jimnoneill/paper-to-field-training huggingface dataset:
Effects of DC Stray Current on Concrete Permeability

In the present study, the effects of direct current (DC) stray current on concrete structures were studied with the focus on the effect of concrete rather than corrosion of steel bars. Concrete samples were prepared with different water/cement (w/c) ratio and silica fume (SF) content were submerged in distilled water for 30 days while subjected to a voltage of 50 V direct current (VDC). The effects DC stray current on the properties of concrete were determined by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and rapid chloride penetration (RCP) tests. The obtained results showed that DC stray current will increase permeability of the concrete. The critical role of w/c ratio and SF additive on the degradation effects created by DC stray current was investigated. Moreover, a mechanism based on the migration of calcium and hydroxyl ions out of the pore solution and the dissolution of Ca(OH)2 precipitates from the hydrated phase was proposed for the explanation of DC potential on the degradation of concrete.

Topic: Concrete Corrosion and Durability
Subfield: Civil and Structural Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Faktor Penentu Tingkat Kesehatan Bank Dan Implikasinya Terhadap Harga Saham Dengan Dividend Payout Ratio (DPR) Sebagai Mediator Pada Perusahaan Perbankan Yang Terdaftar Di Bursa Efek Indonesia (BEI) Periode 2017 -2021

The purpose of this research is to analyze the determinants of bank soundness on stock prices and determine the position of the Dividend Payout Ratio (DPR), whether it functions as a mediator in the influence of bank soundness on stock prices or not. The determinants of bank soundness which are independent variables in this study are Loan To Deposit Ratio (LDR), Return On Assets (ROA), and Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR). Meanwhile, Stock Price is the dependent variable and the Dividend Payout Ratio (DPR) is the intervening variable. This study uses a descriptive quantitative approach. The type of data used is secondary data in the form of financial statements of banks listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX). The population in this research were 46 banking companies with a sampling method using purposive sampling, in order to obtain a sample of 11 banking companies. This research was analyzed using the Eviews 9.0 . programThe results of this research indicate that partially and simultaneously Loan To Deposit Ratio (LDR), Return On Assets (ROA), and Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) have no significant effect on the Dividend Payout Ratio (DPR). In contrast to the effect on stock prices, partially Return On Assets (ROA), Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR), and Dividend Payout Ratio (DPR) have a significant effect except Loan To Deposit Ratio (LDR). Simultaneously, all independent variables have a significant effect on stock prices. Based on the results of this research, the results of path analysis are obtained, that the Dividend Payout Ratio (DPR) is not a mediator in the influence of determinants of bank soundness on stock prices.

Topic: Islamic Finance and Communication
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Touchpoint Management and Interpersonal Communication

A touchpoint is anything in time and space with the purpose to temporarily enable sharing of information and minds to be connected. Since we in our time have many ways to get in touch we are starting to pay more attention on how to manage our available touchpoints for the benefit or our relationships and communicative goals. An interpersonal theory of touchpoint management is outlined based on six basic communication premises. Several parameters are described to distinguish between different touchpoints and what they can afford in communicative situations. Touchpoints can be managed in kind and degree. To optimize the choice and use of touchpoints we have to take a lot of factors into consideration. The suggested factors are collected in nine dimensions and three of them are seen as more important: Accessibility (preference and skills), relations and effectiveness (goals). Related theories are discussed and compared in terms of similarities and differences.

Topic: Team Dynamics and Performance
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
An assessment of employment equity within the Safety and Security Directorate: case study of a municipality in the Western Cape

This research assesses the challenges faced by a diverse group of employees within the Safety and Security Directorate in a Municipality in the Western Cape, which is a service organisation. The manner in which Employment Equity (EE) is introduced and controlled in this organisation can have a great influence on the staff. Experts agree that there are many arguments in favour and against Employment Equity, making it a formidable and difficult task for any management team (Grogan, Stelzer, Jordaan & Maserumele, and 2005:94). It is imperative to grasp the understanding of staff and management on EE and other related issues to measure if any progress was made and how to perhaps improve on current employment equity related practices in the organisation. The research method comprises both the quantitative and qualitative methodology in the form of a questionnaire survey and a sample of the research population. The research revealed that although much progress has been made with employment equity in general, there are many challenges in this Municipality in the Western Cape. Specific recommendations are made to address these challenges. For further research, it is recommended that employment equity be investigated holistically in every department and directorate.

Topic: Occupational Health and Safety Research
Subfield: Radiological and Ultrasound Technology
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Exponential Family Transfer Learning with Application to Text Document Modeling.

Transfer learning, as applied in machine learning, transfers knowledge between similar learning tasks with the objective of improving performance. We propose a method based on the prior selection principle that explores the transfer learning paradigm for estimating probability density functions belonging to the exponential family. Experiments on distribution of words over text documents, modeled as multinomial distributions, have shown better results when compared to maximum-likelihood estimation.

Topic: Text and Document Classification Technologies
Subfield: Artificial Intelligence
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
The incidence of non-proliferative and precancerous lesions of reduction mammoplasty: evaluation of 273 cases.

Pathological examination of the RM specimens is quite important to define the lesions precancerous of breast carcinoma. Unknown occult breast lesions could be identified and early interventions may be taken into account.

Topic: Breast Implant and Reconstruction
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Bengali to Assamese Statistical Machine Translation using Moses (Corpus Based)

Machine dialect interpretation assumes a real part in encouraging man-machine correspondence and in addition men-men correspondence in Natural Language Processing (NLP). Machine Translation (MT) alludes to utilizing machine to change one dialect to an alternate. Statistical Machine Translation is a type of MT consisting of Language Model (LM), Translation Model (TM) and decoder. In this paper, Bengali to Assamese Statistical Machine Translation Model has been created by utilizing Moses. Other translation tools like IRSTLM for Language Model and GIZA-PP-V1.0.7 for Translation model are utilized within this framework which is accessible in Linux situations. The purpose of the LM is to encourage fluent output and the purpose of TM is to encourage similarity between input and output, the decoder increases the probability of translated text in target language. A parallel corpus of 17100 sentences in Bengali and Assamese has been utilized for preparing within this framework. Measurable MT procedures have not so far been generally investigated for Indian dialects. It might be intriguing to discover to what degree these models can help the immense continuous MT deliberations in the nation.

Topic: Natural Language Processing Techniques
Subfield: Artificial Intelligence
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Some composition parameters and quality on raw milk of dual purpose cows in the machiques county. Zulia State, Venezuela

El objetivo de este estudio fue evaluar los efectos de etapa de lactacion, mestizaje, epoca del ano y numero de partos sobre la produccion de leche (PL), crioscopia (CR), pH, acidez titulable (AT), proteinas totales (PT) y caseinas (CA) en leche cruda de un rebano doble proposito. Se analizaron 926 muestras de leche del ordeno vespertino de un rebano mestizo doble proposito (Holstein, Pardo suizo, Cebu, Criollo y Mosaico) mantenidos en un sistema de explotacion semi-intensivo en Machiques, estado Zulia, Venezuela. Las vacas se agruparon de acuerdo al mestizaje (6 grupos), etapa de lactacion (1 a 90 dias, 91 a 180 dias y > de 181 dias) y numero de partos (1, 2, y 3 o mas partos). Fueron muestreadas durante el periodo de un ano abarcando dos epocas del ano (seca de noviembre a marzo y lluviosa de abril a octubre). Los datos fueron analizados a traves del paquete estadistico SAS, utilizando un analisis de varianza y probando las medias por el metodo de los minimos cuadrados, complementado con un analisis de correlacion de Pearson para las variables dependientes. Se obtuvieron medias generales para PL de 3,109 Kg, CR -0,541, pH 6,72, AT 17,60 mL de NaOH 0,1 N/100 mL de leche, PT 3,66% y CA 2,40%. Se observaron diferencias significativas (P 0,05) entre mestizajes y etapas de lactacion sobre todas las variables estudiadas, a diferencia de la epoca del ano que solo afecto a la CA, y el numero de partos que afecto a la PL, PT y CA. Se encontraron correlaciones significativas entre PL con CR, PT y CA, del pH con AT y la PT con CA. Se concluye que el mestizaje y la etapa de lactancia representan los factores que introducen mayor variabilidad en la calidad y composicion proteica de la leche en animales mestizos doble proposito.

Topic: Agricultural and Food Production Studies
Subfield: Food Science
Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Domain: Life Sciences
ManureDB: Aggregation of U.S. Manure Nutrient Data

Highlights A database housing U.S. manure and organic amendment data was developed and is publicly available. A template standardized the data coming in from multiple laboratory sources. The ManureDB website allows for simple summaries, data visualizations, and data downloads. ABSTRACT. Manure nutrients serve a valuable role in crop production. Due to the variable nature of manure relative to animal type, storage type, animal husbandry practices, climate, etc., manure sampling and analysis for composition are recommended. However, when specific manure samples are not obtainable, published averages from the past (“book values”) are referenced. Temporal, spatial, and animal-specific book values are difficult to update and maintain for use in nutrient management planning and environmental modeling. The vision for a manure nutrient database (ManureDB) was to collect past, present, and future manure sample analysis data from multiple commercial and university laboratories that conduct manure analyses in the United States (U.S.) and dynamically aggregate this data in space and time while meeting FAIR data principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) (Wilkinson et al., 2016). This paper details ManureDB development, database schema, sample template, data-sharing agreement, data upload process, and website to support the database. The prototype database was developed as a Python web app using an sqlite3 database, and a Linux VM deployed the web application. The database schema outlined the organization, labeling, and layout of the database. Laboratories shared manure data without customer names and limited geographical data to protect customer privacy. Data that met minimum requirements were uploaded into the database. The public-facing website showed aggregate summary data for a region, animal type, or time span. As of March 2025, ManureDB included over 481,000 samples from 49 states, 15 laboratories, over 65 animal type characterizations, and 12 organic amendments (e.g., biosolids, feed waste, and swine mortality). With changing animal genetics, feed sources, manure handling and storage systems, climatic conditions, and improved laboratory testing, having more current manure nutrient test values will improve nutrient management planning, manure storage design, prioritization of conservation programs, and agricultural modeling for farmers, agronomists, researchers, and policy makers. Keywords: Agricultural waste, Data standardization, Database, Laboratory, Manure, Nitrogen, Nutrients, Organic amendments, Phosphorus, Potassium.

Topic: Nutritional Studies and Diet
Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Relation between demographic factors and type of gastrointestinal cancer using probit and logit regression.

Men are more likely have colorectal cancer than women. Older people are more likely to have gastric cancer than younger people. For esophagus cancer all factors were significant. Results from probit and logit models were similar, indicating that probit analysis can be employed as a logit model to analyze relationships between demographic factors and cancer type.

Topic: Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
Subfield: Oncology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Unsupervised segmentation of hyperspectral images

In this paper, we propose a new unsupervised segmentation method for hyperspectral images using edge fusion. We first remove noisy spectral band images by examining the correlations between the spectral bands. Then, the Canny algorithm is applied to the retained images. This procedure produces a number of edge images. To combine these edge images, we compute an average edge image and then apply a thresholding operation to obtain a binary edge image. By applying dilation and region filling procedures to the binary edge image, we finally obtain a segmented image. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm produced satisfactory segmentation results without requiring user input.

Topic: Remote-Sensing Image Classification
Subfield: Media Technology
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
The determination of paleo-indian territoriality through the exploratory spatial data analysis of paleo-indian fluted points and their lithic sources

Territories have long been proposed for highly mobile Early Paleo-Indians based on the presence of their distinctive fluted point. However, there has not yet been a systematic spatial and statistical analysis of fluted points and their lithic sources to determine if the territories did exist or if Fluted Point peoples remained ―free wandering‖. By first determining if cultural groups could be inferred from point morphology and then examining the transportation of fluted points away from their lithic source, this study takes an objective view of the large number of fluted points to understand their distribution patterning using Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis (ESDA) to test this hypothesis. The final result derives possible territories that were traversed by these early pioneers.

Topic: Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
Subfield: Artificial Intelligence
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Genetic analysis of IAA-conjugate sensitivity in Arabidopsis thaliana: Hydrolysis, transcriptional regulation, and metal homeostasis

Auxins are hormones important for numerous processes throughout plant development. Plants use several mechanisms to regulate levels of the auxin indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), including the formation and hydrolysis of amide-linked conjugates that act as storage or inactivation forms of the hormone. Certain members of an Arabidopsis amidohydrolase family hydrolyze these conjugates to free IAA in vitro.\nTo examine the in vivo importance of auxin-conjugate hydrolysis, I generated a triple hydrolase mutant, ilr1 iar3 ill2 , which is deficient in three of these hydrolases. I compared root and hypocotyl growth of the single, double and triple hydrolase mutants on IAA-Ala, IAA-Leu, and IAA-Phe. The hydrolase mutant phenotypic profiles on different conjugates reveal the in vivo activities and relative importance of ILR1, IAR3, and ILL2 in IAA-conjugate hydrolysis. In addition to defective responses to exogenous conjugates, ilr1 iar3 ill2 roots are slightly less responsive to exogenous IAA. The triple mutant also has a shorter hypocotyl and fewer lateral roots than wild type on unsupplemented medium. As suggested by the mutant phenotypes, ilr1 iar3 ill2 imbibed seeds and seedlings have lower IAA levels than wild type and accumulate IAA-Ala and IAA-Leu, conjugates that are substrates of the absent hydrolases. These results indicate that amidohydrolases contribute free IAA to the auxin pool during germination in Arabidopsis.\nThe regulation of IAA-conjugate hydrolase gene expression remains unknown. I have characterized the IAA-Leu-resistant mutant, ilr3-1, and cloned the defective gene, which encodes a basic helix-loop-helix leucine zipper transcription factor. ILR3 may modulate IAA-conjugate hydrolysis by regulating hydrolase expression or activity.\nPrevious work on the IAA-Ala-resistant mutant iar1, which is defective in a predicted membrane protein similar to metal transporters, suggests a link between metal homeostasis and IAA-conjugate sensitivity. To gain insight into the function of IAR1, I conducted a genetic modifier screen to isolate second-site mutations that restore IAA-conjugate sensitivity to iar1. Here, I characterize one such mutant, mtpc2-1, and identify the gene defective as encoding a metal transport protein.\nThe work described in this thesis suggests roles for multiple components in IAA-conjugate sensitivity in Arabidopsis, including conjugate hydrolysis, transcriptional regulation of relevant genes, and metal homeostasis.

Topic: Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects
Subfield: Plant Science
Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Domain: Life Sciences
DEKONSTRUKSI TEORI USES AND GRATIFICATIONS DALAM ERA POST-TRUTH ANALISIS KRITIS TERHADAP KESADARAN PALSU PENGGUNA MEDIA SOSIAL DALAM PEMENUHAN KEPUASAN INFORMASI

This research aims to deconstruct the theory of Uses and Gratifications in the context of the post-truth era, with an emphasis on a critical analysis of the misperception among social media users in meeting the needs of information. The post-truth era is characterized by the dominance of emotions and personal views that trump objective facts, which in turn affects the way individuals consume and process information. The conventional Uses and Gratifications theory views media users as active and rational individuals in choosing media to meet specific needs, such as entertainment, information, or social interaction. However, in the context of post-truth, this paradigm needs to be revisited. The study shows that social media users are often trapped in false consciousness due to social media algorithms and confirmation bias. The algorithm encourages the consumption of content that is in line with the user's personal beliefs, thus reinforcing the view without providing an opportunity for fact-verification. In addition, the phenomenon of echo chambers and filter bubbles further strengthens the isolation of information, which contributes to the formation of distorted reality. The approach used in this study is qualitative with critical analysis of relevant literature and case studies of social media users. The results of the analysis show that the information satisfaction felt by users is often illusory and does not reflect the fulfillment of real information needs. This false awareness creates the illusion of information fulfillment, even though the information consumed tends to be biased and incomplete. The conclusion of this study is that in the post-truth era, the theory of Uses and Gratifications needs to be reconstructed by considering the factors that affect false consciousness and information distortion. It is important for social media users to improve their media literacy and be critical of the sources of information they consume, in order to avoid the trap of false awareness and achieve more accurate and meaningful information fulfillment.

Topic: Islamic Finance and Communication
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
[The diagnosis of genital papillomavirus infections using molecular hybridization].

Human papillomaviruses (HPV) are non-cultivable, small ADN viruses, of which about sixty different types are known at present. They infect specifically the stratified epithelium and are responsible for skin lesions (warts) and mucous lesions (condylomata). Their presence can probably be associated with the possible development of genital neoplasia. They cannot be detected by culture and it is at present impossible to reveal their presence by specific antigens. However, the presence of their genome in the infected cells can be detected by hybridization with the use of marked nucleic probes, Southern-blot (method of reference), dot-blot, quicker but less specific, or hybridization in situ which enables the assessment of the histopathological environment. Finally, the very sensitive technique of enzymatic amplification of the genes (Polymerase Chain Reaction-PCR) could become a method of choice for the detection of HPV. These techniques of molecular biology have shown that genital HPV infections are widely spread, but the markers necessary to determine the risk of neoplastic degeneration are yet to be discovered.

Topic: Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences