jimnoneill/paper-to-field-training huggingface dataset:
When Does RFID Make Business Sense for Managing Supply Chain?

Radio frequency identification (RFID) is believed to change how supply chains operate today. While RFID’s promise for improved inventory visibility and automation in inventory management is making many supply chain players hopeful for increased sales and reduced operating costs, these benefits do come at a cost and involve risks. This article presents a financial returns analysis that captures RFID’s costs and benefits, and quantifies the financial risks of implementing RFID for various business sizes and products with different unit profits to understand when RFID makes business sense. More precisely, the returns analysis is performed using an econometric model to understand how break-even sales volumes, unit profits, tag prices, return on investment, and risks vary between a manufacturer and a retailer in a supply chain. The results are extended to multiproduct cases as well. A sensitivity analysis is also performed to understand the returns in pessimistic and optimistic scenarios.

Topic: RFID technology advancements
Subfield: Media Technology
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
LABA/LAMA combinations efficacy evaluation therapy of COPD patients with emphasized morning and night symptoms

<b>Background:</b> The choice of therapy can change the course of disease and quality of life of COPD patients with morning and night symptoms. <b>Methods:</b> 40 subjects aged 62+/- 14 years with moderate-to-severe COPD, night and morning symptoms and history of ≤1 exacerbation in the previous year were monitored 24 weeks. All 40 subjects were on combination of LABA and inhaled corticosteroid LABA/IKS treatment (salmeterol/ fluticasone 50/250mg twice-daily). With 20 subjects therapy was continued, while other 20 subjects was changed to LABA/LAMA therapy (indacaterol /glycopyrronium 110/50mg once-daily). The effect of therapy on pulmonary function was monitored with FEV1 (forced expiratory volume in first second). Health status was evaluated using COPD Assessment Test questionnaire-CAT, change in morning symptoms evaluated with Capacity of Daily Living the Morning-CDLM questionnaire, change in sleep with COPD Asthma Sleep Impact Scale (CASIS). The frequency of exacerbations and rescue medication use is monitored. <b>Results:</b> In LAMA/LABA group FEV1 was increased for 73ml +/- 2, health status was improved, CAT score was decreased for -2.3-3.8. There was a significant score change with question 9 which could be related to decreased night symptoms. CDLM questionnaire score was increased for 0.28. CASIS score change was in correlations with score change of question 9. Frequency of exacerbations and uses of SABA in this group was decreased. <b>Conclusion:</b> LABA/LAMA therapy in comparison with LABA/IKS therapy was superior in improvement pulmonary function, health status, quality of sleep, decreasing in morning symptoms and frequency of exacerbations.

Topic: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
Subfield: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Architecture design of the workflow execution system containing Humanware Services

In the rapidly changing application environment of the workflow, the traditional BPEL workflow system is incapable of effectively involving the user in the workflow activities. Based on the concept of the Humanware Service (HS in short) proposed in our research, the architecture design of the workflow execution system containing HS is presented, in which the HS scheduler is in charge of the access and invocation of the HS. The practicability and effectivity of the architecture are verified by the prototype system.

Topic: Business Process Modeling and Analysis
Subfield: Management Information Systems
Field: Business, Management and Accounting
Domain: Social Sciences
Dependence of nuclear spin polarization intensities on the plane of polarization of the exciting light. A caveat

The dependence of nuclear spin polarization effects on the plane of polarization of the exciting light has been evaluated for a wide range of radical (ion) pair reactions. The observed variations are of the same order of magnitude and in the same direction as an artifact expected on the basis of optical principles.

Topic: Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Cascading Failures in Networks with Proximate Dependent Nodes

We study the mutual percolation of a system composed of two interdependent random regular networks. We introduce a notion of distance to explore the effects of the proximity of interdependent nodes on the cascade of failures after an initial attack. We find a non-trivial relation between the nature of the transition through which the networks disintegrate and the parameters of the system, which are the degree of the nodes and the maximum distance between interdependent nodes. We explain this relation by solving the problem analytically for the relevant set of cases.

Topic: Complex Network Analysis Techniques
Subfield: Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Public Spending on the Arts as Morality Policy: The Structure of Public Attitudes

Successfully reframing a political issue as morality policy should strengthen the hand of those charging immorality. However, reframers face a daunting task in shifting public opinion. In 1989, Christian conservatives attempted to reframe the debate over federal funding for the arts from waste to immorality, by attacking grants for “anti‐Christian” and “homoerotic” art. Using General Social Survey data from before, during, and after the attempted reframing, this article assesses the reframers’ success in heightening the salience of religion, commitment to civil liberties, and attitudes toward sexuality in public thinking about government spending on the arts.

Topic: Electoral Systems and Political Participation
Subfield: Political Science and International Relations
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Factors associated with psychiatric morbidity and hazardous alcohol use in Australian doctors

Incorrect statement of risk: In “Factors associated with psychiatric morbidity and hazardous alcohol use in Australian doctors” in the 2 August 2010 issue of the Journal (Med J Aust 2010; 193: 161-166), there was an error in the last paragraph of the Results section (page 163). The wording of the last sentence of the paragraph should be: “Doctors were at less risk of hazardous alcohol use if they: trained overseas rather than in Australia (OR, 0.56 [95% CI, 0.39–0.81); worked more than 60 hours a week compared with less than 40 hours a week (OR, 0.67 [95% CI, 0.45–0.99]); and had not taken a holiday in more than a year (OR, 0.63 [95% CI, 0.43–0.93]).”

Topic: Health and Well-being Studies
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Robotic-Assisted Total Hip Arthroplasty Is Associated With Fewer Intraoperative Conversions From a Neutral to a Non-Neutral Acetabular Liner

Background: Robotic assistance is becoming increasingly popular among surgeons performing total hip arthroplasty (THA). The impact of robotic assistance on the assessment of intraoperative stability and acetabular liner selection is not well described. Purpose: We sought to compare the incidence of intraoperative conversion from a neutral liner to a non-neutral liner in patients undergoing either robotic-assisted THA or manual THA. Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of patients who underwent primary THAs at our institution between January 1, 2018 and June 30, 2022. Partial hip arthroplasties, simultaneous bilateral hip arthroplasties, revision surgeries, and navigation-guided THAs were excluded. We identified 9614 primary THAs performed on 8807 patients; of these, 3875 were robotic-assisted THAs and 5739 were manual THAs. Liners were subcategorized into implanted versus wasted and neutral versus non-neutral (eg, elevated, lipped, lateralized, face changing, true constrained, and dual mobility). The primary outcome was the rate of intraoperative conversion from a neutral to non-neutral liner, defined as a wasted neutral liner followed by the implantation of a non-neutral liner. Results: Neutral liners were more frequently used in robotic-assisted THA than in manual THA (71% vs 42%, respectively), whereas elevated or lipped liners were more commonly used in manual THA than in robotic-assisted THA (34% vs 26%, respectively). After controlling for patient demographics and surgical variables, robotic-assisted THA had lower odds of conversion from a wasted neutral to an implanted non-neutral liner compared to manual THA. Conclusion: Robotic-assisted THA is associated with a decreased rate of intraoperative liner conversion from a neutral to a non-neutral liner, suggesting that robotic assistance may provide greater stability during intraoperative assessments of implant placement. Level of Evidence: Level III: retrospective cohort study.

Topic: Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
SURGERY OF THE PAEDIATRIC TRANSGLOTTIC GRANULAR CELL TUMOUR

SURGERY OF PAEDIATRIC TRANSGLOTTIC GRANULAR CELL TUMOURW Ahmed, N Amin, M Wyatt, C JephsonAIMSurgical management of paediatric transglottic granular cell tumours (GCTs) and literature review. METHODSLiterature identified case reports/series only. Two clinical records were reviewed (consultations/operative procedures/histology/radiology).RESULTSReview identified paediatric GCTs that were glottic or subglottic, with no transglottic tumours. Majority of patients had endoscopic resections, with fewer requiring larygofissure approach (historic publications).We report two patients: A (6F) and B (8F) with transglottic GCTs (glottis/subglottis) presenting with cough, dysphonia and noisy breathing. Patient A had a mass involving the posterior half of right vocal fold. Patient B had a tumour extending from the right anterior commissure to arytenoid. Both had inferior subglottic extensions. Multiple staged endoscopic resections were required to debulk/excise disease. Patient A is 3 years post-treatment and B has undergone a recent laryngoscopy, both disease-free.CONCLUSIONSAbove cases are the first reported transglottic GCTs, requiring a staged surgical approach for clearance, whilst preserving laryngeal structure and function.

Topic: Tumors and Oncological Cases
Subfield: Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Random Projections and Sampling Algorithms for Clustering of High-Dimensional Polygonal Curves

We study the $k$-median clustering problem for high-dimensional polygonal curves with finite but unbounded number of vertices. We tackle the computational issue that arises from the high number of dimensions by defining a Johnson-Lindenstrauss projection for polygonal curves. We analyze the resulting error in terms of the Fréchet distance, which is a tractable and natural dissimilarity measure for curves. Our clustering algorithms achieve sublinear dependency on the number of input curves via subsampling. Also, we show that the Fréchet distance can not be approximated within any factor of less than $\sqrt{2}$ by probabilistically reducing the dependency on the number of vertices of the curves. As a consequence we provide a fast, CUDA-parallelized version of the Alt and Godau algorithm for computing the Fréchet distance and use it to evaluate our results empirically.

Topic: Time Series Analysis and Forecasting
Subfield: Signal Processing
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
The relations between radio and forbidden [O III]-emission line luminosities in FRII radiogalaxies

We present spectrophotometry of 17 FRII radiogalaxies and use the resulting [O III]4959 + 5007 line fluxes to investigate the relations between radio and [O III] emission-line luminosities in an unbiased sample of 39 FRIIs with z < 0.5. For such objects this work provides the first proof of an empirical link between 178-MHz total luminosity P178 and [O III]4959/5007 line luminosity P[O III]; it also confirms a previously reported link of P178 with the 5-GHz luminosity Prad central of the radio central component. We argue that an apparent correlation between P[O III] and Prad central can be explained by separate P178–P[O III] and P178–Prad central links and need not be intrinsic. The relative strengths of these correlations provide evidence, independent of arguments based on the intensity ratios of the narrow lines, that the narrow-line region is photo-ionized from a central source which is physically distinct from the radio-jets.

Topic: Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
The Role of Animacy in Children's Interpretation of Relative Clauses in English: Evidence From Sentence–Picture Matching and Eye Movements

Abstract Subject relative clauses (SRCs) are typically processed more easily than object relative clauses (ORCs), but this difference is diminished by an inanimate head‐noun in semantically non‐reversible ORCs (“The book that the boy is reading”). In two eye‐tracking experiments, we investigated the influence of animacy on online processing of semantically reversible SRCs and ORCs using lexically inanimate items that were perceptually animate due to motion (e.g., “Where is the tractor that the cow is chasing”). In Experiment 1, 48 children (aged 4;5–6;4) and 32 adults listened to sentences that varied in the lexical animacy of the NP1 head‐noun (Animate/Inanimate) and relative clause (RC) type (SRC/ORC) with an animate NP2 while viewing two images depicting opposite actions. As expected, inanimate head‐nouns facilitated the correct interpretation of ORCs in children; however, online data revealed children were more likely to anticipate an SRC as the RC unfolded when an inanimate head‐noun was used, suggesting processing was sensitive to perceptual animacy. In Experiment 2, we repeated our design with inanimate (rather than animate) NP2s (e.g., “where is the tractor that the car is following”) to investigate whether our online findings were due to increased visual surprisal at an inanimate as agent, or to similarity‐based interference. We again found greater anticipation for an SRC in the inanimate condition, supporting our surprisal hypothesis. Across the experiments, offline measures show that lexical animacy influenced children's interpretation of ORCs, whereas online measures reveal that as RCs unfolded, children were sensitive to the perceptual animacy of lexically inanimate NPs, which was not reflected in the offline data. Overall measures of syntactic comprehension, inhibitory control, and verbal short‐term memory and working memory were not predictive of children's accuracy in RC interpretation, with the exception of a positive correlation with a standardized measure of syntactic comprehension in Experiment 1.

Topic: Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Influence of Temperature on the Chromatic Dispersion of Photonic Crystal Fiber by Infiltrating the Air Holes with Water

Abstract This paper describes study of photonic crystal fiber (PCF) in order to study the influence of temperature on the chromatic dispersion; these types of fibers are based on commercial structures, but air holes will be infiltrated with water. Using finite domain-beam propagation method, it is shown that the zero dispersion wavelength can be shifted from 1.058753 to 1.271767 µm, a shift of 213 nm. At 50 °C, a shift of 169 nm. As a result, we reveal that the proposed PCF can successfully compensate for the chromatic dispersion by the influence of temperature. Furthermore, the design model and methodology can be applied to design other dispersion-based devices, such as dispersion-flattened fibers and dispersion-shifted fibers, or can be used also as a sensor of temperature.

Topic: Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics
Subfield: Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
A Comprehensive Pan-Cancer Analysis Identifies CEP55 as a Potential Oncogene and Novel Therapeutic Target

Emerging research findings have shown that a centrosomal protein (CEP55) is a potential oncogene in numerous human malignancies. Nevertheless, no pan-cancer analysis has been conducted to investigate the various aspects and behavior of this oncogene in different human cancerous tissues. Numerous databases were investigated to conduct a detailed analysis of CEP55. Initially, we evaluated the expression of CEP55 in several types of cancers and attempted to find the correlation between that and the stage of the examined malignancies. Then, we conducted a survival analysis to determine the relationship between CEP55 overexpression in malignancies and the patient’s survival. Furthermore, we examined the genetic alteration forms and the methylation status of this oncogene. Additionally, the interference of CEP55 expression with immune cell infiltration, the response to various chemotherapeutic agents, and the putative molecular mechanism of CEP55 in tumorigenesis were investigated. The current study found that CEP55 was upregulated in cancerous tissues versus normal controls where this upregulation was correlated with a poor prognosis in multiple forms of human cancers. Additionally, it influenced the level of different immune cell infiltration and several chemokines levels in the tumor microenvironment in addition to the response to several antitumor drugs. Herein, we provide an in-depth understanding of the oncogenic activities of CEP55, identifying it as a possible predictive marker as well as a specific target for developing anticancer therapies.

Topic: Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
Subfield: Cell Biology
Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Domain: Life Sciences
&lt;i&gt;In vivo&lt;/i&gt; competitive index of Δ&lt;i&gt;spxA1&lt;/i&gt; and Δ&lt;i&gt;spxA2&lt;/i&gt; against the WT strain.

&lt;p&gt;Groups of six female BALB/c mice were inoculated intraperitoneally with a mixture of Δ&lt;i&gt;spxA1&lt;/i&gt; and WT or Δ&lt;i&gt;spxA2&lt;/i&gt; and WT at a ratio of 1∶1. At 18 h post-infection, blood samples were collected and plated. The Δ&lt;i&gt;spxA1&lt;/i&gt;/WT and Δ&lt;i&gt;spxA2&lt;/i&gt;/WT ratios were determined by analyzing 70 colonies of each sample with colony PCR. The competitive index was determined as the mutant:WT ratio in blood samples divided by the ratio in the inoculum. A CI value of 1 indicates equal competitiveness. Mean CI values from six mice were compared to 1 using the two-tailed paired &lt;i&gt;t&lt;/i&gt; test to determine whether the difference in competitiveness is significant. ***&lt;i&gt;P&lt;/i&gt;&lt;0.0001.&lt;/p&gt;

Topic: Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies
Subfield: Plant Science
Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Domain: Life Sciences
CramrRao lower bound for tracking multiple targets

The derivation and computation of the theoretical Cram??r-Rao lower bounds for multiple target tracking has traditionally been considered to be a notoriously difficult problem. The authors present a simple and exact solution based on the assumption that raw sensor data (before thresholding) are available. The multi-target tracking problem can then be formulated as recursive Bayesian track-before-detect estimation. The advantage of this formulation is that it is identical to nonlinear filtering, for which the exact posterior Cram??r-Rao bound is already known. The paper presents several numerical examples in support of the theoretical findings.

Topic: Target Tracking and Data Fusion in Sensor Networks
Subfield: Artificial Intelligence
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
[Minimally invasive cardiac surgelry for congenital heart diseases].

We have performed 174 pediatric open-heart operations using a lower midline skin incision and a minimal sternotomy approach since 1996. There was no death or major complication caused by this approach, and the resulting scar in each patient is difficult to be seen under an ordinary undershirt. The technique of a lower mid-line skin incision and minimal sternotomy approach is a safe, reliable and cosmetically advantageous method for a pediatric cardiac operation. We have applied an autologous blood predonation protocol in pediatric open-heart surgery since 1996. The study included 103 children weighing 7.5 kg or more. 8 ml/kg of blood was taken twice before operation. 97 patients (94.2%) needed no homologous blood transfusion during cardiopulmonary bypass. We consider our protocol of autologous blood predonation to be safe and effective for avoiding homologous blood transfusion in pediatric patients. Twelve children with patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) were successfully treated by thoracoscopic surgery under transesophageal echocardiography, by which interruption of the ductal flow was confirmed. Video-assisted endoscopic surgery can be safely applied to pediatric patients with PDA. This technique may be an effective addition to the staged management of more complex forms of congenital heart defects. To minimize deleterious postoperative influences of cardiopulmonary bypass on the pulmonary circulation, the right heart bypass operation was achieved without use of cardiopulmonary bypass. Four patients in whom no intracardiac procedure was needed, have undergone this operative maneuver using a temporary bypass. This operative procedure is especially recommended for pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum with sinusoidal communication when decompression of right ventricular pressure might cause coronary steel and ischemia.

Topic: Congenital Heart Disease Studies
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
The Elusive Goal of Cancer Surgery: Patient and Provider Perception of “Cure”

Pawlik, Timothy M. MD, MPH, PhD, FACS; Wilson, Ana DO; Winner, Megan MD; Yahanda, Alexander T.; Gani, Faiz MBBS; Kim, Yuhree MD Author Information

Topic: Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy
Subfield: Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Modeling product development decision policies of managers and management students: Differences between subjective and relative weights

This research adapted the behavioral decision theory modeling approach to capture product development decision policies. 29 students in a strategic management course, 38 students in an introductory management course, and 50 managers completed a simulated product development decision-making exercise. Significant policy differences were observed among the groups in terms of the average weights attributed to two of the criteria, and the internal consistency of the decision makers. Both the managers and students exhibited poor insight into their own decision as there were significant differences between their relative (objective) weights from the exercise and their subjective (stated) weights. Therefore, to accurately capture product development decision policies, one must observe multiple decisions rather than ask subjects to state their decision policies.

Topic: Innovation and Knowledge Management
Subfield: Strategy and Management
Field: Business, Management and Accounting
Domain: Social Sciences