jimnoneill/paper-to-field-training huggingface dataset:
Intimate Relationship Commitment: An Integrated Conceptual Model

Abstract Relationship commitment, the intention to remain in one's relationship, is a significant predictor of relationship stability in intimate partnerships. In this article, the author reviews existing models of commitment and offers a new conceptual model of commitment that integrates the previous work of commitment researchers. The integrated model of commitment proposed in this article is intended for practical use in couple counseling with partners in diverse types of intimate relationships. The author ends with suggestions for clinicians in applying the integrated model to assess clients' relationship commitment. KEYWORDS: couples counselingrelationship commitmentintimate relationships

Topic: Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Guardians of contested borders. Transnational Strategies for Coptic Survival

Coptic interpretations of the status of Copts in Egypt affect their trans-national strategies and their gender constructs embedded in their minority discourses. In particular, different Coptic transnational organisations and their negotiations of Coptic identity are influential.

Topic: African history and culture analysis
Subfield: Political Science and International Relations
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Lamb model in the study of immunity to enteropathogenic Escherichia coli infections

SUMMARY Three groups of ewes were vaccinated with formalin inactivated, whole cell, aluminum hydroxide adjuvanted bacterins prepared from capsulated enteropathogenic Escherichia coli ( eec ). Lambs born to and suckling these ewes, compared with lambs of nonvaccinated control ewes, were highly resistant to homologous eec challenge exposure. Lambs of ewes vaccinated with products prepared from K99 antigen-positive, noncapsulated E coli were highly resistant to heterologous eec challenge exposure. In both cases, lambs of vaccinated ewes had significantly ( P &lt; 0.005) less morbidity and mortality, fewer challenge inoculum-type E coli per rectal swab evaluation, and had superior weight gains over a 4-day period. Immunoglobulin assay of 122 lamb sera (collected 12 hours after birth) failed to reveal any correlation between serum immunoglobulin values and morbidity or mortality. When tested by plate agglutination technique, using whole cell antigens, or by reverse radial immunodiffusion, using purified capsular antigens, colostral whey samples of vaccinated ewes did not have increased capsular antibody titers. The K99 serum antibody values of K99 antigen-vaccinated ewes were markedly higher than were those of ewes vaccinated with other bacterins or of control ewes.

Topic: Escherichia coli research studies
Subfield: Endocrinology
Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Domain: Life Sciences
Automatic Olive Peacock Spot Disease Recognition System Development by Using Single Shot Detector

Among the artificial intelligence based studies conducted in the field of agriculture, disease recognition methods founded on deep learning are observed to become widespread.Due to the diversity and regional specificity of many plant species, studies performed in this field are not at the desired level.Olive peacock spot disease of the olive plant which grows only in certain regions in the world is a widely encountered disease particularly in Turkey.The aim of this research is to develop an olive peacock spot disease detection system using a Single Shot Detector (SSD) which is one the popular deep learning architectures to support olive farmers.This study presents a data set consisting of 1460 olive leaves samples for the detection of olive peacock spot disease.All of the images of the olive leaves which produced under controlled conditions were collected from Aegean region of Turkey during spring and summer.The data set was trained with different intersection over union (IoU) threshold values using SSD architecture.A 96% average precision (AP) value was obtained with IoU=0.5.As IOU value goes up from 0.5, erroneously classified olive peacock spot disease symptoms growed larger as well.The AP curve becomes flat when between 0.1 and 0.5, and it decreases when greater than 0.5.This analysis showed that the IoU significantly influenced the performance of SSD based model in detection of olive peacock spot disease.In addition to, trainings were performed by employing Pytorch library and a GUI was developed for the SSD based application using PyQt5 which is one of Pyhton's libraries.Results showed that the SSD was a robust tool for recognizing the olive peacock spot disease.

Topic: Smart Agriculture and AI
Subfield: Plant Science
Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Domain: Life Sciences
A Truthful Mechanism for the Generalized Assignment Problem

We propose a truthful-in-expectation, (1-1/ e )-approximation mechanism for a strategic variant of the generalized assignment problem (GAP). In GAP, a set of items has to be optimally assigned to a set of bins without exceeding the capacity of any singular bin. In the strategic variant of the problem we study, values for assigning items to bins are the private information of bidders and the mechanism should provide bidders with incentives to truthfully report their values. The approximation ratio of the mechanism is a significant improvement over the approximation ratio of the existing truthful mechanism for GAP. The proposed mechanism comprises a novel convex optimization program as the allocation rule as well as an appropriate payment rule. To implement the convex program in polynomial time, we propose a fractional local search algorithm which approximates the optimal solution within an arbitrarily small error leading to an approximately truthful-in-expectation mechanism. The proposed algorithm improves upon the existing optimization algorithms for GAP in terms of simplicity and runtime while the approximation ratio closely matches the best approximation ratio known for GAP when all inputs are publicly known.

Topic: Auction Theory and Applications
Subfield: Management Science and Operations Research
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Supplementary Appendix 1 from A Simulation Model to Predict the Impact of Prophylactic Surgery and Screening on the Life Expectancy of &lt;i&gt;BRCA1&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;BRCA2&lt;/i&gt; Mutation Carriers

&lt;p&gt;PDF file, 124KB, Estimation of Age-Specific Breast Cancer Incidence among BRCA1/2 Mutation Carriers in the Absence of Risk-Reducing Interventions.&lt;/p&gt;

Topic: BRCA gene mutations in cancer
Subfield: Genetics
Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Domain: Life Sciences
Inflammation and airway microbiota during cystic fibrosis pulmonary exacerbations. PLoS One 2013

Background: Pulmonary exacerbations (PEx), frequently associated with airway infection and inflammation, are the leading cause of morbidity in cystic fibrosis (CF). Molecular microbiologic approaches detect complex microbiota from CF airway samples taken during PEx. The relationship between airway microbiota, inflammation, and lung function during CF PEx is not well understood. Objective: To determine the relationships between airway microbiota, inflammation, and lung function in CF subjects treated for PEx. Methods: Expectorated sputum and blood were collected and lung function testing performed in CF subjects during early (0–3d.) and late treatment (.7d.) for PEx. Sputum was analyzed by culture, pyrosequencing of 16S rRNA amplicons, and quantitative PCR for total and specific bacteria. Sputum IL-8 and neutrophil elastase (NE); and circulating C-reactive protein (CRP) were measured. Results: Thirty-seven sputum samples were collected from 21 CF subjects. At early treatment, lower diversity was associated with high relative abundance (RA) of Pseudomonas (r =20.67, p,0.001), decreased FEV1 % predicted (r = 0.49, p = 0.03) and increased CRP (r =20.58, p = 0.01). In contrast to Pseudomonas, obligate and facultative anaerobic genera were associated with less inflammation and higher FEV1. With treatment, Pseudomonas RA and P. aeruginosa by qPCR decreased while

Topic: Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances
Subfield: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
A Case of Transient Global Amnesia: A Review and How It May Shed Further Insight into the Neurobiology of Delusions.

Transient global amnesia is a clinical syndrome characterized by the sudden onset of anterograde amnesia, accompanied by repetitive questioning, sometimes with a retrograde component, lasting up to 24 hours, without compromise of other neurologic function. Neuroimaging after an acutetransient global amnesia event often shows transient perturbation of specific hippocampal circuits that are involved in memory processing. Critical clinical distinctions, such as between transient global amnesia and other forms of transient amnesic episodes, as well as important clues to the underlying pathophysiologies are herein reviewed. Finally, we discuss the role of hippocampal insufficiency in the neurobiology of delusions.

Topic: Memory and Neural Mechanisms
Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Authors’ reply. Virological analysis of fatal influenza cases in the United Kingdom during the early wave of influenza in winter 2010/11

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Topic: Influenza Virus Research Studies
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Sorption Kinetic and Intraparticle Diffusivities of As 3+ and Hg 2+ Detoxification from Aqueous Solution Using Cellulosic Biosorbent Derived from Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) Stems

The use of biodegradable, renewable and readily available local materials like cellulosic biosorbent produced from Okra stems as biosobent for the removal of toxic metal ions As(III) and Hg(II) ions were investigated and the results of the studies modeled using conventional adsorption models. The batch sorption study was performed as a function of pH, particle size and contact time. The dynamics of the process was investigated in order to establish the exact kinetics of the process and likely mode of bonding of the metal ions to the adsorbent binding sites.The results obtained indicates that optimum contact time of 120 min was sufficient for the attainment of of equilibrium for the sorption process. The experimental sorption data were analyzed using three sorption kinetic models viz; pseudo first-order, pseudo second-order and intra-particle diffusivity models. Results obtained showed that the pseudo second-order gave the best description to the experimental sorption data with correlation coefficients (R 2 values) of 1 and 0.999 for both unmodified and modified Okra stem for the two metal ions. The calculated pseudo second-order rate constants k 2 (g.mg-1 min-1) obtained from the plots gave 10, 0.0636 and 10, 0.0335 for unmodified and modified Okra stems for Hg(II) and As(III) ions respectively. The calculated equilibrium sorption capacities, qe for unmodified and modified adsorbent were found to agree closely with experimentally determined values and are the same 10, 10.101 for the two metal ions. The result also showed in percent mean value of sorption for As 3+ and Hg 2+ as 99.37 % and 99.96 % for neat Okra cellulosic biosorbent, and 99.95 % and 99.96 % for modified Okra cellulosic biosorbent. These results showed that the neat material can be effective without introducing any new chemical substances to the environment through the modification exercise. The mechanism of sorption tested showed a film diffusion models. The sorption affinity for the two metal ions studied showed As(III) > Hg(II).

Topic: Extraction and Separation Processes
Subfield: Mechanical Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
有限域中非零元表为两本原元和的问题

对Golomb的猜想:“存在正整数q<sub>0</sub>,使当素数幂q>q<sub>0</sub>时,有限域GF(q)中任一非零元皆可表为其两个本原元之和”,已有人给出了这样的q<sub>0</sub>,但相当大.本文的目的在于对任意素数幂q=p<sup>n</sup>,考察是否GF(q)中任一非零元皆可表为该域的两个本原元之和.我们证明了,对以下情形之一,这个答案是肯定的:(1)q>6.62×10<sup>7</sup>,且q≠300690391,(2)n>1,且q≠2<sup>2</sup>.而在q<10500的范围内,全部的否定答案仅是q=2,3,4,5,7,11,13,19,31,43,61这11个阶数.

Topic: Rings, Modules, and Algebras
Subfield: Algebra and Number Theory
Field: Mathematics
Domain: Physical Sciences
Data Reprocessing and Assumption Representation in Signal Understanding Systems

A key issue in the development of next-generation intelligent systems is the ability to perceive and understand the complex environments in which they will operate. Complex environments are characterized by variable signal-to-noise ratios, unpredictable source behavior, and the simultaneous occurrence of target sources whose signal signatures can overlap, mask, or otherwise distort each other. This paper argues that traditional perceptual architectures have limited effectiveness in such environments and presents an alternative design that is a significant extension of the Integrated Processing and Understanding of Signals (IPUS) architecture. The IPUS philosophy emphasizes structured bidirectional interaction between numeric signal processing and symbolic interpretation processes. The interaction occurs as a result of search for signal processing control parameter values that produce evidence satisfying the interpretation processes'' goals. This search is constrained by formal signal processing theory and dynamically generated problem-solving assumptions. Within the overall goal of extending, generalizing, and validating the IPUS architecture, this research program will explore the utility and scalability of formally designing perceptual systems with three features to make their processing strategies more adaptive to complex environments'' demands: 1) Selective Processing Streams (the ability to selectively apply signal processing algorithms to portions of the environment''s signal data), 2) Multiple Views Synthesis (the ability to integrate results from several front-end processings each with its own processing parameter settings), and 3) Explicit Processing Assumptions (the ability to represent and revise environmental and problem-solving assumptions as first-class objects and to use such information in all system components). This paper presents the current status of the IPUS testbed, discusses issues to be addressed in extending its architecture to accommodate the new features, and describes how the new architecture should be evaluated. --Frank

Topic: Neural Networks and Applications
Subfield: Artificial Intelligence
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Thermoelectric Transport Driven by Quantum Distance

The geometric characteristics of Bloch wave functions play a crucial role in electronic transport properties. We show that the thermoelectric performance of materials is governed by the geometric structure of Bloch wave functions within the framework of the Boltzmann equation. The essential geometric notion is the Hilbert-Schmidt quantum distance, measuring the resemblance between two quantum states. We establish a geometric characterization of the scattering rate by extending the concept of quantum distance between two states in momentum space at a distance.Employing isotropic quadratic band touching semimetals, where one can concentrate on the role of quantum geometric effects other than the Berry curvature, we find that the response functions for electrical quantum transport and, therefore, the thermoelectric power factor can be succinctly expressed in terms of the maximum quantum distance, $d_\mathrm{max}$. Specifically, when $d_\mathrm{max}$ reaches one, the power factor doubles compared to the case with trivial geometry ($d_\mathrm{max}=0$). Our finding highlights the significance of quantum geometry in improving the performance of thermoelectric devices.

Topic: Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices
Subfield: Materials Chemistry
Field: Materials Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
COVID-19 CASE FATALITY AND VACCINATION STATUS: A HOSPITAL BASED CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY

Introduction: Effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccine in preventing COVID-19 and related mortality is to be studied in depth especially now since we are on the verge of 4th wave of pandemic. The present study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of vaccines in preventing case fatality in hospitalized COVID-19 patients in a tertiary care centre. Methods: A hospital based cross-sectional study was done in all COVID-19 patients admitted in a tertiary care centre in Aurangabad from February 2021 to May 2022. 1275 patients vaccination status was known and outcome of these patients were studied. Unadjusted Odds ratios for each variable were estimated and logistic regression was used for multivariate analysis. Results: 360 study participants (28.24%) had taken at least 1 dose of vaccine, while 915 (71.76%) were not vaccinated. 441 (34.59%) participants had unfavourable outcome (death). The mortality in vaccinated was 24.17% (87/360) while it was 38.69% (354/915) in unvaccinated. In logistic regression model, partial as well as complete vaccination, age&lt;65, female sex, not having a comorbidity were associated with favourable outcome. Vaccine effectiveness for single dose and double dose was 37% and 66% respectively. Conclusions: It is observed that getting partially as well completely vaccinated was a protective factor for good recovery in COVID 19. Vaccine is found to be effective in preventing mortality in COVID patients.

Topic: SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
Subfield: Infectious Diseases
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Clinical characteristics and infectivity of asymptomatic carriers of SARS‑CoV‑2 (Review)

Since December 2019, the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has become a global pandemic. At present, confirmed patients are the main source of infection, while a number of studies have indicated that asymptomatic carriers also have the ability to spread the virus. As of September 29, 2020, as the first country to report coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), China has 375 asymptomatic infections according to the National Health Commission of China. Asymptomatic carriers have become the current focus of global epidemic prevention and control efforts. The present review article provides a brief introduction on the clinical characteristics and infectivity of asymptomatic carriers, and makes suggestions for the identification of asymptomatic carriers.

Topic: COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
Subfield: Infectious Diseases
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
StoryPivot

As the world evolves around us, so does the digital coverage of it. Events of diverse types, associated with different actors and various locations, are continuously captured by multiple information sources such as news articles, blogs, social media etc. day by day. In the digital world, these events are represented through information snippets that contain information on the involved entities, a description of the event, when the event occurred, etc. In our work, we observe that events (and their corresponding digital representations) are often inter-connected, i.e., they form stories which represent evolving relationships between events over time. Take as an example the plane crash in Ukraine in July 2014 which involved multiple entities such as "Ukraine", "Malaysia", and "Russia" and multiple events ranging from the actual crash to the incident investigation and the presentation of the investigator's findings. In this demonstration we present StoryPivot, a framework that helps its users to detect evolving stories in event datasets over time. To resolve stories, we differentiate between story identification, the problem of connecting events over time within a source, and story alignment, the problem of integrating stories across sources. The goal of this demonstration is to present an interactive exploration of both these problems and how events can be dynamically interpreted and put into context in real-world datasets.

Topic: Data Quality and Management
Subfield: Management Science and Operations Research
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Comment on “How green is blue hydrogen?”

Abstract This paper is written in response to the paper “How green is blue hydrogen?” by R. W. Howarth and M. Z. Jacobson. It aims at highlighting and discussing the method and assumptions of that paper, and thereby providing a more balanced perspective on blue hydrogen, which is in line with current best available practices and future plant specifications aiming at low CO 2 emissions. More specifically, in this paper, we show that: (i) the simplified method that Howarth and Jacobson used to compute the energy balance of blue hydrogen plants leads to significant overestimation of CO 2 emissions and natural gas (NG) consumption and (ii) the assumed methane leakage rate is at the high end of the estimated emissions from current NG production in the United States and cannot be considered representative of all‐NG and blue hydrogen value chains globally. By starting from the detailed and rigorously calculated mass and energy balances of two blue hydrogen plants in the literature, we show the impact that methane leakage rate has on the equivalent CO 2 emissions of blue hydrogen. On the basis of our analysis, we show that it is possible for blue hydrogen to have significantly lower equivalent CO 2 emissions than the direct use of NG, provided that hydrogen production processes and CO 2 capture technologies are implemented that ensure a high CO 2 capture rate, preferably above 90%, and a low‐emission NG supply chain.

Topic: Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies
Subfield: Mechanical Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Realities in the sexuality of the cuban elderly

Objective : To identify references on the main sexuality characteristics of people aged 60 or over . Method: An analysis of the contents of published articles was carried out in Cuban and foreign scientifi publications from the year 2000 and onward. Information was obtained from Yearbooks, International Conference Reports and works considered as classical in the subject. Results : Population ageing and sexuality are not properly considered by health systems. There are only a few references that explore sexuality in the elderly and his aspirations, feelings, and ways of thinking on his healthcare and, more specifially, sexuality needs. Intimacy within an elderly couple is generally disregarded from the social and family points of view. Conclusions : The assessment of sexual activity in the elderly lacks a multidisciplinary approach since most of the predominating criteria are permeated by cultural inflences, taboos, myths and habits that negatively inflence it. Evidence points out to the existence of sexual activity and dysfunctions among the elderly, which indicates the need for a healthcare staf that has is properly trained for approaching any issue related to this activity of life. The determining role of the health sector in this fild as coordinator of all the sectors and actors related to human sexuality and the ageing process, is not fully appreciated

Topic: Aging, Health, and Disability
Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences