nils-herrmann/clean_scirepeval huggingface dataset:
Solar PV pumping system for irrigation purpose and its economic comparison with grid connected electricity and diesel operated pumps

Use of solar PV (SPV) pumping system for irrigation has recently been increased significantly specially under the national solar mission and these pumps may replace conventional electric or diesel pumps. Statistical analysis In this paper, economics of SPV pumping system has been evaluated through life cycle cost (LCC) In LCC analysis, capital cost, future maintenance cost and replacement cost are converted to present worth value considering inflation rate and discount rate during its total life cycle. Annualized life cycle cost (ALCC) of solar PV pumping system has been further compared with conventionally used grid connected electric pumps and diesel pumps. The analysis revealed that the annualized life cycle cost (ALCC) of PV pumping system is lower than grid connected electric pumps and diesel pumps. For example, the ALCC for a 5 HP capacity SPV pumping system was found Rs56,620, whereas it were Rs60,475 and Rs1,19,664 for grid connected electricity operated pumps and diesel pumps, respectively. It has also been observed that the initial capital cost for solar PV pumping system is higher than grid connected electric pumps and diesel pumps. However, the maintenance cost and replacement cost are lower for PV pumping system. Application/Improvements Apart from economic advantage, PV pumps have additional benefits of using it for domestic and farm needs. Therefore PV pumping system may be considered as the first choice by farmers.
AN ANALYSIS OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT IN ENGLISH TEXTBOOK USING TRANSITIVITY SYSTEM (A CASE STUDY OF READING PASSAGES)

The main focus of the study is to investigate to what extent the descriptive texts in English textbook meet its criteria in terms of purposes, schematic structures and linguistic features. A qualitative case study method with document analysis technique is employed as the method of the study. The study also applied Systemic Functional Linguistics framework proposed mainly by M.A.K. Halliday, yet the study had focused on Transitivity system in analyzing descriptive texts. The prime data of the study were four descriptive texts of reading passages from four different chapters of an English textbook which have implemented 2013 Curriculum. The data analysis was done by examining social purposes, schematic structures and linguistics features (mainly Transitivity system) The findings showed that in terms of social purpose, three out of four descriptive texts met the purpose of descriptive text. In terms of schematic structure, one text met the criteria as descriptive text included personal comment; two texts met the criteria of descriptive text but did not include personal comment; and the last one did not meet the criteria of descriptive text. Moreover, in terms of linguistic features, only two of four descriptive texts had closely followed the linguistic features of descriptive text. However, it can be concluded that some descriptive texts in the textbook entitled " Bahasa Inggris for Senior High School Grade X " were unsatisfactory in which they were not satisfy the criteria of descriptive text.
Validation of the General Self Efficacy Scale among Qatari young women.
Venue: Eastern Mediterranean health journal La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale al Majallah al sihhiyah li sharq al mutawassit

The General Self Efficacy Scale (GSES) is a measure of people's beliefs about their capacity to cope with life's demands. Self efficacy may be particularly relevant in transitional stages such as in late adolescence, when young people make decisions that will impact their adult lives. In the present study, we aimed to validate an Arabic version of GSES among 355 Qatari young women aged 18+ years and finishing their final year of high school. We conducted exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses to assess the scale dimensionality. The final model fit was adequate (root mean square error of approximation 0.07, comparative fit index 1.00, Tucker Lewis index 0.99) confirming a unidimensional self efficacy measure. The Qatari Standard Arabic GSES is a reliable tool for measuring general self efficacy among young Qatari women.
A Time Interleaved Ring VCO with Reduced 1/ \text {f}{3} Phase Noise Corner, Extended Tuning Range and Inherent Divided Output
Venue: IEEE Journal of Solid State Circuits

This paper describes a time interleaved (TI) ring VCO (RVCO) exhibiting an improved phase noise over a wide range of frequency offsets, an extended tuning range and an inherent divided output. Such features are achieved by substantially increasing the number of delay stages in a RVCO, such that the rich multi phase sub outputs can be combined through a time interleaved method, generating a high frequency output with a significantly lowered 1/f3 phase noise corner (f1/f3) The critical block is the phase combiner, which features a timing window to minimize the delay offset and mismatch. A reconfigurable TI factor extends the tuning range over the same range of supply voltage (VDD) The prototype is a 35 stage dual mode TI RVCO occupying 0.003 mm2 in 65 nm CMOS, and has a selectable TI factor of 5 and 7. The measured f1/f3 is 150 kHz at 3.47 GHz, which is 6.2x less than that of a typical 5 stage RVCO. The tuning range covers 1.7 to 3.5 GHz (68.5% over VDD 0.7 to 1 V. The multi phase sub outputs are the inherent divided output 5 or 7) that can be directly utilized in a PLL to save area and power.
Thymoma associated with autoimmune diseases: 85 cases and literature review.
Venue: Autoimmunity reviews

To describe the clinical features, treatment, and outcome of autoimmune diseases (AD) in a cohort of patients with thymoma.  Pathological records from three university hospitals, between 2005 and 2011, were reviewed to identify patients with thymoma. Patients with thymoma and AD were compared with patients with thymoma without AD. RESULTS 47/85 (55% cases of thymoma had AD, including myasthenia gravis (MG) (n=33) Hashimoto's thyroiditis (n=4) Isaac's syndrome (n=3) Morvan syndrome (n=2) pure red cell aplasia (n=2) systemic lupus (n=2) lichen planus (n=2) and one case of each following conditions: aplastic anemia, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, Good's syndrome, pemphigus, autoimmune hepatitis, Graves' disease, limbic encephalitis, and inflammatory myopathy. Six patients (7% presented at least 2 ADs. The median duration of follow up after surgery was 60 months (40 78 months) In 32 patients, the diagnosis of AD preceded the diagnosis of thymoma, in 9 patients, thymoma was diagnosed at the same time as the AD and 7 patients had been operated on when they developed an AD. We found a significative difference on the Masaoka stage between the MG patients and the patients who present another AD (p=0.028) No risk factor for developing an AD after thymectomy was identified.  We describe here the long term follow up of a large series of AD related to thymoma. Our results confirm previous data concerning AD occurrence in patients with thymoma and suggest that preexisting autoimmunity is not a risk factor for developing autoimmune manifestations after thymectomy.
Thymoma and thymic carcinomas.
Venue: Critical reviews in oncology/hematology

Thymomas (Ts) and thymic carcinomas (TCs) are rare tumours of the mediastinum with an incidence rate of 1.7/million per year in Europe. Histological classification is based on rate of non malignant appearing thymic epithelial cells and proportions of lymphocytes (A, AB, B1, B2, B3, and C) while staging system concerns localisation of the involved areas. Surgery is the mainstay of treatment with a 10 year survival of 80% 78% 75% and 42% for stages I, II, III and IV, respectively, with an R0 resection. Radiotherapy has a role in selected cases (stage III patients or R1 2 residual) and platinum based chemotherapy remains the standard of care for patients with advanced disease. A multimodality approach would be advisable when surgery is not recommended. Since molecular aberrations are poorly understood and few responses are reported, targeted therapies are yet being studied. In this review, we describe key aspects of clinical management for Ts and TCs.
Postoperative Radiation Therapy Is Associated with Longer Overall Survival in Completely Resected Stage II and III Thymoma An Analysis of the International Thymic Malignancies Interest Group Retrospective Database
Venue: Journal of thoracic oncology official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer

The aim of this study was to determine whether postoperative radiation therapy (PORT) is associated with an overall survival (OS) benefit in patients with completely resected Masaoka or Masaoka Koga stage II and III thymoma.  All patients with completely resected (R0) stage II or III thymoma were identified in a large database of the International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group. Clinical, pathologic, treatment, and follow up information were extracted. OS was the primary end point. A univariate analysis using the log rank test was performed, and a multivariate Cox model was created to identify factors associated with OS.  Of 1263 patients meeting the selection criteria, 870 (69% had stage II thymoma. The WHO histologic subtype was A/AB in 360 patients (30% and B1/B2/B3 in 827 (70% PORT was given to 55% of patients (n 689) 15% (n 180) received chemotherapy, and 10% (n 122) received both. The 5 and 10 year OS rates for patients having undergone an operation plus PORT were 95% and 86% respectively, compared with 90% and 79% for patients receiving an operation alone (p 0.002) This OS benefit remained significant when patients with stage II (p 0.02) and stage III thymoma (p 0.0005) were analyzed separately. On multivariate analysis, earlier stage, younger age, absence of paraneoplastic syndrome, and PORT were significantly associated with improved OS.  We observed an OS benefit with the use of PORT in completely resected stage II and III thymoma. In the absence of a randomized trial, this represents the most comprehensive analysis of individual patient data and strong evidence in favor of PORT in this patient population.
"I feel like I am surviving the health care system" understanding LGBTQ health in Nova Scotia, Canada
Venue: BMC Public Health

BackgroundCurrently, there is a dearth of baseline data on the health of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) populations in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. Historically, LGBTQ health research has tended to focus on individual level health risks associated with poor health outcomes among these populations, which has served to obscure the ways in which they maintain their own health and wellness across the life course. As such, there is an urgent need to shift the focus of LGBTQ health research towards strengths based perspectives that explore the complex and resilient ways in which LGBTQ populations promote their health.MethodsThis paper discusses the findings of our recent scoping review as well as the qualitative data to emerge from community consultations aimed at developing strengths based approaches to understanding and advancing LGBTQ pathways to health across Nova Scotia.ResultsOur scoping review findings demonstrated the lack of strengths based research on LGBTQ health in Nova Scotia. Specifically, the studies examined in our scoping review identified a number of health promoting factors and a wide variety of measurement tools, some of which may prove useful for future strengths based health research with LGBTQ populations. In addition, our community consultations revealed that many participants had negative experiences with health care systems and services in Nova Scotia. However, participants also shared a number of factors that contribute to LGBTQ health and suggestions for how LGBTQ pathways to health in Nova Scotia can be improved.ConclusionsThere is an urgent need to conduct research on the health needs, lived experiences, and outcomes of LGBTQ populations in Nova Scotia to address gaps in our knowledge of their unique health needs. In moving forward, it is important that future health research take an intersectional, strengths based perspective in an effort to highlight the factors that promote LGBTQ health and wellness across the life course, while taking into account the social determinants of health.
A Mi'kmaw Perspective on Advancing Salmon Governance in Nova Scotia, Canada: Setting the Stage for Collaborative Co Existence

Issues related to fisheries governance are a source of debate and tension between the Indigenous Mi'kmaq people of Nova Scotia and the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) in matters concerning Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar. Within the context of the existing governance regime, this analysis compares the concept of salmon conservation and management from a Mi'kmaq perspective and proposes a collaborative co existence approach for effective salmon governance in Nova Scotia. This approach begins by using co management as a process, Two Eyed Seeing as the design, and treaties as the model to achieve shared objectives of maintaining and improving abundances of salmon populations, in spite of differing mechanisms for addressing the interwoven complexities of multiple realities, conservation, and cultural identity.
Outbreak of Norovirus GII.P17 GII.17 in the Canadian Province of Nova Scotia
Venue: The Canadian journal of infectious diseases medical microbiology Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale

Norovirus is the leading cause of viral gastroenteritis, with GII.4 being the most common circulating genotype. Recently, outbreaks in China revealed that norovirus GII.17 GII.P17 had become predominant.  This study aimed to characterize the distribution of norovirus genotypes circulating in Nova Scotia.  Stool specimens were collected from gastrointestinal outbreaks in Nova Scotia between Jan 2014 and June 2015 and subjected to real time RT PCR. Norovirus positive specimens were referred to the National Microbiology Laboratory for sequence based genotyping.  The first norovirus GII.P17 GII.17 outbreak in Canada was identified, but no widespread activity was observed in Nova Scotia.  It is unknown whether GII.P17 GII.17 is more widespread in Canada since contributions to Canadian surveillance are too sparse to effectively monitor the epidemiology of emerging norovirus genotypes.  Presence of norovirus GII.17:P17 in Canada highlights the need for more systematic surveillance to ensure that molecular targets used for laboratory detection are effective and help understand norovirus evolution, epidemiology, and pathogenesis.
An evaluation of biodiesel production from Camelina sativa grown in Nova Scotia.

Camelina sativa has recently attracted great interest as an energy crop for biodiesel production in North America. To assess the feasibility of biodiesel production from camelina, the cultivation conditions, camelina oil fatty acid profile, alkali catalyzed transesterificaiton process and fuel properties of camelina biodiesel were investigated. Unrefined camelina oil, containing 10% 33.2% and 56.8% saturated, monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids respectively, was used to synthesize biodiesel. The conversion rate of C sativa oil to its methyl esters was 96% under optimal reaction conditions. Most fuel properties of the resulting camelina biodiesel were in good agreement with specifications of the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM D6751) and European standard (EN 14214) such as kinematic viscosity, acid number, flash point, sulfur content, total glycerol content. Its cetane number (49.7) was satisfactory according to ASTM D6751, but not for EN 14214. Camelina biodiesel exhibited poor oxidative stability (1.9 h) resulting from the high percentage of polyunsaturated fatty acid methyl esters.
Going Deeper with Embedded FPGA Platform for Convolutional Neural Network
Venue: FPGA

In recent years, convolutional neural network (CNN) based methods have achieved great success in a large number of applications and have been among the most powerful and widely used techniques in computer vision. However, CNN based methods are com putational intensive and resource consuming, and thus are hard to be integrated into embedded systems such as smart phones, smart glasses, and robots. FPGA is one of the most promising platforms for accelerating CNN, but the limited bandwidth and on chip memory size limit the performance of FPGA accelerator for CNN. In this paper, we go deeper with the embedded FPGA platform on accelerating CNNs and propose a CNN accelerator design on embedded FPGA for Image Net large scale image classification. We first present an in depth analysis of state of the art CNN models and show that Convolutional layers are computational centric and Fully Connected layers are memory centric. Then the dynamic precision data quantization method and a convolver design that is efficient for all layer types in CNN are proposed to improve the bandwidth and resource utilization. Results show that only 0.4% accuracy loss is introduced by our data quantization flow for the very deep VGG16 model when 8/4 bit quantization is used. A data arrangement method is proposed to further ensure a high utilization of the external memory bandwidth. Finally, a state of the art CNN, VGG16 SVD, is implemented on an embedded FPGA platform as a case study. VGG16 SVD is the largest and most accurate network that has been implemented on FPGA end to end so far. The system on Xilinx Zynq ZC706 board achieves a frame rate at 4.45 fps with the top 5 accuracy of 86.66% using 16 bit quantization. The average performance of convolutional layers and the full CNN is 187.8 GOP/s and 137.0 GOP/s under 150MHz working frequency, which outperform previous approaches significantly.
Household livelihood change under the rocky desertification control project in karst areas, Southwest China

The Rocky Desertification Control Project (RDCP) has become an important government measure to prevent soil erosion, restore vegetation, and pull farmers out of poverty in the karst areas of Southwest China. In order to understand the impact of the RDCP on households' livelihoods, we surveyed 150 households and collected a total of 117 valid questionnaires in 2013 to analyze the impact of the RDCP on their livelihoods and their livelihood response of the project. The results showed that RDCP significantly improved the process of household livelihood diversity and non agriculturalization, and a distinct non agricultural transfer of the rural labor force appeared after the RDCP implementation, characterized mainly by off farm employment. But RDCP has no direct or significant impact on the increase of households' income which is primarily due to off farm employment income. Although farmers emphasized on earning profits in the short run when they choose alternative livelihoods in the future, their choices are significantly impacted by the individual conditions. Furthermore, 38.5% of the households considered returning to agricultural production. Besides, households' concern on ecological environment is positively related with their dependence on environmental resources. To prevent a return to agriculture, it is important to develop compensation policies, to create new jobs, and to provide job training to help households construct new alternatives to returning to old livelihoods.
Conflicting Bifuzzy Multi attribute Group Decision Making Model with Application to Flood Control Project

We propose a group decision making model based on conflicting bifuzzy sets (CBFS) where evaluation are bi valued in accordance to the subjective assessment obtained from the experts for the positive and negative views. This paper discusses the weighting methods for particular attribute and subattribute with emphasis given to the unification of subjective and objective weights. The integration of CBFS in the model is naturally done by extending the fuzzy evaluation in parallel with the intuitionistic fuzzy. We introduce a new technique to compute the similarity measure, being the degree of agreement between the experts. We end up the paper by demonstrating the applicability of the proposed model to the empirical case of flood control project, one of the project selection problems.
Control Project Risks

Risk is a common concern of project management professionals. What is risk? In short, risk is any factor that may affect project success. From this perspective, the occurrence of risks may have positive or negative impacts on a project. Following the habit of thinking, the former is defined as opportunity, while the latter is defined as threat. Indeed, risk is inherent of a project and originates from a variety of uncertainties. It is impossible to eliminate these uncertainties prior to the project completion regardless of the level of skills, knowledge, or commitment of project team.
Los usos del constructivismo en las publicaciones cientificas de Latinoamerica

El constructivismo es un movimiento intelectual heterogeneo que cruza distintos campos del conocimiento. En su interior se registran diferentes discusiones que tratan con preguntas propias, referencias particulares, y que se concentran en las publicaciones especializadas de distintas disciplinas y areas. En un intento por ordenar dicha comunicacion, este trabajo revisa las publicaciones cientificas de Latinoamerica que incluyen el termino "constructivismo" entre sus campos, y que se encuentran indexados en las bases de datos CLASE, PERIODICA y SCIELO. Estas publicaciones son clasificadas en 3 grupos, de acuerdo al uso hacen del constructivismo: (1) los que buscan "aplicar" el constructivismo a los problemas de su campo; (2) los que toman desarrollos constructivistas como su "objeto" de estudio o critica; (3) los que adoptan al constructivismo como un "marco" para analisis nocionales o conceptuales. Luego se describen comparativamente algunas caracteristicas acerca de los 3 grupos de publicaciones (areas de publicacion, temas, keywords, principales autores) en un intento por observar como se organiza la comunicacion cientifica en torno al constructivismo en Latinoamerica.
The Effect of Audit Quality on Earning Management within Manufacturing Companies Listed on Indonesian Stock Exchange

Indonesia began to implementeconomic and tax reforms. Accordingly, it is important to explore further howmanagers of manufacturing companies listed on Indonesia Stock Exchange engagein earning management. Audit quality was measured by two different proxies;i.e. audit firm size and industry specialist auditors, while earningsmanagement was measured by discretionary accruals. Meanwhile, leverage, firmsize, and operating cash flow served as control variables. The sample involvedin this study comprises of manufacturing companies listed on the IndonesiaStock Exchange; covering 420 firm year observations from the fiscal years 2010to 2013. This study applied a Multiple regression analysis in estimating therelationship between the audit quality and earning management. As hypothesizedin this study, the results showed that audit quality and earning management arenegatively related. The findings advance the current knowledge pertaining toaudit quality and earning management relationship in the context of emergingeconomies such Indonesia. audit quality, earning management, Indonesianmanufacturing companies
Contribution from SOIR/VEX to the updated Venus International Reference Atmosphere (VIRA)

The SOIR instrument on board Venus Express is an infrared spectrometer covering the 2.2 4.3 mm spectral region. This instrument allows the detection of several key species of the Venus atmosphere, including CO2, CO, H2O/HDO, HCl, HF and SO2. From the CO2 density measurements, temperature is inferred giving information on the thermal structure of the atmosphere. Here we described the kind of data (profiles, latitudinal average, etc. that will be provided to the updated VIRA compilation.