jimnoneill/paper-to-field-training huggingface dataset:
Consumer willingness to adopt pervasive computing applications: A Comparison of the deaf and non-hearing impaired community

Aside from the seven electric motors inside the computer used to type this paper, there are approximately 38 individual devices that use electric motors in the typical home and automobile. What began with Michael Faraday in 1831 (when he demonstrated the principle of an electric current), has now reached maturity. Two words that serve as accurate descriptors of this maturation process they are: small and everywhere. One might say, "And your point is?" The examination of the life cycle of the electronic motor provides insight into the future of computing.

Topic: Tactile and Sensory Interactions
Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Institutions, Capital Constraints and Entrepreneurial Firm Dynamics: Evidence from Europe

We explore the impact of the institutional environment on the nature of entrepreneurial activity across Europe.Political, legal, and regulatory variables that have been shown to impact capital market development influence entrepreneurial activity in the emerging markets of Europe, but not in the more mature economies of Europe.Greater fairness and greater protection of property rights increase entry rates, reduce exit rates, and lower average firm size.Additionally, these same factors also associated with increased industrial vintage n a size-weighted measure of age n and reduced skewness in firm-size distributions.The results suggest that capital constraints induced by these institutional factors impact both entry and the ability of firms to transition and grow, particularly in lesser-developed markets.

Topic: Corporate Finance and Governance
Subfield: Accounting
Field: Business, Management and Accounting
Domain: Social Sciences
3. Pinch-based shortcut method for the design of isothermal extraction columns

In dieser Dissertation werden neue Näherungsverfahren für die Auslegung von Absorptions- und Extraktionskolonnen vorgestellt. Für die vereinfachte Auslegung wird ein energieeffizienter Betriebspunkt angestrebt, wofür sogenannte Pinch-Punkte herangezogen werden, die in Gegenstrom-Apparaten stets bei verschwindender thermodynamischer Triebkraft auftreten. Analogien zwischen Pinch-Punkten und sogenannten Fixpunkten nichtlinearer, dynamischer Systeme werden ausgenutzt, um erstmalig das Pinchbasierte Modell für allgemeine Gegenstromkolonnen mathematisch fundiert herzuleiten. Hieraus folgt dann konsequent die Anwendung für adiabate Absorptionskolonnen und isotherme Extraktionskolonnen. Die neuen Modelle weisen dabei einen kleineren Approximationsfehler auf als etablierte Näherungsverfahren, die nicht auf Pinch-Punkten beruhen. Außerdem erlaubt die hergeleitete mathematische Formulierung sogar die systematische Verbesserung der Schätzung bis zur Genauigkeit der rigorosen ...

Topic: Physics and Engineering Research Articles
Subfield: Computational Mechanics
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Design of 2D Self-Supported Hybrid CuSe@PANI Core/Shell Nanosheet Arrays for High-Performance Flexible Microsupercapacitors

All-solid-state micro-supercapacitors (MSCs) are ideal energy storage devices for fast-growing and high-integrated small electronic devices. In this paper, 2D self-supported hybrid CuSe@PANI core/shell nanosheet arrays have been prepared successfully for constructing high-performance MSCs. The unique self-supported core/shell structure can provide numerous open channels and enlarge specific surface area of PANI, which is extremely beneficial to ion adsorption/desorption and ion diffusion of electrolyte. Electrochemical tests indicate that the self-supported hybrid CuSe@PANI nanosheet array shows the outstanding electrochemical performance (308.9 mF cm–2) with excellent cycling stability (89.80% of capacitance retention after 30 000 circles). As for practical applications, the prototype of flexible all-solid-state MSC displays a maximum energy density of 7.55 mW h cm–3 and achieves a highest power density of 2307 mW cm–3. The device shows superior cycling stability with 92.30% capacitance retention after 13 500 cycles. The synthesis of 2D self-supported hybrid CuSe@PANI core/shell nanosheet array and its successful application in MSCs offer new opportunities for developing micro energy storage devices.

Topic: Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
Subfield: Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Field: Materials Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SPINS, MOMENTS, AND HYPERFINE STRUCTURES OF SOME BROMINE ISOTOPES (thesis)

10/sup -4/; /sup 131/ DELTA /sup 133/ = -- 0.65 (10)%; and /su p 131/ DELTA /sup 135/ = diamagnetic shielding. A theoretical nuclear magnetic moment was calculated by using configuration mixing theory (CMT). The above anomalies were compared with the BohrWeisskopf theory and the CMT. Experimental values of the anomalies agree with the predicted values to within the estimated errors, and the ground-state configuration of Cs/ sup 131/ appears to be a mixture of 2d/sub 5/2/(1g/sub 7/2/)/sup 4/ and (1g/s ub 7/2/)/sup 2/(2d/sub 5/2)/sup 3/ configurations. (auth)

Topic: Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Probabilistic assessment of strength and ductility of FRP-confined concrete columns

Copyright © 2016 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering &amp; Research Institute for Sustainable Urban Development, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Confinement using Fibre-reinforced polymers (FRP) significantly improves both the strength and the ductility of reinforced concrete columns. Many analytical models for prediction of strength and ductility of the FRP-confined concrete can be found in the literature. However, most of these models were developed based on conventional deterministic approaches. In this study, a probabilistic approach for predicting the ultimate strength and strain of FRP-confined concrete is developed. Using probabilistic models for concrete and FRP materials and the Monte Carlo simulation technique, uncertainty in evaluating the ultimate strength and strain in FRP-confined concrete is investigated and lower percentile design models are suggested.

Topic: Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete
Subfield: Building and Construction
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
An experimental study on stiffness of vocal fold.

A simple and objective method was developed of evaluating the mechanical property of the vocal fold in relating to stiffness by analyzing stress-strain curves. Stiffness of the true and false vocal fold was examined in human and canine excised larynges under various conditions.1) Stiffness of the membranous portion of the vocal fold was least at the middle and greater around the anterior commissure and vocal process. Stiffness of the false vocal fold was much less than that of the true vocal fold.2) As vocal fold tension increased, stiffness of the vocal fold increased.3) Stiffness of the vocal fold was decreased and hysteresis was increased when the thyroarytenoid (vocalis) muscle contracted.

Topic: Voice and Speech Disorders
Subfield: Physiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
The Effect of Cash Conversion Cycle on Company Earnings and Profitability

"Finance serves as the lifeblood of every business, and effectively managing finances stands as a crucial element for any company’s sustenance. This study delves into the examination of how a Cash Conversion Cycle (CCC) influences a company’s earnings. For this purpose, five companies from the Fortune 500 list are selected and ten years of data are extracted from their annual reports for analysis. Employing statistical methodologies, using a sample of firms from diverse industries, we employ regression analysis to examine how variations in the CCC affect profitability yardsticks like Return on Assets (ROA) and Return on Equity (ROE). Implications of this probe extend to financial managers, policymakers, and investors, emphasizing the paramountcy of efficient working capital management in enhancing firm profitability, earnings, and sustainability in competitive markets."

Topic: Working Capital and Financial Performance
Subfield: Accounting
Field: Business, Management and Accounting
Domain: Social Sciences
Norwegian Clinicians’ Experiences of Learnability and Usability of SCID-II, SCID-5-PD and SCID-5-AMPD-I Interviews: A Sequential Multi-Group Qualitative Approach

The DSM-5 presents two competing diagnostic frameworks for personality disorders: the standard categorical model and the Alternative Model of Personality Disorders (AMPD). The AMPD was initially criticized for being too complex and theory laden for clinical implementation. Though inter-rater reliability studies have contested initial claims of the model's complexity, little attention has been paid to how clinicians experience the usability and learnability of either model. We interviewed twenty Norwegian clinicians about their experiences with either the SCID-II/5-PD (n = 9), SCID-5-AMPD-I (n = 8), or both (n = 3). Separate thematic analyses were conducted for SCID-II/5-PD and SCID-5-AMPD-I groups, and group themes were compared. We identified four themes for each group, relating to required skills, training, challenges and information gained through the interview. We found that training and clinical experience were considered to be important for both interviews. Moreover, the SCID-5-AMPD-I was considered to rely more explicitly on theory specific to the development and content of the AMPD model in general and the LPFS specifically We also identified shared and unique challenges and shortcomings of each interview. We comment on how our findings relate to the debate surrounding the AMPD, and recommend development of clear training guidelines for both interviews.

Topic: Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Humans Struggle to Perceive Congruence in Visuo-Haptic Textures

Multisensory assessment of objects and textures is ubiquitous in human lives. It has been shown that people can optimally integrate tactile and visual cues to extract sensory cues. It is less clear though how the congruence between tactile and visual cues is perceived when people interact with everyday objects such as fabrics. In this study, we investigate the human accuracy to detect visuo-haptic discrepancy within common fabrics. Participants had to detect the congruent one among two pairs of visuo-haptic textures consisting in a visual texture projected on a semi-mirror and a real texture underneath the visual one, which could be touched but not seen. Overall, participants did not accurately detect congruent visuo-haptic pairs and their performance correlated with the average similarity between the visual and tactile textures. Correlation analysis may suggest a role of the coefficient of kinetic friction to detect the visuo-haptic discrepancy.

Topic: Tactile and Sensory Interactions
Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
From Commonwealth to Colony? Poland under Prussia

Prussia’s Polish provinces are a particularly promising site for an investigation of colonial connections in that their acquisition predated that of Germany’s overseas colonies from 1884 by over a century, far longer than was the case in Alsace or Schleswig. This makes it possible to examine the impact of Germany’s colonial empire in Africa and Asia on established patterns of Prussian rule in the east. The province of Royal Prussia, renamed West Prussia, came to the Hohenzollern monarchy in the first partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, in 1772, and the province of Poznania in the second partition, in 1793. Prussia extended its territory southward after the last partition, in 1795, which dissolved the rump Polish state entirely, but soon lost the territory to Napoleon’s Duchy of Warsaw in 1807. Apart from some small territorial adjustments, the Congress of Vienna confirmed Prussian rule over West Prussia and Poznania in 1815. While these became part of the new German Empire created in 1871 as a result of the process of unification, they remained constitutionally under Prussian rather than federal control. As the largest of the constituent states, Prussia also provided many of the personnel responsible for the acquisition and governance of overseas territories, which lay under federal control. These territories, known as protectorates, which were acquired from 1884, comprised South-West Africa, East Africa, Cameroon, Togo in Africa, Samoa and New Guinea in the Pacific and, finally, Kiaochow in China.

Topic: Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics
Subfield: Political Science and International Relations
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Retrospective study of 131 cases of carcinoma of the posterior pharyngeal wall. [Complications of local megavoltage irradiation]

Between 1958 and 1973, 131 patients with carcinoma of the posterior pharyngeal wall were treated at the Institute Gustave-Roussy (127 men, 4 women, mean age 61 years). Nine had a tumor of the oropharynx, 37 of the hypopharynx and 85 of the oro-hypopharynx. Nine had T/sub 1/ tumors, 19 T/sub 2/, and 103 T/sub 3/ (TNM--UICC 1975). In all 122 patients were treated by irradiation: 83% were T/sub 3/ lesions, 81% were more than 4 cm in diameter, 80% were ulcerated, and 42% were staged N/sub 3/. The survival rate of these patients was very poor (3% at five years). The nine patients who had been treated by surgical excision had a better survival rate and three are alive at 5 years, but the initial prognostic factors were better in this group. It seems that the indications for surgery should be widened to increase the survival rate in these poor prognosis cancers.

Topic: Head and Neck Cancer Studies
Subfield: Otorhinolaryngology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
PULSED EXCIMER LASER RADIATION AND SELECTED GROWTH REGULATORS INFLUENCE THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF POTHOS (EPIPREMNUM AUREUM L.) IN VITRO CULTURE.

Shoots of greenhouse-grown Pothos were surface disinfested and explanted on modified Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium. Later they were treated with pulsed XeCl excimer laser radiation for 30 sec. Cultures treated with 12 or 25 pulses of excimer laser radiation showed only 23% and 10% contamination, respectively, versus 75% control. Inaddition, we demonstrated that pulsed XeCl excimer laser radiation affected the subsequent growth and regenerability of in vitro plants. The reason for this increased growth needs further investigation. Both BA and TDZ were important for increasing the number of shoots generated from a microshoot as well as inducing shoot organogenesis from Pothos callus. Of the 50 rooted ex vitro plants from this experiment only 30% were variegated like parental clone. The others were either pure green or albino, suggesting chimeral segregation.

Topic: Magnetic and Electromagnetic Effects
Subfield: Physiology
Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Domain: Life Sciences
Temperature Dependence on Tensile Mechanical Properties of Sintered Silver Film

This paper investigates the influence of temperature on tensile mechanical properties of sintered silver (s-Ag) films with 8–10 μm in thickness for fundamental reliability design of semiconductor systems. The s-Ag film sintered under a pressure of 60 MPa possesses the porosity (p) around 5% determined from cross-sectional scanning electron microscope (SEM) images. The stress–strain (S-S) curves of s-Ag and pure silver (p-Ag) films are obtained using originally designed uniaxial tensile tester at temperatures from 25 °C to 150 °C. The S-S curves of p-Ag indicate ductile behavior irrespective of temperature, whereas those of s-Ag indicate brittle-ductile transition at 120 °C. Compared with p-Ag, s-Ag possesses low Young’s modulus (E) and high ultimate tensile strength (UTS) below 80 °C. The mechanism of brittle-ductile transition is discussed based on fracture surface observation results.

Topic: Electronic Packaging and Soldering Technologies
Subfield: Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
ICONE15-10051 ESTIMATE OF CORE SHROUD TEMPERATURE BY MEANS OF A CFD-MODEL OF CORE BYPASS

A power uprate of Forsmark's Unit 3 from 109 % to 125 % will be implemented during the 2010 refuelling outage. This uprate implies an increase in gamma heating of the core shroud which could lead to temperatures higher than the design thickness-mean temperature, 300℃, according to ASME regulations. To estimate the temperature distribution in the core shroud, a CFD model of the core bypass has been developed using the commercial code CFX 5. The model consists of the core bypass, from the lower core support plate up to the core grid, and the upper plenum, limited from above by the core shroud cover including the steam separator inlets. The bypass flow enters the computational domain at the level of the core support plate. The two-phase core flow enters the computational domain at the level of the core grid where it entrains and merges with the bypass flow. Both flows have been estimated through the POLCA code. The conjugate heat transfer at the core shroud inner wall comprises the gamma heating from the core, considered as volume distributed heat sources, and subcooled boiling of the bypass flow. The effect of subcooled boiling has been taken care of by using the model by Kurul and Podowski. Using a conservative gamma heat source distribution, leads to local temperatures slightly higher than the design temperature, with a maximum thickness-mean temperature that exceeds the temperature limit by approximately 4℃. If a higher temperature limit is accepted, the ASME regulations are not fulfilled, but the consequence is a minor change in the design stress intensity value Sm according to ASME. Using a somewhat realistic gamma heat source distribution, the results show that the maximum thickness-mean temperature is well below the design temperature.

Topic: Nuclear and radioactivity studies
Subfield: Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Chylothorax Secondary To SVC Syndrome Treated Successfully With SVC Stent Placement And Anticoagulation Therapy

This report presents a case of chylothorax secondary to catheter-induced SVC syndrome that was treated successfully with SVC stent placement and anticoagulation therapy. To the best of my knowledge this is the only reported case that clearly demonstrates resolution of chylothorax after SVC stenting.

Topic: Lymphatic Disorders and Treatments
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Incremental DFA minimisation

We present a new incremental algorithm for minimising deterministic finite automata. It runs in quadratic time for any practical application and may be halted at any point, returning a partially minimised automaton. Hence, the algorithm may be applied to a given automaton at the same time as it is processing a string for acceptance. We also include some experimental comparative results.

Topic: semigroups and automata theory
Subfield: Computational Theory and Mathematics
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Antioxidant Activity of Rice Bran Protein Extract, its Enzymatic Hydrolysates and its Combination with Commercial Antioxidants

Abstract: Rice bran protein extracted from defatted Khao Dawk Mali (KDML 105) rice bran using alkali extraction and isoelectric precipitation (RBPE) was prepared. RBPE was hydrolyzed with Alcalase 2.4 L and antioxidant activity of the hydrolysates were determined by 2,2-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging activity and Ferric Reducing Ability Power (FRAP) assay at hydrolysis time of 0, 30, 60, 90 and 120 min. The DPPH free radicals scavenging activity and FRAP value of the alcalase RBPE hydrolysates were 32.1-35.5 % and 951-1,018 µmol FeSO4/mL of hydrolysate, respectively and were not significantly different (p&amp;gt;0.05) at different hydrolysis times. RBPE was freeze-dried (FD-RBPE) and it was found that freeze-drying did not affect antioxidant activity of RBPE. DPPH radical scavenging activity and FRAP of the FD-RBPE was 41.9 % and 92.6 µmol FeSO4/g protein, respectively. FD-RBPE was combined with butyrate hydroxyanisole (BHA) and their antioxidant activities were evaluated. It showed that FD-RBPE did not affect antioxidant activity of BHA. Based on DPPH radical-scavenging activity, 106 µg protein of FD-RBPE can replace 1 µg of BHA. It suggested that FD-RBPE can replace BHA or be combined with BHA as antioxidant in food products. Key words: Antioxidant activity, rice bran protein extract, combination effect

Topic: Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides
Subfield: Molecular Biology
Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Domain: Life Sciences
Europe bans Bayer’s thiacloprid insecticide

The European Commission has again moved against neonicotinoid insecticides by choosing not to renew a European license for Bayer's thiacloprid because of health and environmental concerns. It is the fourth neonicotinoid excluded in Europe. Neonicotinoids, a class of systemic insecticides developed by Bayer and others in the 1990s, are used on food crops globally. The insecticides first gained approval in the European Union in 2004. Some scientists point to neonicotinoids as a cause of declining bee populations. "The scientific advice from EFSA [the European Food Safety Authority] is clear: there are environmental concerns related to the use of this pesticide, particularly its impact on groundwater, but also related to human health, in reproductive toxicity," Stella Kyriakides, European commissioner for health and food safety, says in a statement. Bayer says that it respects the EC's decision but that it believes thiacloprid-based products "can be used safely." The company also says it

Topic: Insect Resistance and Genetics
Subfield: Molecular Biology
Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Domain: Life Sciences
Festuca rubra L., GR 2389

PGRFA accession of IPK Gatersleben Plant Genetic Resource Taxon: Festuca rubra L. Accession number: GR 2389 Conserved by: DEU271 Acquisition: 1991-06-29 Origin country: POL Biological status: Wild MLS status: Included AEGIS status: Not included Historic: Yes

Topic: Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Stress, Memory and Bosnian War Veterans

The aim of this study was to analyze cognitive dysfunction in PTSD. The testing included 79 Bosnian Army veterans, who participated in Bosnian war from 1992 to 1995. Out of 79 tested war veterans, 45 of developed PTSD while 34 did not. The veterans without PTSD where included in the control group. All the war veterans were of the same education level (secondary education) and between 30 and 50 years of age. Rivermead Behavioral Memory Test - RBMT was applied to all the subjects. The test was originally developed for the purpose of everyday memory problems identification. Clear goal of the 10 RBMT subtests is simulation of everyday life situations. PTSD group achieved significantly lower results than the control group. Results of the total score showed highly significant difference between PTSD and control group. Value of the t-test is t=10,056 with significance level of p&lt;0,001. The same conclusion stands for any RBMT subtest. Numerous psychological studies on PTSD patients show more prominent psychological deficit in war veterans. Our study clearly confirms that finding.

Topic: Traumatic Brain Injury Research
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Subspace Interpolation Problems

In this chapter we solve the interpolation problem with given null-pole subspace for the case where no data is prescribed at infinity. The construction is based on the interpolation theorems from Part I. The interpolation theorems in Chapters 6 and 7 for J-unitary matrix functions lead to indefinite metric versions of the Beurling-Lax theorem for rational matrix functions.

Topic: Holomorphic and Operator Theory
Subfield: Applied Mathematics
Field: Mathematics
Domain: Physical Sciences