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Parietofrontal network upregulation after motor stroke

Objective
Motor recovery after stroke shows a high inter-subject variability. The brain's potential to form new connections determines individual levels of recovery of motor function. Most of our daily activities require visuomotor integration, which engages parietal areas. Compared to the frontal motor system, less is known about the parietal motor system's reconfiguration related to stroke recovery. Here, we tested if functional connectivity among parietal and frontal motor areas undergoes plastic changes after stroke and assessed the behavioral relevance for motor function after stroke.


Methods
We investigated stroke lesion-induced changes in functional connectivity by measuring high-density electroencephalography (EEG) and assessing task-related changes in coherence during a visually guided grip task with the paretic hand in 30 chronic stroke patients with variable motor deficits and 19 healthy control subjects. Quantitative changes in task-related coherence in sensorimotor rhythms were compared to the residual motor deficit.


Results
Parietofrontal coupling was significantly stronger in patients compared to controls. Whereas motor network coupling generally increased during the task in both groups, the task-related coherence between the parietal and primary motor cortex in the stroke lesioned hemisphere showed increased connectivity across a broad range of sensorimotor rhythms. Particularly the parietofrontal task-induced coupling pattern was significantly and positively related to residual impairment in the Nine-Hole Peg Test performance and grip force.


Interpretation
These results demonstrate that parietofrontal motor system integration during visually guided movements is stronger in the stroke-lesioned brain. The correlation with the residual motor deficit could either indicate an unspecific marker of motor network damage or it might indicate that upregulated parietofrontal connectivity has some impact on post-stroke motor function.
Video denoising using separable 4D nonlocal spatiotemporal transforms

We propose a powerful video denoising algorithm that exploits temporal and spatial redundancy characterizing natural video sequences. The algorithm implements the paradigm of nonlocal grouping and collaborative filtering, where a higher-dimensional transform-domain representation is leveraged to enforce sparsity and thus regularize the data. The proposed algorithm exploits the mutual similarity between 3-D spatiotemporal volumes constructed by tracking blocks along trajectories defined by the motion vectors. Mutually similar volumes are grouped together by stacking them along an additional fourth dimension, thus producing a 4-D structure, termed group, where different types of data correlation exist along the different dimensions: local correlation along the two dimensions of the blocks, temporal correlation along the motion trajectories, and nonlocal spatial correlation (i.e. self-similarity) along the fourth dimension. Collaborative filtering is realized by transforming each group through a decorrelating 4-D separable transform and then by shrinkage and inverse transformation. In this way, collaborative filtering provides estimates for each volume stacked in the group, which are then returned and adaptively aggregated to their original position in the video. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed procedure which outperforms the state of the art.
Topic Modelling in Parallel and Comparable Fiction Texts (the case study of English and Russian prose)

The paper is devoted to processing parallel and comparable corpora by means of topic modelling. We focus our attention on Russian and English parallel and comparable texts. We use Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) algorithm for building topic models of fiction texts, evaluation of compatibility for the original text and its translation(s), selection of possible translation equivalents.
Webbed penis.

Webbed penis as an isolated anomaly is rare, having been reported in 10 cases. A report is made of a 1-year-old child successfully repaired by a rectangular scrotal flap to close the penoscrotal junction and multiple W-plasty incisions for closure of the skin of the shaft of the penis.
Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis With Chinese Scalp Acupuncture

Chinese scalp acupuncture is a contemporary acupuncture technique with just 40 years of history. It integrates traditional Chinese needling methods with Western medical knowledge of the cerebral cortex and has been proven to be a very effective technique for treating multiple sclerosis (MS) and other central nervous system disorders. A 65-year-old male patient who had had MS for 20 years was treated with Chinese scalp acupuncture. The motor area, sensory area, foot motor and sensory area, balance area, hearing and dizziness area, and tremor area were stimulated once a week for 10 weeks, then once a month for six sessions. After the 16 treatments, the patient showed remarkable improvements. He was able to stand and walk without any problems. The numbness and tingling in his limbs did not bother him anymore. He had more energy and had not experienced incontinence of urine or dizziness after the first treatment. He was able to return to work full time. At this writing, the patient has been in remission for 26 months. This case demonstrates that Chinese scalp acupuncture can be a very effective treatment for patients with MS. Chinese scalp acupuncture holds the potential to expand treatment options for MS in both conventional and complementary or integrative therapies. It can not only relieve symptoms, increase the patient's quality of life, and slow and reverse the progression of physical disability but also reduce the number of relapses and help patients with multiple sclerosis to remain in remission.
Improving Implicit Discourse Relation Recognition with Discourse-specific Word Embeddings

We introduce a simple and effective method to learn discourse-specific word embeddings (DSWE) for implicit discourse relation recognition. Specifically, DSWE is learned by performing connective classification on massive explicit discourse data, and capable of capturing discourse relationships between words. On the PDTB data set, using DSWE as features achieves significant improvements over baselines.
C# interpreter and unity 3D for educational programming games

In this paper we present an approach to creating educational programming computer games. We combine the CSI interpreter with Unity 3D to enable a player to enter program statements that can alter the game world while it is being played. We also create wrapper methods that encapsulate complex Unity C# tasks into easy to use helper functions. The results from our initial experimentation show that the technique offers a promising approach to educational programming games.
Awareness and Coordination in Shared Work Spaces

8 Tackling the first question, we can certainly imagine asynchronous awareness information presented in the same workspace as the work object. A primitive example of this type of asynchronous awareness information is the use of " change bars " ; margin marks indicating text areas which have been changed. Change bars are examples of document-based representations of activity. There is no reason why change bars or similar representations 1 cannot provide further information, such as the nature of changes, the identity of the collaborator making the change, and so forth. Details of past activity can be held within the document, and retain the advantages of passive collection and distribution. What's more, such document-based representations can be presented at various levels of specificity, so that users can access information as it becomes relevant. Such information can also change over time to reflect the progress of activity on the part of individuals; and it can be presented differently to the various collaborators, as is appropriate for their different involvements in the activity and for the way these involvements change over time. The work space, then, holds more than merely the object of group activity, but also becomes a persistent record of that activity. When we consider presenting past activity information within the shared workspace, the division between synchronous and asynchronous activities becomes less distinct, and we can take this further. A semi-synchronous system supports both synchronous and asynchronous work modes. In asynchronous use, the workspace presents past activity information, so as to give an individual awareness of the activities of other participants integrated with the work object itself. In synchronous use, this information is presented as it happens, providing participants with awareness of others' current activities. However, these are not two different modes of the system, but rather are two facets of a single view of awareness information. A semi-synchronous system presents current information on synchronously co-present collaborators, at the same time as representations of past activities by other collaborators who are not synchronously present. The workspace becomes a persistent space in which collaborators can interact, rather like a room in which one can either talk with other people who happen to be there at the time, or leave notes (or other, more passive, representations of one's activity) for those who arrive later. 6 CONCLUSIONS We have discussed approaches to the critical issue of group activity awareness in collaborative systems. This awareness …
Toward Unsupervised Text Content Manipulation

Controlled generation of text is of high practical use. Recent efforts have made impressive progress in generating or editing sentences with given textual attributes (e.g., sentiment). This work studies a new practical setting of text content manipulation. Given a structured record, such as (PLAYER: Lebron, POINTS: 20, ASSISTS: 10), and a reference sentence, such as Kobe easily dropped 30 points, we aim to generate a sentence that accurately describes the full content in the record, with the same writing style (e.g., wording, transitions) of the reference. The problem is unsupervised due to lack of parallel data in practice, and is challenging to minimally yet effectively manipulate the text (by rewriting/adding/deleting text portions) to ensure fidelity to the structured content. We derive a dataset from a basketball game report corpus as our testbed, and develop a neural method with unsupervised competing objectives and explicit content coverage constraints. Automatic and human evaluations show superiority of our approach over competitive methods including a strong rule-based baseline and prior approaches designed for style transfer.
Transformation of Management in the Public Sector: Exploring the Strategic Frameworks of e-Government

Management is what makes e-government successful by coordinating the use of corporate resources, managing relationships, and empowering strategic alliances. However, current e-government methodologies and models used are only tailored to specific requirements. This restrains the ability to compare cases and draw valuable conclusions as to how to improve e-government and its performance measurements. Therefore, the authors are attempting to address the issues faced by surveying the models consisting of effective practices in e-government and Information Technology integration management and support. The study provides in depth overview of the current status of e-government models and links with emerging Information Technology. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-839-2.ch003
Tactile manipulation with biomimetic active touch

Tactile manipulation is the ability to control objects in real-time using the sense of touch. Here we examine tactile manipulation from the perspective of active touch with a biomimetic tactile sensor, which combines tactile perception with control of sensor location. Experiments are performed with the tactile fingertip mounted as end effector to a robot arm, to manipulate (roll) a cylinder in contact with the fingertip. Performance is validated with offline (cross-validation) and online (real-time operation) assessments. Location perception is finer than the sensor resolution, leading to superresolved tactile manipulation along a complex trajectory. However, the original methods were non-robust to large unknown disturbances of object location, necessitating modification of the perceptual process to diminish prior beliefs relative to past posterior beliefs. In consequence robust and accurate tactile manipulation was attained. In general, it appears there is a trade-off between the responsiveness to unknown change and manipulation accuracy, which must be set appropriately for each task.
Bitemporal visual field defects in ethambutol-induced optic neuropathy.

BACKGROUND
Ethambutol-induced optic neuropathy is well documented and most frequently associated with central or cecocentral scotomas. We designed a study to characterize the subset of patients who exhibit bitemporal visual field defects.


METHODS
A computer search was performed for patients evaluated in a university academic neuro-ophthalmology consultative practice to identify those with the diagnosis of ethambutol-induced optic neuropathy. Clinical features were tabulated, including dose and duration of ethambutol use, time to onset of visual loss, initial and follow-up visual acuities, automated perimetry, optic disc appearance, and MRI features. Assessments for bitemporal visual field defect with alignment on vertical midline and for visual improvement after discontinuing ethambutol were performed.


RESULTS
Nineteen cases of ethambutol-induced optic neuropathy were identified; All but 2 eyes demonstrated visual field defects worse in the temporal fields, most with margination along the vertical midline with superimposed central or cecocentral scotomas. Six cases (12 eyes) showed bitemporal defects with such margination without superimposed scotomas. Median time to onset of visual loss was 6.0 months. Visual improvement occurred (of 17 cases with data available) by at least 3 Snellen lines in 17 of 34 eyes (50%); mean visual acuity improvement was 3.74 lines (median, 3.0). Visual improvement by at least 3.0 decibels (dB) mean deviation (MD) on automated perimetry occurred in 27 of 34 eyes (79%); mean improvement in MD was 7.82 dB (median, 7.86). Median follow-up was 8.0 months. None had MRI abnormality in the chiasmal region.


CONCLUSION
Bitemporal visual field defects are common in ethambutol-induced optic neuropathy. The pattern may mimic chiasmal compression, and neuroimaging is required. It may reflect susceptibility to toxicity of chiasmal crossing fibers.
Nonlinear modeling of solar array drive system considering backlash and friction

In this paper, a novel nonlinear dynamic model of the solar array drive system (SADS) with spur gear train transmission is proposed considering backlash and friction, which is composed of servo motor, spur gear reducer, solar arrays and friction. The backlash effect of the spur gear reducer is modeled based on an alternate engagement mechanism, while the transmitted torque is defined via the use of a dead zone function. Friction moment in the SADS is described by the hybrid model including static friction, sliding friction and stribeck effect. Based on the above-mentioned model, the influence of backlash and friction on the velocity stability of motor in the SADS is investigated. This paper can provide a guideline for engineers to follow in the control design of solar array drive system.
Development and piloting of a plan for integrating mental health in primary care in Sehore district, Madhya Pradesh, India

BACKGROUND
The large treatment gap for mental disorders in India underlines the need for integration of mental health in primary care.


AIMS
To operationalise the delivery of the World Health Organization Mental Health Gap Action Plan interventions for priority mental disorders and to design an integrated mental healthcare plan (MHCP) comprising packages of care for primary healthcare in one district.


METHOD
Mixed methods were used including theory of change workshops, qualitative research to develop the MHCP and piloting of specific packages of care in a single facility.


RESULTS
The MHCP comprises three enabling packages: programme management, capacity building and community mobilisation; and four service delivery packages: awareness for mental disorders, identification, treatment and recovery. Challenges were encountered in training primary care workers to improve identification and treatment.


CONCLUSIONS
There are a number of challenges to integrating mental health into primary care, which can be addressed through the injection of new resources and collaborative care models.
Calibration of the Computer Science and Applications, Inc. accelerometer.

PURPOSE
We established accelerometer count ranges for the Computer Science and Applications, Inc. (CSA) activity monitor corresponding to commonly employed MET categories.


METHODS
Data were obtained from 50 adults (25 males, 25 females) during treadmill exercise at three different speeds (4.8, 6.4, and 9.7 km x h(-1)).


RESULTS
Activity counts and steady-state oxygen consumption were highly correlated (r = 0.88), and count ranges corresponding to light, moderate, hard, and very hard intensity levels were < or = 1951, 1952-5724, 5725-9498, > or = 9499 cnts x min(-1), respectively. A model to predict energy expenditure from activity counts and body mass was developed using data from a random sample of 35 subjects (r2 = 0.82, SEE = 1.40 kcal x min(-1)). Cross validation with data from the remaining 15 subjects revealed no significant differences between actual and predicted energy expenditure at any treadmill speed (SEE = 0.50-1.40 kcal x min(-1)).


CONCLUSIONS
These data provide a template on which patterns of activity can be classified into intensity levels using the CSA accelerometer.
Categories in control

Control theory uses ‘signal-flow diagrams’ to describe processes where real-valued functions of time are added, multiplied by scalars, differentiated and integrated, duplicated and deleted. These diagrams can be seen as string diagrams for the symmetric monoidal category FinVectk of finitedimensional vector spaces over the field of rational functions k = R(s), where the variable s acts as differentiation and the monoidal structure is direct sum rather than the usual tensor product of vector spaces. For any field k we give a presentation of FinVectk in terms of the generators used in signal-flow diagrams. A broader class of signal-flow diagrams also includes ‘caps’ and ‘cups’ to model feedback. We show these diagrams can be seen as string diagrams for the symmetric monoidal category FinRelk, where objects are still finite-dimensional vector spaces but the morphisms are linear relations. We also give a presentation for FinRelk. The relations say, among other things, that the 1-dimensional vector space k has two special commutative †-Frobenius structures, such that the multiplication and unit of either one and the comultiplication and counit of the other fit together to form a bimonoid. This sort of structure, but with tensor product replacing direct sum, is familiar from the ‘ZX-calculus’ obeyed by a finite-dimensional Hilbert space with two mutually unbiased bases.
Layer stripping: a direct numerical method for impedance imaging

AbstracL An impedance imaging problem is to find the electrical conductivity and permittivity distributions inside a body from measurements made an the boundary. The following experiment is considered here: a set of electric currenu are applied to the surface of the body and the resulting voltages are measured on that surface. The present paper describes the performance of a direct numerical method for approximating the conductivity in the interior. The algorithm proceeds via two steps: first the conductivity is found near the bounding surface of the body from the data having the highest available spatial frequency; next the boundary data on an interior surface are synthesized using a nonlinear differential equation of Riccati type. The process is then repeated, and an estimate of the conductivity is found, layer by layer. This paper establishes the theoretical basis for the algorithm and reports on numerical tesu.
[Filmarray GI TM panel for detection of enteric pathogens in stool samples: preliminary experience].

INTRODUCTION
Gastrointestinal infections remain a major public health problem worldwide and its etiologic diagnosis is one of the main challenges. In molecular diagnostic techniques recently developed, the Filmarray GI® panel allows detection of 23 pathogens (14 bacteria, virus 5 and 4 parasites) within an hour.


OBJECTIVE
To describe the experience of Filmarray GI® panel in the Molecular Biology Laboratory of Clinica Las Condes.


METHOD
A cross-sectional observational study that includes the results of 305 stool samples tested by Filmarray GI® panel was performed.


RESULTS
Of the 305 tests requested 99 (32.5%) were negative and 206 were positive (67.5%). Of the positive samples, in 107 samples (51.9%) one pathogen was detected and in 99 samples (48.1%) more than one pathogen was found.


CONCLUSIONS
Describe the experience of using FilmArray GI® panel in stool specimens, which highlights the large number of positive samples for a microorganism and co-detection of enteric pathogens.
Counseling Ethnic Children and Youth From an Adlerian Perspective

The authors discuss how Adler's Individual Psychology model offers professional counselors, especially school counselors, valuable insights in the counseling of ethnic children and youths. An overview of Adlerian concepts is presented, and the relevance is discussed. Applicable strategies and interventions are presented with pertinent examples.
Gluten-free vegan diet induces decreased LDL and oxidized LDL levels and raised atheroprotective natural antibodies against phosphorylcholine in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a randomized study

INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of vegan diet in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) on blood lipids oxidized low-density lipoprotein (oxLDL) and natural atheroprotective antibodies against phosphorylcholine (anti-PCs).


METHODS
Sixty-six patients with active RA were randomly assigned to either a vegan diet free of gluten (38 patients) or a well-balanced non-vegan diet (28 patients) for 1 year. Thirty patients in the vegan group completed more than 3 months on the diet regimen. Blood lipids were analyzed by routine methods, and oxLDL and anti-PCs were analyzed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Data and serum samples were obtained at baseline and after 3 and 12 months.


RESULTS
Mean ages were 50.0 years for the vegan group and 50.8 years for controls. Gluten-free vegan diet induced lower body mass index (BMI) and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and higher anti-PC IgM than control diet (p < 0.005). In the vegan group, BMI, LDL, and cholesterol decreased after both 3 and 12 months (p < 0.01) and oxLDL after 3 months (p = 0.021) and trendwise after 12 months (p = 0.090). Triglycerides and high-density lipoprotein did not change. IgA anti-PC levels increased after 3 months (p = 0.027) and IgM anti-PC levels increased trendwise after 12 months (p = 0.057). There was no difference in IgG anti-PC levels. In the control diet group, IgM anti-PC levels decreased both after 3 and 12 months (p < 0.01). When separating vegan patients into clinical responders and non-responders at 12 months, the effects on oxLDL and anti-PC IgA were seen only in responders (p < 0.05).


CONCLUSION
A gluten-free vegan diet in RA induces changes that are potentially atheroprotective and anti-inflammatory, including decreased LDL and oxLDL levels and raised anti-PC IgM and IgA levels.