jimnoneill/paper-to-field-training huggingface dataset:
Materials Data on DySbPt by Materials Project

DyPtSb is half-Heusler structured and crystallizes in the cubic F-43m space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Dy3+ is bonded to four equivalent Pt2- and six equivalent Sb1- atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and face-sharing DySb6Pt4 tetrahedra. All Dy–Pt bond lengths are 2.86 Å. All Dy–Sb bond lengths are 3.31 Å. Pt2- is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to four equivalent Dy3+ and four equivalent Sb1- atoms. All Pt–Sb bond lengths are 2.86 Å. Sb1- is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to six equivalent Dy3+ and four equivalent Pt2- atoms.

Topic: Semiconductor materials and interfaces
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
A Study on Consumer Behaviour towards Digital Food App Services in India

Digital food apps have gained immense popularity during the ongoing pandemic as the world took a step forward towards going contactless in terms of shopping and delivery. COVID-19 hampered the restaurant business dramatically. However, in times of crisis, digital food delivery applications and their distribution channels served as a bridge between people stuck at home and restaurants operating in order to earn a living and sustain themselves. The major objective of this study is to examine consumers’ behaviour towards digital food app services in India. The study is also aimed at determining awareness-creating sources and understanding the relationship between income and money spent on meals on each occasion. It also focuses on determining the factors influencing consumers’ motivation to place orders online.The research methodology focused on cross-sectional research design, and primary data were collected from 150 respondents across India from varying demographics with the aid of a structured questionnaire.The data analysis consisted of chi square tests in SPSS, along with graphical methods of analysis and study. The findings of our study highlighted that social media is the most preferred source for creating awareness; higher incomes result in inflated spending, with cash on delivery and e-wallets being the preferred modes of payment by the elderly and youth, respectively.These insights are expected to facilitate brands in understanding the behaviour of their target audience better and in developing effective marketing and promotional strategies. This will help them gain popularity and make the most of the current situation, which is driving people further towards using digital applications.

Topic: Consumer Retail Behavior Studies
Subfield: Marketing
Field: Business, Management and Accounting
Domain: Social Sciences
Navigating Knowledge Boundary as an Organizational Strategy in Geo-political Asymmetry

The purpose of this paper is to reveal how an entrepreneurial subsidiary of an MNC in asymmetrical relationship with its affiliate pursues its strategic goals by mindfully navigating through knowledge boundary between them. By actively identifying, examining and leveraging knowledge gap between the two, the organization in geo-political asymmetry can develop focused, strategic learning; (1) to provide a deep, comprehensive understanding of the relationship and collaborative work, (2) achieve a successful contribution to the joint delivery of projects, and (3) enhance the organizational competence of its own by strengthening and expanding its knowledge boundary. The research findings shed light on the cross-boundary knowledge management and organizational learning, providing a novel approach from the perspective of a subsidiary or underdog, rather than, a head quarter or a major player who has all the project initiative in the context of geo-political asymmetry when dealing with knowledge coordination, product development and innovation.

Topic: Innovation and Knowledge Management
Subfield: Strategy and Management
Field: Business, Management and Accounting
Domain: Social Sciences
Increased mathematical relational understanding ability and self regulated learning of high school students through Edmodo online learning

Abstract This study aims to analyze and improve the relational mathematical learning abilities and independent learning of students who obtain Edmodo and Google Classroom learning which is reviewed with mathematical initial ability. This type of research is a quasi-experimental design. The research sample is students of class X MIPA 1 and 2. Data collection techniques with purposive sampling technique. The instrument used consisted of tests and questionnaires. The results showed that 1) Overall, the achievement and improvement of the mathematical relational understanding ability (KPRM) of students who obtained the Edmodo learning were no higher than students who received Google Classroom learning, 2) a. Viewed from the high KAM category, accepted and improved, the KPRM of students who received the Edmodo learning was no higher than students who obtained Google Classroom learning, b. Judging from the moderate KAM category, the achievement and improvement of the KPRM of the students who received the Edmodo learning were not significantly higher than students who obtained Google Classroom learning, 3) Overall, independent learning achievement arranged by students who learned Edmodo learning was not significantly higher for students who received Google Classroom learning, and 4) A significant relationship is obtained between KPRM and students’ SRL in Edmodo learning.

