jimnoneill/paper-to-field-training huggingface dataset:
Spectra of electroluminescence in XLPE due to impulse voltage

The role of electrical charges injected into crosslinked polyethylene (XLPE) due to impulse voltage is studied with the electroluminescence (EL) technique. It is shown that EL emission depends on the repetition frequency and the number of consecutive impulses initially applied to the polymer. The spectra of EL emitted by XLPE are in the visible and the ultraviolet ranges.

Topic: Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
Subfield: Biomedical Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Re-telling the Word Rhetorically: TheExample of Shadreck Wame, a ChewaItinerant Evangelist

Abstract This study presents a rhetorical analysis of Shadreck Wame, a popular Malawian revival preacher. After an overview of the “rhetorical setting” in which these vernacular sermons were preached in the 1990s, ten “oral-rhetorical techniques” that characterize Wame’s preaching style are identified, based on a corpus of nearly 50 of his Chewa-language sermons that I recorded from radio broadcasts in the 1990s. These features are then illustrated in selections from a specific sermon that Evangelist Wame preached in 1997 in Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi. In particular, his situationally-influenced “re-tellings,” or paraphrases, of a familiar biblical text, Christ’s Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Luke 20:9-18), are identified and elaborated upon in footnotes. I conclude this description of a popular preacher’s dynamic, contextualized homiletical style with a number of applications to contemporary communicators in Africa. Both the content and the methodology of this analysis may be significant for comparative purposes when teaching sermonic technique in different, especially non-Western, sociocultural settings.

Topic: Media, Religion, Digital Communication
Subfield: Philosophy
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
GLUCOSE TOLERANCE, PLASMA INSULIN LEVELS AND INSULIN SENSITIVITY IN ELDERLY PATIENTS

The oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) and the intravenous glucose tolerance test (ivGTT) were carried out in 23 elderly patients (mean age 79 years) and in 14 healthy young adults (mean age 28 years). The ivGTT was followed immediately by a second injection of glucose, this time with insulin added. The percentage rate constants for the disappearance of glucose alone (KG, % min-1) or with added insulin (KG+I, % min-1) were calculated. Seventeen of the elderly patients had a blood glucose value at 120 min in the OGTT greater than or equal to 7.7 mmol/1 (140 mg/100 ml) or had KG less than or equal to 1% min-1 and 13 were 'diabetic' by both criteria. This was associated with a sluggish pattern of insulin release and with diminished insulin sensitivity (KG+I). Since these changes could reflect impaired inhibition of hepatic glucose output, a preliminary attempt was made to assess gluconeogenic capacity. After the injection of substrate levels of L-alanine, plasma levels of glucose and alanine both rose but fell more slowly in the elderly than in young adults, suggesting impaired transmembrane transport of both substances in old people. After injection of alanine, plasma insulin rose to a lesser extent and glucagon to a greater extent in the elderly than in young adults.

Topic: Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
Subfield: Molecular Biology
Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Domain: Life Sciences
A report on a late Woodland period dugout canoe from Cape Porpoise, Maine, USA

In 2018, the Cape Porpoise Archaeological Alliance recovered a dugout canoe located during a surface survey of the Cape Porpoise tidal flats in Kennebunkport, Maine. A sample of the canoe dated to between 1275 and 1380 cal AD making it the oldest known from the region. Professional archaeologists and volunteers excavated the canoe from the intertidal in the summer of 2019 for analysis and conservation. This paper provides new insight into pre-Contact watercraft technology in the Far Northeast and emphasizes the promise of citizen science initiatives for identifying and recovering delicate archaeological materials that are exposed and under threat from rapidly changing coastlines.

Topic: Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
Subfield: Archeology
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Congenital Nystagmus; A Clinical Study of 28 Patients.

Congenital nystagmus can be divided into five types : jerky, pendular, pendular-jerky, latent and periodic alternating. We examined 28 patients with congenital nystagmus from 1987 to 1992 and analysed the results of ENGs recorded with eyes open, eyes closed, eyes open in the dark and during eye tracking and optokinetic pattern testing. Eleven patients had jerky, 6 had pendular, 8 had pendular-jerky, 2 had latent, and 1 had periodic alternating nystagmus.

Topic: Vestibular and auditory disorders
Subfield: Neurology
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
THE USE OF THE SOCIAL NETWORK 'VKONTAKTE' IN UNIVERSITY

Computerization of modern society requires new forms of interaction between the lecturer and the student, including the use of social networks. The article proposes 3 lines in using social networks in the teaching process: for education and methodological support in learning subjects; for consulting graduate-students; for technological support of project work. The author presents advantages of using the social network 'VKontakte' to resolve each of the mentioned above problems and shows possible difficulties connected with this technology and ways of their settlement. As a basis of the research the author uses the results of her work with students of the Russian Plekhanov University of Economics training in specialty 'Customs'.

Topic: Educational Innovations and Challenges
Subfield: Information Systems
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Lusty &amp;quot;Hello&amp;quot;

&amp;quot;NEW YORK CITY -- Only two months old, little Gretchen Penelope Whitaker has had more than her share of hard knocks -- and her greeting to the homeland she's never seen is a lusty yowl. On the lap of her mother, Mrs. Charles H. Whitaker of Apponang, R.I., whose husband was vice-consul at Manila when her family was rounded up by the Japs and placed in an internment camp, little Gretchen was born on the Jap exchange ship, Teia Maru. With her brother and sister, Joseph Paul, 4 1/2, and Andrea, 3 1/2, and her parents, the baby returned to America on the Swedish exchange liner Gripsholm today.&amp;quot; - News agency copy. ; Mrs. Charles H. Whitaker holding her three young children.

Topic: Magnetic confinement fusion research
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
RECONSTRUCTION OF INDIVIDUAL DOSES DUE TO MEDICAL EXPOSURES FOR MEMBERS OF THE TECHA RIVER COHORT

Purpose: To describe a methodology for reconstruction of doses due to medical exposures for members of the Techa River Cohort (TRC) who received diagnostic radiation at the clinic of the Urals Research Center for Radiation Medicine (URCRM) in 1952–2005. To calculate doses of medical exposure for the TRC members and compare with the doses that resulted from radioactive contamination of the Techa River. Material and Methods: Reconstruction of individual medical doses is based on data on x-ray diagnostic procedures available for each person examined at the URCRM clinics and values of absorbed dose in 12 organs per typical x-ray procedure calculated with the use of a mathematical phantom. Personal data on x-ray diagnostic examinations have been complied in the computerized “Registry of x-ray diagnostic procedures.” Sources of information are archival registry books from the URCRM x-ray room (available since 1956) and records on x-ray diagnostic procedures in patient-case histories (since 1952). The absorbed doses for 12 organs of interest have been evaluated per unit typical x-ray procedure with account taken of the x-ray examination parameters characteristic for the diagnostic machines used at the URCRM clinics. These parameters have been evaluated from published data on technical characteristics of the x-ray diagnosticmore » machines used at the URCRM clinics in 1952–1988 and taken from the x-ray room for machines used at the URCRM in 1989–2005. Absorbed doses in the 12 organs per unit typical x-ray procedure have been calculated with use of a special computer code, EDEREX, developed at the Saint-Petersburg Research Institute of Radiation Hygiene after Professor P.V. Ramzaev. Individual accumulated doses of medical exposure have been calculated with a computer code, MEDS (Medical Exposure Dosimetry System), specifically developed at the URCRM. Results: At present, the “Registry of x-ray diagnostic procedures” contains information on individual x-ray examinations for over 9,500 persons including 6,415 TRC members. Statistical analysis of the Registry data showed that the more frequent types of examinations were fluoroscopy and radiography of the chest and fluoroscopy of the stomach and the esophagus. Average absorbed doses accumulated by year 2005 calculated for the 12 organs varied from 4 mGy for testes to 40 mGy for bone surfaces. Maximum individual medical doses could reach 500–650 mGy and in some cases exceeded doses from exposure at the Techa River. Conclusions: For the first time the doses of medical exposure were calculated and analyzed for members of the Techa River Cohort who received diagnostic radiation at the URCRM clinics. These results are being used in radiation-risk analysis to adjust for this source of confounding exposure in the TRC.« less

Topic: Radiation Dose and Imaging
Subfield: Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Bioactivity-Guided Screening of Wound-Healing Active Constituents from American Cockroach (Periplaneta americana)

Ethanol extract (EE) from Periplaneta americana (PA) is the main ingredient of Kangfuxin, which is a popular traditional chinese medicine (TCM) and has long been used for the clinical treatment of burns, wounds and ulcers. We compared the wound-healing activities of three extracts of PA using cutaneous wound-healing in mice as the bioactivity model. These three extracts were EE, total polysaccharide and total protein. We also tracked bioactive fractions in the EE by organic reagent extraction, column chromatography and HPLC. Seven compounds were successfully identified from the water elution fraction of the EE of PA using UPLC-MS. Among these compounds, four compounds (P2, P3, P4, P5(1)) were first reported in PA. Some of these compounds have been previously reported to have various pharmacological activities that could contribute to the high wound-healing activity of PA.

Topic: Insect Utilization and Effects
Subfield: Insect Science
Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Domain: Life Sciences
Canonical pathways identified by Ingenuity for the RPE enriched genes.

&lt;p&gt;The left y-axis displays the–log of the Benjamini-Hochberg corrected p-value. The right y-axis displays the ratio of number of genes derived from our dataset, divided by the total number of genes in the pathway. The bar graph represents the -log(B-H) p-value. The orange line indicates the threshold at a Benjamini-Hochberg corrected p&lt;0.01.&lt;/p&gt;

Topic: Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies
Subfield: Plant Science
Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Domain: Life Sciences
Application of a chemical group contribution technique for calculating solubility parameters of polymers

Abstract A chemical group contribution technique, based on the principle of additivity of molar attraction constants for groups in a molecule, has been used for determining the solubility parameters for several polyesters, polyethers and a few other types of polymers. The solubility parameter for a polymer is calculated by using the contributions for chemical groups reported in the literature with the resultant values found to compare favorably. For geometrical isomers of polymers, the calculated solubility parameters are identical but differ for positional substitution.

Topic: Synthesis and properties of polymers
Subfield: Polymers and Plastics
Field: Materials Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Evaluation of the dynamic site response for seismic design of pipelines

The design of pipelines often requires evaluations of the seismic site response based on limited information. In particular, the maximum acceleration at the ground surface is a crucial parameter as it controls the seismic stability of the slopes and the triggering of liquefaction in cohesionless soils. A parametric seismic response study is presented, where the effects of soil type, G<sub>MAX</sub>, soil deposit depth, maximum acceleration and acceleration time history at the bedrock on the maximum acceleration at the ground surface are investigated. Emphasis is placed on the effects of G<sub>MAX</sub>, and the results of field measurements carried out both on shore and offshore are evaluated. The results of the study can provide preliminary indications on the seismic response of sites characterized by soil conditions similar to those investigated.

Topic: Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics
Subfield: Civil and Structural Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Polyphase filter architectures for MPEG audio using fast IDCT

We present a fast architecture by using a fast IDCT algorithm for polyphase analysis subband filtering, a computational-intensive operation in MPEG audio coding. Our basic approach is to use only one adder/subtractor and one multiplier, but each has its own data bus, and a process controller is used to control the overall processing. The bus width is found by finite wordlength simulation. Simulation results and summaries have shown that a low cost adder/subtractor and multiplier in VLSI implementation can be designed for real-time applications.

Topic: Digital Filter Design and Implementation
Subfield: Signal Processing
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
"Motion-frozen" display and quantification of myocardial perfusion.

We have developed a novel technique for display and quantification of gated myocardial perfusion images, which retrospectively eliminates blur due to cardiac motion. Such processing of gated MPS appears to improve the effective resolution of images. Initial evaluation indicates that it may improve the accuracy of gated MPS in detection of coronary artery disease.

Topic: Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
Subfield: Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
The role of community libraries in the alleviation of information poverty for sustainable development

This literature review focused on the role of rural community libraries in minimizing information poverty. The potentials of rural community libraries in promoting sustainable development are discussed in this article. The necessity of information poverty alleviation for sustainable development is also discussed. The study found that information poverty is an obstacle whereas information is a key to achieving sustainable development. The study also found that community library is not only a library of few shelves of books but also a hub of the local communities, particularly of the rural and disadvantaged communities offering a continuously changeable information resource for the community. It empowers individuals and communities to help them reach their goals. It lays down the foundation stone for sustainable development. Key words: Community library, information poverty, sustainable development.

Topic: Library Science and Administration
Subfield: Library and Information Sciences
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
321 Early Targeted Closure of Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Extreme Preterm Babies Reduces Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

