Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
K'iche' and the Structure of Antipassive.

Verb agreement in the K'iche' agentive voice appears to deviate from the general ergative/absolutive system that K'iche' shares with other Mayan languages. This has led some to treat agreement in the agentive construction as falling outside the scope of the regular agreement system. It has also led to differing views regarding the appropriate syntactic representation of the agentive construction with respect to final transitivity vs. intransitivity. In this article we examine facts relevant to these issues and propose that the agentive voice is a detransitivizing antipassive construction. Recognition of this has the following consequences: (i) we can state a unified condition for the antipassive morphology, and (ii) we demonstrate that this nonregular agreement can be treated as a special case of the general K'iche' agreement system by adopting a lateral feature-passing analysis of the type proposed in Aissen 1987a. The proposed analysis also provides empirical justification for a heretofore somewhat weakly motivated claim of Relational Grammar, Postal's (1977) demotion analysis of antipassive. *
Audience orientations toward new media

The proliferation of new communication technologies over the last 2 decades has increased opportunities for audience activity by offering more choices and greater control aver the communication process for media consumers. However, extant research on the degree of user activity with new media portrays conflicting views of audience members as more active or more passive. This study attempts to sort out this issue by exploring audience activity levels among users of new and traditional media, as indicated by instrumental or ritualized orientations toward media use. Results indicate that new communication technologies are motivated by both instrumental and ritualized motives, but are used more instrumentally than traditional channels, particularly among older users.
Subtopic Annotation in a Corpus of News Texts: Steps Towards Automatic Subtopic Segmentation

Subtopic segmentation aims at finding the boundaries among text passages that represent different subtopics, which usually develop a main topic in a text. Being capable of automatically detecting subtopics is very useful for several Natural Language Processing applications. This paper describes subtopic annotation in a corpus of news texts written in Brazilian Portuguese. In particular, we focus on answering the main scientific questions regarding corpus annotation, aiming at both discussing and dealing with important annotation decisions and making available a reference corpus for research on subtopic structuring and segmentation. Resumo. Segmentacao topical visa segmentar um texto em passagens que representam subtopicos diferentes, os quais desenvolvem um topico principal de um texto. A identificacao de subtopicos e util para diversas aplicacoes de Processamento de Linguagem Natural. Este artigo descreve a anotacao de subtopicos em um corpus de textos jornalisticos em Portugues do Brasil. Em particular, foca-se em responder as questoes cientificas a respeito da anotacao do corpus, visando discutir e lidar com questoes importantes de anotacao e disponibilizacao de um corpus de referencia para pesquisas sobre estruturacao e segmentacao topical.
Ictal 99mTc‐HMPAO Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography in Children with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Seventeen ictal 99mTc‐HMPAO single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) studies were performed in 15 children with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) aged 7–14 years (mean 10.3 years). Ictal SPECT was informative in 16 of 17 (94%) studies in 14 of 15 (93%) children, showing unilateral temporal lobe hyperperfu sion. In all 16 informative ictal SPECT studies, lateral‐ization was concordant with ictal EEC, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and pathology. In 4 children, ictat SPECT provided additional localizing information that was not apparent from concurrent ictal EEC recording. Blinded interpretation of ictal SPECT studies by two independent investigators showed correct lateralization of the epileptic focus in every child. Results of visual analysis of ictal SPECT images were corroborated by quantitative analysis. Although interictal SPECT studies showed a degree of temporal lobe hypoperfusion in all children, in 9 of 15 hypoperfusion was either minimal, bilateral, contralateral, or associated with extratemporal hypoperfusion. In children with TLE, ictal SPECT provides reliable lateralizing information to corroborate or supplement that obtained from surface EEG and MRI.
The Method Question

A continuing concern of many feminists and non-feminists alike has been to identify a distinctive feminist method of inquiry. This essay argues that this method question is misguided and should be abandoned. In doing so it takes up the distinctions between and relationships among methods, methodologies and epistemologies; proposes that the concern to identify sources of the power of feminist analyses motivates the method question; and suggests how to pursue this project.
Leisure studies, leisure policy and social citizenship: the failure of welfare or the limits of welfare?

This paper argues that much theorizing and research in leisure studies takes place within a normative citizenship paradigm which regards public leisure provision as a central component of social citizenship and largely ignores the predominantly commercial nature of modern leisure. This combines with a reproductionist, society in leisure, approach to emphasize leisure as an area of inequality and inequity with a consequent downplaying of issues relating to the nature of leisure experiences. The assumption that public leisure provision is necessarily about the extension of citizenship rights is questioned by examining the centrality of the merit good rationale and suggesting that the leisure studies' defence of recreational welfare and leisure needs is not wholly coherent. It suggests that certain approaches within leisure studies risk proposing welfare without citizenship and over-estimating the role of public leisure facilities as a component of citizenship. It concludes that what is needed is the explora.
A simulation study of performance of joint soft demapping-viterbi decoding in DVB-T system

In this paper, we evaluate and compare the performances of Viterbi decoding schemes based on soft decision and hard decisions, with results applicable to the Digital Video Broadcast-Terrrestial (DVB-T) standard. The standard suggests that the BER ≤ 2 × 10-4 at the decoder output is good enough for the quasi error-free condition. We assume that the channel state information (CSI) of all sub-carriers are available at the receiver at all times. The multipath fading is assumed to be Rayleigh type. Simulation results confirm the advantage of using soft-decision decoding over the hard-decision type. Approximate Eb/N0 gains in the range 3-4.5 dB are reported for the different choices of code rates and OFDM transmission modes available in the standard.
Subliminal Semantic Priming Changes the Dynamic Causal Influence between the Left Frontal and Temporal Cortex

Recent neuroimaging experiments have revealed that subliminal priming of a target stimulus leads to the reduction of neural activity in specific regions concerned with processing the target. Such findings lead to questions about the degree to which the subliminal priming effect is based only on decreased activity in specific local brain regions, as opposed to the influence of neural mechanisms that regulate communication between brain regions. To address this question, this study recorded EEG during performance of a subliminal semantic priming task. We adopted an information-based approach that used independent component analysis and multivariate autoregressive modeling. Results indicated that subliminal semantic priming caused significant modulation of alpha band activity in the left inferior frontal cortex and modulation of gamma band activity in the left inferior temporal regions. The multivariate autoregressive approach confirmed significant increases in information flow from the inferior frontal cortex to inferior temporal regions in the early time window that was induced by subliminal priming. In the later time window, significant enhancement of bidirectional causal flow between these two regions underlying subliminal priming was observed. Results suggest that unconscious processing of words influences not only local activity of individual brain regions but also the dynamics of neural communication between those regions.
Proactive career behaviours and career success during the early career

The current article tests a model of proactive career behaviors and career success with two samples of graduates making the transition from school to work. Using structural equation modeling, we tested a theoretical model that specified the relationships among career goal, career planning, career self-management behaviors, and career success. A longitudinal panel study was conducted within two samples using a one-year (sample 1) and three-year (sample 2) time lag between the first and second data collection. The results support the process model and suggest that at graduation career planning is affected by the importance attached to career progress. In turn, career planning is positively associated with career self-management behaviors. Both career planning and career self-management behaviors at graduation are positively related to career planning and career self-management behaviors one year later (sample 1) but in sample two, in which a three-year time lag was used, these relationships were no longer significant. Support is found for the relationship between career self-management behaviors during early career and career satisfaction and salary. The findings are discussed in terms of their general implications for understanding the proactive career behavior process through which graduates affect their career success during the first years of their professional career.
Reflection-Type RTD Low-Power Amplifier With Deep Sub-mW DC Power Consumption

This letter presents a resonant tunneling diode (RTD)-based microwave amplifier operating at deep sub-milliwatt level dc-power. The fabricated amplifier, which is based on a reflection-type amplifying topology and uses an InP monolithic microwave integrated circuit technology, shows extremely low dc-power consumption of 125 μW with a gain of more than 10 dB at 5.7 GHz. The amplifier performance is mainly enabled by the favorable characteristics of the 0.9-μm InP-based RTDs biased at VBIAS = 0.36 V. The RTDs exhibit a high peak-to-valley current ratio (PVCR) of 11.2 with a low peak current (IP) of 430 μA and thereby a relatively low negative resistance magnitude of 480 Ω. The dc-power consumption is about 6.4 times lower than that in transistor-based low-power amplifiers reported to date for the 5 GHz frequency band.
Leisure as a Coping Resource: Variations in Coping with Traumatic Injury and Illness

The influence of leisure in coping with negative life events likely derives from its powers to distract, to generate optimism about the future, and to preserve a sense of self in the face of trauma (Kleiber, Hutchinson, & Williams, 2002). While there is recent evidence of leisure's role in coping with daily hassles and normative life stressors (e.g., Iwasaki & Mannell, 2000), the nature and extent of leisure's utility in coping with a life-altering event, such as a traumatic injury, is not well understood. The purpose of this paper is to examine how individuals used leisure in coping with a traumatic injury or the onset of a chronic illness. Qualitative data from two studies involving people with either a spinal cord injury or chronic illness were used for this analysis. Findings support suggestions from earlier research: leisure served to buffer effects of immediate life circumstances and it sustained their coping efforts in various ways. The authors end by discussing the data in light of recent theoretical propositions about the role of positive affect and meaning in coping.
An efficient Trojan delivery of tetrandrine by poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone)-block-poly(ε-caprolactone) (PVP-b-PCL) nanoparticles shows enhanced apoptotic induction of lung cancer cells and inhibition of its migration and invasion

Earlier studies have demonstrated the promising antitumor effect of tetrandrine (Tet) against a series of cancers. However, the poor solubility of Tet limits its application, while its hydrophobicity makes Tet a potential model drug for nanodelivery systems. We report on a simple way of preparing drug-loaded nanoparticles formed by amphiphilic poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone)-block-poly(ε-caprolactone) (PVP-b-PCL) copolymers with Tet as a model drug. The mean diameters of Tet-loaded PVP-b-PCL nanoparticles (Tet-NPs) were between 110 nm and 125 nm with a negative zeta potential slightly below 0 mV. Tet was incorporated into PVP-b-PCL nanoparticles with high loading efficiency. Different feeding ratios showed different influences on sizes, zeta potentials, and the drug loading efficiencies of Tet-NPs. An in vitro release study shows the sustained release pattern of Tet-NPs. It is shown that the uptake of Tet-NPs is mainly mediated by the endocytosis of nanoparticles, which is more efficient than the filtration of free Tet. Further experiments including fluorescence activated cell sorting and Western blotting indicated that this Trojan strategy of delivering Tet in PVP-b-PCL nanoparticles via endocytosis leads to enhanced induction of apoptosis in the non-small cell lung cancer cell A549 line; enhanced apoptosis is achieved by inhibiting the expression of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL proteins. Moreover, Tet-NPs more efficiently inhibit the ability of cell migration and invasion than free Tet by down-regulating matrix metalloproteinases (MMP)-2 and MMP-9, as well as up-regulating tissue inhibitor of MMP-3 (TIMP-3). Therefore, data from this study not only confirms the potential of Tet in treating lung cancer but also offers an effective way of improving the anticancer efficiency of Tet by nanodrug delivery systems.
Elucidation of transcriptome-wide microRNA binding sites in human cardiac tissues by Ago2 HITS-CLIP

MicroRNAs (miRs) have emerged as key biological effectors in human health and disease. These small noncoding RNAs are incorporated into Argonaute (Ago) proteins, where they direct post-transcriptional gene silencing via base-pairing with target transcripts. Although miRs have become intriguing biological entities and attractive therapeutic targets, the translational impacts of miR research remain limited by a paucity of empirical miR targeting data, particularly in human primary tissues. Here, to improve our understanding of the diverse roles miRs play in cardiovascular function and disease, we applied high-throughput methods to globally profile miR:target interactions in human heart tissues. We deciphered Ago2:RNA interactions using crosslinking immunoprecipitation coupled with high-throughput sequencing (HITS-CLIP) to generate the first transcriptome-wide map of miR targeting events in human myocardium, detecting 4000 cardiac Ago2 binding sites across >2200 target transcripts. Our initial exploration of this interactome revealed an abundance of miR target sites in gene coding regions, including several sites pointing to new miR-29 functions in regulating cardiomyocyte calcium, growth and metabolism. Also, we uncovered several clinically-relevant interactions involving common genetic variants that alter miR targeting events in cardiomyopathy-associated genes. Overall, these data provide a critical resource for bolstering translational miR research in heart, and likely beyond.
Can e-Government Adopters Benefit from a Technology-First Approach? The Case of Egypt Embarking on Service-Oriented Architecture

It seems common sense that "policy matters" in setting up e-government interoperability, mainly because collaboration should be guided by dedicated integration objectives and implementation rules. However, this is not always the case: this paper focuses on Egypt implementing technology and systems based on service-oriented architecture, largely without the expected organizational readiness regarding the interoperability effort. Does this mean that the current initiative is bound to fail? Or is the Egyptian approach maybe an appropriate strategy for countries which do not want to repeat painful non-interoperability experiences of their developed peers? This case study research seeks to provide evidence to what extent the Egyptian experience indicates a model for e-government adopters how to best develop interoperability. The paper concludes that a technology-first approach indeed can be held accountable for waste of time and resources due to delays in inevitable collaborative organizational learning. But if the latter is impaired for other reasons then choosing and implementing the "right" technology upfront is likely to have a positive impact on streamlining the organizational discourse and on pursuing a consistent e-government interoperability strategy.
A Qualitative Exploration of Relational Consciousness in Christian Children

Nye's (1998) core construct of relational consciousness in child spirituality embraces a wider dialogue with social and personality psychology. Relatedness in spirituality implies the importance of language, mind, and the self as guideposts for development. In this research we seek to qualitatively expand our understanding of relational consciousness around recent work in these three domains. Twelve school-age children are given detailed interviews dealing with spirituality framed by the relational consciousness core construct. Transcribed responses are analysed using grounded theory methodology. Theoretical categories are assembled into a preliminary framework for relational consciousness as a social and contextual phenomenon. The relationships between categories in the framework are outlined in terms of mental representation and self/other orientation in the child. We conclude that relational consciousness and its social framework commends a pedocentric, community-based approach to religious education.
Clinical utility of the 512-Hz Rinne tuning fork test.

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to examine the reliability of the 512-Hz Rinne tuning fork test to detect conductive hearing losses. The effects of tester experience, the use of masking, and the interpretation of equivocal (+/-) Rinne results on test reliability also were examined. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective. SETTING Private otology practice. PATIENTS 1,000 adult patients (2,000 ears) seen for their initial otologic evaluation. INTERVENTIONS Diagnostic. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Sensitivity of the 512-Hz Rinne tuning fork test was assessed by comparing tuning fork results with the pure-tone average air-bone gap. RESULTS Results showed the 512-Hz Rinne tuning fork test could be very effective at detecting conductive hearing losses when performed by an experienced tester and when masking was used. Sensitivity was lower when masking was not used and lowest when the Rinne was performed by a less-experienced tester. Sensitivity for all groups was improved by interpreting equivocal results as indicating a conductive loss. CONCLUSIONS Despite reports of poor reliability, the 512-Hz Rinne tuning fork test can be an important tool in an otology practice for the detection of conductive hearing losses and for confirming audiometric findings. In primary care settings, the Rinne would be most effective as part of a screening program for conductive hearing losses, but not as the sole indicator for referral.
Distributed Representations for Biological Sequence Analysis

Biological sequence comparison is a key step in inferring the relatedness of various organisms and the functional similarity of their components. Thanks to the Next Generation Sequencing efforts, an abundance of sequence data is now available to be processed for a range of bioinformatics applications. Embedding a biological sequence over a nucleotide or amino acid alphabet in a lower dimensional vector space makes the data more amenable for use by current machine learning tools, provided the quality of embedding is high and it captures the most meaningful information of the original sequences. Motivated by recent advances in the text document embedding literature, we present a new method, called seq2vec, to represent a complete biological sequence in an Euclidean space. The new representation has the potential to capture the contextual information of the original sequence necessary for sequence comparison tasks. We test our embeddings with protein sequence classification and retrieval tasks and demonstrate encouraging outcomes.
On the Determination of Social Action in Space and Time

This paper is a preliminary attempt to work out what a nonfunctionalist social theory which still retains the crucial element of determination would look like. The paper is therefore arranged in the following way. A general synoptic overview of modern social theory leads to a consideration of the four major concerns of what I will call the structurationist ‘school’. I will argue that these four concerns are crucial to any nonfunctionalist Marxist social theory which must take into account not only ‘compositional’ determinations but also the ‘contextual’ determinations involved in the constitution of subjectivity. In the final section of the paper I outline a programme which is intended to show what this social theory might look like when extended to the smaller scale and to the consideration of unique events. The concerns of human geographers are integral to this programme, and this programme is integral to the concerns of human geography.
Query refinement for multimedia similarity retrieval in MARS

During the past few years, content-based multimedia retrieval has become one of the most active areas of research. Unlike traditional database queries, content-based multimedia retrieval queries are imprecise in nature which makes it di cult for users to express their exact information need in the form of a precise query right away. A typical interface allows the user to express her information need by selecting examples of objects similar to the ones she wishes to retrieve. Such a user interface requires mechanisms to learn the query representation from the examples. In this paper, we present the query re nement approach used in the Multimedia Analysis and Retrieval System (MARS) for learning query representations through relevance feedback. The proposed technique uses query expansion towards modifying the query representation. In query expansion, in each iteration of feedback, the relevant objects are added to the query and non-relevant ones are removed. We compare it with approaches based on query point movement proposed in our previous work. We propose e cient query evaluation techniques for processing similarity queries and re ned queries in MARS. Our experiments show that query expansion signi cantly outperforms the query point movement approach in both in terms of retrieval e ectiveness and execution cost.
The Hobbyist and the Girlfriend Experience: Behaviors and Preferences of Male Customers of Internet Sexual Service Providers

This study provides descriptive information about the background characteristics, sexual preferences, attitudes, and motives of men (N = 584) who locate and contract with female Internet Sexual Service Providers (ISSP) for paid sex acts through a prostitute review site on the Web. The questionnaire-based findings showed these men preferred the “girlfriend experience” or GFE over all other personal qualities and behaviors. The study contributes to our understanding of a rapidly emerging category of men who seek sexual services on-line and their desire for mutuality and excitement in a provider who is willing to replicate some aspects of a conventional, non-remunerative romantic relationship.