Topic: Varied Academic Research Topics
Subfield: Management Information Systems
Field: Business, Management and Accounting
Domain: Social Sciences
The Effects of Alpha Lipoic Acid on Oxidative Stress, Lipid Profile, and Blood Glucose Levels in Type 2 Diabetic Male Sprague Dawley Rats

Objective: To determine the effect of Alpha Lipoic Acid (ALA) on blood glucose, lipid profile, and oxidative stress in streptozotocin-induced type II diabetic male Sprague Dawley rats.Study Design: Laboratory-based experimental study.Place and Duration of the Study: The study was carried out at the Physiology Research Lab, Army Medical College, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, from 20th January 2021 to 24th June 2021.Methods: Thirty Sprague Dawley (SD) rats were divided into three equal groups. Group I was given a normal standard rat diet. In Groups II and III after feeding a diet rich in fat and calories for 2 weeks, after feeding a diet rich in fat and calories for 2 weeks, a single low dose of streptozotocin was injected for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) induction. Alpha Lipoic Acid 30 mg/kg body weight/day was administered intraperitoneally in Group III for 01 weeks after the development of T2DM.Results: The blood glucose, lipid profile, and serum Malondialdehyde levels were deranged in the diabetic group. After Alpha Lipoic Acid supplementation, the blood glucose levels, Serum MDA, and levels of triglycerides, cholesterol, and Low Density Lipoproteins decreased, whereas High Density Lipoproteins level were significantly raised (p &lt;0.001) in group III as compared to the diabetic group II. Conclusion: Treatment with Alpha Lipoic Acid reduces oxidative stress and improve reduces oxidative stress and improves glycemic and lipid profiles in T2DM rats.&#x0D; How to cite this: khan BU, Arshad S, Ikram F, Yousef I, Naizi I, Ismaeel M. The Effects of Alpha Lipoic Acid on Oxidative Stress, Lipid Profile and Blood Glucose Levels in Type 2 Diabetic Male Sprague Dawley Rats. Life and Science. 2024; 5(1): 89-94. doi: http://doi.org/10.37185/LnS.1.1.405

Topic: Biochemical Acid Research Studies
Subfield: Biochemistry
Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Domain: Life Sciences
Diagnostic Performance of the Fujifilm SILVAMP TB-LAM in Children with Presumptive Tuberculosis

Current diagnostics for tuberculosis (TB) only manage to confirm a small proportion of children with TB and require respiratory samples, which are difficult to obtain. There is a need for non-invasive biomarker-based tests as an alternative to sputum testing. Fujifilm SILVAMP TB lipoarabinomannan (FujiLAM), a lateral-flow test to detect lipoarabinomannan in urine, is a novel non-sputum-based point-of-care diagnostic reported to have increased sensitivity for the diagnosis of TB among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected adults. We evaluate the performance of FujiLAM in children with presumptive TB. Fifty-nine children attending a paediatric hospital in Haiti with compatible signs and symptoms of TB were examined using Xpert MTB/RIF, smear microscopy and X-rays, and classified according to the certainty of diagnosis into bacteriologically confirmed TB (n = 5), unconfirmed TB (bacteriologically negative, n = 50) and unlikely TB (n = 4). Healthy children (n = 20) were enrolled as controls. FujiLAM sensitivity and specificity were 60% and 95% among children with confirmed TB. FujiLAM’s high specificity and its characteristics as a point-of-care indicate the test has a good potential for the diagnosis of TB in children.

Topic: Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
Subfield: Infectious Diseases
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Vascular clamp with mononylon thread in experimental microsurgery

Introduction:Reconstructive microsurgery is now an inseparable and essential branch of plastic surgery.The training is long, has a relatively high financial cost and requires a lot of the proponents.To improve this equation in favor of the formation of new microsurgeons in Brazil, it is essential to facilitate access to experimental training, using simple materials.Huaraca described a technique using a simple 5-0 mononylon thread to replace the vascular clamp, which is an indispensable instrument for microsurgical anastomosis and is generally expensive.The objective is to compare the Huaraca technique with mononylon thread and the traditional metal clamp during vascular microsurgical anastomosis.Methods: Six Wistar rats whose both femoral arteries were randomly selected for end-to-end suture after complete section, with one side performed with usual vascular clamp and the contralateral with Huaraca technique, at the same surgical time and by the same surgeon.Results: In both situations, the patency rate was 67% after 72 hours, with an average time of 26 minutes with the Huaraca technique and 18 minutes with the traditional clamp (p=0.001).Conclusion: Despite the longer execution time, the Huaraca technique is a simple and low-cost measure that can replace the traditional vascular clamp.

Topic: Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research
Subfield: Developmental Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio predicts survival of patients with rectal cancer receiving neo-adjuvant chemoradiation followed by radical resection: a meta-analysis

Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio is suggested as a prognostic and predictive factor for patients with rectal cancer. The purpose of the current meta-analysis is to evaluate the relationship between neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and the outcome of patients, with rectal cancer receiving chemoradiation and surgery. A systematic review on two databases and a selection of studies were done. Thereafter, two meta-analyses were performed, evaluating the relationship of baseline NLR with overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS). Thirty-one retrospective studies were selected. Twenty-six studies have documented a significant relationship of NLR to OS (HR 2.05, CI 1.66–2.53), whereas 23 studies have reported a weaker but significant relationship of NLR to DFS (HR 1.78, CI 1.49–2.12). Among the moderator variables, a possible effect for age and sex on the relationship of NLR with DFS is suggested. Baseline NLR &gt;3 is a simple and reproducible prognostic factor, with a more consistent effect in the elderly. It could be a reliable variable to support clinicians in defining personalized treatment strategies, even though a standardization of the cutoff and a better characterization among microsatellite unstable rectal tumors are necessary.

Topic: Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis
Subfield: Oncology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
tDCS over the prefrontal cortex alters objective but not subjective encoding

Previous research has implicated the prefrontal cortex (PFC) in successful associative encoding and subjective awareness of one's memory performance. We tested the causal role of the PFC in these processes by applying transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) during a verbal associative encoding and judgment-of-learning (JOL) task. tDCS over the PFC impaired associative encoding compared to sham and parietal tDCS, as shown by fewer hits on a subsequent associative recognition test. There were no effects of tDCS on the magnitude or accuracy of JOLs. These results suggest the PFC plays a causal role in objective measures of encoding, and that objective and subjective aspects of associative encoding are separable.

Topic: Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
The Impact of COVID-19 on the Person-Centered Care Practices in Nursing Homes

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on long-term care residents, family, and staff. Nursing homes are facing persistent challenges such as staff shortage, lack of personal protective equipment (PPE), and staff experiencing mental health issues including burnout. COVID-19 precautions may have made implementing person-centered care (PCC) in nursing homes more difficult. This report provides a descriptive analysis of perceived COVID-19 impact on the PCC practice in nursing homes. Surveys ( N = 379) were collected from 11 nursing homes across Georgia. PCC practice barriers include reduced choice for residents, staff anxiety related to COVID-19 precautions, increased prevalence of short-staffing, and expanded duties for direct care workers. Facilitators for PCC were also present and included staff engagement, the provision of mental health resources, supervisor support, and empowerment of staff. Applied practice and research to address these barriers and expand implementation of facilitators is needed.

Topic: Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
Subfield: General Health Professions
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
A comparative study between two techniques of subtotal laparoscopic cholecystectomy in goats

A comparison between two techniques of subtotal laparoscopic cholecystectomy was studied to find the best technique for treating severe cholecystitis and to study the fate of the remaining part of the gallbladder. All experimental animals had inducing cholecystitis by clipping the cystic duct for five days which was enough for inducing cholecystitis in goats. 24 adult female goats were used in this study, which were divided randomly into two equal groups; subtotal laparoscopic cholecystectomy with cystic duct and cystic artery clipping by titanium clips (group A) and laparoscopic subtotal cholecystectomy with cystic duct clipping only (group B). Operations were performed under general anesthesia by using thiopental sodium at a dose of 15 mg/Kg. B.W. intravenously to maintain the inhalation anesthesia by endotracheal tube with a mixture of halothane (1.5- 2.5 %) and oxygen (2-3 %). The intraabdominal pressure with CO2 was used at a low pressure 8-10 mmHg. The liver function tests including; alkaline phosphates (ALP), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), total serum bilirubin and C- reactive protein were measured in different intervals; before operation (zero day) and at 1hr, 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th postoperative day. The liver function tests showed a significant elevation (P&lt; 0.05) in alkaline phosphates (ALP) and in the total bilirubin values in group B (P&gt; 0.05) comparison with group A and no significant difference in alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and C- reactive protein between all experimental groups as well as time intervals. The biopsies were taken at the 3rd, 7th and 15th postoperative day for histopathological of the remaining part of gallbladder which showed that subtotal cholecystectomies could be performed successfully with the two techniques, appeared degeneration in the remaining part of the gallbladder and offers best in the healing stages.

Topic: Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders
Subfield: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Concentric and eccentric quadriceps torque in pre-adolescent males.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the applicability of using the Kin Com (Chattecx Corp., Chattanooga, TN) isokinetic machine to measure concentric and eccentric quadriceps torque in a group of 12 healthy male volunteers aged 10-12 years. Each individual was tested by an experienced physiotherapist using a 60 degree per second velocity mode according to our standardized protocol. Average and peak torque values for concentric and eccentric contractions of the quadriceps were recorded; based upon the best of three maximum effort trials on each lower extremity. Retesting was performed on a randomly selected sub-group in an identical manner two weeks later. Our results showed no statistically significant difference between the original and retest values using the method error of repeated measurements and paired t-test analyses. Eccentric peak torque was greater on average than concentric. This was significant with p-values of 0.01 for the non-dominant quadriceps and 0.002 for the dominant side (paired t-test). There was no significant difference between the dominant and non-dominant sides. In conclusion, eccentric muscle testing has been reliably quantitated for the first time in children. This study has shown a practical and reproducible method of quantitative muscle strength assessment.

Topic: Children's Physical and Motor Development
Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
A guide to state debt affordability studies: common elements and best practices

Policymakers must carefully balance a state's capital needs with efforts to keep debt levels affordable. To help weigh these competing concerns, a number of states routinely prepare formal debt affordability studies. By exploring the purpose of such studies, their common elements, and best practices, this policy brief aims to provide guidance to states that are developing or re-examining their own debt affordability analyses.

Topic: Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
Subfield: Economics and Econometrics
Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Domain: Social Sciences
BP1, a Homeodomain-Containing Isoform of DLX4, Represses the β-Globin Gene

In earlier studies we identified a putative repressor of the human beta-globin gene, termed beta protein 1 (BP1), which binds to two silencer DNA sequences upstream of the adult human beta-globin gene and to a negative control region upstream of the adult delta-globin gene. Further studies demonstrated an inverse correlation between the binding affinity of the BP1 protein for the distal beta-globin silencer sequence and the severity of sickle cell anemia, suggesting a possible role for BP1 in determining the production of hemoglobin S. We have now cloned a cDNA expressing the BP1 protein. Sequencing revealed that BP1 is a member of the homeobox gene family and belongs to the subfamily called Distal-less (DLX), genes important in early development. Further analysis showed that BP1 is an isoform of DLX4. BP1 protein has repressor function towards the beta-globin promoter, acting through the two beta-globin DNA silencers, demonstrated in transient transfection assays. Strong BP1 expression is restricted to placenta and kidney tissue, with no expression in 48 other human tissues. BP1 exhibits regulated expression in the human erythroid cell line MB-02, where its expression decreases upon induction of the beta-globin gene. BP1 is thus the first member of the DLX family with known DNA binding sites and a function in globin gene regulation.

Topic: Cancer-related gene regulation
Subfield: Molecular Biology
Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Domain: Life Sciences
Therapeutic Effects of Group Counseling with Visually-Impaired Elderly Adults

The purpose of this study was twofold: (a) to determine the therapeutic effectiveness of group counseling with visually-impaired elderly adults, and (b) to provide information concerning the effectiveness of group counseling to practitioners in the field. The study reviewed the literature regarding aging and vision, psychosocial reactions to vision loss, and group counseling with the visually-impaired and the elderly.&#13;\nTwenty subjects, who were above age 65 and had recently experienced a severe loss of vision, were selected to participate in the study. Ten subjects were assigned to an experimental counseling group and 10 subjects were assigned to a no-treatment control group. The experimental group participated in 1-1/2 hour group sessions once a week for 10 weeks.&#13;\nBoth the experimental group and the control subjects were administered pre- and post-tests. The tests measured depression, anxiety, self-esteem, and life satisfaction.

Topic: Diverse Approaches in Healthcare and Education Studies
Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Flexible Gaussian Accelerated Molecular Dynamics to Enhance Biological Sampling

Molecular dynamics simulations often struggle to obtain sufficient sampling to study complex molecular events due to high energy barriers separating the minima of interest. Multiple enhanced sampling techniques have been developed and improved over the years to tackle this issue. Gaussian accelerated molecular dynamics (GaMD) is a recently developed enhanced sampling technique that works by adding a biasing potential, lifting the energy landscape up, and decreasing the height of its barriers. GaMD allows one to increase the sampling of events of interest without the need of a priori knowledge of the system or the relevant coordinates. All required acceleration parameters can be obtained from a previous search run. Upon its development, several improvements for the methodology have been proposed, among them selective GaMD in which the boosting potential is selectively applied to the region of interest. There are currently four selective GaMD methods that have shown promising results. However, all of these methods are constrained on the number, location, and scenarios in which this selective boosting potential can be applied to ligands, peptides, or protein-protein interactions. In this work, we showcase a GROMOS implementation of the GaMD methodology with a fully flexible selective GaMD approach that allows the user to define, in a straightforward way, multiple boosting potentials for as many regions as desired. We show and analyze the advantages of this flexible selective approach on two previously used test systems, the alanine dipeptide and the chignolin peptide, and extend these examples to study its applicability and potential to study conformational changes of glycans and glycosylated proteins.

Topic: Protein Structure and Dynamics
Subfield: Molecular Biology
Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Domain: Life Sciences
<i>In re</i> Motomura and Others.

Subjects of Laws of War — !Responsibility of Superior for War Crimes Committed by Persons under his Authority. War Crimes — Punishment of — Plea of Superior Orders. Belligerent Occupation — Civilian Inhabitants — Treatment of — Case Indiscriminate Mass Arrests, Systematic Terrorism, Torture and Ill-treatment of Civilian Inhabitants — War Crimes — Authors of — Responsibility of Superior for War Crimes Committed by Persons under his Authority — Plea of Superior Orders.

Topic: International Law and Human Rights
Subfield: Political Science and International Relations
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences