jimnoneill/paper-to-field-training huggingface dataset:
Liver Ultrasound Image Enhancement Using 3-Level Discrete Wavelet Transforms Technique: A Survey

Medical picture processing is again because the prognosis regarding ailments by means of the use of the medical doctors or radiologists. Noise is delivered into pursuance together with the scientific pics in shape in accordance with a variety over factors within clinical imaging. Noise corrupts the medical images after the exorcism regarding the images degrades. This degradation consists regarding depth upstairs edges, structural details, blurring boundaries etc. To diagnosticate mettle ailments edge and essential points quotation are useless significant.

Topic: Image and Signal Denoising Methods
Subfield: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Flow cytometric monitoring of cellular anthracycline accumulation in murine leukemic cells.

Cellular accumulation of daunorubicin (DNR), N-trifluoroacetyl-adriamycin-14-valerate, and THP-Adriamycin (THP-ADR) in doxorubicin sensitive and resistant murine leukemic P388 cells was studied with laser excited flow cytometry. Appearance of DNR fluorescence in P388/S cells was rapid in contrast to that of P388/R cells. A comparison of P388/S and P388/R cells incubated for 20-30 min showed that DNR fluorescence in P388/R cells was one-sixth that of P388/S cells. In contrast, the difference between fluorescence value of P388/S and P388/R cells similarly incubated with N-trifluoroacetyl-adriamycin-14-valerate or THP-ADR was less than 2-fold. Chlorpromazine, verapamil, and trifluoperazine increased the cellular accumulation and cytotoxicity of DNR and THP-ADR but had no major effect on N-trifluoroacetyl-adriamycin-14-valerate fluorescence or cytotoxicity in P388/R cells. Fluorometric and soft agar assays confirmed the data on the effect of these modulators on drug accumulation obtained by the more rapid method of laser flow cytometry.

Topic: Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology
Subfield: Oncology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Serological markers and risk factors for hepatitis B and C viruses in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus

Both hepatitis B and hepatitis C viruses (HBV and HCV) infection are common in HIV-infected individuals as a result of shared risk factors for acquisition. A serological study for HBV and HCV was performed in 251 HIV-positive individuals from Medellín, Colombia. A qualitative RT-PCR for HCV was done in 90 patients with CD4+ T-cell count &lt; 150 per mm³. Serological markers for HBV infection were present in 97 (38.6%) patients. Thirty six of them (37.1%) had isolated anti-HBc. A multivariate analysis indicated that the following risk factors were significantly associated with the presence of these markers: age (OR = 1.05, 95% CI: 1.01-1.08), pediculosis pubis (OR = 1.83, 95% CI: 1.01-3.33), men who have sex with men and women (OR = 3.23, 95% CI: 1.46-7.13) and men who have sex only with men (OR = 3.73, 95% CI: 1.58-8.78). The same analysis restricted to women showed syphilis as the only significant risk factor. Thus, HBV infection was considerably associated with high risk sexual behavior. HCV was present in only two (0.8%) of HIV patients. Both of them were positive by RT-PCR and anti-HCV. This low frequency of HIV/HCV coinfection was probably due to the uncommon intravenous drug abuse in this population. The frequent finding of isolated anti-HBc warrants molecular approaches to rule out the presence of cryptic HBV infection.

Topic: Hepatitis C virus research
Subfield: Hepatology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
No school principal is an island: From individual to school sense-making processes in reform implementation

Educational reform implementation in today’s fast changing world requires a critical transition from individual to school sense-making processes. Managing expectations from above (e.g. external demands) and below (e.g. internal school goals) while performing within multiple overlapping contexts, principals seem pulled in many different directions simultaneously. This article proposes the concept of sense-making as a collaborative framework, explaining how principals make sense with their teachers through dialogue and negotiation to improve their schools as they constantly seek to understand the unique contexts in which they operate. This holistic approach invites a new perspective on how to develop models for reforming education systems while paving the way for a collaborative sense-making process within unique school contexts.

Topic: Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Strategies for integrating husbandry, genetics, geographic and socioeconomic data for sustainable conservation.

Michael W. Bruford, Cardiff University, Wales, UK, BrufordMW@Cardiff.ac.uk and the Econogene Consortium (P. Ajmone Marsan, R. Negrini, E. Milanesi, M. Pellecchia, G. Canali, Universita Cattolica del S. Cuore, Piacenza, Italy; M. Abo-Shehada, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Ibid, Jordan; P. Baret, A. Fadlaoui, Universite Catholique, Louvain, Belgium; M. Bruford, G.Juma, T. Perez, Cardiff University, U.K.; R. Caloz, S. Joost, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland; A. Carta, T. Sechi, Istituto Zootecnico e Caseario per la Sardegna, Olmedo, Italy; M. Cicogna, P. Crepaldi, F. Fornarelli, S. Giovenzana, M. Marti, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Italy; P. Dobi, A. Hoda, Faculty of Agriculture, Tirana, Albania; S. Dunner, J. Canon, P. Garcia-Atance, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain; G. D'Urso, S. Bordonaro, D. Marletta Universita degli Studi di Catania, Italy; M.A.A. El-Barody, Minia University, Egypt; G. Erhardt, C. Peter, K. Gutscher, S. Lipsky, Justus-Liebig University of Giessen, Germany; O. Ertugrul, Ankara University, Turkey; L. Fesus, A. Istvan, Research Institute for Animal Breeding and Nutrition, Herceghalom, Hungary; A. Georgoudis, K. Karetsou, G. Kliambas, O. Kutita, J. al Tarrayrah, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece; G. Hewitt, S. Dalamitra, M. Taylor, L. Wiskin, University of East Anglia, Norwich, U.K.; C.Ligda, National Agricultural Research Foundation, Thessaloniki, Greece; R. Niznikowski, Ewa Strzelec, D. Popielarczyk, Warsaw Agricultural University, Warshaw, Poland; J.A. Lenstra, I.J. Nijman, L.M. Van Cann, Utrecht University, The Netherlands; G. Obexer-Ruff, M.-L. Glowatzki, Universitat Bern, Switzerland; F. Pilla, A. Angiolillo, E. Pietrola, Universita del Molise, Italy; P. Taberlet, G. Luikart A. Beja-Pereira, P. England, University Joseph Fourier, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Grenoble, France; J. Roosen, M. Bertaglia, University of Kiel, Germany; R. Scarpa, University of York, U.K.; S. Jones, The Sheep Trust, UK; I. Togan, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey; M. Trommetter, Universite Pierre Mendes, Grenoble, France, A. Valentini, L. Pariset, I. Cappuccio, Universita della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy; A. Vlaic, University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania).

Topic: Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
Subfield: Genetics
Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Domain: Life Sciences
Effects of dietary supplementation of emulsifier and carbohydrase on the growth performance, serum cholesterol and breast meat fatty acids profile of broiler chickens

Abstract A total of 540 2‐day‐old male Ross 308 broilers were used in a 35‐day experiment and were randomly divided into five treatments: (i) NC (low energy); (ii) PC (high energy diet); (iii) P1 (NC + 0.1% carbohydrases); (iv) P2 (NC + 0.05% emulsifier); and (v) P3 (NC + 0.1% carbohydrases + 0.05% emulsifier). From days 0 to 21, body weight gain in PC and P3 treatments increased ( P &lt; 0.05) compared with NC treatment. The chicks fed PC, P1, P2 and P3 improved ( P &lt; 0.05) feed conversion ratio compared with the NC treatment throughout the whole experiment. Abdominal fat weight was heavier ( P &lt; 0.05) in PC, P2 and P3 treatments than in NC and P1 treatments. On day 35, serum total cholesterol and low density lipoprotein cholesterol concentration were higher ( P &lt; 0.05) and high‐density lipoprotein cholesterol was lower ( P &lt; 0.05) in NC and P2 treatments than in PC, P1 and P3 treatments. The concentration of oleic acid, linoleic acid and total unsaturated fatty acids were highest ( P &lt; 0.05) in PC than in the other treatments. In conclusion, the results indicate that low energy density diet had lower growth performance, while the inclusion of emulsifier and carbohydrases in low energy diets can partially improve growth performance.

Topic: Animal Nutrition and Physiology
Subfield: Animal Science and Zoology
Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Domain: Life Sciences
[Measurement of epidermal growth factor receptor concentration in the pre- and postoperative serum in patients with meningiomas].

In 92.16% patients with meningiomas, the more poison of the tumor is resected, the less the serum EGFR concentration is detected postoperatively, while the total resection of mangionmas resulted in a lowest level of EGFR. These results support the concept that human meningiomas may be autocrine EGFRs. The measurement of serum EGFR can be useful to patients with meningiomas for follow-up after surgery.

Topic: Meningioma and schwannoma management
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Investigating the effect of pelleting on the particle size of commercial poultry feeds: a case study

SUMMARY: A study was conducted to investigate the effect of pelleting on the particle size of commercial poultry feeds. A total of 38 feed samples each in mash and pellets were collected from commercial poultry feed mills and analyzed for particle size determined as geometric mean diameter (GMD). Mash samples were dry sieved while pellets were wet sieved. The results showed that mash GMD significantly reduced (P < 0.001) from 802.0 to 544.3 µm when the samples were pelleted, whereas the geometric standard deviation (GSD) was increased (P = 0.037) from 2.029 to 2.135 µm. The calculated minimum GMD, maximum GMD, and GMD range of pelleted feeds were significantly reduced (P < 0.001) compared with mash feeds. Pelleting did not affect (P = 0.242) particles larger than 4.0 mm. However, particles in size 0.5 to 4.0 mm were significantly reduced (P < 0.001) in quantity, whereas particles smaller than 0.5 mm were significantly increased (P < 0.001) in pellets. A strong Pearson's correlation (R2 = 0.659) was observed between mash GMD and the reciprocal of pellet GMD. To predict pellet GMD, the validation results of the models produced showed that a linear model can be used to estimate pellet GMD as a function of mash GMD efficaciously with the least change in R2 and predictability error compared with bivariate polynomial fit models with degrees 2 to 4. For wheat-soy-based commercial feeds, the particle size (GMD) is reduced by about 32% when the mash is pelleted and the GMD of pellets can be predicted with reasonable confidence from a measure of mash feed GMD.

Topic: Animal Nutrition and Physiology
Subfield: Animal Science and Zoology
Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Domain: Life Sciences
Two autopsy cases of Epstein-Barr virus infected T-cell lymphoma preseting as hemophagocytic syndrome.

Here we report two cases of Epstein-Barr virus related T-cell lymphomas manifested primarily as hemophagocytic syndrome. In case 1, although acute non-A non-B hepatitis with DIC was suspected, bone marrow aspiration was interpreted to be compatible with T cell malignancy. Autopsy revealed a widespread T cell lymphoma with prominent hemophagocytosis by macrophages. The second case was diagnosed as malignant histiocytosis on clinical symptoms and bone marrow findings. Lymph node biopsy was reported as diffuse lage cell lymphoma of T cell origin with reactive macrophages, which was confirmed at autopsy.In both cases, approximately one in each twenty neoplastic cells contained EB virus genomes as revealed by in situ hybridization. HPS in these cases might be explained by reactivation of lymphoma related EB virus. Macrophages should be activated by both viruses and lymphokines which were produced by tumor cells.

Topic: Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research
Subfield: Hematology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Neutrophils Promote Larynx Squamous Cell Carcinoma Progression via Activating the IL-17/JAK/STAT3 Pathway

Laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) is the main type of laryngeal cancer with poor prognosis. Incidence of LSCC increases every year, posing a great threat to human health. The underlying mechanism needs further study. Neutrophils are the most prevalent type of immune cells, which play vital roles in crosstalk between the microenvironment and cancer cells. In our study, we aim to figure out the complex regulation between neutrophils and LSCC. Our experiments showed that LSCC cells could promote the activation and mobility of neutrophils. And, in return, neutrophils enhanced the proliferation, migration, and invasion of LSCC. The subsequent results showed that IL-17 was highly expressed in neutrophil conditioned medium. Block of IL-17 could effectively inhibit the progression of LSCC induced by neutrophils. What is more, the results showed that IL-17 activated the JAK/STAT3 pathway in LSCC. Inhibition of the JAK/STAT3 pathway could significantly block neutrophil-induced LSCC progression. Our research reveals the complex interaction between neutrophils and LSCC cells, providing new ideas for the treatment of LSCC.

Topic: Immune cells in cancer
Subfield: Immunology
Field: Immunology and Microbiology
Domain: Life Sciences
Slope Stability Studies Of Wabane Caldera, Western Cameroon: Impact Of Hydrology, Hydrogeology And Human Factors On Landslide Initiation

Slope analysis within the Wabane caldera was carried out to establish their stability after the 20th July 2003 landslides. A site with semi-circular fractures was selected for the installation of a vibrating wire displacement meter and avibrating piezometer. Displacement, rainfall and pore water fluctuation were recorded from May to December 2005 in an attempt to assess the behavior of these slopes with varying rainfall intensities throughout the period. The resultsindicated an increase in displacement with rainfall and pore pressure from May to September and a subsequent decrease from October to December. This demonstrates the interdependence between rainfall, pore pressure and displacement. The mean monthly rate of displacement recorded was 132.3 mm/month. The highest rate of displacement from regressive plots was approximately 0.01 mm/min for the months of August/September. These are low threshold values, and one can therefore infer that they represent the beginning of a possibly new cycle to landslides projected to occur again in the future. Prolonged rainfall and increased pore water pressure had been determined as the immediate factors responsible for the initiation of the 2003 landslides.

Topic: Landslides and related hazards
Subfield: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Abstract QS13: Goldilocks Procedure With And Without Immediate Implant-based Breast Reconstruction In Obese Patients: The Mayo Clinic Enterprise System Experience

Purpose: Obesity is a risk factor for surgical patients. Thus, implant-based breast reconstruction in obese women may be controversial. We conducted an analysis of obese patients with ptotic breasts who underwent the Goldilocks procedure and compared outcomes between two groups: immediate implant-based reconstruction (IBR) and no IBR. Methods: After Institutional Review Board approval (Study No. 19-008324), we performed a retrospective review of patients treated at the three Mayo Clinic campuses from 2014 - 2019. Patients with BMI ≥ 30kg/m2 and ptotic breasts grade ≥ II who underwent skin-sparing Goldilocks procedure were included. Breasts with prior reduction/augmentation mammoplasty or prior mastectomy were excluded. Demographics, operative characteristics, outcomes and complications were assessed. Two groups were compared: Goldilocks with IBR vs. Goldilocks-only. Patient-reported outcomes using BREAST-Q questionnaire were assessed. Results: One-hundred-sixteen patients (198 breasts) were included. Mean age and BMI were 54.1 ± 10.4years and 37.9 ± 5.8kg/m2. Median follow-up time was 14.9 months (Q1-9.8, Q3-27.7). A total of 100 (50.5%) breasts underwent Goldilocks-only procedure, 92 (46.5%) underwent Goldilocks with two-stage IBR and 6 (3.0%) with one-stage IBR. In the Goldilocks-IBR group, 87 breasts underwent prepectoral and 10 subpectoral implant placement. Multivariate analyses showed increased risk of 6-months major complications (hematoma requiring drainage, unplanned reoperations, infection requiring drainage or IV antibiotics, skin-flap full-necrosis) in the Goldilocks-IBR group (OR 2.8, 1.3 - 6.2). When only severe obese patients (BMI≥35) were analyzed, Goldilocks-IBR was associated with an even higher risk of 6-months major complications (OR 4.8, 2.0-11.7) compared to Goldilocks-only. Median patient satisfaction was statistically higher in the IBR group than Goldilocks-only group (73% vs. 58%, p 0.02). No difference was found in physical, psychological and sexual well-being between groups. Conclusion: Breast reconstruction is an important option for women undergoing mastectomy. Goldilocks procedure is feasible, but when performed with IBR it is associated with higher rates of all complications. Despite these Goldilocks-IBR demonstrate higher satisfaction, in obese and particularly in severely obese women, Goldilocks-IBR is associated with higher rates of all complications; delayed reconstruction and consideration of other surgical reconstructive options should be considered due to the higher complication rate.

Topic: Breast Implant and Reconstruction
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
THE EFFECT OF CHARISMATIC LEADERSHIP, ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION AND JOB SATISFACTION ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE (CASE STUDY AT THE AL-QUR’AN WAQF BOARD, HEAD OFFICE JAKARTA)

Research entitled "The Effect of Charismatic Leadership, Organizational Communication and Job Satisfaction on Employee Performance (Case Study on the Al-Quran Waqf Board at the Jakarta Head Office)" mission to know the influence of Charismatic Leadership, Organizational Communication and Job Satisfaction. on Employee Performance. This study's subjects were 61 employees who work at the Al-Qur'an Waqf Board at the Jakarta Head Office. The data obtained were analyzed using multiple linear regression with the help of the SPSS program version 23. Results show a positive and significant influence on the Organizational Communication Variables and Job Satisfaction Variables on the Performance of Employees who work at the Al-Qur'an Waqf Board at the Jakarta Head Office. However, there is an insignificant influence on the performance of the Al-Qur'an Waqf Board employees at the Jakarta Head Office. It is recommended that companies communicate vertically, especially downward communication, so that superiors communicate more frequently with subordinates and the company can set strategies in the form of a wage scale so that no employee feels disadvantaged, either new employees or old employees.

Topic: Islamic Finance and Communication
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Computer Based Acute Leukemia Classification

In this paper, a set of spatial domain features are extracted from the blood cells image to determine whether a tumor is acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) or acute myeloid leukemia (AML). This problem is interesting because ALL and AML require different chemotherapy regimens. Proper classification greatly increases the likelihood of remission. The extracted features by the proposed methods are exploited to classify regions of interest (ROI's) into AML or ALL. A three-layer back-propagation neural network is used as a classifier. The results of the neural network for the extracted features are evaluated by calculating the classification rate compared to other techniques. The proposed technique is shown to be superior to the conventional methods with respect to classification accuracy and computational complexity

Topic: Digital Imaging for Blood Diseases
Subfield: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
CCDC 803215: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination

An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available from the CCDC and typically includes 3D coordinates, cell parameters, space group, experimental conditions and quality measures.

Topic: Crystallization and Solubility Studies
Subfield: Materials Chemistry
Field: Materials Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Comparison of ultrasound and digital mammography plus tomosynthesis in determining benign and malignant breast lesions using pathology as a gold standard, in 102 Chinese women.

Breast US and 2D+3D mammography imaging play an additive role in identifying breast tumors. Intervention of the 2D+3D imaging technique helps recognize appearance and characteristics of breast lesions particularly in the women with a lesion measure of ≤1cm and those with dense breasts or breast microcalcifications.

Topic: Breast Lesions and Carcinomas
Subfield: Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Entry and Coordination in Mixed-Member Systems: A Controlled Comparison Testing the<i>Contamination</i>Hypothesis

Do the logics of entry and coordination that hold in pure single-member district plurality (SMDP) systems and in pure proportional representation (PR) systems hold in the SMDP tier and the PR tier of mixed-member systems? The fact that single-member districts are embedded in multimember districts means the logic of entry and coordination in either may be contaminated by the existence of the other. How can we establish the counterfactual of how many parties we should expect in one tier if the other tier did not exist? We leverage the design of districts in the United Kingdom to address this challenge, observing voting in the same (or very similar) districts but under multiple electoral systems. We find only limited support for the hypothesis that contamination occurs across tiers of mixed-member systems and conclude that there appears to be generally sophisticated decision making about both entry and coordination.1

Topic: Electoral Systems and Political Participation
Subfield: Political Science and International Relations
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
[Changes in the isoenzymatic makeup of pyruvate kinase in hepatic carcinogenesis].

Together with an increase in the total activity of pyruvate kinase, alterations in the isoenzyme spectrum were observed in hepatocarcinogenesis caused by treatment of rats with diethylinitrosamine. The alterations might be divided into two steps: initial, reversible changes and changes immediately related to development of the blastomatous process. The total activity of pyruvate kinase was gradually increased with appearance of hyperplastic symptoms as well as of primary tumoral foci in liver tissue. The M2-type of pyruvate kinase tended to exhibit activation. In primary hepatomas the L-type of the enzyme was decreased and activity of the M2-type was increased.

Topic: Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
Subfield: Cancer Research
Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Domain: Life Sciences