Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Method in madness: case studies in cognitive neuropsychiatry

Section A: Introduction. J.C. Marshall, P.W. Halligan, Towards a Cognitive Neuropsychiatry. E. Weinstein, Reduplicative Misidentification Syndromes. Section B: Who Are You? H.D. Ellis, T.K. Szulecka, The Disguised Lover: A Case of Fregoli Delusion. P.W. Burgess, D. Baxter, M. Rose, N. Alderman, Delusional Paramnesic Misidentification. H.D. Ellis, K.M. Leafhead, Raymond: A Study of an Adult with Asperger Syndrome. Section C: Who am I? A.P. McKay, P.J. McKenna, K. Laws, Severe Schizophrenia: What is it Like? A. David, R. Kemp, L. Smith, T. Fahy, Split Minds: Multiple Personality and Schizophrenia. A.W. Young, K.M. Leafhead, Betwixt Life and Death: Case Studies of the Cotard Delusion. A.J. Parkin, The Alien Hand. Section D: Where Was I? C. Luzzatti, R. Verga, Reduplicative Paramnesia for Places with Preserved Memory. S.D. Sala, R. Freschi, F. Lucchelli, S. Muggia, H. Spinnler, Retrograde Amnesia: No Past, New Life. Section E: What Do I Believe? P.W. Halligan, J.C. Marshall, The Wise Prophet Makes Sure of the Event First: Hallucinations, Amnesia and Delusions. C. Cahill, C. Frith, False Perceptions or False Beliefs? Hallucinations and Delusions in Schizophrenia.
Violence against women in France: the context, findings and impact of the Enveff survey?

The Enveff survey, commissioned by the Service des Droits de femmes in 1997, and which was undertaken by the French State Secretary of Women’s Rights, is the first national survey to be carried out on this subject in France. The primary aim of the Enveff survey was to gauge the frequency of the different types of interpersonal violence directed against adult women in the different areas of their lives (couple, family, work, public places). All kinds of violence – verbal, psychological, physical and sexual – were taken into account, regardless of the perpetrator. Whatever the type of violence reported, in the three domains (public space, work, home), the youngest women – between 20 and 24 years old – claimed to have suffered more violence than their elders. It is behind the closed doors of a couple’s relationship that most physical violence is perpetrated.
Exploring the Meaning and Use of Science Content Integration.

Science content integration, or the simultaneous teaching of science with other subjects during learning activities, has been explored by multiple studies. However, due to a lack of consensus on its definition, it was difficult for educators in a local school district to discuss and evaluate the effectiveness of this instructional technique. This qualitative collective case study, based on a constructivist theoretical foundation, centered on the questions of how teachers defined and used science content integration, and perceptions of impediments to its use. Participants were five teachers in a suburban elementary school. The sources of data for this study were interviews, audio recordings of lessons, and teacher documents in the form of lesson plans. Data analysis was conducted through multiple coding procedures, allowing the emergence of themes. Data analysis showed that participants’ beliefs and practices differed according to age levels and developmental needs of their students. Implications for positive social change include building from this study to provide content integration-based professional development, common planning time, and suitable materials to improve teachers’ capacity to integrate science content into instruction. Exploring the Meaning and Use of Science Content Integration
The Effects of Exercise in a Coronary Rehabilitation Programme

Twenty-two male and female patients who had recently suffered a myocardial infarction were randomly assigned to a treatment group who participated in a 10-week exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation programme or a routine care group who did not participate in the rehabilitation programme. Physiological and psychological function were assessed before the programme started and after it finished. Results indicated that the treatment group did not improve physiological functioning more than the control group but they did evidence statistically significant improved psychological functioning. This investigation appears to be the first attempt to assess the potential benefits of an exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation programme in Glasgow and supports the suggestion that exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation has psychological benefits.
AUTOMATIC CHANGE DETECTION FOR VALIDATION OF DIGITAL MAP DATABASES

In almost all areas of our society there is an increasing need for up to date digital map databases. Traditionally, different manual, labour intensive and hence costly methods have been used for map updating, with the change detection for the updating being by far the most complex and expensive part. In this paper an automatic change detection method is presented and evaluated. The method only considers changes in the buildings theme, but it can be extended to other object classes. The aim is the development of an efficient change detection procedure for database maintenance in a production environment. The method is based on classification principles and combines an unsupervised and a supervised classification in order to determine the spectral response of the building class and thus locate potential buildings. The result is filtered by a height filter to refine the result. The method is evaluated on building registrations from the Danish TOP10DK map database. The test case presented in the paper is from a residential suburban area. The method detects almost all changes due to demolished buildings whereas only a smaller part of the new buildings are detected. This is primarily due to the use of a very special roofing material. The method leads to a number of false alarms, which to a large degree can be eliminated by refinements of the algorithm or by introduction of additional information e.g. infra-red images or texture measures.
The Internationalisation Process of the Smaller Firm: An Examination of the Craft Microenterprise

This work involves an examination of the internationalisation process of the smaller firm, focusing on the craft enterprise in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Craft sector analysis was carried out in order to determine historical precedents as well as to assist in the identification of industry and firm level factors impinging upon domestic and export market behaviour. A range of internationalisation theories are discussed, with the conclusion that the majority of these frameworks fail to readily explain smaller firm exporting behaviour. More recent developments such as the born global firm, the instant international and networking for internationalisation are deemed more appropriate fits for smaller firm internationalisation research. Quantitative results identify the majority of craft firms as microenterprises with almost one half operating as a single person business. Qualitative analysis enabled profiling of craft firm types to be carried out. Four orientations are uncovered: the entrepreneur, the idealist, the lifestyler and the latecomer. A composite framework of the factors uncovered in the analysis is constructed in order to better explain the process of smaller firm internationalisa- tion.
Study on Tear Function Abnormality in Pterygium

The purpose of this study was to determine whether there is any abnormality in the tear function in patients with pterygium. Eighty-four patients with pterygia (56 with unilateral and 28 with bilateral involvement) and 45 healthy controls were entered in the study. Schirmer’s test, breakup time test and mucus fern test were applied to both eyes of the subjects. This was a prospective, comparative and interventional study. Tear function test results between the eyes with pterygium and controls were compared. They were similar in the eyes with or without pterygium. There were no tear function abnormalities in pterygium.
Efficiency Wages and Subjective Performance Pay

This paper studies optimal relational contracts in motivating workers in a market setting. We find that labor markets with higher turnover costs will use more subjective performance pay and less efficiency wages and that in those markets, the total wage payment is lower and the equilibrium employment level is higher. Surprisingly, under certain conditions, an increase in turnover costs leads to higher social welfare. Incorporating workers’ search costs, we show that wages are procyclical in booms and are either rigid or countercyclical during recessions. The predictions of the model are consistent with some empirical evidence. (JEL D82, J33, J41, J63)
California Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways ( PATH ) UC Berkeley Title : Robust Multiple Car Tracking With Occlusion Reasoning

In this work we address the problem of occlusion in tracking multiple 3D objects in a known environment and propose a new approach for tracking vehicles in road tra c scenes using an explicit occlusion reasoning step. We employ a contour tracker based on intensity and motion boundaries. The motion of the contour of the vehicles in the image is assumed to be well describable by an a ne motionmodel with a translation and a change in scale. A vehicle contour is represented by closed cubic splines the position and motion of which is estimated along the image sequence. In order to employ linear Kalman Filters we decompose the estimation process in two lters: one for estimating the a ne motion parameters and one for estimating the shape of the contours of the vehicles. Occlusion detection is performed by intersecting the depth ordered regions associated to the objects. The intersection part is then excluded in the motion and shape estimation. This procedure also improves the shape estimation in case of adjacent objects since occlusion detection is performed on slightly enlarged regions. In this way we obtain robust motion estimates and trajectories for vehicles even in the case of occlusions, as we show in some experiments with real world tra c scenes.
The effects of alcohol on automatic and controlled processing in misperceiving a weapon

Previous work from this laboratory (Bartholow, Dickter, & Sestir, 2006) showed that an acute dose of alcohol (.80 g/kg) increased expression of racial bias in a go-stop priming task by impairing control of inhibition. The current study followed up that research, using L. L. Jacoby’s (1991) process dissociation procedure (PDP) to investigate the effects of alcohol on automatic and controlled processing in a priming task designed to test for race bias.
Residential Multi-Locality Studies – The Added Value for Research on Families and Second Homes

This conceptual paper introduces key elements of residential multi-locality studies, arguing that a relational and processual analysis helps understand the interplay of mobilities and stabilities and of presences and absences which are typical of the practices of multi-local living. Based on this perspective, research on familial forms of living and on second homes is re-interpreted. It is discussed how these research fields may contribute to progress in residential multi-locality studies and, on the other hand, which of their aspects would be better highlighted through the conceptual lens of multi-locality. The epistemological added value of this perspective is seen in the sensitivity towards the emergence of new forms of living and towards the ways their stability is achieved in spite of distance. This provides deeper insight into the geographies of families in mobile societies and enables a more profound assessment of the significance of residential economies.
Theoretical implications of studying cognitive development in genetic disorders: the case of Williams-Beuren syndrome

Book synopsis: Williams-Beuren syndrome (WBS) is a genetic condition characterized by low IQ, cardiovascular malformations, dysmorphic facial features, and a striking pattern of behaviors, weaknesses, and strengths, such as musical and verbal abilities, extraordinary friendliness, empathy, and social grace. Because the typical psychological and cognitive profile is unique, examination of this syndrome sheds light on how the human brain is organized and how different aspects of cognition and behavior arise. Williams-Beuren Syndrome offers concise, comprehensive coverage of WBS research and its clinical implications, including its genetics and molecular biology, neurobiological and behavioral traits, and medical problems and their management. Each chapter emphasizes how research can be applied to clinical practice. The expertise of the volume editors ranges from pioneering research to personal experience: Colleen Morris played a key role in the breakthrough discovery of the missing elastin gene in patients with WBS; Howard Lenhoff is a biologist, an expert on WBS and musical pitch, and the parent of a WBS musical savant; Paul Wang is a pediatrician and cognitive researcher who works in the WBS community. Researchers and clinicians in genetics, pediatrics, and psychiatry/psychology will find in this volume a wealth of current information on WBS, as well as valuable insights into future research possibilities.
Universität Des Saarlandes Fachrichtung 6.1 – Mathematik Representation of Quadratic Forms

A formula for the probability of the exponents of finite p-groups A formula for the probability of the exponents of finite p-groups Abstract In this paper, I will introduce a link between the volume of a finite p-group in the Cohen-Lenstra measure and partitions of a certain type. These partitions will be classified by the output of an algorithm. As a corollary, I will give a formula for the probability of a p-group to have a specific exponent.
Spatially Organized Dynamical States in Chemical Oscillator Networks: Synchronization, Dynamical Differentiation, and Chimera Patterns

Dynamical processes in many engineered and living systems take place on complex networks of discrete dynamical units. We present laboratory experiments with a networked chemical system of nickel electrodissolution in which synchronization patterns are recorded in systems with smooth periodic, relaxation periodic, and chaotic oscillators organized in networks composed of up to twenty dynamical units and 140 connections. The reaction system formed domains of synchronization patterns that are strongly affected by the architecture of the network. Spatially organized partial synchronization could be observed either due to densely connected network nodes or through the ‘chimera’ symmetry breaking mechanism. Relaxation periodic and chaotic oscillators formed structures by dynamical differentiation. We have identified effects of network structure on pattern selection (through permutation symmetry and coupling directness) and on formation of hierarchical and ‘fuzzy’ clusters. With chaotic oscillators we provide experimental evidence that critical coupling strengths at which transition to identical synchronization occurs can be interpreted by experiments with a pair of oscillators and analysis of the eigenvalues of the Laplacian connectivity matrix. The experiments thus provide an insight into the extent of the impact of the architecture of a network on self-organized synchronization patterns.
A field study of seasonal neuronal incorporation into the song control system of a songbird that lacks adult song learning.

Adult songbirds can incorporate new neurons into HVc, a telencephalic song control nucleus. Neuronal incorporation into HVc is greater in the fall than in the spring in adult canaries (open-ended song learners) and is temporally related to seasonal song modification. We used the western song sparrow, a species that does not modify its adult song, to test the hypothesis that neuronal incorporation into adult HVc is not seasonally variable in age-limited song learners. Wild song sparrows were captured during the fall and the spring, implanted with osmotic pumps containing [3H]thymidine, released onto their territories, and recaptured after 30 days. The density, proportion, and number of new HVc neurons were all significantly greater in the fall than in the spring. There was also a seasonal change in the incorporation of new neurons into the adjacent neostriatum that was less pronounced than the change in HVc. This is the first study of neuronal recruitment into the song control system of freely ranging wild songbirds. These results indicate that seasonal changes in HVc neuronal incorporation are not restricted to open-ended song learners. The functional significance of neuronal recruitment into HVc therefore remains elusive.
Evidence for regulated monoacylglycerol acyltransferase expression and activity in human liver[S]

Intrahepatic lipid accumulation is extremely common in obese subjects and is associated with the development of insulin resistance and diabetes. Hepatic diacylglycerol and triacylglycerol synthesis predominantly occurs through acylation of glycerol-3-phosphate. However, an alternative pathway for synthesizing diacylglycerol from monoacylglycerol acyltransferases (MGAT) could also contribute to hepatic glyceride pools. MGAT activity and the expression of the three genes encoding MGAT enzymes (MOGAT1, MOGAT2, and MOGAT3) were determined in liver biopsies from obese human subjects before and after gastric bypass surgery. MOGAT expression was also assessed in liver of subjects with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) or control livers. All MOGAT genes were expressed in liver, and hepatic MGAT activity was readily detectable in liver lysates. The hepatic expression of MOGAT3 was highly correlated with MGAT activity, whereas MOGAT1 and MOGAT2 expression was not, and knockdown of MOGAT3 expression attenuated MGAT activity in a liver-derived cell line. Marked weight loss following gastric bypass surgery was associated with a significant reduction in MOGAT2 and MOGAT3 expression, which were also overexpressed in NAFLD subjects. These data suggest that the MGAT pathway is active and dynamically regulated in human liver and could be an important target for pharmacologic intervention for the treatment of obesity-related insulin resistance and NAFLD.
Hippocampus dependent and independent theta-networks ofworking memory maintenance

Working memory is the ability to briefly maintain and manipulate information beyond its transient availability to our senses. This process of short-term stimulus retention has often been proposed to be anatomically distinct from long-term forms of memory. Although it’s been well established that the medial temporal lobe (MTL) is critical to long-term declarative memory, recent evidence has suggested that MTL regions, such as the hippocampus, may also be involved in the working memory maintenance of configural visual relationships. I investigate this possibility in a series of experiments using Magnetoencephalography to record the cortical oscillatory activity within the theta frequency band of patients with bilateral hippocampal sclerosis and normal controls. The results demonstrate that working memory maintenance of configural-relational information is supported by a theta synchronous network coupling frontal, temporal and occipital visual areas, and furthermore that this theta synchrony is critically dependent on the integrity of the hippocampus. Alternate forms of working memory maintenance, that do not require the relational binding of visual configurations, engage dissociable theta synchronous networks functioning independently of the hippocampus. In closing, I will explore the interactions between long-term and short-term forms of memory and demonstrate that through these interactions, memory performance can effectively be improved.
A Samuelsonian Validation Test for Happiness Data

There is growing interest in the use of subjective well-being data, such as survey questions about happiness and life satisfaction. The existing validation tests determine whether these subjective measures have a positive correlation with objective measures of well-being, such as suicide rates and frequency of smiling. We propose an alternative test consisting of three steps: using regression analysis to infer preferences from subjective well-being data; using those estimated parameters to predict how a rational utility-maximizer individual should have acted; and comparing predicted behavior with actual behavior. This validation test can be compelling for economists, because it compares decision utility (i.e., preferences inferred from behavior) to reported utility (i.e., preferences inferred from self-reported well-being). We provide an application of this test based on a model of food consumption, estimated with one of the most widely used measures of subjective well-being: life satisfaction. We find that, across individuals, a one percentage point increase in the actual expenditure share is associated with a 0.76 (SE 0.196) increase in the share predicted by life satisfaction. Additionally, life satisfaction performs significantly better than other objective and subjective measures of well-being (e.g., income, satisfaction with income). The evidence suggests that life satisfaction offers some useful information about experienced utility.
Classic Miniature Fractal Monopole Antennae for UWB Applications; Modification of The Feeding Structures of Fractal Antenna for Improving Performances

The composition of Co-Planar Waveguide (CPW) feeding with conventional standing fractal monopole antenna using the Penta-Gasket-Khoch (PGK) is introduced. For better insight, this antenna is compared to simple fed using the same radiation element. The return loss of main design achieves a good input impedance match and linear phase of S11 throughout the pass-band (3.2-11 GHz). Simulated impulse response of main antenna is about 0.6 ns i.e. a low distortion magnitude in input UWB signal. The measured pattern of antenna displays good mono-polar mode radiation and the gain is found to be stable in most of the transmission band. This antenna is very suitable for applications over Ultra-WideBand (UWB) systems.
Development and Validation of Pre-service Teachers' Personal Epistemologies of Teaching Scale (PT-PETS)

Yu, Ji Hyun. Ph.D., Purdue University, December 2013. Development and Validation of Pre-service Teachers’ Personal Epistemologies of Teaching Scale (PT-PETS). Major Professor: Peggy Ertmer. The Internet has changed not only how we conceptualize knowledge, but also how we learn in classroom. Knowledge is not any longer transmitted from experts to nonexperts, but is constructed through communication, collaboration, and integration among a network of people. In this context, teachers are expected to facilitate student-centered learning by helping students to construct knowledge through higher-order thinking rather than reproduce a series of facts. Although a growing body of research suggests that teachers’ beliefs about the nature of knowledge and the process of knowing, that is personal epistemology, are related to their teaching and their students’ learning, little work has done to examine its role of teachers’ personal epistemologies in preparing future generations of teachers. The purpose of this study was to develop and validate an instrument designed to assess pre-service teachers’ personal epistemologies of teaching (PT-PETS). The PTPETS was administered to two samples of pre-service teachers. Factor analysis of the results revealed a multidimensional construct composed of three factors: Construction of Teaching Knowledge, Contextuality of Teaching Knowledge, and Complexity of Teaching Knowledge. The Construction of Teaching Knowledge consists of 9 items (i.e.,