Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Brazilian version of a lifestyle questionnaire: translation and validation for young adults.

BACKGROUND Inappropriate lifestyles have been responsible for the leading causes of mortality. The purpose of the Fantastic Lifestyle Questionnaire is to help physicians involved in health prevention to identify and assess their patients' lifestyles. OBJECTIVE To translate and validate the Fantastic Lifestyle Questionnaire for use with young adults. METHODS The process of translation into Portuguese and validation consisted of four steps: 1) translation; 2) correction and semantic adaptation by professional experts (judges); 3) content validation; and 4) a final evaluation by the target population. The statistical analyses used were Cronbach's alpha to measure internal consistency reliability, intra-class correlation coefficient (R) for external consistency, and the Kappa index to test construct validity. RESULTS Cronbach's alpha coefficient measured the correlation between items and the total was 0.69, which is considered reasonable for an instrument designed to evaluate a latent variable that can only be estimated and not measured. When the items were grouped into domains, it was possible to verify that they all contributed equally to the stability of the questionnaire (alpha=0.60). The external consistency evaluated by intra-class correlation was R=0.92 (p=0.2), which demonstrates a high degree of reproducibility; the construct validity of 4 and 3 categories was 75 and 80.7% with Kappa indices of 0.58 and 0.7, respectively, which show an excellent discriminatory classificatory capacity. CONCLUSION The Fantastic Lifestyle Questionnaire has an adequate internal and external consistency for evaluating young adult lifestyles, and it can be recommended for primary care and epidemiological studies.
Instant mesh deformation

We present an interactive mesh deformation technique based on parametric curve manipulation. A set of lines sketched over the projection of the mesh model is used to create parametric curves, which can be interactively manipulated, thus deforming the associated surfaces. Such curves can be further combined to create skeletons in a simple way, providing some extra control over the deformation process. Additionally, parametric curves can be automatically extracted from suggestive contours, allowing the deformation to be performed directly on visually-important details of the model. A major advantage of our technique is that it requires no preprocessing, allowing users to immediately produce visually-pleasing mesh deformations while using an intuitive interface. This makes it a good choice for artistic prototyping, as well as for casual users. We demonstrate that, despite its conceptual simplicity, it is quite general, producing results that are visually similar to the ones obtained with more sophisticated and computationally-intensive mesh deformation and skinning techniques.
The Influence of Angle of View on Perceptions of Culpability and Vehicle Speed for a Computer-Generated Animation of a Road Traffic Accident

Some early research examining the use of computer-generated animation (CGA) in legal settings [e.g., Kassin, S. , & Dunn, M.A. (1997). Computer-animated displays and the jury: facilitative and prejudicial effects. Law and Human Behaviour, 21, 269–281] has suggested that whilst this type of evidence can be beneficial, it can also exhibit a strong prejudicial effect upon estimations of plausibility and accuracy. To address these problems, Feigenson and Dunn propose a number of key areas for further exploration and this experiment examined the extent to which a different angle of view can affect people's perceptions of culpability [Feigenson, N. , & Dunn, M.A. (2003). New visual technologies in court: directions for research. Law and Human Behaviour, 27, 109–126]. Results indicated that, when viewing an animated sequence depicting a two-vehicle automobile collision, the three viewpoints presented (overhead, facing and internal) had a significant impact upon these judgements. No differences were found for estimations of vehicle speed. The results suggest that caution should be taken when presenting such evidence in court to address the potential for CGA to bias judgements depending upon the angle of view presented.
Cancer in the News: Religious Themes in News Stories about People with Cancer

The prevalence of religious themes in 258 news stories of 382 people with cancer is reported in a study of the anglophone press. Such themes are rare, even in news reports from the USA, where other indicators suggest a high level of religiosity in the population. For the 35 people where religious themes are present, religion is portrayed as a marginal set of beliefs. Thus religious belief is associated with membership of a minority ethnic group, outmoded traditional authority, a matter of last resort after medicine has failed, or as childlike. Nevertheless, people with cancer are portrayed as preoccupied with issues of responsibility and moral character that have traditionally been addressed in religious discourse. The view that these preoccupations are addressed by depicting cancer as a psychological journey is considered.
Inhibition of Dendritic Cell Maturation and Function Is Independent of Heme Oxygenase 1 but Requires the Activation of STAT31

The induction of heme oxygenase 1 (HO-1) by a single treatment with cobalt protoporphyrin (CoPPIX) protects against inflammatory liver failure and ischemia reperfusion injury after allotransplantation. In this context, the HO-1-mediated inhibition of donor-derived dendritic cell maturation and migration is discussed as one of the key events of graft protection. To investigate the poorly understood mechanism of CoPPIX-induced HO-1 activity in more detail, we performed gene expression analysis in murine liver, revealing the up-regulation of STAT3 after CoPPIX treatment. By using wild-type and HO-1-deficient dendritic cells we demonstrated that LPS-induced maturation is dependent on STAT3 phosphorylation and independent of HO-1 activity. In summary, our observations revise our understanding of the anti-inflammatory properties of HO-1 and highlight the immunomodulatory capacity of STAT3, which might be of further interest for targeting undesired immune responses, including ischemia reperfusion injury.
Effective Straggler Mitigation

Redundancy for straggler mitigation, originally in data download and more recently in distributed computing context, has been shown to be effective both in theory and practice. Analysis of systems with redundancy has drawn significant attention and numerous papers have studied pain and gain of redundancy under various service models and assumptions on the straggler characteristics. We here present a cost (pain) vs. latency (gain) analysis of using simple replication or erasure coding for straggler mitigation in executing jobs with many tasks. We quantify the effect of the tail of task execution times and discuss tail heaviness as a decisive parameter for the cost and latency of using redundancy. Specifically, we find that coded redundancy achieves better cost vs. latency and allows for greater achievable latency and cost tradeoff region compared to replication and can yield reduction in both cost and latency under less heavy tailed execution times. We show that delaying redundancy is not effective in reducing cost.
Adaptive FEC-based error control for Internet telephony

Excessive packet loss rates can dramatically decrease the audio quality perceived by users of Internet telephony applications. Previous results suggest that error control schemes using forward error correction (FEC) are good candidates for decreasing the impact of packet loss on audio quality. However, the FEC scheme must be coupled to a rate control scheme. Furthermore, the amount of redundant information used at any given point in time should also depend on the characteristics of the loss process at that time (it would make no sense to send much redundant information when the channel is loss free), on the end to end delay constraints (destination typically have to wait longer to decode the FEC as more FEC information is used), on the quality of the redundant information, etc. However, it is not clear given all these constraints how to choose the "best" possible redundant information. We address this issue, and illustrate the approach using an FEC scheme for packet audio standardized in the IETF. We show that the problem of finding the best redundant information can be expressed mathematically as a constrained optimization problem for which we give explicit solutions. We obtain from these solutions a simple algorithm with very interesting features, namely (i) the algorithm optimizes a subjective measure (such as the audio quality perceived at a destination) as opposed to an objective measure of quality (such as the packet loss rate at a destination), (ii) it incorporates the constraints of rate control and playout delay adjustment schemes, and (iii) it adapts to varying loss conditions in the network (estimated online with RTCP feedback). We have been using the algorithm, together with a TCP-friendly rate control scheme and we have found it to provide very good audio quality even over paths with high and varying loss rates. We present simulation and experimental results to illustrate its performance.
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Observations of Broadband Acoustic Backscattering From Nonlinear Internal Waves: Assessing the Contribution From Microstructure

In this paper, measurements of high-frequency broadband (160-590 kHz) acoustic backscattering from surface trapped nonlinear internal waves of depression are presented. These waves are ideal for assessing the contribution from oceanic microstructure to scattering as they are intensely turbulent. Almost coincident direct microstructure measurements were performed and zooplankton community structure was characterized using depth-resolved net sampling techniques. The contribution to scattering from microstructure can be difficult to distinguish from the contribution to scattering from zooplankton using a single narrowband frequency as microstructure and zooplankton are often colocated and can have similar scattering levels over a range of frequencies. Yet their spectra are distinct over a sufficiently broad frequency range, allowing broadband backscattering measurements to reduce the ambiguities typically associated with the interpretation of narrowband measurements. In addition, pulse compression signal processing techniques result in very high-resolution images, allowing physical processes that are otherwise hard to resolve to be imaged, such as Kelvin-Helmholtz shear instabilities. In this study, high-resolution acoustic observations of multiple nonlinear internal waves are presented and regions with distinct scattering spectra are identified. Spectra that decrease in level across the available frequency band were highly correlated to regions of intense turbulence and high stratification, and to Kevin-Helmholtz shear instabilities in particular. Spectra that increase in level across the available frequency band were consistent with scattering dominated by small zooplankton. Simple inversions for relevant microstructure parameters are presented. Limitations of, and improvements to, the broadband system and techniques utilized in this study are discussed.
Cooperation, coordination and complementarity in international peacemaking: the Tajikistan experience

The Tajik peace process that led to the peace agreement in 1997 represents a relatively unknown but noteworthy case of successful international peacemaking in the post-cold war era. The reasons for the success, among others, were close cooperation and effective coordination on the part of a wide variety of external actors involved, as well as the resulting complementarity among their various roles. This article begins with an analysis of how interested parties, including Russia and Iran, the UN, the OSCE, the CIS and the unofficial dialogue succeeded in developing cooperation among them, based on shared interests and commitments. The article then focuses on the role of the UN as a lead coordinator in promoting such cooperation. The last part of the article discusses what complementarity effects were brought to the peace process as a result of cooperation and coordination, as well as what potential problems were averted that might otherwise have arisen.
Cognitive Lock‐In Effects on Consumer Purchase Intentions in the Context of B2C Web Sites

The perspective of power law of practice and human capital model asserts that cognitive search costs, cognitive transaction costs, and cognitive switching costs are three lock-in mechanisms that a business-to-consumer (B2C) Web site holds to retain customers. Whether the ability of customer value or the lock-in mechanism is more dominant for retaining online shoppers has received recent attention, but remains unresolved in the literature. This study sheds light on perceived value and cognitive lock-in to develop a research model to predict consumer purchase intentions. Empirical results obtained from a survey of customers of a B2C Web site are used to examine the proposed model. Implications of cognitive lock-in and product cues for increasing purchase intentions are also discussed.
Photoacoustic microscopy

Photoacoustic microscopy (PAM) is a hybrid in vivo imaging technique that acoustically detects optical contrast via the photoacoustic effect. Unlike pure optical microscopic techniques, PAM takes advantage of the weak acoustic scattering in tissue and thus breaks through the optical diffusion limit (∼1 mm in soft tissue). With its excellent scalability, PAM can provide high‐resolution images at desired maximum imaging depths up to a few millimeters. Compared with backscattering‐based confocal microscopy and optical coherence tomography, PAM provides absorption contrast instead of scattering contrast. Furthermore, PAM can image more molecules, endogenous or exogenous, at their absorbing wavelengths than fluorescence‐based methods, such as wide‐field, confocal, and multi‐photon microscopy. Most importantly, PAM can simultaneously image anatomical, functional, molecular, flow dynamic and metabolic contrasts in vivo. Focusing on state‐of‐the‐art developments in PAM, this Review discusses the key features of PAM implementations and their applications in biomedical studies.
Are personal innovativeness and social influence critical to continue with mobile commerce?

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report a study investigating the impact of personal innovativeness in information technology (PIIT) and social influence on user continuance intention toward mobile commerce (m-commerce) in the USA. Design/methodology/approach – A survey was conducted among undergraduate and graduate mobile users in a regional university. Structural equation modeling procedures were deployed to analyse 323 valid data points. Findings – The study found that among well-educated m-commerce users, user personal innovativeness as measured by PIIT and perceived usefulness, the determinants of initial adoption, remain as strong determinants of user continuance intention. PIIT also remains as the antecedent of perceived ease of use. Social influence has changed the pattern of influence on continuance intention. Research limitations/implications – This study is unable to investigate m-commerce user expectations and satisfaction levels. The small and convenient sample does not offer guarant.
Effect of Aging on Hedonic Appreciation of Pleasant and Unpleasant Odors

Does hedonic appreciation evolve differently for pleasant odors and unpleasant odors during normal aging? To answer this question we combined psychophysics and electro-encephalographic recordings in young and old adults. A first study showed that pleasant odorants (but not unpleasant ones) were rated as less pleasant by old adults. A second study validated this decrease in hedonic appreciation for agreeable odors and further showed that smelling these odorants decreased beta event-related synchronization in aged participants. In conclusion, the study offers new insights into the evolution of odor hedonic perception during normal aging, highlighting for the first time a change in processing pleasant odors.
Analyses of Simple Hybrid Algorithms for the Vertex Cover Problem

Hybrid methods are very popular for solving problems from combinatorial optimization. In contrast, the theoretical understanding of the interplay of different optimization methods is rare. In this paper, we make a first step into the rigorous analysis of such combinations for combinatorial optimization problems. The subject of our analyses is the vertex cover problem for which several approximation algorithms have been proposed. We point out specific instances where solutions can (or cannot) be improved by the search process of a simple evolutionary algorithm in expected polynomial time.
A 10-year retrospective study of suicide in Sikkim, India: Sociodemographic profile and risk assessment

Objective: The present study had been undertaken to investigate the sociodemographic profile of individuals who had committed suicide in Sikkim which may throw light on the vulnerable groups. Materials and Methods: Ten-year suicide data (2006–2015) obtained from Police Headquarters, Crime Branch, Gangtok, have been statistically evaluated to study the sociodemographic profile. Results: The results showed that out of 1604 suicide cases recorded for the past 10 years, 1051 were males (65.5%) and 553 (34.5%) were females. Suicide was found to be common among the age group of 21–30 years (24.4%), Rai community (15.8%), population of rural areas (82.6%), and among the population of eastern districts (50.6%). Hanging (94.8%) was found to be the most common method adopted for suicide. Conclusion: The study provides preliminary information about the vulnerable groups for suicide in the state which may be vital for taking necessary steps for its prevention shortly.
Differential Conduction Velocity Regulation in Ipsilateral and Contralateral Collaterals Innervating Brainstem Coincidence Detector Neurons

Information processing in the brain relies on precise timing of signal propagation. The highly conserved neuronal network for computing spatial representations of acoustic signals resolves microsecond timing of sounds processed by the two ears. As such, it provides an excellent model for understanding how precise temporal regulation of neuronal signals is achieved and maintained. The well described avian and mammalian brainstem circuit for computation of interaural time differences is composed of monaural cells in the cochlear nucleus (CN; nucleus magnocellularis in birds) projecting to binaurally innervated coincidence detection neurons in the medial superior olivary nucleus (MSO) in mammals or nucleus laminaris (NL) in birds. Individual axons from CN neurons issue a single axon that bifurcates into an ipsilateral branch and a contralateral branch that innervate segregated dendritic regions of the MSO/NL coincidence detector neurons. We measured conduction velocities of the ipsilateral and contralateral branches of these bifurcating axon collaterals in the chicken by antidromic stimulation of two sites along each branch and whole-cell recordings in the parent neurons. At the end of each experiment, the individual CN neuron and its axon collaterals were filled with dye. We show that the two collaterals of a single axon adjust the conduction velocities individually to achieve the specific conduction velocities essential for precise temporal integration of information from the two ears, as required for sound localization. More generally, these results suggest that individual axonal segments in the CNS interact locally with surrounding neural structures to determine conduction velocity.
A conversational robot in an elderly care center: An ethnographic study

This paper reports an ethnographic study on the use of a conversational robot. We placed a robot for 3.5 months in an elderly care center. Assuming a real deployment scenario, the robot was managed by a single non-programmer person during the field trial, who teleoperated the robot and updated the contents. The robot was designed to engage in daily greetings and chatting with elderly people. Through the ethnographic approach, we clarified how the elderly people interacted with this conversational robot, how the deployment process adopted to introduce the robot was designed, and how the organization's personnel involved themselves in this deployment.
Introduction: Music and Migration

Attention to migration and the activities of migrants have added vigour to studies of a range of cultural phenomena from literature and film to architecture and food. Music is particularly interesting as it is one of the widest spread and most easily created forms of cultural production. Ethnomusicology has long been attentive to processes and results of migration but it is only relatively recently that this has had an impact on studies of migration more broadly. As an introduction to the special issue, this article reviews literature, sets out a typology for considering the relationship between music and migration, and contextualises the papers in this collection.
mitoBKCa is encoded by the Kcnma 1 gene , and a splicing sequence de fi nes its mitochondrial location

PERSPECTIVE Correction for “Theory of mass-independent fractionation of isotopes, phase space accessibility, and a role of isotopic symmetry,” by Rudolph A. Marcus, which appeared in issue 44, October 29, 2013, of Proc Natl Acad Sci USA (110:17703–17707; first published June 28, 2013; 10.1073/pnas.1213080110). The author notes that, on page 1, middle column, lines 11–16 “Fewer accidental resonances mean less energy sharing and so less statistical behavior with a consequence that they are in equilibrium with the population of accessible states of O3 * at low pressures, as discussed later. ” should instead appear as “Fewer accidental resonances mean less energy sharing and so less statistical behavior with a consequence of a shorter lifetime of O3 * at low pressures, as discussed later. ” On page 2, middle column, first full paragraph, lines 11–14 “This major difference in the pressure effect indicates a difference in the role of the collisions in these two distant phenomena. ” should instead appear as “This major difference in the pressure effect indicates a difference in the role of the collisions in these two distinct phenomena. ” On page 3, middle column, first paragraph, lines 4–7 “The overall deviation from statistical theory for the recombination rate constant was (N. Ghaderi) perhaps a factor of 2. ” should instead appear as “The overall deviation from statistical theory for the recombination rate constant was (N. Ghaderi) less than a factor of 2. ” On page 3, middle column, first full paragraph, lines 22–26 “Any chaos in the form of higher-order resonances within a volume element h would be coarse gained and so presumably contribute to quantum chaos. ” should instead appear as “Any chaos in the form of higher-order resonances within a volume element h would be coarse gained and so presumably not contribute to quantum chaos. ” Both the online article and the print article have been corrected.