Strangers Come to Devour the Land: Changing Views of Foreign Migrants in Early Eighteenth-Century England

This article investigates the debates surrounding immigration to England some three hundred years ago and considers why it was that between the 1680s and the 1710s a discernible change occurred in how migrants were treated. Work on the emergence of a “British” Protestant identity and its relationship with continental Europe, on changing ideas of Englishness and on the campaign for a relaxation in rights of access to the English and colonial labor market are considered. The shift in popular and political responses to the arrival of refugees in England in 1709 provides a contrast to the charitable welcome extended to migrants a generation before and offers an opportunity to see that views of foreign migrants changed for a combination of reasons. True vocalization of “England’s first nationalist revolution” of 1688-89 came one generation later in 1709. Then, the first full pronouncement of a rhetoric of “suitability” for English society and of economic utility meant that a refugee community was denied Protestant charity, denied employment, and was directed away from England’s shores.This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Brill via http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15700658-1234251

Tillämpning av förutbildad djupinlärningsmodell för text multiklassificering inom kundtjänst

Under de senaste åren har det tagits stora steg inom djupinlärning och används inom flera olika industrier för att automatisera arbeten som tidigare utförts för hand. En av dessa uppgifter är att klassificera ärenden inom IT-servicebranschen. Examensarbetets syfte är att forska möjligheten att finjustera en förutbildad djupinlärningsmodell som klarar av textklassificering på en godkänd nivå för att kunna implementeras i produktionsmiljö. Som data används en datasats av artiklar och deras kategori som är samlad från Suomi24 (2016–2022). Arbetet görs som en konceptvalidering och den slutliga modellen kommer inte att integreras till andra automationssystem. För att uppnå syftet så utförs det kvantitativa experiment för att välja verktyg och modell för att uppnå den bästa prestandan. Med hjälp av dessa experiment väljs det de noggrannaste parametrar, inlärningshastighet och antalet epoker. För att nå den bästa resultaten väljs det en förlustfunktion som använder sig av en uppvärmning och minskar gradvis på inlärning. Under inträningen samlas räknas det ut en F1-Score, intränings- och valideringsförlust för att analysera modellens prestanda. Den slutliga modellen uppnådde en F1-score på 0,899 och en 89,5% total precision. Dessa resultat tyder på att modellen är passlig för att användas för textklassifikation inom kundservice och kan integreras för att uppnå en obruten automation av arbetsförfrågan. För att minska på fel klassificerade ärenden kan det implementeras en tröskel för hur säker modellen är innan ärendet klassificeras. Dessa ärenden behandlas manuellt och kan användas senare för att vidareutveckla modellens prestanda

En utvärdering av Audiolet för portandet avett röst-drivet program till webben

We where asked to write a webapplication, with similar functionality as an existing desktop application. The application can today record sounds from a person, mix it together at the optimal place with another, similar sound and play back the result. The application used mathematical calculation that the developers where not familiar with, therefore it was decided to focus on the parts that involved recording and playing sound, to pave the way for any future implementation. The follwing prototypes where implemneted: 1. Read a sound clip from a file. 2. Splicing of two sound clips at different points in the clips. 3. Generate the sound of a guitar. The result of this evaluation is that web browsers today are not ready for this type of application, but that there is potetial as soon as W3C have standardised the use of a microphone as a source to the existing DSP functions.Vi blev ombedda att skriva en webbapplikation, som har liknande funktionalitet som en befintlig applikation på skrivbordet. Applikationen kan idag läsa in ljud från en person, klippa ihop det ljudet på det optimala stället med ett annat, likartat ljud och spela upp resultatet. Applikationen gjorde matematiska beräkningar som utvecklarna inte är särskilt familjära med, därför sattes fokus på de delarna som involverar inspelning och uppspelning av ljud, för att bana väg för en framtida implementation. Det implementerades följande prototyper: 1. Läsa in ett ljudklipp från fil. 2. Skarva ihop två ljudklipp på olika punkter i klippen. 3. Generera ljudet av en gitarr sträng. Resultatet av vår undersökning är att webbläsare och Audiolet ännu inte riktigt är redo för den här typen av applikation, men att det finns potential och webbläsaren är redo när W3C 17 har standardiserat användandet av mikrofon som källa i de befintliga DSP funktionerna

Physical effects of trauma and the psychological consequences of preexisting diseases account for a significant portion of the health-related quality of life patterns of former trauma patients

Background: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is known to be significantly affected in former trauma patients. However, the underlying factors that lead to this outcome are largely unknown. In former intensive care unit (ICU) patients, it has been recognized that preexisting disease is the most important factor for the long-term HRQoL. The aim of this study was to investigate HRQoL up to 2 years after trauma and to examine the contribution of the trauma-specific, ICU-related, sociodemographic factors together with the effects of preexisting disease, and further to make a comparison with a large general population. Methods: A prospective 2-year multicenter study in Sweden of 108 injured patients. By mailed questionnaires, HRQoL was assessed at 6 months, 12 months, and 24 months after the stay in ICU by Short Form (SF)-36, and information of preexisting disease was collected from the national hospital database. ICU-related factors were obtained from the local ICU database. Comorbidity and HRQoL (SF-36) was also examined in the reference group, a random sample of 10,000 inhabitants in the uptake area of the hospitals. Results: For the trauma patients, there was a marked and early decrease in the physical dimensions of the SF-36 (role limitations due to physical problems and bodily pain). This decrease improved rapidly and was almost normalized after 24 months. In parallel, there were extensive decreases in the psychologic dimensions (vitality, social functioning, role limitations due to emotional problems, and mental health) of the SF-36 when comparisons were made with the general reference population. Conclusions: The new and important finding in this study is that the trauma population seems to have a trauma-specific HRQoL outcome pattern. First, there is a large and significant decrease in the physical dimensions of the SF-36, which is due to musculoskeletal effects and pain secondary to the trauma. This normalizes within 2 years, whereas the overall decrease in HRQoL remains and most importantly it is seen mainly in the psychologic dimensions and it is due to preexisting diseasesOn the day of the defence date the title of this article was "Pre-existing disease is an important contributor to reduced health related quality of life after critical care in Swedish trauma patients".Funding agencies|Health Research Council in the South-East of Sweden (FORSS)| F2004-204 |County Council of Ostergotland, Sweden||</p

Parameter-free quantitative simulation of high-dose microstructure and hydrogen retention in ion-irradiated tungsten

Hydrogen isotopes are retained in plasma-facing fusion materials, triggering hydrogen embrittlement and changing tritium inventory as a function of exposure to neutron irradiation. But modeling highly damaged materials-exposed to over 0.1 displacements per atom (dpa)-where saturation of damage is often observed, is difficult because a microstructure containing high density of defects evolves nonlinearly as a function of dose. In this study we show how to determine the defect and hydrogen isotope content in tungsten exposed to high irradiation dose, using no adjustable or fitting parameters. First, we generate converged high dose (>1 dpa) microstructures, using a combination of the creation-relaxation algorithm and collision cascade simulations. Then we make robust estimates of vacancy and void regions using a modified Wigner-Seitz decomposition. The resulting estimates of the void surface area enable predicting the deuterium retention capacity of tungsten as a function of radiation exposure. The predictions are compared to 3He nuclear reaction analysis measurements of tungsten samples, self-irradiated at 290 K to different damage doses and exposed to low-energy deuterium plasma at 370 K. The theory gives an excellent match to the experimental data, with both model and experiment showing that 1.5-2.0 at.% deuterium is retained in irradiated tungsten in the limit of high dose.Peer reviewe

Direct experience and attitude change towards bears and wolves

Understanding how changes in the sizes of large carnivore populations affect the attitudes of the public is vital in order to mitigate social conflicts over large carnivore management issues. Using data from two Swedish postal surveys in 2004 and 2009, we examined the probable social effects of a continued increase in the Swedish populations of bear and wolf by comparing levels of direct experience of bears and wolves with public attitudes towards these animals. We report an increase in direct experience of bears and wolves, lower levels of acceptance of the existence of these animals, and a lower degree of support for the policy goals of both species in 2009 compared to 2004. We also find that these changes are more prominent in areas with local carnivore populations than in other areas of Sweden. Our results imply that attitudes towards bears and wolves are likely to become more negative as populations continue to grow. The uneven distributions of the carnivore populations are likely to generate more frequent social conflicts in the future as they could cause an increase in the attitudinal divide between those members of the Swedish public who have had direct experiences of carnivores and those who have not

tqdm: A fast, Extensible Progress Bar for Python and CLI

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tqdm: A fast, Extensible Progress Bar for Python and CLI

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Next generation pan-cancer blood proteome profiling using proximity extension assay

Abstract A comprehensive characterization of blood proteome profiles in cancer patients can contribute to a better understanding of the disease etiology, resulting in earlier diagnosis, risk stratification and better monitoring of the different cancer subtypes. Here, we describe the use of next generation protein profiling to explore the proteome signature in blood across patients representing many of the major cancer types. Plasma profiles of 1463 proteins from more than 1400 cancer patients are measured in minute amounts of blood collected at the time of diagnosis and before treatment. An open access Disease Blood Atlas resource allows the exploration of the individual protein profiles in blood collected from the individual cancer patients. We also present studies in which classification models based on machine learning have been used for the identification of a set of proteins associated with each of the analyzed cancers. The implication for cancer precision medicine of next generation plasma profiling is discussed