environment, the growing impact of technology, and the challenges maritime institutions face to survive in an uncertain market place.The aim of the research is to determine to what extent global MET institutions can enhance and enrich traditional practices through access to new technology and the use of innovative teaching and assessment methods' within a sustainable and achievable framework.The first Chapters of the study investigate the impact of change on the global MET scene by examining how international maritime legislation influences activities of maritime institutions. Ninety institutions from fifty-three countries responded to a survey that examines their intentions regarding the use of satellite communications, Information Technology, computing, multimedia, simulation and distance learning delivery methods. Shipboard operations that impact upon future training needs are also put under the spotlight.The study analyses the potential use of the Internet, e-mail, simulation and distance education services to determine how these elements can be used to advantage for the education and training of seafarers. An evaluation is made of the use of computers and marine simulators as assessment tools, in the light of international concerns about standards of competence.The study concludes that maritime institutions can benefit from the use of new technology, but only through rational planning and sustainable staged growth. A series of continua of technical development are provided to assist institutions, from to the largest, to plan for technical development and growth in a rational way.

Topic: Maritime Navigation and Safety
Subfield: Ocean Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Re: Hormonal Therapy Using Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone for Improvement of Fertility Index among Children with Cryptorchidism: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review

No AccessJournal of UrologyPediatric Urology1 Oct 2016Re: Hormonal Therapy Using Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone for Improvement of Fertility Index among Children with Cryptorchidism: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review Douglas A. CanningMD Douglas A. CanningDouglas A. Canning More articles by this author View All Author Informationhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.juro.2016.07.012AboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints ShareFacebookLinked InTwitterEmail "Re: Hormonal Therapy Using Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone for Improvement of Fertility Index among Children with Cryptorchidism: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review." The Journal of Urology, 196(4), p. 1258 © 2016 by American Urological Association Education and Research, Inc.FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Volume 196Issue 4October 2016Page: 1258 Advertisement Copyright & Permissions© 2016 by American Urological Association Education and Research, Inc.MetricsAuthor Information Douglas A. Canning More articles by this author Expand All Advertisement PDF downloadLoading ...

Topic: Testicular diseases and treatments
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Polybenzimidazole/silica nanocomposites: Organic-inorganic hybrid membranes for PEM fuel cell

Despite the myriad studies on polybenzimidazole based polymer electrolyte membranes for fuel cells operating above 100 °C, the development of membranes with higher proton conductivity without compromising mechanical stability has continued to be the prime challenge. In this article, organic/inorganic hybrid nanocomposites of poly (4,4′-diphenylether-5,5′-bibenzimidazole) (OPBI) were prepared with surface functionalized silica nanoparticles to address this key issue. Structural and morphological studies probed by SAXS, WAXD and TEM, respectively revealed the formation of self-assembled clusters of nanoparticles when the OPBI nanocomposites were made with amine modified silica (AMS) whereas a well dispersed structure was obtained for OPBI and the unmodified silica (UMS) composite. The OPBI/AMS nanocomposites displayed a significant enhancement in the thermal stabilities compared to the pristine OPBI and OPBI/UMS nanocomposite. The OPBI/AMS nanocomposite membranes exhibited a larger mechanical reinforcement than the pristine OPBI and OPBI/UMS nanocomposite. The formation of nanoparticle clusters in the OPBI matrix in the case of OPBI/AMS was found to be the driving force for the higher thermal and mechanical stability of OPBI/AMS than those of OPBI/UMS. The incorporation of AMS in the OPBI matrix shielded the polymer chains from the attack of oxidative radicals, resulting in a huge enhancement of oxidative stability of the nanocomposite membranes compared to the pure OPBI membrane. The OPBI/AMS nanocomposite membranes have significantly higher phosphoric acid (PA) loading compared to the pure OPBI membrane which resulted in the higher proton conductivities of the former. The self-assembled clusters of AMS in the OPBI matrix facilitated the proton transport process.

Topic: Fuel Cells and Related Materials
Subfield: Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
[Interaction of menadione and duroquinone with Q-cycle during DT-diaphorase function].

The interaction of quinones (menadione and duroquinone) with DT-diaphorase and mitochondrial electron transport chain translocators at low (120 mosM) and high (400 mosM) values of the medium tonicity in the quinone concentration range of 6-90 microM was studied. It was shown that with a rise in menadione (K3) concentration the number of electron transport carriers interacting with it increase. At K3 concentration of 6 microM the latter is reduced by DT-diaphorase and fully oxidized via the Q-cycle. At K3 concentration of 15 microM the latter is also reduced by DT-diaphorase via the Q-cycle, but in this case the oxidation is incomplete (about 30% K3H2 is oxidized by the terminal part of the respiratory chain). At 90 microM K3 50% of quinone is reduced by DT-diaphorase and 50% by the respiratory chain NADH dehydrogenase complex enzymes; about 30% of K3H2 is oxidized via the Q-cycle, about 20%--by the terminal part of the respiratory chain and about 50%--by O2 without cytochrome oxidase. Unlike menadione, duroquinone (6-90 microM) is reduced only by DT-diaphorase and is oxidized in all cases by cytochrome oxidase. It was shown that the increase in the mitochondrial matrix volume in low tonicity media decreases the rate of the DT-diaphorase shunt operation.

Topic: Vitamin C and Antioxidants Research
Subfield: Nutrition and Dietetics
Field: Nursing
Domain: Health Sciences
IMPROVEMENT OF FOOD DRYING QUALITY BY FLOW MANIPULATION TECHNIQUES

Optimization of the parameters that represent the driving forces in drying processes, led to the increase of the system performance, energy savings, and high quality of the final product. Air flow field inside a 5-ton capacity drying room was simulated and analysed with "PHOENICS" CFD code for different geometry configurations. Laboratory measurements validated the turbulence model used in simulation. The results were implemented on an industrial dryer that operates in Kimi, Greece.

Topic: Food Drying and Modeling
Subfield: Food Science
Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Domain: Life Sciences
Criminal liability for abuse according to the law of Ukraine

The article defines criminal liability for abuse in criminal legislation of Ukraine. Authors consider a special subject of a crime– the official, a law enforcement officer. In conclusion, it is noted that law enforcement officers can commit any crime against a person and all these acts of violence on their part (the cases of both physical and mental abuse) are covered by the concept of «abuse of powers or official authority». This approach of jurisprudence is imperfect and does not contribute to the protection of the rights and legitimate interests of citizens from the arbitrariness of law enforcement officers. The right ща freedom from tortures and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment is the peremptory norm of the international law. According to the provisions of the core international human rights documents such as the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the others no exceptions to this fundamental human right are allowed. Some important state obligations are derived from this right, including the obligation to refrain from the acts of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and prevent them, as well as the obligation to conduct effective investigations and actions to bring the guilty persons to justice in the courts. This research, taking into account the relevance of this subject, is dedicated to one of the most important aspects of this complex problem - the analysis of the norms of the Criminal Code of Ukraine that establishes liability for abuse. The state criminal legislation of Ukraine contains adequate provisions that concern acts of abuse. The general norm that protects a person from torture and other atrocities is contained in article 28 of the Constitution of Ukraine that states that "no one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment." The guarantee compliance with this constitutional process is, in particular, a number of criminal law provisions contained in the different sections of the Special Part of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. But the fact that there is a great number of these norms and they duplicate each other, creates certain problems in their application.

Topic: Legal Studies and Reforms
Subfield: Political Science and International Relations
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Endogenous retroviral promoter exaptation in human cancer

Cancer arises from a series of genetic and epigenetic changes, which result in abnormal expression or mutational activation of oncogenes, as well as suppression/inactivation of tumor suppressor genes. Aberrant expression of coding genes or long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) with oncogenic properties can be caused by translocations, gene amplifications, point mutations or other less characterized mechanisms. One such mechanism is the inappropriate usage of normally dormant, tissue-restricted or cryptic enhancers or promoters that serve to drive oncogenic gene expression. Dispersed across the human genome, endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) provide an enormous reservoir of autonomous gene regulatory modules, some of which have been co-opted by the host during evolution to play important roles in normal regulation of genes and gene networks. This review focuses on the “dark side” of such ERV regulatory capacity. Specifically, we discuss a growing number of examples of normally dormant or epigenetically repressed ERVs that have been harnessed to drive oncogenes in human cancer, a process we term onco-exaptation, and we propose potential mechanisms that may underlie this phenomenon.

Topic: Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
Subfield: Plant Science
Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Domain: Life Sciences
Probiotics as an adjunct in the treatment of canine atopic dermatitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of &lt;i&gt;in vivo&lt;/i&gt; studies in dogs

Probiotics have been suggested as a treatment for canine atopic dermatitis, a form of dermatopathy common in dogs. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the effect of probiotics as an adjuvant in treating canine atopic dermatitis in vivo studies with dogs. The study was conducted following the PRISMA guidelines. Only clinical studies in dogs with atopic dermatitis that received intervention with probiotics were selected, being just original articles in English from the last 5 years (2019-2023). A total of 293 articles were obtained, and after the inclusion criteria, only 5 articles were eligible and included in the systematic review and meta-analysis. The 5 studies used different probiotics at concentrations of 10<sup>8</sup> to 10<sup>10</sup>CFU/mL/g, 3 studies with oral administration for 12 weeks, and 2 studies with topical use for 4 weeks. The meta-analysis results show that probiotics did not present significant effects against atopic dermatitis by evaluating the CADESI-4 scale (P=0.08) and the PVAS scale (P=0.85). Furthermore, regarding the method of administration of probiotics (oral or topical), the meta-analysis showed that there were also no significant results when the disease index was evaluated using CADESI-4 (P=0.07) or PVAS (P=0.92). We concluded that, even without significant effects, all trials showed a reduction in CADESI-4 and PVAS scores, reflecting a reduction in the severity of atopic dermatitis in dogs that used probiotics as treatment adjuvants.

Topic: Probiotics and Fermented Foods
Subfield: Food Science
Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Domain: Life Sciences
Nouns or verbs? A case study of the Russian words <i>bain’ki, kušan’ki, spaten’ki </i>and <i>gulen’ki</i>

Abstract In this article I investigate part of speech distinctions in Russian based on an in-depth analysis of an understudied group of words, namely bain’ki ‘sleep’, spaten’ki ‘sleep’, kušan’ki ‘eat’ and gulen’ki ‘walk’, which are mainly used in speech with or about children, but which regardless of their high frequency and productivity remain ignored in Russian linguistics. The main question is: what part of speech do these words belong to? Are they verbs or nouns? Based on careful investigation of these words’ morphological, syntactic and semantic properties, it is argued that they are both verbs and nouns. However, they are not prototypical members of either category in the sense of cognitive linguistics. Although this paper considers a small number of words, the proposed analysis has implications for word-class distinctions in Russian as a whole, and I suggest that parts of speech are radial categories organized around prototypes.

Topic: Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Extending Digital Ventures Through Templating

A powerful way of growing digital ventures is templating. Templating involves the generation and use of generic solutions across business areas to reduce cost and increase speed. There are three main processes with which ventures can improve templating: concepting, generalizing, and porting. This paper describes these processes and proposes implications for managers engaged in growing their digital venture.

Topic: Private Equity and Venture Capital
Subfield: Accounting
Field: Business, Management and Accounting
Domain: Social Sciences
Degraded text recognition using word collocation and visual inter-word constraints

Given a noisy text page, a word recognizer can generate a set of candidates for each word image. A relaxation algorithm was proposed previously by the authors that uses word collocation statistics to select the candidate for each word that has the highest probability of being the correct decision. Because word collocation is a local constraint and collocation data trained from corpora are usually incomplete, the algorithm cannot select the correct candidates for some images. To overcome this limitation, contextual information at the image level is now exploited inside the relaxation algorithm. If two word images can match with each other, they should have same symbolic identity. Visual inter-word relations provide a way to link word images in the text and to interpret them systematically. By integrating visual inter-word constraints with word collocation data, the performance of the relaxation algorithm is improved.

Topic: Handwritten Text Recognition Techniques
Subfield: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Fear of falling and related factors in older adults in the city of Kashan in 2017

Background: Fear of falling has been reported in various societies for different reasons and affects the quality of life of older adults. The present study was conducted to determine the level of fear of falling and related factors in older adults in the city of Kashan in 2017. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 414 older adults living in the city of Kashan, in 2017, were selected by cluster sampling. Data were collected using a demographic questionnaire (including age, gender, number of children, having a caregiver, education, marital status, occupation, smoking, alcohol use, use of anxiolytic medication, history of diseases, ability to carry out daily tasks, history of fall, injury due to fall, osteoporosis, access to medical care, access to social supports, walking aids, living alone, income, housing, insurance, and insomnia), and Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I), and then were analyzed using Chi-square and logistic regression. Results: Fear of falling was low in 63.3% of the older adults, moderate in 22.7%, and intense in 4.3%. Fear of falling showed a significant relationship with age, having a caregiver, education, history of taking anxiolytic and hypnotic medications, history of psychosomatic diseases, ability to perform daily tasks, history of falling, injury caused by falling, use of walking aids, access to social support in case of emergency, and income. Multivariate analysis showed that fear of falling in older adults had a direct relationship with age of over 70 years (odds ratio [OR] = 3.24), history of use of anxiolytic and hypnotic medications (OR = 0.26), and illiteracy (OR = 0.37). Conclusion: The results showed that a high percentage of participants suffered fear of falling, of whom one-third had moderate-to-severe fear. Age, use of anxiolytic medications, and illiteracy were effective in increasing the risk of fear of falling in older adults. Further studies and appropriate measures are required in this regard.

Topic: Health and Well-being Studies
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
FesNas: A Breakthrough Algorithm for Multi-Classification of Wheat Black Rust Intensity Levels

Wheat black rust poses a severe danger to wheat production all over the world. The neural architecture search feature selection (FesNas) classification model is used in this study to offer a multi-classification model for the wheat black rot. It was decided to gather and annotate a dataset consisting of 10,000 high-resolution photographs, with each image indicating a different severity degree of the condition. The model accomplished a remarkable level of overall accuracy by reaching 95.98%. The findings reveal that the FesNas algorithm is successful in properly diagnosing wheat black rust over a wide range of severity levels. This research makes an important contribution to precision agriculture and gives insightful information that can be used to develop effective methods for disease prevention and management. The methodology that was suggested has the potential to help farmers improve crop productivity while also reducing the negative effects that wheat black rot has on their crops.

Topic: Smart Agriculture and AI
Subfield: Plant Science
Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Domain: Life Sciences
Variations in Response to Filariform Larvae of Ancylostoma caninum in the Skin of Man

Reports on the reaction of the skin of man to penetration by filariform larvae of Ancylostoma caninum (Ercolani, 1859) Hall, 1913, have been in conflict on several points, particularly with regard to the subsequent behavior and fate of the worms. White and Dove (1929) described a transient papular dermatitis, clearly distinct from the clinical appearance of burrows that follow penetration by larvae of Ancylostoma braziliense de Fairo, 1910. Heydon (1929) and Fiilleborn (1930), however, reported a more prolonged reaction, apparently produced by deep penetration and an ensuing aimless migration or creeping eruption of the parasites through the superficial tissues. These reports raised the following questions: (1) are there separate strains of A. caninum, possessing variable abilities to invade the skin of man? or (2) does the human subject vary constitutionally in his ability to arrest the invasion of a parasite which may be considered uniform within its species ? The following work, carried out with a single culture of A. caninum larvae, presents evidence which would answer the latter question in the affirmative.

Topic: Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control
Subfield: Insect Science
Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Domain: Life Sciences
Jean Paulhan and the tenacity of image

Abstract Jean Paulhan, man ofletters, linguist, author, and friend of many writers and artists, was born in Nîmes, France in 1884. His intellectual training was as a philosopher; he obtained a degree in philosophy from the Sorbonne. He then spent some °three years in Madagascar where he taught all subjects in the lycée, prospected for gold and learnt the Malagasy language (which he subsequently taught for a short period at the Ecole des Langues Orientales in Paris). War service in the 1914–18 war, and brief imprisonment as a Resistant in the Second World War were the main intrusions of turmoil into a life otherwise entirely devoted to literature, both as editor and as writer.

Topic: African history and culture studies
Subfield: Anthropology
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Data Supplement from CSF1/CSF1R Blockade Reprograms Tumor-Infiltrating Macrophages and Improves Response to T-cell Checkpoint Immunotherapy in Pancreatic Cancer Models

&lt;p&gt;Figure S1. Flow cytometric analysis of leukocyte infiltration in orthotopic PDAC tumors. Figure S2. CSF1 blockade depletes CD206+ Mo-MDSCs and upregulates MHCII expression in Lymphoid DCs. Figure S3. A-B) Mice bearing orthotopic KC. Table S1. Gene lists from array analysis are depicted. Lists were selected by fold change &gt; or &lt; 1.5, pvalue &lt;0.05, and q-value &lt;0.25. n=6 mice/group for a total of 12 arrays.&lt;/p&gt;

Topic: Immune cells in cancer
Subfield: Immunology
Field: Immunology and Microbiology
Domain: Life Sciences
Rethinking the fragmentation of the cyberpublic: from consensus to contestation

Recently there has been some debate between deliberative democrats about whether the internet is leading to the fragmentation of communication into `like-minded' groups.This article is concerned with what is held in common by both sides of the debate: a public sphere model that aims for all-inclusive, consensus seeking rational deliberation that eliminates inter-group `polarizing' politics. It argues that this understanding of deliberative democracy fails to adequately consider the asymmetries of power through which deliberation and consensus are achieved, the inter-subjective basis of meaning, the centrality of respect for difference in democracy, and the democratic role of `like-minded' deliberative groups.The deliberative public sphere must be rethought to account more fully for these four aspects. The article draws on post-Marxist discourse theory and reconceptualizes the public sphere as a space constituted through discursive contestation.Taking this radicalized norm, it considers what research is needed to understand the democratic implications of the formation of `like-minded' groups online.

Topic: Social Media and Politics
Subfield: Communication
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences