nils-herrmann/clean_scirepeval huggingface dataset:
Facebook's Project Aria indicates problems for responsible innovation when broadly deploying AR and other pervasive technology in the Commons
Year: 2021

Nearly every week, a technology company is introducing a new surveillance technology, varying from applying facial recognition to observing and cataloguing behaviours of the public in the Commons and private spaces, to listening and recording what we say, or mapping what we do, where we go, and who we're with or as much of these facets of our lives as can be accessed. As such, the general public writ large has had to wrestle with the colonization of publicly funded space, and the outcomes to each of our personal lives as a result of the massive harvesting and storing of our data, and the potential machine learning and processing applied to that data. Facebook, once content to harvest our data through its website, cookies, and apps on mobile phones and computers, has now planned to follow us more deeply into the Commons by developing new mapping technology combined with smart camera equipped Augmented Reality (AR) eyeglasses, that will track, render and record the Commons and us with it. The resulting data will privately benefit Facebook's continued goal to expand its worldwide reach and growth. In this paper, we examine the ethical implications of Facebook's Project Aria research pilot through the perspectives of Responsible Innovation, comparing both existing understandings of Responsible Research and Innovation and Facebook's own Responsible Innovation Principles; we contextualise Project Aria within the Commons through applying current social multi dimensional communications theory to understand the extensive socio technological implications of Project Aria within society and culture; and we address the potentially serious consequences of the Facebook Project Aria experiment, inspiring countless other companies to shift their focus to compete with Project Aria, or beat it to the consumer marketplace.
Effectiveness of person centered care on people with dementia: a systematic review and meta analysis
Venue: Clinical interventions in aging
Year: 2017

Person centered care is a holistic and integrative approach designed to maintain well being and quality of life for people with dementia, and it includes the elements of care, the individual, the carers, and the family.  A systematic literature review and meta analysis were undertaken to investigate the effectiveness of person centered care for people with dementia.  Literature searches were undertaken using six databases including Medline, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Cochrane Database, and KoreaMed using the following keywords: cognition disorder, dementia, person centered care, patient centered care, client centered care, relationship centered care, and dementia care. The searches were limited to interventional studies written in English and Korean and included randomized controlled studies and noncontrolled studies for people with dementia living in any setting.  Nineteen interventional studies, including 3,985 participants, were identified. Of these, 17 studies were from long term care facilities and two studies were from homecare settings. The pooled data from randomized controlled studies favored person centered care in reducing agitation, neuropsychiatric symptoms, and depression and improving the quality of life. Subgroup analysis identified greater effectiveness of person centered care when implemented for people with less severe dementia. For agitation, short term interventions had a greater effect (standardized mean difference [SMD] 0.434; 95% conference interval [CI] 0.701 to 0.166) than long term interventions (SMD: 0.098; 95% CI: 0.190 to 0.007) Individualized activities resulted in a significantly greater beneficial effect than standard care (SMD: 0.513; 95% CI: 0.994 to 0.032) However, long term, staff education, and cultural change interventions had a greater effect on improving the quality of life for people with dementia (SMD: 0.191; 95% CI: 0.079 to 0.302)  This systematic review and meta analysis provided evidence for person centered care in clinical practice for people with dementia. Person centered care interventions were shown to reduce agitation, neuropsychiatric symptoms, and depression and to improve the quality of life. Person centered care interventions can effectively reduce agitation for a short term using intensive and activity based intervention. However, an educational strategy that promotes learning and skill development of internal care staff is needed to enhance patient's quality of life and to ensure the sustainability of the effects of behavioral problems. The feasibility and effectiveness of the intervention, the severity of patient disease, and intervention type and duration should be considered as part of an intervention design.
Relay technologies for WiMax and LTE advanced mobile systems
Venue: IEEE Communications Magazine
Year: 2009

Relay technologies have been actively studied and considered in the standardization process of next generation mobile broadband communication systems such as 3GPP LTE Advanced, IEEE 802.16j, and IEEE 802.16m. This article first introduces and compares different relay types in LTE Advanced and WiMAX standards. Simulation results show that relay technologies can effectively improve service coverage and system throughput. Three relay transmission schemes are then summarized and evaluated in terms of transmission efficiency under different radio channel conditions. Finally, a centralized pairing scheme and a distributed pairing scheme are developed for effective relay selection. Simulation results show that the proposed schemes can maximize the number of served UE units and the overall throughput of a cell in a realistic multiple RS multiple UE scenario.
DREAM Yara: an exact read mapper for very large databases with short update time
Venue: Bioinform.
Year: 2018

Mapping based approaches have become limited in their application to very large sets of references since computing an FM index for very large databases (e.g. >10 GB) has become a bottleneck. This affects many analyses that need such index as an essential step for approximate matching of the NGS reads to reference databases. For instance, in typical metagenomics analysis, the size of the reference sequences has become prohibitive to compute a single full text index on standard machines. Even on large memory machines, computing such index takes about 1 day of computing time. As a result, updates of indices are rarely performed. Hence, it is desirable to create an alternative way of indexing while preserving fast search times.  To solve the index construction and update problem we propose the DREAM (Dynamic seaRchablE pArallel coMpressed index) framework and provide an implementation. The main contributions are the introduction of an approximate search distributor via a novel use of Bloom filters. We combine several Bloom filters to form an interleaved Bloom filter and use this new data structure to quickly exclude reads for parts of the databases where they cannot match. This allows us to keep the databases in several indices which can be easily rebuilt if parts are updated while maintaining a fast search time. The second main contribution is an implementation of DREAM Yara a distributed version of a fully sensitive read mapper under the DREAM framework. Availability and implementation https:/gitlab.com/pirovc/dream_yara/
Overview and Aspects of Foreign Object Detection in Wireless Power Transfer Applications
Venue: 2020 IEEE Wireless Power Transfer Conference (WPTC)
Year: 2020

In the growing field of Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) there is a need for Foreign Object Detection (FOD) in order to ensure the safety of the WPT system. As the number of applications and FOD methods grow, a fast and quick way of categorizing FOD methods in specific applications is desired. Through a literature research on FOD methods, an evaluation framework has been proposed. The framework consists of a requirement part, where seven suitable categories have been presented. To compare the FOD methods, ten criteria are presented among with up to five different classification categories for each criterion. The FOD methods are then compared against each other with the help of the requirements, criteria and weights of the criteria by utilizing a scoring matrix. Finally, the FOD methods are classified. The evaluation framework could be applied to any FOD method for any application due to its high versatility.
Exploring the case for research on incorporating psychedelics within interventions for borderline personality disorder
Year: 2020

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a severe psychiatric disorder characterized by behavioral dysregulation, emotion dysregulation, disturbances in self identity, and social functioning. Despite the existence of evidence based psychotherapeutic interventions for BPD, these interventions have important limitations (e.g. limited treatment efficacy) Furthermore, little evidence exists for the efficaciousness of pharmacological interventions for BPD. Thus, a strong need for improving current interventions for BPD exists. Although research incorporating psychedelics within interventions for a wide range of psychiatric disorders has shown promise, research has not yet explored the utility of incorporating psychedelics within interventions for BPD. Therefore, this paper reviews the impact of psychedelics on treatment targets in interventions for BPD (i.e. behavioral dysregulation, emotion dysregulation, disturbances in self identity, and social functioning) as well as purported overlapping mechanisms of change between interventions for BPD and psychedelics (i.e. emotion dysregulation, mindfulness, and self compassion) Finally, safety concerns, clinical recommendations, and proposed next research steps related to the administration of psychedelics to individuals with BPD are discussed. This paper aims to explore the case for conducting research on, and the potential clinical utility surrounding, incorporating psychedelics within interventions for BPD.
A solar light induced photo thermal catalytic decontamination of gaseous benzene by using Ag/Ag3PO4/CeO2 heterojunction
Year: 2020

The effectively decontamination for atmosphere VOCs is getting more important whereas it is general facing the issues such as technical difficulties and high energy consumption. In this work, a Z scheme Ag/Ag3PO4/CeO2 heterojunction was prepared with a precipitation method and was applied to decompose gaseous benzene at very convenient ambient conditions. The prepared composite presents a 90.18% removal rate and 74.17% TOC efficiency within 3 h solar light irradiation at an initial 600 ppm benzene concentration. A photo catalytic mechanism superimposed with solar light induced thermo catalysis is proposed. Ag3PO4 that has great solar light absorptive capacity is used as the photocatalytic component and CeO2 is used as thermo catalytic substrate due to its good thermo conductivity in lower temperature. Ag0 produced from an in situ reduction of Ag3PO4 is used as an electronic relay platform to form a Z type heterojunction together with Ag3PO4 and CeO2. Lots of vacancies of CeO2 contribute to the enhanced pre adsorption towards to VOCs. The assembled Z scheme Ag/Ag3PO4/CeO2 heterojunction is specially effectively for the separation of the photo excited electrons and holes in space and maintains the highly redox potentials to decontaminate VOCs. Meanwhile, the composite is diverse, also having good oxidative power for HCHO, and thus could be a kind of promising material to purify VOCs in the convenient atmospheric environment.
Moderating Role of Gender in the Relationship between Big Five Personality Traits and Smartphone Addiction
Venue: Psychiatric Quarterly
Year: 2020

This study contributed to cyberpsychology literature by identifying moderating role of gender in the relationship between personality traits and smartphone addiction. A multi group SEM analysis was employed to investigate the relationship between five factor personality traits (i.e. Big Five) and smartphone addiction among men and women. Big Five Inventory (BFI) and Smartphone Addiction Inventory (SPAI) were used to collect data from 320 undergraduate students. The results suggested a positively significant relationship between neuroticism (emotional imbalance) and smartphone addiction for women only. Whereas, conscientiousness was negatively related with smartphone addiction for women. Further, there was a negatively significant relationship between agreeableness and smartphone addiction for both genders. The findings suggested that gender has a moderating role in the relationship between neuroticism and smartphone addiction.
GEA, 2012 Global Energy Assessment Toward a Sustainable Future
Year: 2012

Energy is central to addressing major challenges of the 21st Century, challenges like climate change, economic and social development, human well being, sustainable development, and global security. In 2005, Prof. Bert Bolin, the founding Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) with other eminent scientists and policy makers, identified that a comprehensive, science based assessment of the global energy system was needed if these challenges were to be realistically addressed. The Global Energy Assessment (GEA) is the result of this shared vision. Since the establishment of the GEA in 2006 by governing Council of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) 500 independent experts (about 300 authors and 200 anonymous reviewers) from academia, business, government, intergovernmental and non governmental organizations from all the regions of the world have contributed to GEA in a process similar to that adopted by the IPCC. The final GEA report examines: (a) the major global challenges and their linkages to energy; (b) the technologies and resources available for providing adequate, modern and affordable forms of energy; (c) the plausible structure of future energy systems most suited to addressing the century's challenges; and (d) the policies and measures, institutions and capacities needed to realize sustainable energy futures.
Cryopreservation of economically valuable marine micro algae in the classes Bacillariophyceae, Chlorophyceae, Cyanophyceae, Dinophyceae, Haptophyceae, Prasinophyceae, and Rhodophyceae.
Venue: Cryobiology
Year: 2006

The ability to routinely cryopreserve micro algal species reduces costs associated with maintaining large culture collections and reduces the risks of losing particular strains or species through contamination and genetic drift. Cryopreservation is also a useful adjunct in aquaculture hatcheries for strains of micro algae where the nutritional status may change as a result of continuous sub culture. In this study, cryopreservation of isolates from seven micro algal classes was investigated. Successful candidates included the marine dinoflagellates Amphidinium carterae, Amphidinium trulla, and Gymnodinium simplex, and the haptophytes Chrysochromulina simplex, Prymnesium parvum, Prymnesium parvum f. patelliferum, Isochrysis galbana, and Pavlova lutheri. Also successfully cryopreserved were the planktonic diatoms Chaetoceros calcitrans, Chaetoceros muelleri, Chaetoceros sp. and the benthic Nitzschia ovalis, the chlorophyte Chlamydomonas coccoides, the rhodophyte Porphyridium purpureum, the prasinophytes Tetraselmis chuii, and Tetraselmis suecica, and the cyanophytes Raphidiopsis sp. and Aphanizomenon flos aquae. All species were successfully cryopreserved using 15% Me2SO.
Systemic corticosteroids show no benefit in severe and critical COVID 19 patients in Wuhan, China: A retrospective cohort study
Venue: medRxiv
Year: 2020

Systemic corticosteroids are recommended by some treatment guidelines and used in severe and critical COVID 19 patients, though evidence supporting such use is limited.  From December 26, 2019 to March 15, 2020, 1514 severe and 249 critical hospitalized COVID 19 patients were collected from two medical centers in Wuhan, China. We performed multivariable Cox models, Cox model with time varying exposure and propensity score analysis (both inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW) and propensity score matching (PSM) to estimate the association of corticosteroid use with the risk of in hospital mortality among severe and critical cases.  Corticosteroids were administered in 531 (35.1% severe and 159 (63.9% critical patients. Compared to no corticosteroid use group, systemic corticosteroid use showed no benefit in reducing in hospital mortality in both severe cases (HR=1.77, 95% CI: 1.08 2.89, p=0.023) and critical cases (HR=2.07, 95% CI: 1.08 3.98, p=0.028) In the time varying Cox analysis that with time varying exposure, systemic corticosteroid use still showed no benefit in either population (for severe patients, HR=2.83, 95% CI: 1.72 4.64, p< 0.001; for critical patients, HR=3.02, 95% CI: 1.59 5.73, p=0.001) Baseline characteristics were matched after IPTW and PSM analysis. For severe COVID 19 patients at admission, corticosteroid use was not associated with improved outcome in either the IPTW analysis. For critical COVID 19 patients at admission, results were consistent with former analysis that corticosteroid use did not reduce in hospital mortality.  Corticosteroid use showed no benefit in reducing in hospital mortality for severe or critical cases. The routine use of systemic corticosteroids among severe and critical COVID 19 patients was not recommended.
Fitoextraccion de plomo y cadmio en suelos contaminados usando quelite (Amaranthus hybridus L. y micorrizas
Year: 2009

Las actividades mineras y metalurgicas practicadas en la Comarca Lagunera, Mexico han contaminado el suelo, el aire y el agua. El uso de plantas es una de las estrategias para la remediacion de suelos contaminados con metales pesados. Sin embargo, son pocos los estudios sobre remediacion con plantas de zonas aridas y su asociacion con micorrizas. El objetivo de este estudio fue evaluar la capacidad extractora de Plomo (Pb) y Cadmio (Cd) del quelite (Amaranthus hybridus L. al adicionar una mezcla de micorrizas arbusculares (Entrophospora columbiana, Glomus intraradices, G. etunicatum, G clarum) al sustrato contaminado con Pb o Cd. Dos experimentos, uno por cada metal, con diseno experimental de bloques al azar con cuatro repeticiones fueron desarrollados. En el primero se adicionaron tres cantidades de micorrizas (0, 2.5 y 5.0 g*kg 1) en suelos con 300 mg*kg 1 de Pb. En el segundo experimento, las mismas cantidades de micorrizas fueron probadas en suelos contaminados con 15 mg*kg 1 de Cd. Las concentraciones de Pb y Cd en raiz, hoja y tallo a los 65, 95 y 125 dias de edad de la planta se determinaron con un espectrofotometro de absorcion atomica. Los resultados indican que la adicion de micorrizas incremento significativamente (P<0.05) la concentracion de Pb y Cd en raiz, tallo y hoja de quelite. Las concentraciones de estos metales se incrementaron significativamente conforme la edad de la planta
A Framework for Knowledge Based Crisis Management in the Hospitality and Tourism Industry
Year: 2009

Crisis management, disaster recovery, and organizational continuity are critical areas of competence for managers of individual businesses and entire destinations. For large scale problems, crisis management may be a critical factor that determines the sustainability and success of a destination. In this article, the authors develop a framework that incorporates knowledge management principles to enhance the effectiveness of crisis management and planning for the hospitality and tourism industry. In addition, the authors develop a crisis typology based on the perceptions and knowledge needs of Philadelphia area lodging operators. Subsequently, the authors apply the framework to envision the design concept of a knowledge enabled crisis management system that can better support the crisis management and preparedness of a regional hospitality and tourism industry.
Theory of Mind and Emotional Functioning in Fibromyalgia Syndrome: An Investigation of the Relationship between Social Cognition and Executive Function
Venue: PloS one
Year: 2015

Fibromyalgia (FM) is a syndrome primarily characterised by chronic, widespread musculoskeletal pain. In the aetiology of this syndrome a crucial role is played by complex interactions among biological, genetic, psychological, and socio cultural factors. Recently, researchers have started to explore emotional functioning in FM, with their attention focused on alexithymia, a personality construct that affects the regulation of a person's own emotions. On the other hand, the detection and experience of emotional signals from other people have only been sparsely investigated in FM syndrome and no studies have investigated the ability to represent other people's mental states (i.e. Theory of Mind, ToM) in these patients. Here we present the first study investigating a large set of social cognitive abilities, and the possible relationships between these abilities and the performance on executive function tasks, in a homogenous sample of patients with FM.  Forty women with FM and forty one healthy women matched for education and age were involved in the study. Social cognition was assessed with a set of validated experimental tasks. Measures of executive function were used to test the correlations between this dimension and the social cognitive profile of patients with FM. Relationships between social cognitive abilities and demographic, clinical and psychological variables were also investigated.  Patients with FM have impairments both in the regulation of their own affect and in the recognition of other's emotions, as well as in representing other people's mental states. No significant correlations were found between social cognition tasks and the subcomponents of the executive function that were analysed.  The results show the presence of several impairments in social cognition skills in patients with FM, which are largely independent of both executive function deficits and symptoms of psychological distress. The impairments reported highlight the importance of adequately assessing ToM and emotional functioning in clinical practice.
Banach Orlicz Algebras on a Locally Compact Group
Year: 2013

Let G be a locally compact group with a fixed left Haar measure l. Given an N function ph, we consider the Orlicz space {L^\varphi}(G) under the convolution multiplication and establish that, for amenable groups under mild conditions on ph, it is a convolution algebra if and only if G is compact. Also we prove that for a locally compact group G, the convolution algebra {L^\varphi}(G) has a bounded approximate identity if and only if G is discrete.