jimnoneill/paper-to-field-training huggingface dataset:
Normal Hausdorff spectra of pro-2 groups

Klopsch and the author have constructed a finitely generated pro-p group G, for p an odd prime, with infinite normal Hausdorff spectrum with respect to the p-power series. They show that the normal Hausdorff spectrum of G contains an infinite interval, which answers a question of Shalev. They indicate in their paper how their results extend to the case p=2. In this note, we provide all the details for the even case.

Topic: Mathematical Dynamics and Fractals
Subfield: Mathematical Physics
Field: Mathematics
Domain: Physical Sciences
Xi Jinping's Ideological and Political Education in Colleges under the Training Mode of "Three Orientation"

The "three orientation" training mode requires to improve the humanistic quality, professionalism and physical and mental qualities of college students, so as to achieve the goal of ideological and political education in colleges and universities, and meet the requirements of "Xi Jinping's new thought" for talent training in colleges and universities.

Topic: Ideological and Political Education
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
The protective effects of β-sitosterol and vermicularin from Thamnolia vermicularis (Sw.) Ach. against skin aging in vitro

Aged skin, featured with dryness and wrinkles, has received mounting attention due to its adverse influences on beauty. β-Sitosterol and vermicularin are two common active ingredients of Thamnolia vermicularis (Sw.) Ach., a traditional Chinese medicine, of which the anti-aging effect has been discovered. Their protective performance against skin aging was assayed by co-culturing with skin cells in this work. Results showed that β-sitosterol promoted the biosynthesis of hyaluronic acid by increasing the expression of hyaluronic acid synthases in fibroblasts and enhanced the expression of skin barrier functional proteins including aquaporin 3, loricrin, filaggrin and involucrin in keratinocytes, which conduced to the moisture retention within skin. Moreover, vermicularin might function as an anti-wrinkle agent by preventing the loss of collagen type I. Specifically, vermicularin reduced the amount of reactive oxygen species within hydrogen-peroxide-induced fibroblasts; together with suppressing the activation of mitogen-activated protein kinases, it could inhibit the production of matrix metalloproteinases-1. The present research will contribute to the development of the compounds as anti-aging ingredients for future applications in cosmetic formulations and functional food as well as promote further studies of raw materials containing alike compounds.

Topic: Skin Protection and Aging
Subfield: Dermatology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Rush-hour traffic: self-presentation of defendants in speedy traffic court cases

Much work examines self-presentation styles; however, little work explores how people present themselves in traffic court. Utilizing observatory research, we aim to better understand differences in physical presentation and demeanor in traffic court. Further, judges that work in traffic court were interviewed to see how they understood the importance of presentation of self. Data indicate that most of those who appear in traffic court aim to present themselves professionally and behave with respect while in court. This appears to be a wise decision because judges tended to think that presentation of self was an important variable in their courtroom and how they evaluated cases. Still, differences in presentation of self appeared in the courtroom especially with regard to dress – extremely casual to orange jumpsuits. Finally, we argue that while modern defendants aim to present professionally the overall 'professional' presentation of self, even in the courtroom, is casual dress.

Topic: Psychology of Social Influence
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Modification of the existing maximum residue levels for picloram in animal commodities and honey

Abstract In accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005, the applicant Corteva Agriscience International Sàrl submitted a request to the competent national authority in the Netherlands to modify the existing maximum residue levels (MRLs) in certain animal commodities (fat and liver) and honey. The data submitted in support of the request were found to be sufficient to derive an MRL proposal for honey. Adequate analytical methods for enforcement are available to control the residues according to the residue definition for enforcement proposed as ‘picloram, free and conjugated, expressed as picloram’ in honey at the validated limit of quantification (LOQ) of 0.01 mg/kg. For the commodities of animal origin, although the submitted data were found to be sufficient, EFSA concluded that no change of the existing MRLs was necessary. Based on the risk assessment results, EFSA concluded that the short‐term and long‐term intake of residues expected in honey, resulting from the existing uses of picloram on melliferous crops, is unlikely to present a risk to consumer health.

Topic: Agricultural safety and regulations
Subfield: Food Science
Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Domain: Life Sciences
Los cuerpos condenados de Tocopilla: Namazu de Rodrigo Ramos Bañaos

The recent narrative of the Norte Grande in Chile has focused on the ways in which the body is affected and stressed by the geographical space of the desert and the problems of the area today, such as extractivism, the marginalisation of subjects, the mining industry, and the sacrifice zones, among others. On this basis, different works have sought to represent how this marginalised space affectively configures the bodies of the subjects who inhabit it, thus elaborating different figures that address the construction of these bodies, pointing to a deepening of the relationship established between subjects and spaces. In this article we will focus on the figures of the body that are proposed in the novel Namazu by Rodrigo Ramos Bañados, where we investigate the link between Tocopilla, the city in which the novel is set, and the characters who visit and inhabit the place, in the context of the imminent disaster that stalks the story from the beginning: the Great Earthquake of the Norte Grande. In this link, the central figure will be that of the condemned body, condemned to death by the earthquake itself and by the marginalisation of the town, and the figures of the strange, monstrous and foreign body.

Topic: Cultural and Social Studies in Latin America
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SCE as a CASE: an extendible service creation architecture

A service creation process (or environment) can be seen as a specialized type of a computer-aided software engineering process (or environment), which is tightly coupled with the intelligent network. As such, the following characteristics are considered essential: automatic code generation capability; independence from service control platform; integrated environment; and extendability. This paper examines those characteristics in detail and describes the ways to achieve these characteristics. It also discusses some issues relating to the current standardization activities and results.

Topic: Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services
Subfield: Information Systems
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
The Political Premium of Television Celebrity

This paper studies the electoral consequences of television stardom through the career of Ronald Reagan. I utilize quasi-experimental variation in television reception to estimate the causal effect of celebrity exposure on political support. I find that Reagan’s tenure as the host of a 1950s entertainment television program translated into support for his candidacy, in terms of votes and political donations, nearly two decades after the show’s first airing. Placebo checks suggest that this impact is not driven by unobserved heterogeneity or omitted variable bias. The effect was especially pronounced in the 1976 Republican primary elections relative to the general presidential elections and partially dissipated in locations where Reagan was a known political entity. Using the American National Election Studies (ANES) surveys, I provide evidence on possible mechanisms. Consistent with rational updating, nonpolitical media increased voters’ assessment of Reagan’s character and leadership, personalizing political considerations in elections featuring him. (JEL D72, L82, Z13)

Topic: Media Influence and Politics
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
A constant current high voltage capacitor charging power supply for pulsed power applications

This paper describes a power supply for a rapid pulsed power charging system designed for charging a 0.25 /spl mu/F capacitor up to 20 kV in approximately 3 ms. It is capable of charging the load capacitor at repetition rate of 300 pps. This power supply is based on a series resonant three phase inverter followed by step-up transformers. Experimental results carried out at different repetition rates and charging voltage are included along with the system descriptions.

Topic: Electromagnetic Launch and Propulsion Technology
Subfield: Aerospace Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Nostalgia and the ‘New Visibility’ of Religion

This article examines the role that religion plays in a sample of the lives and career journeys of eight academic staff or alumni at a British university. Using the ‘Nostalgia Interviews with Chris Deacy’ podcast as source material, the aim is to look at the intersection between traditional and implicit conceptualisations of religion, that arise in the course of interviews that the author has undertaken, with a view to shedding light on what this says about the role that religion plays when people reminisce about their past, how this relates to contemporary religious experience for them, and whether this might be identified as an example of the ‘new visibility’ of religion. It will conclude that the way we understand the location and parameters of religion in the contemporary world needs to be re-orientated and re-framed, in the light of the presence of those less formal and structured forms of religion, which often overlap with formal religious practices, but are often articulated without reference to it.

Topic: Religious Tourism and Spaces
Subfield: Geography, Planning and Development
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
5-Cyclic Amine-3-arylsulfonylindazoles as Novel 5-HT<sub>6</sub> Receptor Antagonists

Novel 5-cyclic amine-3-arylsulfonylindazoles were prepared, and several analogues within this class have been identified as high-affinity 5-HT(6) receptor ligands with improved pharmacokinetic and pharmacological properties. One selected example, 18b, showed good brain penetrability and a generally favorable pharmacokinetic profile with procognitive efficacy in the rat novel object recognition assay. The synthesis and structure-activity relationship of this potent class are discussed.

Topic: Chemical synthesis and alkaloids
Subfield: Organic Chemistry
Field: Chemistry
Domain: Physical Sciences
Numerical analysis of suppression of reflected waves on aquatic propulsion mechanism by using wedge-shaped vibrating elastic plate

The aquatic propulsion mechanism by using wedge-shaped vibrating elastic plate obtains propulsion force from traveling waves on the plate generated by vibrating a leading edge on the plate. But reduction of the propulsion force is caused by generating standing waves. The standing waves are generated by superposition of the traveling waves and the reflected waves generated at the rear end. In order to improve the propulsion force, suppression of the reflected waves by adding translational control and rotating control on the rear end is considered. The above plan is validated by using Finite Element Analysis.

Topic: Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions
Subfield: Computational Mechanics
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Phenotypes Conferred by Wheat Multiple Pathogen Resistance Locus, <i>Sr2</i>, Include Cell Death in Response to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses

The wheat Sr2 locus confers partial resistance to four biotrophic pathogens: wheat stem rust (Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici), leaf rust (P. triticina), stripe rust (P. striiformis f. sp. tritici), and powdery mildew (Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici). In addition, Sr2 is linked with a brown coloration of ears and stems, termed pseudo-black chaff (PBC). PBC, initially believed to be elicited by stem rust infection, was subsequently recognized to occur in the absence of pathogen infection. The current study demonstrates that the resistance response to stem rust is associated with the death of photosynthetic cells around rust infection sites in the inoculated leaf sheath. Similarly, Sr2-dependent resistance to powdery mildew was associated with the death of leaf mesophyll cells around mildew infection sites. We demonstrate that PBC occurring in the absence of pathogen inoculation also corresponds with death and the collapse of photosynthetic cells in the affected parts of stems and ears. In addition, Sr2-dependent necrosis was inducible in leaves by application of petroleum jelly or by heat treatments. Thus, Sr2 was found to be associated with cell death, which could be triggered by either biotic or abiotic stresses. Our results suggest a role for the Sr2 locus in controlling cell death in response to stress.

Topic: Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
Subfield: Plant Science
Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Domain: Life Sciences
Gene structure of Enterococcus hirae (Streptococcus faecalis) F1F0-ATPase, which functions as a regulator of cytoplasmic pH

Enterococcus hirae (formerly Streptococcus faecalis) ATCC 9790 has an F1F0-ATPase which functions as a regulator of the cytoplasmic pH but does not synthesize ATP. We isolated four clones which contained genes for c, b, delta, and alpha subunits of this enzyme but not for other subunit genes. It was revealed that two specific regions (upstream of the c-subunit gene and downstream of the gamma-subunit gene) were lost at a specific site in the clones we isolated, suggesting that these regions were unstable in Escherichia coli. The deleted regions were amplified by polymerase chain reaction, and the nucleotide sequences of these regions were determined. The results showed that eight genes for a, c, b, delta, alpha, gamma, beta, and epsilon subunits were present in this order. Northern (RNA) blot analysis showed that these eight genes were transcribed to one mRNA. The i gene was not found in the upper region of the a-subunit gene. Instead of the i gene, this operon contained a long untranslated region (240 bp) whose G + C content was only 30%. There was no typical promoter sequence such as was proposed for E. coli, suggesting that the promoter structure of this species is different from that of E. coli. Deduced amino acid sequences suggested that E. hirae H(+)-ATPase is a typical F1F0-type ATPase but that its gene structure is not identical to that of other bacterial F1F0-ATPases.

Topic: ATP Synthase and ATPases Research
Subfield: Molecular Biology
Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Domain: Life Sciences
Rustling Reeds and Lofty Pines: Elgar and the Music of Nature

In contemporary Britain, the music of Elgar carries persistent associations with ideas of nature and a sense of place. Elgar scholarship has usually treated his utterances on the subject as biographical testimony, yet they also evoke a network of concepts inherited from myths, literary conventions, and the preoccupations of the Romantic movement. An awareness of this context yields new perspectives on his music, especially those passages that imitate the sound of wind, be it among reeds, trees, or across the strings of an Aeolian harp.

Topic: Musicology and Musical Analysis
Subfield: Music
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
American Pilots In The Battle Of Britain

This study determines the extent of American pilot participation as members of the Royal Air Force flying in the Battle of Britain. It also examines the recruiting mechanism by which the Americans became involved in the war and documents their contributions as combat pilots during the battle itself. Research reveals that, while many American citizens were recruited to fly for Britain during the summer of 1940, only six Americans are known to have actually participated in the Battle of Britain, fought between 12 August and 15 September 1940. These men not only demonstrated America's determination to support her allies, but materially contributed to Britain's cause by destroying two and one half enemy aircraft, probably destroying five others, and damaging two more during their brief RAF careers. (author)

Topic: World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact
Subfield: Political Science and International Relations
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Surgical Therapy of Infective Prosthesis Endocarditis following TAVI: A Single Center’s Experience

Background/Objectives: Infective prosthesis endocarditis (IE) following transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) presents significant management challenges, marked by high mortality rates. This study reviews our center’s experience with surgical interventions for IE in patients post-TAVI, focusing on outcomes, challenges, and procedural complexities, and providing an overview of the limited literature surrounding this subject. Methods: This study was executed as a comprehensive retrospective analysis, targeting the clinical outcomes of surgical treatment in patients presenting with PVE following TAVI procedures at our institution. From July 2017 to July 2022, we identified five patients who had previously undergone transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve implantation and were later diagnosed with PVE needing surgery, strictly adhering to the modified Duke criteria. Results: All surgical procedures were reported successful with no intra- or postoperative mortality. Patients were predominantly male (80%), with an average age of 76 ± 8.6 years, presenting mostly with dyspnea (NYHA Class II). The mean follow-up was between 121 and 1973 days, with outcomes showing no occurrences of stroke, myocardial infarction, or major bleeding. One patient expired from unrelated causes 3.7 years post-surgery. The operative and postoperative protocols demonstrated effective disease management with enhanced survival and minimal complications. Conclusions: The surgical treatment of IE following TAVI, though challenging, can be successfully achieved with careful patient selection and a multidisciplinary approach. The favorable outcomes suggest that surgical intervention remains a viable option for managing this high-risk patient group. Our study also highlights the scarce literature available on this topic, suggesting an urgent need for more comprehensive research to enhance understanding and improve treatment strategies. Future studies with larger cohorts are needed to further validate these findings and refine surgical strategies for this growing patient population.

Topic: Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
NPP Grassland: Hays, USA, 1970, R1

This data set contains three ASCII files (.txt format). Two files contain above- and below-ground biomass and productivity data for a mixed prairie grassland, one file for an ungrazed treatment and the other for a moderately grazed treatment. The study site (38.87 N, - 99.38 W, Elevation 714 m) is located in the central Great Plains near the city of Hays, Kansas, about 400-km west of Kansas City. The third file contains monthly and annual climate data for the period 1891-1994 obtained from a weather station (38.87 N, -99.38 W, Elevation 613 m) located at the Hays grassland study site. Dynamics of above-ground living and dead plant biomass were monitored by the harvest technique at roughly 2-week intervals during the growing season of 1970. Total below-ground biomass was sampled at the same intervals by manual coring within the harvested plots to a depth sufficient to include at least 90% of the root mass. Data were collected as part of a coordinated study over 1-3 years at ten grassland sites of the central and western United States, under the US Grassland Biome Project of the International Biological Program (IBP). Annual above-ground net primary production (ANPP) was estimated conservatively by summing peak biomass of individual species. These values were 363 g/m2/year for ungrazed and 372 g/m2/year for grazed grassland plots. Annual below-ground net primary production (BNPP) was estimated as the sum of positive increments in total root biomass (including root crowns); 1,062 g/m2/year for ungrazed and 855 g/m2/year for grazed grassland plots.

Topic: Pasture and Agricultural Systems
Subfield: Forestry
Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Domain: Life Sciences
Phased array antenna on a radial waveguide

Numerical and research results of investigation and optimization of the distributive system of the monopulse phased array antenna (PAA) with circular aperture based on the radial waveguide are presented. The research was carried out with decomposition technique using a one term approximation of the induced EMF.

Topic: Microwave Engineering and Waveguides
Subfield: Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Theory of space-harmonic traveling-wave interactions in semiconductors

Strong coupling can be obtained between slow space-charge waves in thin biased semiconductors and long-wavelength microwave fields, if the semiconductor is overlaid with an insulated periodic mosaic of tiny metal stripes. Microscopic field perturbations are represented by a set of slow space-harmonic waves traveling in opposite directions, with a standing-wave interference pattern which matches the periodicity of the mosaic. When the carrier drift velocity is approximately synchronized with one of the space-harmonic waves, interaction is enhanced, space-charge waves may be induced, negative-resistance effects may appear, and power may be coupled from the semiconductor into external microwave networks. Theory indicates that the principle can be used to obtain microwave amplification or oscillation in thin biased layers of normal semiconductors such as silicon or germanium. It may also be possible to couple efficiently in this way to traveling Gunn-effect domains in extensive thin layers of gallium arsenide.

Topic: Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
A BMC-Formulation for the Scheduling Problem in Highly Constrained Hardware Systems

This paper describes a novel application for SAT--based Bounded Model Checking (BMC) within hardware scheduling problems. First of all, it introduces a new model for control-dependent systems. In this model, alternative executions (producing "tree-like" scheduling traces) are managed as concurrent systems, where alternative behaviors are followed in parallel. This enables standard BMC techniques, producing solutions made up of single paths connecting initial and terminal states. Secondly, it discusses the main problem arising from the above choice, i.e., re-writing resource bounds, so that they take into account the artificial concurrencies introduced for controlled behaviors. Thirdly, we exploit SAT-based Bounded Model Checking as a verification technique mostly oriented to bug hunting and counter-example extraction. In order to consider resource constraints, the solutions of modifying the SAT solver or adding extra clauses are both taken into consideration. Preliminary experimental results, comparing our SAT based approach to state-of-the art BDD-based techniques are eventually presented

Topic: Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems
Subfield: Computer Networks and Communications
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences