nils-herrmann/clean_scirepeval huggingface dataset:
Exceso de peso y factores asociados: un estudio de base poblacional

The objective of the study was to estimate the prevalence of excess of weight and associated factors among adults and elders. It is a cross sectional and population based study, done in a medium size city of the north of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Interviewed people had 18 or over. The multiple analysis was done through regression of Poisson, adopting as a dependent variable, the overweight (IMC 25kg/m2) The prevalence of excess of weight was of 53.7% After the multiple analysis, the factors that remained associated with excess of weight were: age 40 or over, being married/living together, drinking alcohol beverages, smoking, having high blood pressure and depression. The results show a preoccupant prevalence of overweight. Among the associated variables, in the final model, factors related to health style were found. By this, the action to promote health is fundamental to prevent the overweight and obesity among adults and elderly people
Frecuencia de sindrome metabolico en residentes de una region andina del Peru

To calculate the frequency of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and its associated characteristics in selected populations residing in the urban areas of two districts in the Cajamarca region.  high school students, university students, and schoolchildren mothers. In adults, MetS was defined by means of Third Adult Treatment Panel (ATP III) criteria, and in teenagers, the modified Cook criteria were used. A structured survey on healthy practices and unhealthy habits was implemented. MetS estimations were carried out for each study population, and stratified by sex. A bivariate analysis was performed to identify MetS related characteristics.  We enrolled 1,427 participants (586 high school students, 305 university students, and 536 schoolchildren mothers) The estimated frequency of MetS in high school students was 3.2% (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.7 4.8% 1.6% (95% CI 0.5 3.8% in university students, and 23.5% (95% CI 19.8 27.2% in mothers. The most prevalent components were low HDL levels (37.0% 60.5% and 72.4% and hypertriglyceridemia (46.4% 29.9% and 38.4% in high school students, university students, and mothers, respectively.  MetS frequency was higher in the mothers of schoolchildren (adult women) The MetS phenotype profile in adult women was characterized by an elevated frequency of abdominal obesity and dyslipidemia (hypertriglyceridemia and low HDL cholesterol) while dyslipidemia was prevalent in teenagers and university students.
Agencia de autocuidado y factores de riesgo cardiovascular en adolescentes

Este estudio tuvo como objetivo determinar la relacion entre la capacidad de agencia de autocuidado y los factores de riesgo cardiovascular en adolescentes de una Institucion de Educacion Superior en el Distrito de Barranquilla, Colombia. Metodologia: Estudio descriptivo, exploratorio, de corte transversal, con abordaje cuantitativo, basado en la Teoria del Deficit de Autocuidado de Dorothea Orem. La muestra fue compuesta por 133 adolescentes, seleccionados mediante muestreo aleatorio simple. Se aplicaron la Escala Apreciacion de la Agencia de Autocuidado (segunda version en espanol) el Cuestionario Internacional de Actividad Fisica (version corta) y la Encuesta Mundial de Tabaquismo en Jovenes. Para el analisis de los niveles de significancia se utilizo la prueba de Kruskal Wallis para muestras independientes.  La mayor parte de los participantes presento niveles de capacidad de agencia de autocuidado media y alta respectivamente. De acuerdo con la identificacion de los factores de riesgo para enfermedad cardiovascular, se evidencio que los adolescentes presentaron probabilidades de desarrollar alguna enfermedad cardiovascular hacia el futuro, dado el comportamiento de los factores de riesgo, como son la obesidad y el sedentarismo. En cuanto a la relacion entre la capacidad de agencia de autocuidado y los factores de riesgo, se encontro asociacion significativa al relacionar la capacidad de agencia de autocuidado con las categorias de clasificacion de la presion arterial.  Los resultados encontrados en el presente estudio coinciden con lo hallado por otros investigadores que afirman que el sedentarismo y la obesidad son los factores de riesgo con mayor presencia en los adolescentes. De igual manera, los hallazgos indican que los adolescentes mostraron capacidad de agencia de autocuidado de nivel medio, pero solo se encontro asociacion significativa entre la capacidad de agencia de autocuidado con las categorias de clasificacion de la presion arterial.
Directory of the Pre Course Readings for the Course 'Being a Leader and the Effective Exercise of Leadership: An Ontological/Phenomenological Model' Texas A&M University, USA, June 2010

What follows are instructions to access the six pdf files that contain the Pre Course Assignments for our most recent leadership course "Being A Leader and The Effective Exercise Of Leadership: An Ontological/Phenomenological Model" The promise of the course is to leave participants actually being leaders and exercising leadership effectively as their natural self expression, and for the course to contribute to creating a new science of leadership.  Primarily contains quotes selected (with permission) from Warren Bennis Robert Thomas, "Crucibles of Leadership" (2002) Reading 2: Is "Education as Stretching the Mind" by Jamshed Bharucha (2008)  Is the "Course Leadership Project Assignment Part I" Readings 1,2 and 3 are at this url: http:/ssrn.com/abstract=2416455.  " Without It Nothing Works" (an interview that serves as an introductory summary of our new model of integrity) http:/ssrn.com/abstract=1511274.  " A Positive Model that Incorporates the Normative Phenomena of Morality, Ethics and Legality Abridged" http:/ssrn.com/abstract=1542759. Readings 6 and 7: Introductory Reading and "Course Leadership Project" Part II For Being a Leader and The Effective Exercise of Leadership: An Ontological Phenomenological Modelhttp:/ssrn.com/abstract=1585976. Reading 8: Promises, Conditions and Rules of the Game for "Being a Leader and The Effective Exercise of Leadership: An Ontological Phenomenological Model" http:/ssrn.com/abstract=3101480.  Course Administrative Matters For "Being a Leader and the Effective Exercise of Leadership: An Ontological Phenomenological Model" http:/ssrn.com/abstract=3342845 In addition to the pre course readings above, the full set of course materials including the Slide Deck Textbook and other course materials for the most current Leadership Course can be found at: Course  Being a Leader and the Effective Exercise of Leadership An Ontological/Phenomenological Model (by Erhard, Jensen, Zaffron and Granger) http:/ssrn.com/abstract=1263835 If you are interested in reading about the teaching method used in this course please see our Chapter 16  2011: http:/ssrn.com/abstract=1681682
VSEARCH: a versatile open source tool for metagenomics
Venue: PeerJ

and free of charge multithreaded 64 bit tool for processing and preparing metagenomics, genomics and population genomics nucleotide sequence data. It is designed as an alternative to the widely used USEARCH tool (Edgar, 2010) for which the source code is not publicly available, algorithm details are only rudimentarily described, and only a memory confined 32 bit version is freely available for academic use.  When searching nucleotide sequences, VSEARCH uses a fast heuristic based on words shared by the query and target sequences in order to quickly identify similar sequences, a similar strategy is probably used in USEARCH. VSEARCH then performs optimal global sequence alignment of the query against potential target sequences, using full dynamic programming instead of the seed and extend heuristic used by USEARCH. Pairwise alignments are computed in parallel using vectorisation and multiple threads. Results VSEARCH includes most commands for analysing nucleotide sequences available in USEARCH version 7 and several of those available in USEARCH version 8, including searching (exact or based on global alignment) clustering by similarity (using length pre sorting, abundance pre sorting or a user defined order) chimera detection (reference based or de novo) dereplication (full length or prefix) pairwise alignment, reverse complementation, sorting, and subsampling. VSEARCH also includes commands for FASTQ file processing, i.e. format detection, filtering, read quality statistics, and merging of paired reads. Furthermore, VSEARCH extends functionality with several new commands and improvements, including shuffling, rereplication, masking of low complexity sequences with the well known DUST algorithm, a choice among different similarity definitions, and FASTQ file format conversion. VSEARCH is here shown to be more accurate than USEARCH when performing searching, clustering, chimera detection and subsampling, while on a par with USEARCH for paired ends read merging. VSEARCH is slower than USEARCH when performing clustering and chimera detection, but significantly faster when performing paired end reads merging and dereplication. VSEARCH is available at https:/github.com/torognes/vsearch under either the BSD 2 clause license or the GNU General Public License version 3.0. Discussion VSEARCH has been shown to be a fast, accurate and full fledged alternative to USEARCH. A free and open source versatile tool for sequence analysis is now available to the metagenomics community.
Marketing communication effects on the specific segment of Czech singles

The purpose of this article is to present a research on Czech singles from the marketing communication point of view. Article determinates the theoretical concept of integrated marketing communication in the introductory section. Further the results of descriptive and exploratory analysis describes segment from marketing potential perspective. For the purpose of collecting data, the survey method was chosen with the use of online self administrated questionnaire. The final sample consists of 309 respondents living voluntarily single. The data were analysed by SPSS software. Descriptive statistics showed high persuasive effect of recommendations, competition and sales and loyalty programs. Mobile advertising and promotional events had the lowest effect. Factor analysis disclosed two underlying factors. These factors explained structure in the data and showed important similarities with theoretical categorisation of communication mix.
What is challenging renewable energy entrepreneurs in developing countries

This paper cumulates the findings from a review of the challenges faced by renewable energy entrepreneurs in developing countries. To date, research that could facilitate the success of renewable energy entrepreneurs in the world's developing regions has been fragmented across two main bodies of literature management (specifically, entrepreneurship) and renewable energy. By conducting a qualitative review of the extant literature, I propose that the findings from both bodies of research may be distilled to six (6) key challenges: inadequate access to institutional finance; the price of renewable energy technologies (RETs) the lack of skilled labour; underdeveloped physical infrastructure and logistics; power/dominance of incumbents; inadequate government or policy support. Through this research, I not only advance a unified conceptualisation of the challenges faced by renewable energy entrepreneurs in developing countries, but also highlight a number of the revealed opportunities for future research.
Lateral Squats Significantly Decrease Sprint Time in Collegiate Baseball Athletes
Venue: Sports

The purpose was to examine the effect of prior performance of dumbbell lateral squats (DBLS) on an agility movement into a sprint (AMS) test. Twelve collegiate, resistance trained, baseball athletes participated in three sessions separated by three days. Session One consisted of AMS baseline test, DBLS 5 RM test, and experimental protocol familiarization. Subjects were randomly assigned the protocol order for Sessions Two and Three, which consisted of warm up followed by 1 min sitting (no DBLS) or performing the DBLS for 1 x 5 repetitions 5RM for each leg. Four minutes of slow recovery walking preceded the AMS test, which consisted of leading off a base and waiting for a visual stimulus. In reaction to stimulus, subjects exerted maximal effort while moving to the right by either pivoting or drop stepping and sprinting for 10 yards (yd) In Session Three, subjects switched protocols (DBLS, no DBLS) Foot contact time (FCT) stride frequency (SF) stride length (SL) and 10 yd sprint time were measured. There were no differences between conditions for FCT, SF, or SL. Differences existed between DBLS (1.85 0.09 s) and no DBLS (1.89 0.10 s) for AMS (p 0.03) Results from the current study support the use of DBLS for performance enhancement prior to performing the AMS test.
Thwart eavesdropping attacks on network communication based on moving target defense
Venue: 2016 IEEE 35th International Performance Computing and Communications Conference (IPCCC)

This paper addresses mainly the problem of private data protection in network communication against eavesdropping attacks. As this kind of attacks is stealthy and untraceable, it is barely detectable for those feature detection or static configuration based passive defense approaches. We propose a Moving Target Defense(MTD) method by utilizing the protocol customization ability of Protocol Oblivious Forwarding (POF) The novel full protocol stack randomization MTD can greatly increase the difficulty of implementing network eavesdropping attack and protect the privacy of the network communication process.
Visualizing the Knowledge Domain of Nanoparticle Drug Delivery Technologies: A Scientometric Review

The scientific literature of nanoparticle drug delivery technologies (NDDT) between 2005 and 2014 was reviewed. The visualized co citation network of its knowledge domain was characterized in terms of thematic concentrations of co cited references and emerging trends of surging keywords and citations to references through a scientometric review. The combined dataset of 25,171 bibliographic records were constructed through topic search and citation expansion to ensure adequate coverage of the field. While research in gold nanoparticle and magnetic nanoparticle remains the two most prominent knowledge domains in the NDDT field, research related to clinical and therapeutic applications has experienced a considerable growth. In particular, clinical and therapeutic developments in NDDT have demonstrated profound connections with the mesoporous silica nanoparticle research and microcrystal research. A rapid adaptation of mesoporous silica based nanomaterials and rare earth fluoride nano /microcrystal in NDDT is evident. Innovative strategies have been employed to exploit the multicomponent, chemical synthesis, surface modification, and controlled release imparting functionalized targeting capabilities. This study not only facilitated the connection of authors and research themes in the NDDT community, but also demonstrated how research interests and trends evolve over time, which greatly contributes to our understanding of the NDDT knowledge domains.
Visualizing the world's scientific publications
Venue: J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol.

Automated methods for the analysis, modeling, and visualization of large scale scientometric data provide measures that enable the depiction of the state of world scientific development. We aimed to integrate minimum span clustering (MSC) and minimum spanning tree methods to cluster and visualize the global pattern of scientific publications (PSP) by analyzing aggregated Science Citation Index (SCI) data from 1994 to 2011. We hypothesized that PSP clustering is mainly affected by countries' geographic location, ethnicity, and level of economic development, as indicated in previous studies. Our results showed that the 100 countries with the highest rates of publications were decomposed into 12 PSP groups and that countries within a group tended to be geographically proximal, ethnically similar, or comparable in terms of economic status. Hubs and bridging nodes in each knowledge production group were identified. The performance of each group was evaluated across 16 knowledge domains based on their specialization, volume of publications, and relative impact. Awareness of the strengths and weaknesses of each group in various knowledge domains may have useful applications for examining scientific policies, adjusting the allocation of resources, and promoting international collaboration for future developments.
Family and Politics: Dynastic Persistence in the Philippines

In many democracies a small subset of individuals enjoys a de facto electoral advantage. The existence of political dynasties, where individuals from a narrow set of families obtain larger vote shares and are more likely to access office, illustrates this phenomenon. In this paper, I study political dynasties in the Philippines and provide evidence of dynastic persistence. More precisely, I provide evidence that incumbency has a causal effect on the probability of having future relatives in office. Using a regression discontinuity design based on close elections, I find that candidates who barely win their first election by a small margin are around 5 times more likely to have a relative in office in the future than individuals who barely lose their first election and never serve. I discuss alternative channels that may explain dynastic persistence in the Philippines. I argue that access to office and public resources important in clientelistic democracies like the Philippines allows incumbents to give relatives an electoral advantage if they first run while they are still in office. Occupational choice, while plausibly important, is less likely to be the main driver of dynastic persistence.
Conditional Cash Transfers, Civil Conflict and Insurgent Influence: Experimental Evidence from the Philippines

Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs are an increasingly popular tool for reducing poverty in conflict affected areas. Despite their growing popularity, there is limited evidence on how CCT programs affect conflict and theoretical predictions are ambiguous. We estimate the effect of conditional cash transfers on civil conflict in the Philippines by exploiting an experiment that randomly assigned eligibility for a CCT program at the village level. We find that cash transfers caused a substantial decrease in conflict related incidents in treatment villages relative to control villages. Using unique data on local insurgent influence, we also find that the program significantly reduced insurgent influence in treated villages.
Observed trends and impacts of tropical cyclones in the Philippines

An analysis of tropical cyclone (TC) data from 1951 to 2013 in the Philippines revealed that an average of 19.4 TCs enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) every year and nine TCs cross the country. Time series analysis of the TC datasets shows no significant trends in the annual number of TCs in PAR but a slightly decreasing trend in the number of landfalling TCs in the Philippines, particularly in the last two decades. However, while the analysis shows fewer typhoons (above 118 kph) more extreme TCs (above 150 kph) have affected the Philippines. The study also confirms that the Northern island of Luzon is most frequently hit by TCs, and that TC associated rainfall is greatest in this region compared to the southernmost part of the country. The impact of TCs shows a consistently increasing trend in economic losses and damages. Further understanding of past and future trends of TC activity in the Western North Pacific Basin, and the PAR, including the impacts associated with them, will provide valuable insights for climate change adaptation and disaster risk management.
Packaging of wavelength stabilized 976nm 100W 105um 0.15 NA fiber coupled diode lasers
Venue: SPIE LASE

Fiber coupled diode lasers are widely used in many fields now especially as pumps in fiber laser systems. In many fiber laser applications, high brightness pumps are essential to achieve high brightness fiber lasers. Furthermore, 976nm wavelength absorption band is narrow with Yb3+ doped fiber lasers which is more challenging for controlling wavelength stabilized in diode laser modules. This study designed and implemented commercial available high brightness and narrow wavelength width lasers to be able to use in previous mentioned applications. Base on multiple single emitters using spatial and polarization beam combining as well as fiber coupling techniques, we report a wavelength stabilized, 105mm NA 0.15 fiber coupled diode laser package with 100W of optical output power at 976 nm, which are 14 emitters inside each multiple single emitter module. The emitting aperture of the combined lasers output are designed and optimized for coupling light into a 105mm core NA 0.15 fiber. Volume Bragg grating technology has been used to improve spectral characteristics of high power diode lasers. Mechanical modular design and thermal simulation are carried out to optimize the package. The spectral width is roughly 0.5 nm (FWHM) and the wavelength shift per degC 0.02nm. The output spectrum is narrowed and wavelength is stabilized using Volume Bragg gratings (VBGs) The high brightness package has an electrical to optical efficiency better than 45% and power enclosure more than 90% within NA 0.12. Qualification tests have been included on this kind of package. Mechanical shock, vibration and accelerated aging tests show that the package is reliability and the MTTF is calculated to be more than 100k hours at 25degC.
Co delivery of HIV 1 entry inhibitor and nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor shuttled by nanoparticles: cocktail therapeutic strategy for antiviral therapy
Venue: AIDS

Traditionally, the antiviral efficacy of classic cocktail therapy is significantly limited by the distinct pharmacokinetic profiles of partner therapeutics that lead to inconsistent in vivo biodistribution. Here we developed a new cocktail like drug delivery vehicle using biodegradable polymeric nanoparticles (NP) encapsulating nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) DAAN 14f (14f) surface conjugated with HIV 1 fusion inhibitor T1144, designated T1144 NP DAAN 14f (T1144 NP 14f) and aiming to achieve enhanced cellular uptake, improved antiviral activity and prolonged blood circulation time. T1144 NP 14f was prepared through the emulsion/solvent evaporation technique and a maleimide thiol coupling reaction. Particle size and morphology were determined by dynamic light scattering detection and transmission electron microscopy. Anti HIV 1 activity was assessed by HIV 1 Env mediated cell cell fusion and infection by laboratory adapted, primary, and resistant HIV 1 isolates, respectively. The in vitro release of 14f was investigated using the equilibrium dialysis method, and the pharmacokinetic study of T1144 NP 14f was performed on Sprague Dawley rats. T1144 NP 14f displayed a spherical shape under transmission electron microscopy observation and had a size of 117 19 nm. T1144 NP 14f exhibited the strongest antiviral activity against a broad spectrum of HIV 1 strains, including NNRTI T1144 or T20 resistant isolates, respectively. Both in vitro release and in vivo pharmacokinetic profile showed that T1144 NP 14f exhibited a sustained controlled release behavior. Our results demonstrated that the combination of entry inhibitor with NNRTI encapsulated in nanoparticles (T1144 NP 14f) was highly effective in inhibiting HIV 1 infection. This new cocktail like drug delivery platform could serve as an effective anti HIV 1 regimen by taking advantage of the extrinsic and intrinsic antiviral activity of individual drugs.