Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The formation and interpretation of derived nominals: argument realization and encoding in the noun phrase 3.1.2 Fachgebiete und Arbeitsrichtung:

The formation and interpretation of derived nominals: argument realization and encoding in the noun phrase 3.1. 2 Fachgebiete und Arbeitsrichtung: Ist die Stelle der Leiterin bzw. des Leiters des Projektes befristet? nein ja, befristet bis zum _________________ eine weitere Beschäftigung ist vorgesehen bis zum ____________
The Random Trip Model: Stability, Stationary Regime, and Perfect Simulation

We define "random trip", a generic mobility model for random, independent node motions, which contains as special cases: the random waypoint on convex or nonconvex domains, random walk on torus, billiards, city section, space graph, intercity and other models. We show that, for this model, a necessary and sufficient condition for a time-stationary regime to exist is that the mean trip duration (sampled at trip endpoints) is finite. When this holds, we show that the distribution of node mobility state converges to the time-stationary distribution, starting from the origin of an arbitrary trip. For the special case of random waypoint, we provide for the first time a proof and a sufficient and necessary condition of the existence of a stationary regime, thus closing a long standing issue. We show that random walk on torus and billiards belong to the random trip class of models, and establish that the time-limit distribution of node location for these two models is uniform, for any initial distribution, even in cases where the speed vector does not have circular symmetry. Using Palm calculus, we establish properties of the time-stationary regime, when the condition for its existence holds. We provide an algorithm to sample the simulation state from a time-stationary distribution at time 0 ("perfect simulation"), without computing geometric constants. For random waypoint on the sphere, random walk on torus and billiards, we show that, in the time-stationary regime, the node location is uniform. Our perfect sampling algorithm is implemented to use with ns-2, and is available to download from http://ica1www.epfl. ch/RandomTrip
Effect of cinacalcet cessation in renal transplant recipients with persistent hyperparathyroidism.

BACKGROUND Persistent hyperparathyroidism after renal transplantation affects bone and allografts. Cinacalcet, a calcimimetic, reduces serum calcium and PTH in renal transplant recipients with persistent hyperparathyroidism. Here, we address the question whether this effect of cinacalcet persists after withdrawal. METHODS Therefore, cinacalcet was stopped after 12 months treatment in 10 stable renal transplant patients. Serum calcium, phosphate, PTH, creatinine and cystatin C were monitored for 3 months. RESULTS Serum calcium, normalized in nine patients before cessation of cinacalcet (2.32 +/- 0.05mmol/l, mean +/- SEM), increased after 3 months of discontinuation by 0.17 +/- 0.04mmol/l, P < 0.05, but remained within the normal range in eight patients. Compared with the time point of cessation, PTH remained unchanged or decreased further after 3 months without therapy in six patients. Measurements of cystatin C suggested an improvement of the glomerular filtration rate after cessation in 9 out of 10 patients (1.55 +/- 0.09 vs 1.33 +/- 0.12 mg/l, P < 0.01). CONCLUSION First, a beneficial effect of cinacalcet beyond the duration of a 12-month therapy appears to be present in some patients and second, the previously suspected influence of cinacalcet therapy on renal function is reversible. Thus, it is reasonable to consider a trial of cinacalcet cessation to identify these patients. The optimal time point for such a discontinuation is unknown. The present observations are preliminary. They clearly require a prospective randomized trial for definitive confirmation.
Individual, parental and teacher support factors of self-regulation in Japanese students

ABSTRACT Purpose: Factors of self-regulated learning processes, namely teacher autonomy support/parental autonomy support, and three types of individual goal-orientations (i.e. mastery goal, performance-approach goal, performance-avoidance goal) were examined. Methodology: A questionnaire was used to survey 212 Japanese undergraduate students who were enrolled in English language courses. Findings: Teacher and parental autonomy support were positive predictors of intrinsic value, which in turn positively predicted metacognitive and cognitive strategy use. Performance-avoidance goal disposition was a positive predictor of metacognitive strategy use; however, it was a negative predictor of cognitive strategy use. Mastery goal disposition was a positive predictor of intrinsic value, which in turn positively predicted meta-cognitive and cognitive strategy use. Individual factors (i.e. goal orientations) were predictors of self-regulated learning processes and support from parents and teachers were required to sustain these self-regulated processes. Value: Intrinsic value appears to be a key mediator in predicting meta-cognitive and cognitive strategy use for individual factors, parental autonomy support and teacher autonomy support factors. Findings from this research provide a better understanding of self-regulated learning processes in the Japanese language learning context.
Pseudomonas exit-site infection: treatment outcomes with topical gentamicin in addition to systemic antibiotics

Background Although, Pseudomonas exit-site infection (ESI) is recognized as a major complication of peritoneal dialysis (PD) with high risk of catheter loss due to refractory/recurrent infection or peritonitis, there is remarkably little literature about treatment outcomes. International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis guidelines advise the use of one to two antibiotics; in addition, we change standard exit-site care by stopping prophylactic mupirocin and starting regular use of gentamicin 1% cream. Methods Retrospective review of outcomes of Pseudomonas ESI from January 2012 to March 2015. Results During the study period, a total of 135 patients were on PD with an overall incidence of any ESI of 0.36/patient-year. There were 14 patients with ESI episodes with Pseudomonas with a rate of 0.12/patient-year. In total, 13 of 14 patients with ESI episodes were treated with oral ciprofloxacin and/or intraperitoneal (IP) gentamicin or ceftazidime, plus topical gentamicin, with a success rate of 38% (5/13). One patient had gentamicin-resistant Pseudomonas species and was treated successfully with topical polymyxin/bacitracin cream. Median follow-up time in cured patients was 385 days (range 74–1107). Six patients had associated with Pseudomonas peritonitis, four during follow-up and two at initial presentation. Three patients had recurrent ESI with Pseudomonas, with one successfully re-treated with topical and IP gentamicin. In total, in only 50% of the patients was Pseudomonas ESI successfully treated. Five of the patients (36%) changed modality to permanent haemodialysis following catheter removal. Conclusion Eradication of Pseudomonas ESI remains difficult even with the addition of topical gentamicin to the exit site. There should be a low threshold for catheter replacement.
Metacognition and Body Image in Predicting Alexithymia in Substance Abusers

Background: Substance dependency is one of the biggest problems and worries of the world. It stunts the growth of society and causes various problems such as reduction in public health, increase in mortality, rise in social and domestic traumas, loss of educational and occupational opportunities, involvement with the judicial system, and development of the substance-abuse cycle. Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the role of metacognition and body image in predicting alexithymia in substance abusers. Patients and Methods: The research sample included addicts (males and females aged 10 to 70 years) who referred to the addiction treatment and counseling centers of three Iranian cities of Zahedan, Sari, and Neyriz. Participants were selected by random sampling. The metacognitive strategy questionnaire (MCQ-30), physical self-description questionnaire (PSDQ), and Toronto alexithymia scale (TAS-20) were used for data collection. The hypotheses were tested using the Pearson’s correlation method and regression analysis. Results: According to the results of the current study, the highest correlation was between alexithymia and the cognitive awareness subscale (r = 0.305; P < 0.01). There was no significant correlation between alexithymia and body image. Based on the multiple regression analysis, the three predictors explained 11% of the variance (R2 = 0. 11, F = 3.981; P < 0.01). Cognitive awareness significantly predicted 9% of the variance (β = 0.305; P < 0.01), and the other subscales predicted about 2%. Conclusions: These findings demonstrated that metacognition had an important role in predicting alexithymia in the substance abusers, which underscores the necessity of precautionary measures.
Classificatory Aspects of Counts-as: An Analysis in Modal Logic

The article investigates the logic underlying statements of the form ‘X counts as Y in context C’ which are commonly considered to represent the paradigmatic syntax of constitutive rules, i.e. the non-regulative component of normative systems. The analytical thesis backing the whole work consists in interpreting such statements as contextual classifications. This reading of counts-as is thoroughly investigated in two variants which we call the contextual classificatory reading and the proper contextual classificatory reading. The formal analysis of these readings, which we carry out making use of modal logic, disentangles two possible senses in which counts-as statements can be interpreted within a classificatory perspective, and clarifies the logical relations holding between them. The proposal is then compared in detail with previous work on the topic, in order to shed light on similarities, differences and their grounds.
Analysis of Rotor Core Eddy-Current Losses in Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines

This paper presents the results of an investigation focused on the rotor core eddy-current losses of interior permanent magnet (IPM) synchronous machines. First, analytical insight into the rotor core eddy-current losses of IPM machines is developed. Next, major design parameters that have the most significant impact on the rotor core eddy-current losses of IPM machines are identified. Finite element analysis results are then presented to compare the predicted eddy-current losses in the machine core of IPM machines with one- and two-layer rotors coupled with concentrated- and distributed-winding stators. It is shown that the lowest total eddy-current losses in the machine core are achieved using a combination of distributed stator windings and two magnet layers per rotor pole, while minimizing only the rotor core eddy-current losses favors replacement of the rotor with a single-layer configuration.
‘I am doing fine only because I have not told anyone’: the necessity of concealment in the lives of people living with HIV in India

In HIV prevention and care programmes, disclosure of status by HIV-positive individuals is generally encouraged to contain the infection and provide adequate support to the person concerned. Lack of disclosure is generally framed as a barrier to preventive behaviours and accessing support. The assumption that disclosure is beneficial is also reflected in studies that aim to identify determinants of disclosure and recommend individual-level measures to promote disclosure. However, in contexts where HIV infection is stigmatised and there is fear of rejection and discrimination among those living with HIV, concealment of status becomes a way to try and regain as much as possible the life that was disrupted by the discovery of HIV infection. In this study of HIV-positive women and children in India, concealment was considered essential by individuals and families of those living with HIV to re-establish and maintain their normal lives in an environment where stigma and discrimination were prevalent. This paper describes why women and care givers of children felt the need to conceal HIV status, the various ways in which people tried to do so and the implications for treatment of people living with HIV. We found that while women were generally willing to disclose their status to their husband or partner, they were very keen to conceal their status from all others, including family members. Parents and carers with an HIV-positive child were not willing to disclose this status to the child or to others. Understanding the different rationales for concealment would help policy makers and programme managers to develop more appropriate care management strategies and train care providers to assist clients in accessing care and support without disrupting their lives.
Point based animation of elastic, plastic and melting objects

We present a method for modeling and animating a wide spectrum of volumetric objects, with material properties anywhere in the range from stiff elastic to highly plastic. Both the volume and the surface representation are point based, which allows arbitrarily large deviations form the original shape. In contrast to previous point based elasticity in computer graphics, our physical model is derived from continuum mechanics, which allows the specification of common material properties such as Young's Modulus and Poisson's Ratio. In each step, we compute the spatial derivatives of the discrete displacement field using a Moving Least Squares (MLS) procedure. From these derivatives we obtain strains, stresses and elastic forces at each simulated point. We demonstrate how to solve the equations of motion based on these forces, with both explicit and implicit integration schemes. In addition, we propose techniques for modeling and animating a point-sampled surface that dynamically adapts to deformations of the underlying volumetric model.
A +70-dBm IIP3 Electrical-Balance Duplexer for Highly Integrated Tunable Front-Ends

An electrical-balance duplexer achieving the state-of-the-art linearity and insertion loss (IL) performance is presented, enabled by a partially depleted RF silicon-on-insulator CMOS technology. A single-ended configuration avoids the common-mode isolation problem suffered by topologies with a differential low-noise amplifier. Highly linear switched capacitors allow for impedance balancing to antennas with <;1.5:1 voltage standing wave ratio from 1.9 to 2.2 GHz. +70-dBm input-referred third-order intercept point is achieved under high transmitter (TX) power (+30.5 dBm max.). TX IL is <;3.7 dB, and receiver IL is <;3.9 dB.
An Overview of Some High Order and Multi-Level Finite Difference Schemes in Computational Aeroacoustics

In this paper, we have combined some spatial derivatives with the optimised time derivative proposed by Tam and Webb in order to approximate the linear advection equation which is given by . 0 = ∂ ∂ + ∂ ∂ x f t u These spatial derivatives are as follows: a standard 7-point 6 th -order central difference scheme (ST7), a standard 9-point 8 th -order central difference scheme (ST9) and optimised schemes designed by Tam and Webb, Lockard et al., Zingg et al., Zhuang and Chen, Bogey and Bailly. Thus, these seven different spatial derivatives have been coupled with the optimised time derivative to obtain seven different finite-difference schemes to approximate the linear advection equation. We have analysed the variation of the modified wavenumber and group velocity, both with respect to the exact wavenumber for each spatial derivative. The problems considered are the 1-D propagation of a Boxcar function, propagation of an initial disturbance consisting of a sine and Gaussian function and the propagation of a Gaussian profile. It is known that the choice of the cfl number affects the quality of results in terms of dissipation and dispersion characteristics. Based on the numerical experiments solved and numerical methods used to approximate the linear advection equation, it is observed in this work, that the quality of results is dependent on the choice of the cfl number, even for optimised numerical methods. The errors from the numerical results have been quantified into dispersion and dissipation using a technique devised by Takacs. Also, the quantity, Exponential Error for Low Dispersion and Low Dissipation, eeldld has been computed from the numerical results. Moreover, based on this work, it has been found that when the quantity, eeldld can be used as a measure of the total error. In particular, the total error is a minimum when the eeldld is a minimum. Keywords—Optimised time derivative, dissipation, dispersion, cfl number. Nomenclature: k : time step; h : spatial step; : β advection velocity; r: cfl/Courant number; h k r β = ; w = h θ : exact wave number; n : time level; RPE : Relative phase error per unit time step; AFM : modulus of amplification factor. A. R. Appadu is a PhD student at the University of Mauritius, Mauritius (email: biprao2@yahoo.com). M. Z. Dauhoo (Corresponding author) is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Mauritius, Mauritius (e-mail: m.dauhoo@uom.ac.mu).
“Making Space”: How Novice Teachers Create Opportunities for Equitable Sense-Making in Elementary Science

Scholarly calls to reform science education for all students emphasize scientific sense-making. Despite the importance of sense-making, few strategies exist to help novice teachers learn to notice and respond equitably to students’ scientific sense-making in elementary science. In this article, we report on a qualitative case study in which we investigated sense-making moments that occurred when novice teachers facilitated classroom discussions. Findings suggest that when novice teachers made space in class discussions for sense-making—for example, by trying different responses to clarify student ideas or waiting before responding to figure out next steps—this expanded opportunities for shared epistemic authority; however, novices did not often recognize these moments as productive for sense-making. Findings also suggest that novice teachers may benefit from support to help them develop their abilities to notice, interpret, and respond equitably to students’ scientific sense-making in class discussions.
Research on Dynamic Trust Model for Large Scale Distributed Environment

With the in-depth researches of large scale distributed systems, such as Grid computing, Ubiquitous computing, P2P computing, Ad hoc networks, etc, system is a dynamic and cooperative model made up of multi-software serving. Under these dynamic and uncertainty environments, trust mechanism based on CA (certificate authority) in a regular PKI (pubic key infrastructure) can’t adapt to these requirements. Dynamic trust mechanism is a new and hot topic of security research for these new distributed applications. In this paper, firstly, the concepts, problems, and research approaches of dynamic trust relationship are summarized and presented. Secondly, several typical dynamic trust model systems including their mathematical methods are described in detail. And then, this paper presents the results of comparative evaluation of these models under a selection of scenarios. Finally, the current problems and the challenges of this field for future research are presented. The research work indicates that the dynamic nature of trust creates the biggest challenge in measuring trust and predicting trustworthiness. So the future work will focus on the theoretical research of dynamic trust relationships to present a solid theoretical foundation for the practical applications.
Effect of Eustress, Flow, and Test Anxiety on Physical Therapy Psychomotor Practical Examinations

Effect of Eustress, Flow, and Test Anxiety on Physical Therapy Psychomotor Practical Examinations by Todd J. Bourgeois MA, Walden University, 2016 BS, McNeese State University, 2005 Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Health Psychology
Integrating semantics-based access mechanisms with P2P file systems

We present an architecture for a peer-to-peer (P2P) file system which supports semantics-based access. Central to this work is to provide semantic indexing and retrieval capabilities. Our semantic indexing and locating approach is based on distributed hash tables (DHTs) where the indices of semantically close files are clustered to the same peers with high probability (nearly 100%) by the use of locality sensitive hash functions. A query for finding semantically close files can be answered by consulting only a small number of peer nodes which are most responsible for such a query, instead of by query flooding. Our approach only adds index information to peer nodes, thus imposing only a small storage overhead. We constitute an initial step to integrate semantics-based access mechanisms into a P2P file system.
Pancreatic β Cell–specific Expression of  Thioredoxin, an Antioxidative and Antiapoptotic Protein, Prevents Autoimmune and Streptozotocin-induced Diabetes

The cytotoxicity of reactive oxygen intermediates (ROIs) has been implicated in the destruction of pancreatic β cells in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). Thioredoxin (TRX), a redox (reduction/oxidation)-active protein, has recently been shown to protect cells from oxidative stress and apoptosis. To elucidate the roles of oxidative stress in the development of autoimmune diabetes in vivo, we produced nonobese diabetic transgenic mice that overexpress TRX in their pancreatic β cells. In these transgenic mice, the incidence of diabetes was markedly reduced, whereas the development of insulitis was not prevented. Moreover, induction of diabetes by streptozotocin, an ROI-generating agent, was also attenuated by TRX overexpression in β cells. This is the first direct demonstration that an antioxidative and antiapoptotic protein protects β cells in vivo against both autoimmune and drug-induced diabetes. Our results strongly suggest that oxidative stress plays an essential role in the destruction of β cells by infiltrating inflammatory cells in IDDM.
Detection and Statistical Analysis of Human Cortical Sulci

Many studies dealing with the human brain use the spatial coordinate system of brain anatomy to localize functional regions. Unfortunately, brain anatomy, and especially cortical sulci, is characterized by a high interindividual variability. Specific tools called anatomical atlases must then be considered to make the interpretation of anatomical examinations easier. The work described here first aims at building a numerical atlas of the main cortical sulci. Our system is based on a database containing a collection of anatomical MRI of healthy volunteer brains. Their sulci have been manually drawn and labeled for both hemispheres. Sulci are represented as 3D superficial curves. After a nonlinear registration process, a statistical atlas of the cortical topography of a particular MRI is built from the database. It is an a priori model of cortical sulci, including three major components: an average curve represents the average shape and position of each sulcus; a search area accounts for its spatial variation domain; a set of quantitative parameters describes the variability of sulci geometry and topology. This atlas is completely individualized and adapted to the features of the brain under examination. The atlas is represented by a graph, the nodes of which represent sulci and the edges the relations between sulci. It can also be considered a statistical model that describes the cortical topography as well as its variability.