jimnoneill/paper-to-field-training huggingface dataset:
The prediction of radiofrequency ablation zone volume using vascular indices of 3-dimensional volumetric colour Doppler ultrasound in an <i>in vitro</i> blood-perfused bovine liver model

Objective: To determine the most reliable predictor of radiofrequency (RF) ablation zone volume among three-dimensional (3D) volumetric colour Doppler vascular indices in an in vitro blood-perfused bovine liver model. Methods: 3D colour Doppler volume data of the local hepatic parenchyma were acquired from 37 areas of 13 bovine livers connected to an in vitro oxygenated blood perfusion system. Doppler vascular indices of vascularization index (VI), flow index (FI) and vascularization flow index (VFI) were obtained from the volume data using 3D volume analysis software. 37 RF ablations were performed at the same locations where the ultrasound data were obtained from. The relationship of these vascular indices and the ablation zone volumes measured from gross specimens were analyzed using a general linear mixed model fit with random effect for liver and backward stepwise regression analysis. Results: FI was significantly associated with ablation zone volumes measured on gross specimens (p = 0.0047), but explained little of the variance (R β 2 = 0.21). Ablation zone volume decreased by 0.23 cm3 (95% confidence interval: −0.38, −0.08) for every 1 increase in FI. Neither VI nor VFI was significantly associated with ablation zone volumes (p &amp;gt; 0.05). Conclusion: Although FI was associated with ablation zone volumes, it could not sufficiently explain their variability, limiting its clinical applicability. VI, FI and VFI are not clinically useful in the prediction of RF ablation zone volume in the liver. Advances in knowledge: Despite a significant association of FI with ablation zone volumes, VI, FI and VFI cannot be used for their prediction. Different Doppler vascular indices need to be investigated for clinical use.

Topic: Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Mesozooplankton average length during Mikhail Lomonosov cruise ML30, Part III

Mesozooplankton was sampled by open-closing JUDAY net with a 36 cm ring diameter and mesh size of 125 µm. Additionally, the JUDAY oceanic model JOM with 300 µm mesh size and 80 cm ring diameter was used. The open-closing mechanism used was the Nansen mechanical lock system allowing nets to be vertically towed through standard depths (0-10, 10-25, 25-50, 50-100, 100-200, 200-300, 300-500 m) and closed at the upper depth level. Depth of tow was evaluated by wire paid out and the angle of wire inclination. The 10-20 ml samples were preserved in 3-4% buffered formaldehyde and processed on return to the laboratory. All of copepods were identified to genus level, other taxanomic groups - to type, class, order and family levels.

Topic: Food Industry and Aquatic Biology
Subfield: Food Science
Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Domain: Life Sciences
Is it possible to predict HCV-related liver cirrhosis non-invasively through routine laboratory parameters?

It is estimated that hepatitis C virus (HCV) infects chronically about 160 million people worldwide. Between 15 and 56% of these chronic carriers will evolve towards liver cirrhosis during their lifetimes. In managing subjects with HCV chronic infection, it is crucial to perform accurate staging of the disease and specifically to ascertain whether or not they have liver cirrhosis for at least three reasons: 1) the presence of cirrhosis has prognostic relevance as it entails a relatively high risk of developing decompensation (e.g., ascites, encephalopathy, jaundice, oesophageal variceal bleeding) or evolution toward hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC); 2) the presence of liver cirrhosis is the main indication for urgent treatment and paradoxically a factor predicting a poor response to currently available therapies. The timing of therapy is particular important considering that the new era of interferon-free antivirals will be a reality in a few years; 3) finally, in the presence of liver cirrhosis current guidelines recommend periodical screening for the presence of oesophageal varices and HCC. With the exception of the most advanced stages, the diagnosis of liver cirrhosis is obtained by performing a percutaneous liver biopsy, which is an invasive technique and therefore is associated with a low but non-negligible rate of complications and even death. Finally, it has a non-null rate of false negative for the diagnosis of liver cirrhosis when compared with surgical biopsy. For these reasons several authors have devised non-invasive scores to predict cirrhosis using different means. The most useful are based on liver stiffness (fibroscan), on a panel of blood tests and a proprietary algorithm (fibrotest) or on routinely available parameters. This review focuses on the different scores based on routine parameters that differ in their ease of calculation, in their diagnostic power and in the information provided. Further studies are required to compare the diagnostic performance of different non-invasive scores with the histologic evaluation and other non-invasive methods (fibroscan or fibrotest) on independent cohorts of patients.

Topic: Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Improvement of the Working Memory and Naming by Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation

tDCS can induce verbal working memory improvement and naming facilitation by stimulating the left prefrontal cortex. It can also improve the visuospatial working memory by stimulating the right prefrontal cortex. Further studies which are lesion and symptom specific tDCS treatment for rehabilitation of stroke can be carried out.

Topic: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
Subfield: Neurology
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
CPA-DF: A Tool for Configurable Interval Analysis to Boost Program Verification

Software verification is challenging, and auxiliary program invariants are used to improve the effectiveness of verification approaches. For instance, the k-induction implementation in CPACHECKER, an award-winning framework for program analysis, uses invariants produced by a configurable data-flow analysis to strengthen induction hypotheses. This invariant generator, CPA-DF, uses arithmetic expressions over intervals as its abstract domain and is able to prove some safe verification tasks alone. After extensively evaluating CPA-DF on SV-Benchmarks, the largest publicly available suite of C safety-verification tasks, we discover that its potential as a stand-alone analysis or a sub-analysis in a parallel portfolio for combined verification approaches has been significantly underestimated: (1) As a stand-alone analysis, CPA-DF finds almost as many proofs as the plain k-induction implementation without auxiliary invariants. (2) As a sub-analysis running in parallel to the plain k-induction implementation, CPA-DF boosts the portfolio verifier to solve a comparable amount of tasks as the heavily-optimized k-induction implementation with invariant injection. Our detailed analysis reveals that dynamic precision adjustment is crucial to the efficiency and effectiveness of CPA-DF. To generalize our results beyond CPACHECKER, we use CoVeriteam,a platform for cooperative verification, to compose three portfolio verifiers that execute CPA-DF and three other software verifiers in parallel, respectively. Surprisingly, running CPA-DF merely in parallel to these state-of-the-art tools further boosts the number of correct results up to more than 20 %. Demonstration video: https://youtu.be/l7UG-vhTL_4

Topic: Formal Methods in Verification
Subfield: Computational Theory and Mathematics
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Slope position regulates response of carbon and nitrogen stocks to cattle grazing on rough fescue grassland

Grasslands play a crucial role in offsetting greenhouse gas emissions and mitigating climate change. A moderate change in grassland carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) stocks may substantially alter the global C and N cycle and thereby influence climate. But how grassland C and N stocks respond to grazing and slope position remains uncertain. This research investigates how C and N stocks respond to cattle grazing along a landscape slope. We studied a grassland that has been grazed by cattle at four cattle stocking rates (0, 1.2, 2.4, and 4.8 animal unit months (AUM) ha−1) since 1949, representing control (CK), light (L), heavy (H), and very heavy (VH) grazing intensities, respectively. Samples were taken from the top and bottom slope positions within each paddock (only the top position in CK); C and N stocks in soil, roots, litter, and standing crop were estimated. Soil C and N stocks were estimated based on equivalent mass (1500 Mg ha−1). Root C and N stocks were estimated to the depth of 15 cm. All parameters, except for litter N stock and standing crop C stock, significantly responded to the interaction of grazing intensity and slope position. In the bottom position, soil and standing crop C and N stocks as well as litter C stock were higher with the L treatment than with VH, while no significant differences were found among the three grazed treatments for root C and litter N stocks. In the top position, soil and root C and N stocks were higher with the VH treatment than with L, whereas litter C and N stocks and standing crop C stock were lower with VH than with L. Our results provide evidence that slope position plays an important role in regulating the response of C and N stocks to grazing and may need to be considered when developing optimal grazing management strategies.

Topic: Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
Subfield: Soil Science
Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Domain: Life Sciences
Coronary Artery Aneurysms—A Case Study and Literature Review

Coronary artery aneurysms are detected with increasing frequency owing to the advent of coronary angiographies. Although most patients with coronary artery aneurysms are asymptomatic, manifestations of myocardial ischemia may occur. The case described herein serves as a basis for a discussion of the pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, detection, and treatment of coronary artery aneurysms.

Topic: Kawasaki Disease and Coronary Complications
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome: combined surgical and endoscopic treatment

Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome (BRBNS) is a rare disease associated with multiple venous malformations in the skin, gastrointestinal tract, and other organs [1], which usually presents with extensive hemorrhage or anemia [2]. Different therapeutic strategies have been proposed.

Topic: Vascular Malformations and Hemangiomas
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
The influence of simulated herbicide drift on canola (Brassica napus L.) and dry bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)

A field experiment was conducted over two years at two sites to determine yield and quality loss in canola and field beans in Manitoba, as a result of simulated herbicide drift of MCPA, glyphosate and thifensulfuron:tribenuron (2:1). Experimental design was a randomized complete block with four replicates. Five dosages of each herbicide, along with an untreated control, were applied in each crop to simulate herbicide drift. In canola, dosages of MCPA ester were 0, 25, 50, 100, 150, and 280 g ai/ha dosages of glyphosate were 0, 13, 25, 50, 100, and 200 g ai/ha while dosages of thifensulfuron:tribenuron were 0, 0.01, 0.05, 0.15, 0.5, and 2 g ai/ha. In field beans, dosages of MCPA ester were 0, 50, 100, 280, 560, and 1120 g ai/ha, dosages of glyphosate were 0, 30, 60, 125, 250, and 500 g ai/ha; while dosages of thifensulfuron:tribenuron were 0, 0.3, 1, 3, 6, and 12 g ai/ha. Dosages varied slightly in 2002. A nonionic surfactant (Agral 90) was added at a rate of 1% v/v to the glyphosate and thifensulfuron:tribenuron treatments. Assessments of herbicide effect included visual injury, stand density, shoot biomass, pods per plant, seeds per pod, 1000 seed weight, and grain yield. In general for both crops and all three herbicides, increasing herbicide dosage resulted in decreased final yield, with field beans being surprisingly tolerant to MCPA ester and thifensulfuron:tribenuron. For canola, the most damaging herbicide in terms of effect on yield vs. percent of field rate was thifensulfuron:tribenuron (2:1). The simulated herbicide drift of thifensulfuron:tribenuron (2:1) at a rate of 13 percent of the field rate (15 g ai/ha) caused a 46 percent decrease in yield. A 50 percent yield loss in the canola plots treated with glyphosate occurred at 23 percent of the field rate (440 g ae/ha). A 50 percent yield loss in the canola plots treated with simulated herbicide drift of MCPA occured at 18 percent of the field rate (280 g ae/ha). For field beans, the most damaging herbicide in terms of effect on yield vs. percent of field rate was glyphosate. A 48 percent yield loss in the bean plots treated with glyphosate occurred at 28 percent of the field rate (440 g ae/ha). The simulated herbicide drift of thifensulfuron:tribenuron (2:1) at a rate of 80 percent of the field rate (15 g ai/ha) caused only a 25 percent decrease in field bean yield. A 25 percent yield loss in the bean plots treated with simulated herbicide drift of MCPA occurred at 400 percent of the field rate (280 g ae/ha).

Topic: Crop Yield and Soil Fertility
Subfield: Agronomy and Crop Science
Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Domain: Life Sciences
Investigation of the source-side injection characteristic of a dopant-segregated Schottky barrier metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect-transistor

A unique characteristic of hot electron injection from the source side in a dopant-segregated Schottky barrier (DSSB) metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect-transistor is investigated. A hot electron injection triggered by the sharp energy band bending near the source-side Schottky barrier is verified by the charge pumping method with numerical device simulations. With the aid of the charge pumping method, the lateral distribution of interface traps generated by injected hot electrons is analyzed. The results provide a guideline for the optimization of programming and erase operations in DSSB devices.

Topic: Semiconductor materials and devices
Subfield: Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
A History of Israel in the Old Testament Period

Book Review| September 01 1985 A History of Israel in the Old Testament Period A History of Israel in the Old Testament Period, H. Jagersma and John Bowden. C. Gilbert Romero C. Gilbert Romero Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Biblical Literature (1985) 104 (3): 509–510. https://doi.org/10.2307/3260933 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation C. Gilbert Romero; A History of Israel in the Old Testament Period. Journal of Biblical Literature 1 September 1985; 104 (3): 509–510. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/3260933 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveSBL PressJournal of Biblical Literature Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Topic: Biblical Studies and Interpretation
Subfield: Religious studies
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Pathways Through Adolescence: An Overview

Given the connection between adolescent behavior and future well-being, it is important to understand the choices that adolescents make and how patterns of behavior evolve and are maintained during this period. The premise of this volume is that we can describe the behavior patterns young people develop in adolescence, and piece together the decisions that shape their paths through adolescence and into adulthood. Moreover, we can begin to identify the dynamic processes that affect adolescents7 life choices, the emergence of behavior patterns, and the development of lifestyles. This volume seeks to address three questions. How can developmental pathways in adolescence be most usefully conceptualized? What sets of influences combine to shape adolescents' pathways? What implications do our answers to these two questions have for research and policy? In this introductory chapter, we provide a brief overview of adolescence as a formative phase in the life course. We then offer an initial conceptualization of developmental paths in adolescence, and describe the contributions of "person" and "context" in shaping them. These observations set the stage for the chapters that follow.

Topic: Youth Development and Social Support
Subfield: Safety Research
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Effects of host plant characteristics on spray deposition

Previous studies have shown that the effect of Bacillus thuringiensis var kurstaki (Btk) on painted apple moth (PAM; Teia anartoides Walker) efficacy varies significantly depending on the host plant species This study tested the hypothesis that host plant architecture influenced deposition of aerially applied Btk and its consequent efficacy against PAM Laboratory experiments demonstrated that the architecture of six host plants had a significant influence on Btk dose per unit leaf area and dose per unit leaf weight However the large host plant effect on PAM mortality from Btk could not be explained in terms of variation in the amount of spray intercepted

Topic: Insect Pheromone Research and Control
Subfield: Insect Science
Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Domain: Life Sciences
Adiponectin and ADMA Level in Type-2 Diabetes Patients After 12 Weeks of Treatment with Glimepiride and Metformin Fixed Dose Combination (DIAGRAM Study)

Background: Recent published study on glimepiride showed remarkable increase of plasma adiponectin while metformin was associated with a decrease in asymmetric dimethylarginine concentrations. A fixeddose combination of glimepiride and metformin available in Indonesia with limited local data on plasma hba1c adiponectin and asymmetric dimethylarginine concentrations. Objective: This clinical trial aimed to evaluate the effect of fixed-dose combination of 1 mg glimepiride and 250 mg metformin Immediate Release on the level of plasma adiponectin, circulating asymmetric dimethylarginine, ankle-brachial pulse wave velocity, as well as fasting blood glucose and hba1c change in 40 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus after 12 weeks of therapy. Methods: Diagram was an open label study. We compared pre- and post-treatment values of high molecular weight adiponectin and asymmetric dimethylarginine level after 12 weeks treatment period with fixeddose combination glimepiride/metformin. Forty patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus aged 40 – 60 years who were not currently treated with any Oral Anti Diabetic agents, statins, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors and/or angiotensin receptor blockers for at least 8 weeks and the hba1c value between 7% and &lt;10% have been enrolled for this clinical trial. Results: Fixed Dose Combination glimepiride/metformin is proven effective for treating forty patients with type-2 diabetes who were included in this study, even though plasma adiponectin was not significantly increased (34 ng/mL; p=0.201) by the administration of this fixed-dose combination for a 12 weeks treatment period as expected, however the treatment effect in increased adiponectin was shown in subjects with adiponectin dysfunction. Significant increase of asymmetric dimethylarginine median value (0.14 μmol/L, p&lt;0.001) and decrease of ankle-brachial pulse wave velocity (-110.4 cm/sec, p=0.016) were shown in this study accompanied by the decrease in hba1c from 8.52% to 7.38% (p&lt;0.001) and fasting blood glucose from 165.9 mg/dL to 123.1 mg/dL (p&lt;0.001). Mild adverse events were reported in 7.5% patients, while serious adverse&#13;\nevent was reported in one subject and was not related to study drug. Conclusion: It can be concluded that treatment with fixed-dose combination glimepiride/metformin has effect in improving endothelial function by increasing adiponectin and lowering ankle-brachial pulse wave velocity level significantly. Meanwhile, the administration of fixed-dose combination glimepiride/metformin may not have effect in decreasing ADMA level. Further studies which included larger population with more varied parameters are needed to confirm the relationship of this fixed-dose combination with other factors.

Topic: Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity
Subfield: Philosophy
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Solanum bulbocastanum Dunal subsp. bulbocastanum, WKS 31721

PGRFA accession of IPK Gatersleben Plant Genetic Resource Taxon: Solanum bulbocastanum Dunal subsp. bulbocastanum Accession number: WKS 31721 Conserved by: DEU159 Acquisition: 1957 Origin country: MEX Biological status: Unknown MLS status: Included AEGIS status: Not included Historic: Yes

Topic: Infections and bacterial resistance
Subfield: Endocrinology
Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Domain: Life Sciences
Understory Plant Functional Types Alter Stoichiometry Correlations between Litter and Soil in Chinese Fir Plantations with N and P Addition

Research Highlights: This study identifies the effect of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) addition on stoichiometry correlations between understory plants and soil in subtropical Chinese fir plantations. Background and Objectives: Nitrogen and P are two nutrients limiting forest ecosystem production. To obtain more wood production, N and P are usually applied in plantation management. Changes in soil N and P will generally alter the stoichiometric characteristics of understory plants, which control carbon (C) and nutrient cycles between plants and soil. However, different correlations between plant and soil stoichiometry among functional groups of understory plants have not been investigated, which also impacted element cycling between plants and soil. Materials and Methods: Subtropical Chinese fir plantations were selected for N (100 kg ha−1 year−1) and P (50 kg ha−1 year−1) addition study. We collected fresh litter and the corresponding soil of four understory plants (Lophatherum gracile Brongn., Woodwardia japonica (L.f.) Sm., Dryopteris atrata (Kunze) Ching and Dicranopteris dichotoma (Thunb.) Berhn.) for study of C, N, and P stoichiometric ratios. Results: Nitrogen and P addition affected C, N, and P concentrations and stoichiometric ratios in litter and soil as well as correlations between litter and soil stoichiometric ratios. Understory plant species with different functional types impacted the correlations between plants and soil in C, N, and P stoichiometric ratios, especially correlations between litter C and soil C and N. Conclusions: Changes in soil N and P affect the stoichiometric ratios of understory plants. Functional groups impacted the correlation in C, N, and P stoichiometric ratios between plants and soil, indicating functional groups varied in their impacts on element cycling between plants and soil in plantations with exogenous nutrient addition, which should be considered in future management of plantations with intensive fertilization practice.

Topic: Forest ecology and management
Subfield: Nature and Landscape Conservation
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences