jimnoneill/paper-to-field-training huggingface dataset:
Investigates the Relationship between Language Learning Strategies and Learning Atyles on English-majors

This article investigates the relationship between language learning strategies and learning styles on Chinese English-majors.The subjects' strategy use is measured through the inventory called SILL produced by Oxford while the other two different aspects of learning styles are measured through MBTI and ASSIST respectively.The multi-regression analysis reveals that four strategy groups match with the characteristics of four single poles in MBTI model and the combinations of three or four strategy groups correspond to the characteristics of three approaches in ASSIST model.The study tells us that learning styles are multi-dimensioned and strategy use can contribute to the formation and development of learning styles.It is suggested that both foreign language teachers and learners should raise their awareness on strategy use,learning styles and their relationship.The two key elements should be integrated and kept consistently into classroom learning.

Topic: Educational Technology and Assessment
Subfield: Information Systems
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Additional file 1 of LppA is a novel plasminogen receptor of Mycoplasma bovis that contributes to adhesion by binding the host extracellular matrix and Annexin A2

Additional file 1. Plasmids, oligonucleotides, cell lines and strains used in this study. List of plasmids, primers, M. bovis strains, and cell line used in this study.

Topic: Microbial infections and disease research
Subfield: Microbiology
Field: Immunology and Microbiology
Domain: Life Sciences
Protocol for development of zygotic embryos in vitro and acclimatization of Dragon’s Blood plantlets

Dragon's blood, native species from South America, has therapeutic properties scientifically proved. This study had the objective of developing a protocol for in vitro establishment and plantlets acclimatization from zygotic embryos, since researches with species are incipient. Culture media (MS, WPM, QL and N6) were assessed, without and with activated charcoal (2 g L-1). It was observed the percentage of developed embryos from 83% to 100% and the effect of medium composition for plant height and leaf number in vitro. The plantlets were acclimatized with 100% of survival rate, and for treatments from in vitro culture only the culture medium influenced diameter and plant height. The WPM and QL formulations without activated charcoal are indicated for in vitro culture of embryos and acclimatization of Dragon blood. The suggested methodology represents an important strategy for reproduction, physiological study and preservation of species.

Topic: Plant tissue culture and regeneration
Subfield: Molecular Biology
Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Domain: Life Sciences
Gastritis and gastropathy

Many etiological agents can induce gastritis, but the most common cause is infection by Helicobacter pylori , a bacterium that resides in the mucus gel layer overlaying the gastric mucosa. This chapter discusses some pathogens and exogenous agents that induce gastric inflammation and gastropathy. The most widely used method for classification of gastritis and reporting of nonneoplastic gastric biopsies in the research setting is the updated Sydney system, which classifies chronic gastritis based on topography, morphology, and etiology. Three patterns of chronic nonspecific gastritis are recognized: diffuse antral gastritis (nonatrophic gastritis in the Sydney system), multifocal atrophic gastritis, and diffuse corporal atrophic gastritis. Risk factors for H. pylori acquisition include lower socioeconomic status and household crowding, and colonization rates reflect country of origin and ethnicity. Autoimmune gastritis is a chronic atrophic gastritis restricted to the body of the stomach and associated with circulating antiparietal cell and anti-intrinsic factor antibodies with resulting intrinsic factor deficiency.

Topic: Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Self as a System: A Second Order Cybernetic Perspective

The concept of self is explored from the perspective of systems theory and cybernetics. Using ideas as components, it is suggested that the self, like the family, is a legitimate autonomous system; i.e., a unity with organization and structure that functions in a manner that is always self-referential. The concepts of organizational closure and structural coupling (taken from Maturana and Varela) are employed to describe how the self and the family represent non-intersecting systems that nevertheless have a tremendous amount of mutual influence. Finally, implications of this distinction are discussed relative to treatment concerns.

Topic: Complex Systems and Decision Making
Subfield: Management Science and Operations Research
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Heinemann African Writers Series

From its launch in 1962, the African Writers Series (AWS) enabled the dissemination of African literature worldwide and contributed to the creation of a critical sensitivity among readers and critics alike to its distinct qualities and values. It is difficult to imagine the existence of a solid ‘tradition’ of African literature in English without the African Writers Series. What is more, Heinemann Educational Books (HEB) made it possible for African authors writing in Arabic or French to be part of a larger literary phenomenon. The works varied from creative to biographical writings and echoed the rich multilingual and multicultural African voices then in the making. This article seeks to shed light on various aspects of publishing the AWS. It offers a survey of the rise and development of the series and the crisis that eventually befell it.

Topic: Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
PO-050 Long noncoding RNA, ANRIL positively regulates cell proliferation in a P15/P16-dependent and -independent manners

Introduction Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) range in size from 200 nucleotides to over 10 kb and are spliced and polyadenylated post-transcriptionally. Recent studies have revealed that several lncRNAs function to mediate cell-fate determination, including differentiation, proliferation, senescence, apoptosis, and cancer development. A lncRNA, ANRIL (Antisense noncoding RNA in the INK4 locus) is transcribed from INK4 locus that codes CDK inhibitors p15 and p16 and the p53-stabilising factor ARF . Here we report that ANRIL positively regulates cell proliferation in a p15/p16-dependent and –independent manners. Material and methods WI38, H1299 and HCT116 cells are transfected with siRNAs. At 72 th post-transfection, cells were subjected to quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (Q-RT-PCR), immunoblotting and cell cycle analysis. RNA immunoprecipitation (RIP) assay was performed to detect the binding of SUZ12 and ANRIL . Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assay was performed to detect the binding of SUZ12 and INK4 locus. Results and discussions Silencing ANRIL in normalhuman fibroblast WI38 cells caused an increase of CDK inhibitors p15 and p16expression that are transcribed from INK4 locus, resulting in the inhibition of cell proliferation. INK4 locus istranscriptionally repressed by polycomb repression complexes. ChIP assay showedthat silencing ANRIL disrupted the binding of SUZ12, a component of polycomb repression complex 2(PRC2), to INK4 locus. RIP assay showed that ANRIL binds to SUZ12. These results suggest that ANRIL binds to and recruits PRC2 to repress p15 and p16 locus,leading to the positive regulation of cell proliferation. RT-PCR assay revealedthat ANRIL ishighly expressed in several cancer cells compared with normal fibroblasts WI38and TIG-3 cells. Silencing ANRIL in colorectal cancer HCT116 and non-small cell lung cancer H1299 cellsinhibited these cells proliferation. Silencing ANRIL in HCT116 cells caused cell cyclearrest at S phase. Notably, silencing ANRIL did not increase the p15 and p16 expression. These results suggest that ANRIL functions to promoteS phase transition, leading to the positive regulation of cell proliferation ina p15/p16-independent manner. Conclusion ANRIL positively regulates cell proliferation in a p15/p16-dependentand –independent manners.

Topic: Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
Subfield: Cancer Research
Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Domain: Life Sciences
Effective bandwidth utilization in IEEE 802.11e

IEEE 802.11e standard develops a reference design for a sample scheduler and admission control unit to support the contention-free access. However, the reference design can not effectively utilize the bandwidth. This paper proposes an equal-spacing-based (equal-SP) design to address the problem. In the equal-SP design, which generalizes the reference design, each stream is scheduled with equal-spacing and different streams are scheduled with different equal-spacings. The equal-SP design not only keeps all advantages of the reference design, but it can also utilize the bandwidth effectively.

Topic: Wireless Networks and Protocols
Subfield: Computer Networks and Communications
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Prevention and Management of Complications During Robotic-assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy Following Comprehensive Planning: A Large Series Involving a Single Surgeon.

Assessed in terms of groups of 200 cases, the surgeon's learning curve for RALP showed significantly fewer complications even as the operative difficulty of cases increased. The keys to preventing complications were meticulous preoperative evaluation of patients, MRI planning, and a dedicated robotic team for performing RALP. Early diagnosis and management of complications are paramount in patients who present any deviation from the normal postoperative course and clinical care pathway.

Topic: Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
Subfield: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Radiocarbon Dates for the Middle Bronze Age Palace: an Update

This chapter discusses the published radiocarbon dataset for Tel Kabri Phases v, iv, and iii in light of the recently published IntCal20 radiocarbon calibration curve, small regional offsets that might be applicable, and compares the results with other Middle Bronze Age sequences from the region. We conclude that the end of Phase iii (developed/late Middle Bronze ii) dates to ca. 1700 BCE. This result supports the high Middle Bronze Age chronology and is backed by radiocarbon evidence from Tell el-Dabʿa, Ashkelon, and (potentially) Jerusalem, while preliminary data from Megiddo and Tell el-Hayyat might suggest regional differences for relative chronological phases.

Topic: Archaeology and Historical Studies
Subfield: Archeology
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Simulated Earthquake Tests of R/C Frames

The inelastic response of reinforced concrete multistory frames was investigated by subjecting small-scale one-bay three-story reinforced concrete frames to a series of strong base motions simulating one horizontal component of representative earthquake acceleration records. The test results were evaluated from the perspective of analytical methods routinely and economically available to structural-design office: linear dynamic response analysis and static limit analysis based on elasto-plastic response. Linear dynamic analyses provided a good qualitative understanding of the observed inelastic behavior. The observed maximum base shears and overturning moments were much higher than the values predicted by the limit analysis due to strain-hardening of the steel. It is concluded that strain-hardening characteristics of the reinforcing steel must be explicitly considered in the earthquake-resistant design of reinforced concrete structures, especially in relation to design of web reinforcement, foundations, and columns.

Topic: Seismic Performance and Analysis
Subfield: Civil and Structural Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Giant magnetoimpedance sensors

Magnetoinductance and giant magnetoimpedance (GMI) sensors have greatly benefited from the development of amorphous wires. These soft ferromagnetic substances exhibit exquisite sensitivity (in the nT range) and wide bandwidth (MHz) in thin film structures. Combining these properties with surface wave technology produces passive, wireless sensors.

Topic: Metallic Glasses and Amorphous Alloys
Subfield: Mechanical Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Constraint-based Causal Discovery by using Path Constraints gained from Signal Injection and Recovery

The discovery of causal relations via interventions has proven to be simple when only one observed variable is affected or unaffected. However, in a multivariate setting, it is likely that more than one variable is affected by the intervention. Thus drawing conclusions about the true causal graph becomes far more difficult as we can not retrieve information of any obvious causal relationship or causal order. We demonstrate, that causal discovery with multiple affected variables is possible by introducing a novel definition of path constraints for constraint-based causal discovery. We exercise our novel technique on a combustion engine simulation, were we inject wavelets of our choice in a variable of investigation and try to rediscover this wavelet in the other, observed variables to gain such path constraints and thus to restraint the causal graph search.

Topic: Bayesian Modeling and Causal Inference
Subfield: Artificial Intelligence
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Toward a fundamental understanding of the Hilbert-Huang transform in nonlinear structural dynamics

The Hilbert-Huang transform (HHT) has been shown to be effective for characterizing a wide range of nonstationary signals in terms of elemental components through what has been called the empirical mode decomposition. The HHT has been utilized extensively despite the absence of a serious analytical foundation, as it provides a concise basis for the analysis of strongly nonlinear systems. In this paper, we attempt to provide the missing link, showing the relationship between the EMD and the slow-flow equations of the system. The slow-flow model is established by performing a partition between slow and fast dynamics using the complexification-averaging technique, and a dynamical system described by slowly-varying amplitudes and phases is obtained. These variables can also be extracted directly from the experimental measurements using the Hilbert transform coupled with the EMD. The comparison between the experimental and analytical results forms the basis of a nonlinear system identification method, termed the slow-flow model identification method, which is demonstrated using numerical examples.

Topic: Bladed Disk Vibration Dynamics
Subfield: Civil and Structural Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Natural history of severe aortic stenosis: Diastolic wall strain as a novel prognostic marker

Background and Aim Diastolic wall strain ( DWS ) has been proposed as a simple noninvasive measure of left ventricular ( LV ) stiffness. This study investigated DWS as a possible predictor of mortality in severe aortic stenosis ( AS ). Methods 138 patients with severe AS (indexed aortic valve area [ AVA ]&lt;0.6 cm 2 /m 2 ) and normal ejection fraction (&gt;55%) were included. 52 patients (38%) had aortic valve interventions or poor image quality (n=5) and were excluded leaving 86 in the study group (84±8 years, 70% female, 69% African American). DWS was defined as ( LVPW s− LVPW d)/ LVPW s where LVPW s=left ventricular posterior wall thickness in systole and LVPW d=left ventricular wall thickness in diastole. Results Follow‐up extended 2.0±1.9 years (median 1.6 years). Mean DWS for the group was 0.21±0.11 (normal=0.4±0.07). In patients who died, DWS was significantly lower than in survivors (0.18±0.09 vs 0.24±0.11, P =.02). By contrast, traditional measures of diastolic dysfunction did not predict death. Regression analysis showed DWS predicted death even after adjusting for age, sex, race, indexed AVA , symptoms (angina, shortness of breath, dizziness, syncope), and clinical factors (creatinine, smoking, diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia) ( HR 2.5 [95% CI 1.02‐5.90], P &lt;.05). The best cutoff value for DWS of 0.25 had a sensitivity of 42% and specificity of 83% for predicting death. Conclusions DWS is an independent predictor of all‐cause mortality in patients with severe AS , even after accounting for traditional clinical and echocardiographic parameters.

Topic: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
Subfield: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Care Networks Project: Growing and Maintaining Social Networks for Older People

The way in which the following report refers to Family & Community Services (FACS) – Ageing, Disability and Home Care (ADHC), was correct at the time of publication. Any reference in the document to names by which ADHC was previously known (Department of Human Services, Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care) should now be read as FACS and ADHC. If you are having difficulty accessing any of the content within the report, please contact the Research and Evaluation Unit on 02 827

Topic: Health disparities and outcomes
Subfield: Health
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Conus pretiosus Nevill

60. Conus pretiosus Nevill (Plate IV fig. 43) 1778. Conus pretiosus G. and H. Nevill, J. Asiat. Soc. Beng., 43 (2): 22. Type locality: Andamans, Types in NZC, ZSI. 1986. Conus pretiosus: Tikader, Daniel and Subba Rao, Sea shore animals of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Zool. Surv. India, p.173. Material examined: Andaman and Nicobar Islands-2 exs; Tamil Nadu 1 ex. Measurements (in mm): Length: 44.10–58.00 Diameter: 19.00–24.50 Aperture: 39.00–43.20 Distribution: India: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Tamil Nadu: Tuticorin, Keelakarai and Pamban of Bay of Bengal. Elsewhere: No records. Remarks: Conus pretiosus is extremely rare and probably restricted to Gulf of Mannar. (Franklin et al., 2009).

Topic: Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
Subfield: Molecular Biology
Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Domain: Life Sciences
Failure of loop diuretics to induce nursing sickness in mink at weaning.

Nursing sickness in mink is thought to be precipitated by inadequate salt intake, whether this is due to inadequate salt levels in the diet or inadequate total dietary intake. To test this hypothesis, lactating females raising large litters were given 2 daily intramuscular injections of the loop diuretic furosemide (Lasix, 4 + 4 mg/kg/day) for 2.5 d during the normal weaning period 6 wk after parturition or served as untreated controls. Following the same protocol, barren mink (i.e. unsuccessfully mated females) were treated similarly. Dams were carefully inspected for clinical signs of nursing sickness during and after the treatment. Urinary osmolality and concentrations of sodium, potassium, chloride, creatinine and carbamide (urea) were measured prior to treatment (day 1) and on day 3, immediately before and 4 h after the final diuretic treatment. Plasma concentrations of aldosterone and cortisol were determined by radioimmunassay 4 h after the last injection with furosemide on day 3. Biochemical changes in urine (a low osmolality, low concentrations of carbamide and creatinine, and extremely low sodium concentrations) and in plasma (aldosteronism) similar to those found in nursing sickness were elicited in the nursing dams. Nevertheless, none of the dams developed overt clinical signs of nursing sickness. It is concluded that the biochemical signs of volume and salt depletion associated with nursing sickness are sequelae rather than etiological factors of this disorder.

Topic: Meat and Animal Product Quality
Subfield: Animal Science and Zoology
Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Domain: Life Sciences
Unsettled Legacy: Thirty Years of Criminal Justice under the Charter

After thirty years, what effect has the Charter had on the justness of the Canadian criminal justice system? This thought-provoking collection of essays by a group of leading criminal law scholars explores that very question, critically examining the ways in which the Charter has shaped Canadian criminal law and its administration.\nEdited by Professors Benjamin L. Berger and James Stribopoulos of Osgoode Hall Law School, these essays offer insight into every facet of the Charter's influence over how crimes are defined, investigated and prosecuted. The result is an invaluable resource for scholars, practitioners and judges interested in criminal justice in Canada.

Topic: Criminal Law and Evidence
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Persistent hyperthyroidism and de novo Graves’ ophthalmopathy after total thyroidectomy

Summary We report a patient with Graves’ disease who remained persistently hyperthyroid after a total thyroidectomy and also developed de novo Graves’ ophthalmopathy 5 months after surgery. She was subsequently found to have a mature cystic teratoma containing struma ovarii after undergoing a total hysterectomy and salpingo-oophorectomy for an incidental ovarian lesion. Learning points: It is important to investigate for other causes of primary hyperthyroidism when thyrotoxicosis persists after total thyroidectomy. TSH receptor antibody may persist after total thyroidectomy and may potentially contribute to the development of de novo Graves’ ophthalmopathy.

Topic: Ophthalmology and Eye Disorders
Subfield: Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Table S2 from The &lt;i&gt;NOTCH4&lt;/i&gt;–&lt;i&gt;HEY1&lt;/i&gt; Pathway Induces Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

&lt;p&gt;Table S2. NOTCH4 and HEY1 high/low group clinical demographics in TCGA&lt;/p&gt;

Topic: Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
Subfield: Molecular Biology
Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Domain: Life Sciences