jimnoneill/paper-to-field-training huggingface dataset:
Frailty and Quality of Life After Cochlear Implantation in Older Adults

Objective To examine the relationship among frailty index, hearing measures, and hearing‐related quality of life (QOL) in older recipients of cochlear implants. Study Design Cross‐sectional survey. Setting Academic medical center. Methods Adults aged ≥65 years at the time of receiving cochlear implants between July 13, 2000, and April 3, 2019, were asked to complete a questionnaire on hearing‐related QOL. Chart review was performed to identify patients’ characteristics. Correlations were calculated between frailty index and audiologic outcome measures as well as between speech recognition scores and QOL scores. Linear regression models were developed to examine the impact of clinical characteristics, frailty index, and hearing measures on hearing‐related QOL. Results Data for 143 respondents were included. The mean age was 80.7 years (SD, 7.1), with a mean 27.8 years of hearing loss (SD, 17.4) before implantation. The mean frailty index was 11.1 (SD, 10.6), indicating that patients had 1 or 2 of the measured comorbidities on average. No correlation was found between lower frailty index (better health) and hearing scores, including pure tone averages (PTAs) and speech recognition scores. Lower frailty index and larger improvement in PTA after cochlear implantation predicted better QOL scores on univariate analysis (respectively, P =. 002, β = −0.42 [95% CI, −0.68 to −0.16]; P =. 008, β = −0.15 [95% CI, −0.26 to −0.04]) and multivariate analysis ( P =. 047, β = −0.28 [95% CI, −0.55 to −0.01]; P =. 006, β = −0.16 [95% CI, −0.28 to −0.05]). No speech recognition scores correlated with QOL after cochlear implantation. Conclusions Frailty index does not correlate with hearing scores after cochlear implantation in older adults. Lower frailty index and more improvement in PTA predict better QOL scores after cochlear implantation in older adults.

Topic: Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Sequence divergence between Chrysolophus amherstiae and Chrysolophus pictus

It was disputed that Chrysolophus amherstiae (Leadbeater) and Chrysolophus pictus (L.) were two species or two subspecies. DNA sequences spanning 861 nucleotide bases of the mitochondrial cytochrome-b gene were reported in two C. amherstiae. 21 sites were different compared with C. pictus^s homologous sequences. Genetic distance between C. amherstiae and was 2.5% based on the Kimura^s two parameter^s methods. The divergence time between C. amherstiae and C. pictus was at least 1.7My based on the substitution rate of nucleotide acid of cytothrome-b gene in Galliformes. We suggested that Chrysolophus amherstiae and Chrysolophus pictus are two distinct species.

Topic: Identification and Quantification in Food
Subfield: Molecular Biology
Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Domain: Life Sciences
Silastic prosthesis in fractures of the head of the radius: long term follow up.

After a fairly long experience we asked ourselves what value should be attributed to replacement surgery of the head of the radius, using a Silastic endoprosthesis? An attempt is made to answer this question after following up our cases for many years. This has led us to two factual conclusions; the limited life of the prosthesis and the surprising tolerance of the elbow to regressive radiographic changes.

Topic: Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment
Subfield: Rehabilitation
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Effect of Organics on Yield and Yield Components of Chia (Salvia hispanica L.)

Chia (Salvia hispanica L.) is a new emerging crop as functional food. Its seeds are richest source of omega-3, antioxidant, calcium and are known to prevent heart disease, diabetes and cancer. Owing to its nutraceutical and therapeutical values, the studies on its organic production are very essential under Indian condition. Therefore, an experiment to determine the influence of organic fertilization on growth and yield of chia was done at Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh during 2018-19 and 2019-20. The recommended fertilizers dose (RDF) 57.5:40:24 NPK kg ha-1 with FYM 10 t ha-1 was compared with fourteen treatment combinations of organic manures viz., vermicompost (V), bio gas spent slurry (BSS) and Neem cake (Nc) at 25% or 50%N equivalent dose of RDF and organic supplements namely, microbial consortia (M), Jeevamrita (J) and humic acid (H).&#x0D; The maximum plant height, number of branches per plant, number and weight of spikes per plant, spike weight, dry matter, seed yield per plant and seed yield per hectare were higher under RDF which was at par with FYM50V25BSS25MJH, RDFM, RDFJ. During first year, RDF recorded the higher yield (835.67 kg ha-1) followed by RDFMJH (680.93 kg ha-1), RDFJ (665.84 kg ha-1), FYM50V25BSS25H (616.19 kg ha-1) and FYM50V25BSS25 (603.57 kg ha-1). During first year, chia resulted in lower yield in comparison to second year in all the treatments. The reproductive phase, blooming to seed filling was found sensitive to frost. During second year RDFMJH gave higher yield (1201.65 kg ha-1) and was at par to FYM50V25BSS25M (1186.28 kg ha-1), FYM50V25BSS25J (1165.71 kg ha-1) and RDF (1165.43 kg ha-1). Therefore, the RDF can be substituted by organic manures combination viz. FYM 10.7 t + vermicompost 1.07 t + biogas spent slurry 1.68 t ha-1 along with microbial consortia or with Jeevamrita.

Topic: Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
Subfield: Plant Science
Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Domain: Life Sciences
GOME-2 COMMISSIONING RESULTS. PART 2: FIRST GEOPHYSICAL VALIDATION

The Second Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment (GOME-2) performs operational global monitoring of ozone column densities and ozone profiles, and column densities of other atmospheric trace gases such as NO2,

Topic: Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies
Subfield: Plant Science
Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Domain: Life Sciences
HapticPong

Visual impaired people can, depending on the impairment grade, detect changes on a game board by haptic or audio clues. This scanning process of the game area requires both time and cognitive load to remember the setup. This decreases the intended relaxation through games. As an alternative we propose to use a matrix of vibration motors on the human belly for haptic rendering for designing games for visual impaired people. As an example we will demonstrate a simple pong game played without visual clues.

Topic: Tactile and Sensory Interactions
Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Test-Particle Transport in Strong Electrostatic Drift Turbulence with Finite Larmor Radius Effects

Test-particle transport arising from $\mathbf{E}\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}\mathbf{B}$ motion in a turbulent plasma is investigated numerically. The electrostatic field is determined by solving the Hasegawa-Mima model for two-dimensional drift turbulence. In the linear regime the particles experience stochastic diffusion, but in the fully nonlinear, strongly turbulent regime the diffusion rate is greatly reduced. Finite Larmor radius effects, relevant to alpha-particle transport in tokamaks, are also shown to strongly inhibit the level of transport.

Topic: Magnetic confinement fusion research
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Evaluation and selection of textbooks in Portugal : perceptions from mother tongue teachers

Quality education issues are dominating public and political debates in the western world. In Portugal, the discussion has widened to include quality control of textbooks, leading to the establishment of an evaluation and approval system of textbooks aimed at guaranteeing their conceptual and pedagogical quality (Law 47/2006). In these times of change, perhaps the most significant in the past four decades since the end of the dictatorship and the roll out of the single book policy in schools, the purpose of this paper is to examine the positions and perceptions of mother tongue teachers from both compulsory and secondary education, concerning their criteria for approval, evaluation and selection of textbooks. The empirical data was gathered by means of a questionnaire answered by 340 Portuguese teachers. The questionnaire requested teachers to state their level of agreement with arguments concerning the editing, selection and evaluation of textbooks. The aim of this research was to understand teachers’ positions on textbook evaluation in order to improve: 1) the process of selection and 2) the quality of the material object itself regarding its function as a core tool for quality teaching and learning. The research also aims to understand the criteria that teachers value most in selecting the best textbook. The study shows teachers’ opinions are divided regarding the quality standards for textbooks; for some lack of quality is due to conceptual and scientific errors, for others it is pedagogical inadequacies. Despite this disagreement, teachers recognise the important role that the current approval process plays in improving the selection process and increasing quality of education.

Topic: Second Language Learning and Teaching
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Occurrence Download

A dataset containing 88 species occurrences available in GBIF matching the query: { "TaxonKey" : [ "is Cyclopogon warmingii (Rchb.f.) Schltr." ] } The dataset includes 88 records from 30 constituent datasets; see https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/download/0152619-240321170329656/datasets/export for details. Data from some individual datasets included in this download may be licensed under less restrictive terms.

Topic: Cassava research and cyanide
Subfield: Plant Science
Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Domain: Life Sciences
Computation of Resource Circuits of Petri Nets by Using Binary Decision Diagrams

Deadlocks are a constant issue in flexible manufacturing systems (FMSs). Circular wait is a necessary condition of deadlocks. In the framework of Petri nets modeling FMSs, deadlocks have a great relation with the resource circuits. In the paper, we present a symbolic approach to compute all resource circuits of Petri net models of FMSs by using binary decision diagrams (BDDs). BDDs can represent large sets of encoded data with compact shared structures and enable the efficient manipulation of those sets. Thus, the presented approach can efficiently find all resource circuits of a net model of an FMS. A number of examples are provided to demonstrate the proposed method.

Topic: Petri Nets in System Modeling
Subfield: Computational Theory and Mathematics
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Surface temperatures of the Moon: measurements with commercial infrared cameras

Information about the surface temperature of the Moon is contained in its emitted thermal infrared (IR) radiation. In this paper, we discuss estimates for surfaces temperatures of the Moon across its disc, as well as the potential to extract quantitatively correct values for the maximum temperatures through measurements with simple hand-held commercial IR cameras. Exemplary measurements reveal suitable conditions and necessary corrections due to atmospheric attenuation. The topic fits well into undergraduate courses on optics or more specifically on IR technologies.

Topic: Planetary Science and Exploration
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
THE STUDY OF AUTONOMIC FUNCTION TESTS IN PATIENTS OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS BY CARDIOVASCULAR ANALYSIS SYSTEM

<strong>Background and objectives</strong>: In patients of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) although peripheral and central nervous system involvement has been well recognized1 , autonomic nervous system (ANS) involvement has rarely been studied and has shown conflicting results. This study was conducted to investigate ANS dysfunction in patients of RA by CANWin using classical Ewing autonomic battery tests. <strong>Methods:</strong> 50 patients of RA between the age group of 20-70 years along with 25 healthy age and sex matched controls were evaluated by 4 parasympathetic tests including resting heart rate (HR), HR response to deep breathing, standing and valsalva maneuver; and 2 sympathetic tests consisting of blood pressure response to standing and sustained hand grip (SHG) by CANWin analysis system (Window based). <strong>Results:</strong> Heart rate response to deep breathing (E:I), standing (30:15 ratio) and valsalva showed very significant results in patients of RA as compared to that of controls (P&lt;0.01). 10% of RA patients showed fall in systolic BP on standing by more than 20 mm Hg as compared to controls (0%) with significant p-value of &lt;0.05. 20% of RA patients showed abnormal low rise in diastolic BP on SHG with significant p-value of &lt;0.05. <strong>Interpretation &amp; Conclusions:</strong> This study has confirmed the presence of cardiac autonomic nervous system dysfunctions including both sympathetic and parasympathetic, in patients of RA.

Topic: Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
Subfield: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Intercepting Stimulus-Organism-Response Model, Theory of Planned Behavior and Theory of Expectancy Confirmation in the Study of Smartphone Consumer Behavior: A Thai University Student Perspective

This research targets two very important objectives. First, it exploits the similarity structure of the theory of planned behavior, expectancy confirmation theory and the stimulus-organism-response (S-O-R) model, in broadening the social-psychological context in the use of the S-O-R model, and which renders the model being capable of embracing a broad-based, strategically competitive structure of business competition that centralizes on marketing mix strategy, customer value proposition and customer attitude. Second, through both explorative and explanatory efforts of an action learning and PDCA (Plan, Do, Check, Act) approach to business research, a S-O-R model, that is capable of explaining of the smartphone consumer behaviors, is corroborated, which highlights significant roles played by business model structure of variables, and organism variables constituting brand trust, customer satisfaction and brand equity, in explaining the variance of customer loyalty. Customer switching cost, which is a direct result of perceived customer value, is also shown to influence brand trust, significantly.

Topic: Digital Marketing and Social Media
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Interval colorings of complete bipartite graphs and trees

A translation from Russian of the work of R.R. Kamalian "Interval colorings of complete bipartite graphs and trees", Preprint of the Computing Centre of the Academy of Sciences of Armenia, Yerevan, 1989. (Was published by the decision of the Academic Council of the Computing Centre of the Academy of Sciences of Armenian SSR and Yerevan State University from 7.09.1989).

Topic: Advanced Graph Theory Research
Subfield: Computational Theory and Mathematics
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
The Effects of Music in Advertising on Choice Behavior: A Classical Conditioning Approach

Do features like humor, sex, color, and music in a commercial merely increase our attention to product information in a message, or can they directly influence our attitudes? The results of an experiment using a classical conditioning approach suggest that hearing liked or disliked music while being exposed to a product can directly affect product preferences. A second experiment differentiated communication situations where a classical conditioning approach or an information processing approach might be appropriate in explaining product preference.

Topic: Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification
Subfield: Marketing
Field: Business, Management and Accounting
Domain: Social Sciences
Preparation and Charaterization of MoAb SZ118 and SZ118-scFv Against Platelet Glycoprotein VI.

Abstract GlycoproteinVI (GPVI ), one of the platelet collagen receptors, plays an important role in platelet activation and thrombosis. GPVI participates in platelet adhesion to exposed collagen under high shear rate condition, and leads to platelet activation and thrombus formation. GPVI is widely recognized as a requisite factor for the formation of platelet aggregates on the collagen surface under blood flow. There were growing evidences showed that impairment of GPVI function could result in a long-term antithrombotic protection and less bleeding side-effect, which potentialized that GPVI might be an interesting target for safe anti-adhesion and anti-thrombotic therapy. Recently monoclonal antibodies directed against GPVI were developed, which impaired the interaction of platelets and collagen. A human soluble recombinant GPVI (rGPVI), consisting of extracellular domain of GPVI, was expressed in E. coli. After immunizing Balb/C mice with the purified rGPVI, a monoclonal antibody, SZ118, was developed. Meanwhile the gene encoding for the light-and heavy-chain variable regions of SZ118 had been cloned by RT-PCR from murine hybridoma cells. After ligated into the vector pET20b(+), expression plasmid pET20b(+)-SZ118-scFv was contructed, and SZ118-scFv fragment was expressed in E.coli. The parallel plate perfusion chamber and platelet aggregometer were used to study the effects of SZ118 and SZ118-scFv on the platelet adhesion and aggregation to collagen. The citrated whole blood with or without SZ118 was perfused over the surface of type I fibrillar collagen (Chrono Log, at 80μg/ml) at high shear rate (1000 s−1) for 5 min. The platelet aggregates were visualized by the phase-contrast microscope, the coverage rates of the platelet aggregates were measured. Monoclonal antibody SZ118 and SZ118-scFv could bind to human platelets exclusively by flow cytometry. SZ118 inhibited collagen-induced platelet aggregation in PRP in dose-dependent manner, nearly full inhibition being attained at the concentration of 110 ug•mL−1. Similarly SZ118-scFv inhibited collagen-induced platelet aggregation with maximum inhitition rate 84.3%±5.6%. And also SZ118 and SZ118-scFv had part effect on convulxin-induced platelet aggregation, but having little effect on ADP. After treating the citrated whole blood with SZ118 or SZ118-scFv at final concentration 50μg/ml at 37° for 10 min, the platelet adhesion on the surface of collagen was markedly inhibited with the coverage rates of 1.03%±0.22%, respectively (22.7%±5.7% for control), which indicated that the platelets adhesion to collagen was inhibited by 95.5%by SZ118 and 68.3% by SZ118-scFv. It was concluded that the MoAb SZ118 inhibited platelet aggregation to collagen and platelet adhesion to immobilized fibrillar collagen under high shear rate condition.

Topic: Platelet Disorders and Treatments
Subfield: Hematology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Competitive Advantage of Intrapreneurs in Start-up Business: A Dynamic Model

&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify; -ms-text-justify: inter-ideograph;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Intrapreneurs, defined as the active and creative force in the entrepreneurs, starts new business as projects, groups, or departments within an existing firm. They represent the frontier of innovation in a current standing firm and explore new growth points for the hosting organization. On the other side, entrepreneurs that start new business compete with intrapreneurs in the same pool of potential clients in the broad market. This paper attempts to explore the competitive advantages of intrapreneurs relative to entrepreneurs when starting a new area of business. The paper employs a dynamic model to identify the necessary conditions that intrapreneurs ought to be endowed to dominate entrepreneurs. This study also identifies the conditions of providing innovation-friendly environment for intrapreneurs to dominate entrepreneurs.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

Topic: Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
Subfield: Management of Technology and Innovation
Field: Business, Management and Accounting
Domain: Social Sciences
LHD CHD_UR_01 #176020.1 (analyzed)

Luminance data of the plasma monitor camera. Time variation of the average and maximum luminance within the ROI (Region of Interests) of the plasma images observed by the 2-O port camera, where ROI is (1184,72) - (1236,148) of the original image of 1920x1080. The luminance value is between 0 and 255 in arbitrary unit.

Topic: Plant Molecular Biology Research
Subfield: Plant Science
Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Domain: Life Sciences
Table S2 from Characterization of 7A5: A Human CD137 (4-1BB) Receptor Binding Monoclonal Antibody with Differential Agonist Properties That Promotes Antitumor Immunity

&lt;p&gt;Table S2 shows human immune effector ADCC and CDC activity EC50 (nM)&lt;/p&gt;

Topic: Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
Subfield: Immunology
Field: Immunology and Microbiology
Domain: Life Sciences
Circulation Modeling for Proposed Port Facility at Ponce and Guayanilla, Puerto Rico

This report documents a tidal and storm surge circulation study conducted by the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center's Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory to evaluate the protection provided by the proposed construction of a deep-draft harbor facility in the ports of Ponce and Guayanilla, Puerto Rico. Impacts of the proposed construction were determined by conducting numerical simulations of tidal and storm surge circulation at the project sites using with and without the proposed port facilities, Differences in computed elevations and currents between pre- and postconstruction conditions are used to determine impacts. Numerical simulations utilize the long-wave hydrodynamic model ADCIRC. Conclusions of this study are twofold. First, simulations show that the harbors of Ponce and Guayanilla do not experience large tides or tropical and extratropical storm surges. Secondly, pre- and post project simulations of a severe tropical event show that project impacts are small (less than 1.0 m/sec) localized reductions in storm circulation currents which do not affect regions further than approximately 1 km from the proposed project sites.

Topic: Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity
Subfield: Philosophy
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Colombia: Review Under the Flexible Credit Line Arrangement-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Colombia

COVID-19 has taken a severe toll on Colombia’s society and economy—including over 60,000 deaths and over 5 million jobs temporarily lost in Colombia’s largest recession on record. A gradual but uneven recovery led by private domestic demand and manufacturing is underway, but services continue to be weak. While the economy had remained resilient before the pandemic owing to very strong policy frameworks, economic activity is not expected to return to pre-pandemic levels until the end of 2022.

Topic: History and Politics in Latin America
Subfield: Demography
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences