Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Modern Learning Methods for HRD: The Clinical Legal Education (CLE) Approach[C]

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how professional skills training in making ethical decisions for redundancy selection, can be utilised though interactive role play, in a virtual learning environment.Design/methodology/approach – A pilot study was undertaken with a group of part time mature students pursuing a professional development programme. The pilot was based on the CLE concept using a virtual learning environment (VLE) and involved ethical decision making in a redundancy scenario. Data was gathered through the VLE “log” and through a focus group interview.Findings – Evidence is provided of the suitability of the CLE approach in this context. Additionally, the findings suggest that the use of a virtual learning environment for CLE raises a number of different issues for the management and motivation of participants. Virtual interaction of this nature creates different timescales, degrees of confidence and levels of anonymity than found with more traditional face‐to‐face training. Th.
Knowledge and behaviour of tourists towards the sun, as studied in a region of northern Greece.

INTRODUCTION Melanoma is considered one of the most malignant cancers. Its appearance is related to various factors such as ultraviolet radiation, recurrent sunburn, and phototype. During the summer holidays approximately 14 million tourists from northern European countries visit Greece; this does not include the local tourists. AIMS To discover the extent of European visitors' awareness of the risk of sunburn. To explore the level of knowledge gained by local and foreign tourists from preventive campaigns related to the harmful effects of sun exposure. PARTICIPANTS The sample consisted of 802 travelers from northern European countries, and 726 Greeks who departed from the airport 'Megas Alexandros' during August and September 2002. METHODS A structured questionnaire was used to gain data about demographics, family history of skin cancer, and identification of phototype. Also requested was information about the hours of sun exposure, and the use of sunscreen (the pattern of application and its sun protective factor [SPF]). Comparisons of mean values between groups were made by Student's t-test, and the association between categorical variables was tested by Pearson's chi(2). Regression analysis was performed to examine the influence of different factors on the likelihood of being sunburned. RESULTS The majority of foreigners belonged to phototype II or III, while the Greek tourists belonged to phototype III. Foreigners had a higher tendency to burn and a lower tendency to tan. Of the total sample, women presented a higher prevalence of sunburn (p <0.05), and they used sunscreen more frequently (p <0.001) than men did (p <0.001), in both groups. The mean SPF used was 17.3 (SD = 8.98) for the foreigners and 16.0 (SD = 2.0) for the Greeks. The media was the main source of information for both groups. Multiple regression analysis showed that skin type was significantly associated with a high probability of sunburn (p <0.001). Moreover, freckles (p <0.05) were a predictive factor for future sunburn. CONCLUSIONS Our study showed that skin type is the most important predictor of future sunburn. The role of the primary care physician is to promote and encourage healthy habits, including attitude towards sun exposure. Increased susceptibility to sun-induced damage of persons with phototypes I and II mandates their identification as a target group in all media campaigns.
Slavoj Žižek: A Little Piece of the Real

Contents: Introduction : locating Zizek as critical theorist -- 1. On Zizek's expanded notion of ideology -- 2. Western (European) modernity and its discontents -- 3. Lack in the other -- 4. Zizek's ticklish subject -- 5. Does Zizek have a critical social theory of contemporary capitalism? -- 6. Taking sides : what is left in Zizek? (the abyss of freedom? )
Modular curves of genus 2

We prove that there are exactly 149 genus two curves C defined over Q such that there exists a nonconstant morphism π : X1 (N) → C defined over Q and the jacobian of C is Q-isogenous to the abelian variety Af attached by Shimura to a newform f ∈ S2(Γ1(N)). We determine the corresponding newforms and present equations for all these curves.
IL-6 controls Th17 immunity in vivo by inhibiting the conversion of conventional T cells into Foxp3+ regulatory T cells

The conditions leading to the induction of adaptive Foxp3+ regulatory T cells (T-regs) from peripheral T cells in vivo are incompletely understood. Here, we show that unresponsiveness of T cells to IL-6 by T cell-selective deletion of gp130 or immunization of wild-type mice with antigen in incomplete Freund's adjuvant (IFA), which fails to induce IL-6, promotes the conversion of peripheral CD4+ T cells into adaptive Foxp3+ T-regs. Thus, both T cell-conditional gp130 knockout (KO) mice immunized with MOG35-55 in complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA) and wild-type mice immunized with MOG35-55 in IFA develop overwhelming antigen-specific T-reg responses and are protected from experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). Depletion of T-regs restores T helper (Th)17 responses and clinical EAE in MOG/CFA-immunized T cell-conditional gp130 KO mice, but not in MOG/IFA-immunized wild-type mice. We conclude that in the absence of T-regs, IL-6 signaling is dispensable for the induction of Th17 cells, and alternative pathways exist to induce Th17 cells and EAE in the absence of IL-6 signaling. However, IL-6 signaling is dominant in inhibiting the conversion of conventional T cells into Foxp3+ T-regs in vivo, and in the absence of IL-6 signaling, no other cytokine can substitute in inhibiting T-reg conversion. These data identify IL-6 as an important target to modulate autoimmune responses and chronic inflammation.
Assessment of an Enterovirus Sewage Surveillance System by Comparison of Clinical Isolates with Sewage Isolates from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Collected August 1994 to December 2002

ABSTRACT The quantity and serotypes of enteroviruses (EVs) in the influent of a local sewage treatment plant were compared to local clinical EV cases to determine if testing of sewage is adequate for an EV surveillance system. The study was carried out from August 1994 to December 2002. Monthly influent specimens were processed by organic flocculation, and dilutions of concentrate were inoculated onto a number of different cell types for virus isolation. EVs were detected in 88 of 100 monthly influent samples. Sewage EV titers were calculated by using software provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for most-probable-number determination. All 1,068 sewage EV isolates were further grouped (echovirus, coxsackievirus B, coxsackievirus A, or poliovirus) by cell culture host range analysis (growth pattern of isolates on passage to seven cell lines), and 39.0% of the 1,022 EV isolates categorized as non-poliovirus EVs were specifically serotyped. For clinical cases, primary virus isolation tests were performed on specimens submitted by local hospitals and EV isolates submitted by hospitals were serotyped. Clinical EVs were documented for 81 of the 100 months studied. In all, 694 EV isolates from clinical cases were serotyped. Annually, between 4 and 11 different serotypes of non-poliovirus EVs were identified in sewage and from 9 to 19 different non-poliovirus EV serotypes were identified from clinical specimens. Usually, the most commonly detected sewage EV serotypes were similar to the most commonly detected clinical serotypes; e.g., for 1997, echovirus 6 accounted for 53.1% of the typed sewage isolates and 39.4% of the clinical infections, while in 1998, echovirus 30 accounted for 50.0 and 46.1%, respectively. In 1999, 60.3% of the EVs from clinical cases and 79.7% of the sewage isolates were echovirus 11; in 2000, 33.3% of the EVs from clinical cases and 40.7% of the sewage isolates were coxsackievirus B5; and in 2001, 44.1% of the EVs from clinical cases and 36.2% of the sewage isolates were echovirus 13. Annual peaks of both sewage EV titers and clinical cases occurred in late summer or early fall. In some years, early spring sewage EVs portended some of the EVs that would predominate clinically during the following summer.
Patterns and Consequences of Judicial Reversals: Theoretical Considerations and Data from a District Court

An important but mainly unexamined topic for understanding court systems is the effect of reversals on the decision making of lower-court judges. Specifically, we do not know whether lower-court judges alter their patterns of decision making in response to reversals by higher courts. This question is important, as reversal is an important tool that higher courts can use to induce lower courts to implement legal policy. The assumption that lower-court judges learn from and respond to reversals is an important factor in the theoretical cohesiveness of the American court system. Using the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia as the basis for a study, I find support for the notion that judges react to reversals by changing their decision-making patterns in predictable ways.
Lumaco: La cristalización del movimiento autodeterminista mapuche

El primero de diciembre de 1997 en un camino rural de la comuna de Lumaco, un grupo de comuneros incendio tres camiones de Forestal Arauco remeciendo la Region de La Araucania. El acontecimiento genero un salto cualitativo en la continuidad de una politizacion del pueblo Mapuche gestada desde los inicios de la transicion democratica. Lumako, marco una nueva etapa en el movimiento y en la historia del pueblo Mapuche, brotando con mayor claridad el proyecto enclavado en la autodeterminacion. Fue el inicio de un desarrollo ideologico de un sector del pueblo Mapuche que senalo su anti capitalismo como un eje articulador, y a la resistencia, se simbolizo en la irrupcion de la violencia politica como instrumento para la reconstruccion de lo que llamaron Wallmapu.
MSW Student Perceptions of the Efficacy and Ethics of Internet-Based Therapy

This study reports on the results of a survey of 378 MSW students that asked about their attitudes regarding the efficacy and the ethics of online psychotherapeutic services (e-therapy). The students’ perceptions varied considerably, but there was a moderately strong association between the belief that the ethical requirements of practice can be met online and positive attitudes about the efficacy of e-therapy. Students had little direct experience with e-therapy and generally did not discuss the issue in practice classes. Implications for social work education are discussed and suggestions are made for incorporating e-therapy content into the practice curriculum.
Ever at the ready for events that never happen

ABSTRACT Stress, whether daily stress, work stress or traumatic stress, is unhealthy. This lecture covers three recent theoretical approaches in explaining the mechanisms underlying the influence of psychological stress on somatic health. It is argued that stress research should focus less on stressors themselves and put more emphasis on prolonged stress responses. Three mechanisms are identified that cause this unhealthy prolonged stress response: first, the partly-proven mechanism of perseverative cognition; second, the mechanism of unconscious stress, which is currently being explored; and third, the notion of the stress response being a default response that is inhibited only when safety is perceived. All three mechanisms are deeply rooted in millions of years of our evolution. Although the dangers of the past have virtually disappeared, many of us remain ever at the ready for events that never happen.
Circulating levels of prolactin and progesterone in a wild population of red kangaroos (Macropus rufus) Marsupialia: Macropodidae.

Circulating progesterone and prolactin levels were measured in shot and live-caught wild red kangaroos using radioimmunoassays validated for the red kangaroo. The objective of the study was to correlate hormone profiles with reproductive status and determine if red kangaroos follow the general pattern elucidated for other macropodids. During Phase 2a lactation ( < 70 days) plasma progesterone concentrations were < 189 pg/ml (n = 41). This value increased to > 600 pg/ml (n = 32) during the transition to Phase 3 lactation (181 to 235 days) when the quiescent corpus luteum and embryo were reactivated. Progesterone concentrations then decreased to < 300 pg/ml (n = 29) during dual lactation when females were suckling a neonate and a young at foot. Concentrations of prolactin during Phase 2a were < 6 ng/ml (n = 17). Coincident with the period of reactivation of the diapausing blastocyst (181 to 235 days), plasma prolactin concentrations increased to 15 ng/ml (n = 32), then decreased and remained low through the subsequent stage of dual lactation. These results indicate that progesterone and prolactin profiles in wild red kangaroos follow patterns found previously in other macropodid species, the tammar and Bennett's wallabies.
Invariant manifolds and asymptotic properties of adaptive nonlinear stabilizers

A classical question in adaptive control is that of convergence of the parameter estimates to constant values in the absence of persistent excitation. The author provides an affirmative answer for a class of adaptive stabilizers for nonlinear systems. Then the author studies their asymptotic behavior by considering the problem of whether the parameter estimates converge to stabilizing values-the values which would guarantee stabilization if used in a nonadaptive controller. The author approaches this problem by studying invariant manifolds and shows that except for a set of initial conditions of Lebesgue measure zero, the parameter estimates do converge to stabilizing values. Finally, the author determines a (sufficiently large) time instant after which the adaptation can be disconnected at any time without destroying the closed-loop system stability.
Contingencies of Self-Worth and Social-Networking-Site Behavior

Social-networking sites like Facebook enable people to share a range of personal information with expansive groups of "friends. " With the growing popularity of media sharing online, many questions remain regarding antecedent conditions for this behavior. Contingencies of self-worth afford a more nuanced approach to variable traits that affect self-esteem, and may help explain online behavior. A total of 311 participants completed an online survey measuring such contingencies and typical behaviors on Facebook. First, exploratory factor analyses revealed an underlying structure to the seven dimensions of self-worth. Public-based contingencies explained online photo sharing (β = 0.158, p < 0.01), while private-based contingencies demonstrated a negative relationship with time online (β = -0.186, p < 0.001). Finally, the appearance contingency for self-worth had the strongest relationship with the intensity of online photo sharing (β = 0.242), although no relationship was evident for time spent managing profiles.
Evolution and phylogeny of Wolbachia: reproductive parasites of arthropods

Wolbachia are cytoplasmically inherited bacteria found in reproductive tissues of many arthropod species. These bacteria are associated with reproductive alterations in their hosts, including parthenogenesis, reproductive incompatibility and feminization. A fine-scale phylogenetic analysis was done using DNA sequences from ftsZ, a rapidly evolving bacterial cell-cycle gene. ftsZ sequences were determined for 38 different Wolbachiastrains from 31 different species of insects and one isopod. The following results were found: (i) there are two major division of Wolbachia (A and B) which diverged 58-67 millions years before present based upon synonymous substitution rates; (ii) a general concordance is found between the ftsZ and 16S rDNA phylogenies, indicating that these represent bacterial strain (rather than simply gene) phylogenies; however, a possible example of recombination between A and B division bacteria may have occurred in the feminizing Wolbachia present in an isopod; (iii) extensive horizontal transmission of Wolbachia has occurred between insect taxa, including different insect orders; one strain in particular (designated Adm) shows extensive recent horizontal transmission; (iv) there is an association between the Wolbachiafound in a parasitic wasp (Nasonia) and its fly host (Protocalliphora), suggesting exchange of bacteria between these species; (v) parthenogenesis induction has evolved several times among the Wolbachia; and (vi) some insects harbour infections with more than one Wolbachia strain, even within individual insects.
Chemotherapy-induced adverse drug reactions in oncology patients: A prospective observational survey

Abstract Background: Chemotherapy, a multimodal approach to oncological treatment, involves highly complex regimens and hence accounts to high susceptibility toward adverse drug reactions (ADRs). The present study aims to determine the prevalence of adverse events in patients treated with chemotherapy. Materials and Methods: Spontaneous ADR report of patients on antineoplastic drugs received in the past 2 years (January 2011-January 2013) were studied. These reports were analyzed for various carcinomas under treatment, medications used, types of ADRs, organ system involvement, severity, causality assessment, and preventability. Results: Over a period of 2 years, a total 591 cases were received with an incidence of 58.6%. The prevalence of ADRs was more in female patients (73.6%) as compared to men. ADRs mostly occurred in the age group of 41-50 years (27.4%). Patients treated for breast carcinoma (39.1%) reported the highest incidence of ADRs. Cisplatin (19.6%) was found to be the most common offending drug. The most common ADR reported was nausea and vomiting (23%). Gastroenterology (40.1%) was the most affected system. About 50.2% of the ADRs required treatment and 12.9% ADRs were considered serious. Causality assessment revealed that 80% of the ADRs were possible. About 86.97% cases were found to be mild, and 51% were not preventable. Conclusion: The success of chemotherapy comes with the word of caution regarding toxicities of antineoplastic drugs. Pharmacovigilance of these drugs needs to be explored, and use of preventative measures needs to be enhanced in order to reduce the incidence and severity of ADRs.
Circulating cell-free DNA in serum as a biomarker of colorectal cancer

Aims The aim of this study was to report circulating cell-free DNA using ALU247 and ALU247/ALU115 biomarkers in serum of operated and non-operated patients with colorectal cancer (CRC). Methods To undertake this, 90 blood samples were collected, including 30 samples from healthy volunteers; 27 samples from CRC non-operated patients and 33 samples from CRC-operated patients. Circulating cell-free DNA was verified through quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) using ALU115 and ALU247 primers. Results With regard to the ALU115-qPCR biomarker, the increased levels of circulating cell-free DNA in serum of non-operated patients were significant when compared with control (p<0.05). Moreover, levels of ALU247-qPCR biomarker were statistically significant between non-operated versus operated and non-operated versus control groups (p=0.000). With regard to the ALU247/115-qPCR biomarker, significant differences were observed between control versus non-operated patients (p=0.019), operated versus non-operated patients (p=0.005) and control versus operated patients (p=0.043). Conclusions Thus, the ALU247 and ALU247/ALU115-qPCR biomarkers may be important in detecting and monitoring CRC patients in both early and late stages.
Channel measurements over 802.11a-based UAV-to-ground links

We analyze unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-to-ground links for an 802.11a-based small quadrotor UAV network with two on-board antennas via a set of field experiments. The paper presents our first results toward modeling the uplink and downlink channel and provide the path loss exponents for an open field and a campus scenario. We illustrate the impact of antenna orientation on the received signal strength and UDP throughput performance for different heights, yaws, and distances. When both antennas are horizontal (parallel to the flight direction plane), yaw differences can be handled, whereas a vertical antenna can assist against signal loss due to tilting of the UAV during acceleration/deceleration. Further work is required to analyze fading as well as UAV-UAV links in a multi-UAV network.
MODEL-DRIVEN AND DATA-DRIVEN APPROACHES USING LIDAR DATA: ANALYSIS AND COMPARISON

: Following the development of 3D data acquisition techniques like digital photogrammetry, remote sensing and airborne laser scanning, the automatic building modelling is still a challenging task. Indeed, it takes a growing place in many research fields like 3D city modelling, cartographic analysis, urban planning, visualization and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) database construction. Generally, two types of approaches characterize the automatic building reconstruction. The first one is a model-driven approach. This parametric modelling approach consists of searching the most appropriate model among basic building models contained in a models library. The second one is a data-driven approach, also called non-parametric modelling approach. This technique attempts to model a primitive or a complex building by using series of more or less complex operations. It allows the generation of a model without belonging to a specific library. After an extensive state of the art, this paper confronts methods belonging to each type of automatic building construction approach. Based on a concrete experiment, the essential points characterizing each approach, including their concept and the obtained model characteristics are analysed. It is of great interest to study these issues, since not many of such investigations have been made before and have delivered the useful formulas. Consequently, improvements are introduced and have led to develop a new method for each approach. After comparison of the accuracy of these two methods and the characteristics of the resulting models, some solutions and recommendations are proposed.
Affective handshake with a humanoid robot: How do participants perceive and combine its facial and haptic expressions?

This study presents an experiment highlighting how participants combine facial expressions and haptic feedback to perceive emotions when interacting with an expressive humanoid robot. Participants were asked to interact with the humanoid robot through a handshake behavior while looking at its facial expressions. Experimental data were examined within the information integration theory framework. Results revealed that participants combined Facial and Haptic cues additively to evaluate the Valence, Arousal, and Dominance dimensions. The relative importance of each modality was different across the emotional dimensions. Participants gave more importance to facial expressions when evaluating Valence. They gave more importance to haptic feedback when evaluating Arousal and Dominance.