nils-herrmann/clean_scirepeval huggingface dataset:
Does a Deep Plane Facelift Restore Malar Volume Without Simultaneous Fat Injection?
Venue: Aesthetic surgery journal

Jacono et al1 conclude that a vertical deep plane facelift "may obviate the need for other volumization procedures such as autologous fat grafting in selected cases." The advantages of a deep plane dissection2 4 and vertical vector4,5 to correct the descent of facial tissues are well known. Elevation of the malar fat2 6 or buccal fat pad7 may be accomplished either using direct tissue approximation2 4 or suspension sutures.1,5 7 Beginning in the late 1990s, many surgeons started adopting fat injection as part of their strategy to replace lost volume.8 10 Magnetic resonance imaging has demonstrated its efficacy.10 Is it time to reconsider the role of fat injection? Some weaknesses of the authors' study design merit comment. To compare facial topography, before and after photographs must be exactly matched for size and orientation  Variations in focal distance (the after photographs being larger) chin elevation, and head rotation preclude accurate comparisons. The authors' Figures 4G and H and 5G and H demonstrate all three inconsistencies in the same patients. To avoid error from dissimilar rotation, one must accurately line up the nasion with the inner canthus of the far eye
Abstracts of ICI 2016 International Congress of Immunology, 21 26 August 2016, Melbourne, Australia.
Venue: European journal of immunology

s of ICI 2016 International Congress of Immunology 21 26 August 2016 Melbourne, Australia European Journal of Immunology Volume 46, Suppl. 1, August 2016 This abstract book can be searched using the PDF search function to look, for example, for the Abstract number or author name.
Essentials of building a career in nursing research.
Venue: Nurse researcher

Nursing research is fundamental to driving evidence based practice and achieving safe outcomes for patients. Underpinning the discussion in this paper are nurse researchers who thought strategically during their undergraduate and postgraduate studies to build a body of credible research influencing patient outcomes and, in so doing, establish their careers.  To provide an overview of some of the career essentials that support a transition in role for the beginner or emerging researcher, otherwise known as the early career researcher.  Early career researchers need to acquire research competencies, to get involved in research teams, and to understand the research landscape and the various associated subtleties/vagaries and career trajectories. This is fundamental for establishing their credibility as researchers, and enabling them to undertake research that will influence policy and practice.  Establishing a research career is challenging, and takes time, effort, patience, perseverance and commitment. For beginner researchers, collegial support and mentoring are essential to support a viable, professional, sustainable, enquiring profession, and a satisfying career.  PRACTICE Building individual capabilities and collaborative research teams together is fundamental to research success in adapting to new roles and workplaces.
Thinking like a Mall: Environmental Philosophy after the End of Nature

action problem of international climate change bargaining and calling for moral leadership on the part of the US. Although this volume amply testifies to Henry Shue's place as one of the leading philosophers writing on climate change and certainly to his place as one of the first to write on it it is again too repetitious to be assigned as a text for coursework. To get a reasonably full picture of Shue's approach to climate justice, one need only read the final and most recent paper, 'Climate Hope: Implementing the Exit Strategy' (chapter 17) Chapters 8 and 9 are the most philosophically ambitious and interesting papers on climate justice, with most of the rest unlikely to satisfy peer reviewers concerned with philosophical depth and rigor. But I think Shue would agree that the point of these essays was never to plumb the philosophical depths of climate change ethics and climate justice. Their point was instead to awaken all who would listen from their businessas usual slumbers, and to get them to take very seriously the prospect that 'we are engaged in one of the most massive inflictions of harm by one group of humans on other groups of humans in history' (p. 258) In this I believe they were likely successful. Sadly, far too few were listening.
Simvastatin UpRegulates Annexin A 10 That Can Inhibit the Proliferation Migration and Invasion in Androgen Independent Human Prostate Cancer Cells

Statins have recently been studied for their proapoptotic and antimetastatic effects. However, the exact mechanisms of their anticancer actions remain unclear. Using microarrays, we discovered up regulation of annexin A10 (ANXA10) in PC 3 cells after simvastatin treatment. ANXA10 reportedly has antitumor effects. In this study, we evaluated the effects of simvastatin on ANXA10 signaling in androgen independent prostate cancer cells.  PC 3, LNCaP LA (which were derived from LNCaP cells and cultured in 10% charcoal stripped fetal bovine serum for 3 months) and DU145 human prostate cancer cell lines were used. Prostate tissues were collected from 60 patients (benign prostatic hyperplasia [BPH] n1/4 20; prostate cancer with a Gleason score of 7, n1/4 20; prostate cancer with a Gleason score of 8 10, n1/4 20) at the time of prostate biopsies performed. We used a nude mouse tumor xenograft model with administration of simvastatin or phosphate buffered saline via intraperitoneal injection.  Simvastatin inhibited the proliferation, migration, and invasion of PC 3, LNCaP LA, and DU145 cells. The expression level of ANXA10 was up regulated by simvastatin in PC 3, LNCaP LA, and DU145 cells. Transfection with ANXA10 inhibited PC 3 and LNCaP LA cells proliferation, migration, and invasion. Knockdown of ANXA10 by siRNA increased the proliferation of PC 3 and LNCaP LA cells. In a nude mouse xenograft model of PC 3 cells, simvastatin induced both reduction in the tumor size and up regulation of ANXA10 expression. In human prostate biopsy samples, ANXA10 mRNA expression was significantly lower in the prostate cancer group than in the BPH group. Next, we found that up regulation of ANXA10 in PC 3 resulted in down regulation of S100 calcium binding protein A4 (S100A4) which is reportedly correlated with aggressiveness and a worse prognosis for patients with different types of carcinomas. Expression of S100A4 was downregulated by simvastatin. In PC 3 cells, knockdown of S100A4 by siRNA inhibited the proliferation, migration, and invasion of PC 3 cells.  Our results suggest that statins inhibit the proliferation, migration, and invasion of androgen independent prostate cancer cells by up regulation of ANXA10. Additionally, it is possible that S100A4 plays a role in these effects. Statins may be beneficial in the prevention and/or treatment of prostate cancer. Prostate 2016Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Improving Fitness Functions in Genetic Programming for Classification on Unbalanced Credit Card Datasets
Venue: EvoApplications

Credit card classification based on machine learning has attracted considerable interest from the research community. One of the most important tasks in this area is the ability of classifiers to handle the imbalance in credit card data. In this scenario, classifiers tend to yield poor accuracy on the minority class despite realizing high overall accuracy. This is due to the influence of the majority class on traditional training criteria. In this paper, we aim to apply genetic programming to address this issue by adapting existing fitness functions. We examine two fitness functions from previous studies and develop two new fitness functions to evolve GP classifiers with superior accuracy on the minority class and overall. Two UCI credit card datasets are used to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed fitness functions. The results demonstrate that the proposed fitness functions augment GP classifiers, encouraging fitter solutions on both the minority and the majority classes.
Application of the extended corresponding states model for prediction of the viscosity and thermal conductivity of cis 1,3,3,3 tetrafluoropropene (R1234ze(Z)

Prediction of the transport properties of low global warming potential refrigerants is a key issue for the refrigeration industry. In this work, the extended corresponding states models coupled with density independent shape factors (empirical shape factors) or density dependent shape factors (exact shape factors) are individually applied to predict the viscosity and thermal conductivity of 1,3,3,3 tetrafluoropropene (R1234ze(Z) These models use 1,1,1,2 tetrafluoroethane (R134a) as a reference fluid. Empirical shape factors are obtained from the vapor pressures and saturated liquid densities of R1234ze(Z) and R134a. Exact shape factors are calculated from equations of state for these refrigerants. Predicted values with the extended corresponding states models are compared with experimental data, and the prediction capability of each model is discussed. In addition, viscosity and thermal conductivity shape factors are introduced to improve the prediction capability. With these additional shape factors, the extended corresponding states models represent the experimental data of the viscosity and thermal conductivity of R1234ze(Z) within 2% and 1% respectively.
Using Ontology Engineering Methods to Improve Computer Science and Data Science Skills
Venue: ICCS

This paper focuses on issues of ontology construction process, Computing Classification System and Data Science domain ontology all used to help not only IT students but any IT specialists from industry and academia also to tackle the problems addressing the Big Data and Data Science skills gap. We discuss some methodological aspects of ontology design process and enriching of existing free accessible ontologies and show how suggested methods and software tools help IT specialists including master students to implement their research work and participate in real world projects. The role of visual data exploration tools for certain issues under discussion and some use cases are discussed.
Barriers Affecting Successful Integration of ICT in Moroccan Universities

The implementation of technology in classrooms affords educators more opportunities to work better in their lessons. However, there are numerous distinctive barriers that might prevent teachers from making use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in their teaching practices. Admittedly, studying the obstacles to the integration of technology in schools would be an important step in developing the quality of teaching. The primary objective of this study is to discover the barriers that stop university language teachers from using ICT in teaching. In this study the questionnaire is employed as data collection instrument. The questionnaire addresses only university English language teachers. Forty six university English language teachers are chosen from two universities: Moulay Ismail University Faculty of Arts and Humanities Meknes and Sidi Mohamed Ben AbdellahDahr El Mahraz Fes as a case study. So as to analyze the data from the questionnaire, the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 19 is employed. The research findings reveal that Moroccan university English language teachers face multiple barriers such as large classes, lack of computers, lack of Internet and insufficient technical support that prevent them from using ICT in their teaching practices.
Burden of Hospital Acquired Infections and Antimicrobial Use in Vietnamese Adult Intensive Care Units
Venue: PloS one

Vietnam is a lower middle income country with no national surveillance system for hospital acquired infections (HAIs) We assessed the prevalence of hospital acquired infections and antimicrobial use in adult intensive care units (ICUs) across Vietnam.  Monthly repeated point prevalence surveys were systematically conducted to assess HAI prevalence and antimicrobial use in 15 adult ICUs across Vietnam. Adults admitted to participating ICUs before 08:00 a.m. on the survey day were included.  Among 3287 patients enrolled, the HAI prevalence was 29.5% (965/3266 patients, 21 missing) Pneumonia accounted for 79.4% (804/1012) of HAIs Most HAIs (84.5% [855/1012] were acquired in the survey hospital with 42.5% (363/855) acquired prior to ICU admission and 57.5% (492/855) developed during ICU admission. In multivariate analysis, the strongest risk factors for HAI acquired in ICU were: intubation (OR 2.76) urinary catheter (OR 2.12) no involvement of a family member in patient care (OR 1.94) and surgery after admission (OR 1.66) 726 bacterial isolates were cultured from 622/1012 HAIs, most frequently Acinetobacter baumannii (177/726 [24.4% Pseudomonas aeruginosa (100/726 [13.8% and Klebsiella pneumoniae (84/726 [11.6% with carbapenem resistance rates of 89.2% 55.7% and 14.9% respectively. Antimicrobials were prescribed for 84.8% (2787/3287) patients, with 73.7% of patients receiving two or more. The most common antimicrobial groups were third generation cephalosporins, fluoroquinolones, and carbapenems (20.1% 19.4% and 14.1% of total antimicrobials, respectively)  A high prevalence of HAIs was observed, mainly caused by Gram negative bacteria with high carbapenem resistance rates. This in combination with a high rate of antimicrobial use illustrates the urgent need to improve rational antimicrobial use and infection control efforts.
The role of the intensive care unit environment and health care workers in the transmission of bacteria associated with hospital acquired infections.
Venue: Journal of infection and public health

The goal of this study was to attempt to determine the rate of contamination of health care workers' (HCWs) hands and environmental surfaces in intensive care units (ICU) by the main bacteria associated with hospital acquired infections (HAIs) in Tehran, Iran. A total of 605 and 762 swab samples were obtained from six ICU environments and HCWs' hands. Identification of the bacterial isolates was performed according to standard biochemical methods, and their antimicrobial susceptibility was determined based on the guidelines recommended by clinical and laboratory standards institute (CLSI) The homology of the resistance patterns was assessed by the NTSYSsp software. The most frequent bacteria on the HCWs' hands and in the environmental samples were Acinetobacter baumannii (1.4% and 16.5% respectively) Staphylococcus aureus (5.9% and 8.1% respectively) S. epidermidis (20.9% and 18.7% respectively) and Enterococcus spp. (1% and 1.3% respectively) Patients' oxygen masks, ventilators, and bed linens were the most contaminated sites. Nurses' aides and housekeepers were the most contaminated staff. Imipenem resistant A. baumannii (94% and 54.5% methicillin resistant S. aureus (MRSAs, 59.6% and 67.3% and vancomycin resistant Enterococci (VREs, 0% and 25% were detected on the hands of ICU staff and the environmental samples, respectively. Different isolates of S. aureus and Enterococcus spp. showed significant homology in these samples. These results showed contamination of the ICU environments and HCWs with important bacterial pathogens that are the main risk factors for HAIs in the studied hospitals.
House management system with real and virtual resources: Energy efficiency in residential microgrid
Venue: 2016 Global Information Infrastructure and Networking Symposium (GIIS)

The reduction of the greenhouse gas emissions is a priority all around the globe. The investment on renewable energy sources is contributing for new opportunities in the context of the smart grids and microgrids. Recent advances are transforming the consumer into a prosumer, being able to adapt the consumption depending on its own generated power, and selling the surplus or buying the missing power. In this context, home management systems are emerging as an effective means to support the management of energy resources in the context of communication between functions/devices of a smart home. This paper presents a new agent based home energy management approach, using ontologies to enable semantic communications between heterogeneous multi agent entities. The main goal is to support an efficient energy management of end consumers in the context of microgrids, obtaining a scheduling for both real and virtual resources. A case study is presented, which simulates a 25 bus microgrid that includes a laboratorial controlled house (with real and simulated resources) which is managed by the proposed energy management system.
Worm propagation model in mobile network
Venue: Concurr. Comput. Pract. Exp.

With the popularity of mobile smart devices and functional diversification, the infection ways of mobile smartphones worm also become diverse. In mobile networks, mobile devices are suffering from the threat of worms all the time. Once the worm outbreaks, it will bring huge losses to mobile phone users and mobile network operators. Researches on mobile worm propagation model allow us to control and detect potential worm threat, according to the characteristics of worm's outbreak. In the paper, we put forward a worm propagation model based on the mobile network environment. After analyzing the model, we then give the simulation for controlling factors affecting worm propagation. This model allows us to have a certain understanding for the spread on the size and speed of the mobile worm and provide effective methods to control the spread of the mobile worm.
A New Framework to Estimate the Near Term Path of the Fed Funds Rate

We propose a forward looking method to estimate the path for the federal funds target rate. We utilize six month out probabilities of inflationary and disinflationary pressures, along with a labor market index, to estimate the fed funds rate. We further suggest that due to the changing nature of economies and impending risks to the economic outlook, a time varying method (consistent with the nature of risks) would help decision makers to improve effective decision making. Our econometric results suggest disinflation (or disinflationary pressure) not inflationary pressure, best explains fed funds rate movements from the 1990s forward. Based on June 2016 data, there is a 55 percent chance that the inflation rate would stay below 1.5 percent during the next six months. The recent higher disinflationary pressure probability may be one reason the FOMC has repeatedly lowered its path for the fed funds rate. Unfortunately, the low inflation zombie is real.
New European Southeast Asian Research on The Region: Conclusions of the SEATIDE Project on "Integration in Southeast Asia, Trajectories of Inclusion, Dynamics of Exclusion"

SEATIDE brought together fifty researchers from nine European and Southeast Asian institutions to research national and regional integration in Southeast Asia. Its conclusions examine the impact of the region's past on its present, including the colonial and Cold War periods, and the persistence of pre colonial principalities as cultural regions. Nation building is analysed in the light of assimilation policies, while borders, transnationalism and connectivity are the focus of discussion of regional integration. Other themes include mobility, gender and work; development models and the environment; state centrality, human security and the "ASEAN integration conundrum" and an "integration/exclusion nexus" showing that integration involves exclusions by its very nature.
Applying effective teaching and learning techniques to nephrology education
Venue: Clinical kidney journal

The interest in nephrology as a career has declined over the last several years. Some of the reasons cited for this decline include the complexity of the specialty, poor mentoring and inadequate teaching of nephrology from medical school through residency. The purpose of this article is to introduce the reader to advances in the science of adult learning, illustrate best teaching practices in medical education that can be extrapolated to nephrology and introduce the basic teaching methods that can be used on the wards, in clinics and in the classroom.
The decision to submit to a journal: Another example of a valence consistent Shift?
Venue: J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol.

In this article we use a stated choice experiment to study researcher preferences in the information sciences and to investigate the relative importance of different journal characteristics in convincing potential authors to submit to a particular journal. The analysis distinguishes high quality from standard quality articles and focuses on the question whether communicating acceptance rates rather than rejection rates leads to other submission decisions. Our results show that a positive framing effect might be present when authors decide on submitting a high quality article. No evidence of a framing effect is found when authors consider a standard quality article. From a journal marketing perspective, this is important information for editors. Communicating acceptance rates rather than rejection rates might help to convince researchers to submit to their journal.
Teaching learning based optimization algorithm for automatic generation control of power system using 2 DOF PID controller

In this paper, a novel Teaching Learning Based Optimization (TLBO) algorithm with 2 Degree Freedom of Proportional Integral Derivative (2 DOF PID) controller is proposed for Automatic Generation Control (AGC) Initially a widely used two area thermal system is considered and the gains of the PI/PID/2 DOF PID controller are optimized employing a TLBO algorithm. The supremacy of the proposed 2 DOF PID controller has been shown by comparing the results with recently published technique such as conventional ZN, GA, BFOA, DE and hBFOA PSO based PI controllers for the same system. Additionally, the proposed approach is further extended to multi source power system such as thermal, hydro and gas power plant. The advantage of the proposed approach is demonstrated by comparing the results with some recently published approaches. Sensitivity analysis is performed which demonstrates the ability of the proposed approach to wide changes in system parameters. Finally the proposed approach is investigated under random load variation.
Comparison of Coaxial Magnetic Gears With and Without Magnetic Conducting Ring
Venue: IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

This paper quantitatively compares four coaxial magnetic gears (CMGs) with and without magnetic conducting ring (MCR) which are artfully integrated into a permanent magnet (PM) machine. In addition, different gear ratios are investigated for both topologies. By using the finite element method, their torque and loss performances are compared and evaluated. Analysis results show that the CMGs without MCR and low gear ratio can offer higher pull out torque and lower torque ripple, whereas the CMGs with MCR and low gear ratio have lower PM eddy current and iron loss. Finally, a 9/6 slot pole CMG machine without MCR is prototyped for verification.