&lt;sec&gt;&lt;st&gt;Background&lt;/st&gt; PDA is common among very low birth weight babies. There is however growing controversy regarding treatment and clinicians are uncertain to treat or not to treat a PDA. &lt;/sec&gt;&lt;sec&gt;&lt;st&gt;Objective&lt;/st&gt; To compare mortality and complications of prematurity in the following groups &lt;l type="ord"&gt;&lt;li&gt; Effect of gestation; babies ≤ 28 weeks &amp; 29–31 weeks &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; Early (&lt; 72 hrs) treatment vs. later symptomatic treatment of a PDA &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; Treatment vs. no treatment of a significant PDA &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/l&gt; &lt;/sec&gt;&lt;sec&gt;&lt;st&gt;Methods&lt;/st&gt; All babies born &lt; 32 weeks gestation were included in this study. A total of 223 babies met the inclusion criteria from January 2009 to September 2011. Of these 22 were excluded from analysis due to incomplete data. SPSS version 17© was used for data analysis. &lt;/sec&gt;&lt;sec&gt;&lt;st&gt;Results&lt;/st&gt; &lt;l type="ord"&gt;&lt;li&gt; Babies ≤ 28weeks compared to 29–31weeks gestation had significantly higher PDA (61&amp;percnt;vs.23&amp;percnt;; p&lt;0.05), Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) (40&amp;percnt;vs.12&amp;percnt;; p&lt;0.05), duration of respiratory support (27days vs. 9days; p&lt;0.05) and mortality (16&amp;percnt;vs.0&amp;percnt;; p&lt;0.05) &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; Among babies with significant PDA, BPD was significantly reduced with early treatment of a PDA as compared to later symptomatic treatment (66.7&amp;percnt;vs.82.3&amp;percnt;; p&lt;0.05) &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; There was significantly higher incidence of death among babies not treated for PDA as compared to those who received treatment (29&amp;percnt; vs. 0&amp;percnt;; p&lt;0.001). &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/l&gt; &lt;/sec&gt;&lt;sec&gt;&lt;st&gt;Conclusion&lt;/st&gt; &lt;l type="ord"&gt;&lt;li&gt; Babies born ≤ 28 weeks have higher burden of PDA, mortality and complications of prematurity. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; Treatment of PDA significantly reduces mortality. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; Early treatment of PDA significantly reduces BPD compared to later treatment. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/l&gt; &lt;/sec&gt;

Topic: Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
The management of situated risk: A parental perspective on child food allergy

Food allergy is an illness that requires constant risk management in everyday life. To date, there is no cure or preventive treatment, and the only way to manage the condition is therefore careful avoidance of the offending foodstuff and treatment of reactions when they occur. This article draws on a socio-cultural approach to explore parents’ understandings and management of child food allergy in the context of everyday life, as ‘situated’ risk. A focus group study was carried out with 31 parents of children diagnosed with food allergy at two children’s hospitals. The analysis of the focus group material reveals how the management of allergy risk seems to permeate most aspects of everyday life as well as how the parents draw on a dominant norm of risk avoidance as well as a counter-discourse of calculated risk taking. The patterns of risk management found in this study are discussed in terms of how risk avoidance and risk taking are intertwined and balanced in the context of moral parenthood.

Topic: Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
A hybrid scheme for the resolution-of-the-identity approximation in second-order Møller–Plesset linear-r12 perturbation theory

In the framework of second-order Møller–Plesset linear-r12 (MP2-R12) perturbation theory, a method is developed and implemented that uses an auxiliary basis set for the resolution-of-the-identity (RI) approximation for the three- and four-electron integrals. In contrast to previous work, the two-electron integrals that must be evaluated never involve more than one auxiliary basis function. The new method therefore scales linearly with the number of auxiliary basis functions and is much more efficient than the previous one, which scaled quadratically. A general formulation of MP2-R12 theory is presented for various ansätze, approximations, and orbitals (canonical or localized). The new method is assessed by computations of the valence-shell second-order Møller–Plesset correlation energy of a few small closed-shell systems. The preliminary calculations indicate that the difference between the new and previous methods is about one order of magnitude smaller than the errors that occur due to basis-set truncations and RI approximations and under the assumptions of generalized and extended Brillouin conditions.

Topic: Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Profiling wrist pulse from skin surface by Advanced Vibrometer Interferometer Device

With global trends in population aging, the need to decrease and prevent the onset of cardiovascular disease has drawn a great attention. The traditional cuff-based upper arm sphygmomanometer is still the standard method to retrieve blood pressure information for diagnostics. However, this method is not easy to be adapted by patients and is not comfortable enough to perform a long term monitoring process. In order to correlate the beating profile of the arterial pulse on the wrist skin, an Advanced Vibrometer Interferometer Device (AVID) is adopted in this study to measure the vibration amplitude of skin and compare it with blood pressure measured from the upper arm. The AVID system can measure vibration and remove the directional ambiguity by using circular polarization interferometer technique with two orthogonal polarized light beams. The displacement resolution of the system is nearly 1.0 nm and the accuracy is experimentally verified. Using an optical method to quantify wrist pule, it provides a means to perform cuff-less, noninvasive and continuous measurement. In this paper, the correlations between the amplitude of skin vibration and the actual blood pressure is studied. The success of this method could potentially set the foundation of blood pressure monitor system based on optical approaches.

Topic: Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring
Subfield: Biomedical Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences