Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Parented Emotion: A Study of Adult-Children's Emotion Socialization and Family Communication Patterns

Using the General Theory of Family Communication Patterns (FCPT) and Emotion Regulation Theory (ERT) of Meta-emotion, Parenting, and Child Outcomes, this dissertation sought to investigate adults‟ emotion socialization in their family of origin through an examination of multiple family schemata. Furthermore, the interactions of parental meta-emotions, family communication patterns, and family communication environments were investigated. Two surveys were used in this study. First, 228 adultchildren across two universities in the western United States responded to items retrospectively describing the family communication patterns and family communication environments within their home of origin during their adolescence. Additionally, adultchildren described the meta-emotion philosophies of their parents during the adult-child‟s adolescence. Analysis of the data revealed a positive association between emotion coaching (EC) and conversation orientation, as well as positive associations between emotion dismissing (ED) and both conversation and conformity orientations. In examining meta-emotion philosophies across FCP family types, unique interactions were observed across levels of EC, ED, conversation orientation, and conformity orientation. Notably, conversation and conformity orientations acted as reciprocal suppressor variables of ED within consensual families. Further, ED was undifferentiated across pluralistic, protective, and laissez-faire families. Levels of EC were undifferentiated between consensual and pluralistic families, and levels of EC were also undifferentiated iii between protective and laissez-faire families. Expressiveness and conflict avoidance were both predictive of EC, while all three family communication environments were predictive of ED. A second survey compared the perspectives of 63 adult-children recalling how they were parented against the perspectives of their primary caregivers recalling how they parented their child during adolescence. Adult-child and caregiver perspectives were undifferentiated in how they recalled levels of ED, however, caregivers recalled higher levels of EC than their adult-children. These results indicate the complexity of family schemata and how they influence family communication. Moreover, explaining levels of ED versus EC may be more complex than describing family expressivity or levels of interaction amongst family members. Lastly, the overall investigation of family schemata offers a unique description of family emotional environments. The implications of the results for FCPT, ERT, and family communication research, limitations, and directions for further research were also discussed.
Serum bilirubin levels on ICU admission are associated with ARDS development and mortality in sepsis

Background: Hyperbilirubinaemia is a common complication of sepsis. Elevated bilirubin may induce inflammation and apoptosis. It was hypothesised that increased serum bilirubin on Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admission contributes to sepsis-related acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Methods: Serum bilirubin on ICU admission was measured in 1006 patients with sepsis. Serial serum bilirubin was analysed prospectively in patients with sepsis who had ARDS for a period of 28 days. The effects of clinical factors and variants of the UGT1A1 gene on serum bilirubin levels were determined. Outcomes were ARDS risk and mortality. Results: During 60-day follow-up, 326 patients with sepsis developed ARDS, of whom 144 died from ARDS. The hyperbilirubinaemia (⩾2.0 mg/dl) rate in patients with ARDS (22.4%) was higher than in those without ARDS (14.1%, p = 0.002). For each 1.0 mg/dl increase in admission bilirubin, ARDS risk and 28- and 60-day ARDS mortalities were increased by 7% (OR = 1.07; p = 0.003), 20% (OR = 1.20; p = 0.002) and 18% (OR = 1.18; p = 0.004), respectively. Compared with subjects with bilirubin levels <2.0 mg/dl, patients with hyperbilirubinaemia had higher risks of ARDS (OR = 2.12; p = 0.0007) and 28-day (OR = 2.24; p = 0.020) and 60-day ARDS mortalities (OR = 2.09; p = 0.020). In sepsis-related ARDS, serial bilirubin levels in non-survivors were consistently higher than in survivors (p<0.0001). Clinical variables explained 29.5% of the interindividual variation in bilirubin levels, whereas genetic variants of UGT1A1 contributed 7.5%. Conclusion: In sepsis, a higher serum bilirubin level on ICU admission is associated with subsequent ARDS development and mortality.
Myelin-Specific Cd8 T Cells in the Pathogenesis of Experimental Allergic Encephalitis and Multiple Sclerosis

Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) serves as the prototypic model for T cell–mediated autoimmunity. EAE has striking similarities with the human disease acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, a complication seen with vaccination and after certain viral infections. EAE has been used as
Value of procalcitonin as a biomarker for postoperative hospital-acquired pneumonia after abdominal surgery

Background Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) is a common complication after abdominal surgery. The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP) as early biomarkers for the diagnosis of postoperative HAP after abdominal surgery. Methods This study was conducted on 100 patients undergoing abdominal surgery. White blood cell counts, highest body temperature, and serum levels of CRP and PCT were recorded preoperatively and daily postoperatively until postoperative day (POD) 5. Chest radiography was performed preoperatively and daily postoperatively until POD 5. Results HAP was diagnosed in 14% of patients. Regarding the biomarkers studied after POD 1, CRP and PCT were significantly higher in patients with HAP than in those without HAP (P < 0.05). On POD 2, PCT had higher sensitivity and specificity (84% and 72%, respectively) than those for CPR (70% and 60%, respectively). The cut-off value of PCT on POD 2 was 1.4 ng/ml. On POD 3, 4, and 5, the sensitivity and specificity of PCT and CRP were not significantly different. Conclusions PCT and CRP are accurate biomarkers for early prediction of postoperative HAP after abdominal surgery. The diagnostic ability of PCT was significantly better than that of CRP on POD 2. After POD 2, the diagnostic ability was not significantly different between the biomarkers.
Chlamydia trachomatis and risk of prevalent and incident cervical premalignancy in a population-based cohort.

BACKGROUND Cofactors might affect the risk of the rare progression from infection with carcinogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) to cervical premalignancy to invasive cancer. Some studies have observed that Chlamydia trachomatis infection is associated with increased risk for cervical cancer. In a large prospective cohort, we assessed the role of C trachomatis in cervical premalignancy and addressed confounding by HPV. METHODS We identified 182 women with prevalent and 132 women with incident histological cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 (CIN2), grade 3 (CIN3), or cervical cancer (CIN2+) in the Costa Rica HPV Natural History Study. Control subjects were 995 (approximately 10% of the 10 049) subjects who were randomly selected from the same study. Cervical HPV status at enrollment was determined by MY09/MY11 polymerase chain reaction amplification and dot-blot hybridization. The presence of C trachomatis DNA in cervical exfoliated cells at enrollment was determined by a novel serovar-specific polymerase chain reaction-based C trachomatis detection and genotyping assay. Plasma drawn at enrollment from each subject was used to determine C trachomatis immunoglobulin G (IgG) status. Logistic regression was used to examine the association between C trachomatis and CIN2+, taking into account possible confounding by HPV. RESULTS C trachomatis positivity at enrollment was associated with CIN2+ and concurrent and subsequent carcinogenic HPV infection. To account for confounding by HPV status, we restricted the analysis to women positive for carcinogenic HPV DNA at enrollment and found no association between C trachomatis status (as assessed by DNA or IgG) at enrollment and combined prevalent and/or incident CIN2+ (for C trachomatis DNA positivity, odds ratio = 0.77, 95% confidence interval = 0.42 to 1.41; for C trachomatis seropositivity, odds ratio = 1.09, 95% confidence interval = 0.85 to 1.41). CONCLUSIONS We found no association between C trachomatis status, as assessed by DNA or IgG, and risk of cervical premalignancy, after controlling for carcinogenic HPV-positive status. Previous positive associations between C trachomatis and cervical premalignancy could have been caused, in part, by an increased susceptibility to HPV infection.
Polymorphic splitting: an effective polyvariant flow analysis

This article describes a general-purpose program analysis that computes global control-flow and data-flow information for higher-order, call-by-value languages. The analysis employs a novel form of polyvariance called polymorhic splitting that uses let-expressions as syntactic clues to gain precision. The information derived from the analysis is used both to eliminate run-time checksand to inline procedure. The analysis and optimizations have been applied to a suite of Scheme programs. Experimental results obtained from the prototype implementation indicate that the analysis is extremely precise and has reasonable cost. Compared to monovariantflow analyses such as 0CFA, or analyses based on type inference such as soft typing, the analysis eliminates significantly more run-time checks. Run-time check elimination and inlining together typically yield a 20 to 40% performance improvement for the benchmark suite, with some programs running four times as fast.
Increasing rates of ice mass loss from the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets revealed by GRACE

We use monthly measurements of time‐variable gravity from the GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) satellite gravity mission to determine the ice mass‐loss for the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets during the period between April 2002 and February 2009. We find that during this time period the mass loss of the ice sheets is not a constant, but accelerating with time, i.e., that the GRACE observations are better represented by a quadratic trend than by a linear one, implying that the ice sheets contribution to sea level becomes larger with time. In Greenland, the mass loss increased from 137 Gt/yr in 2002–2003 to 286 Gt/yr in 2007–2009, i.e., an acceleration of −30 ± 11 Gt/yr2 in 2002–2009. In Antarctica the mass loss increased from 104 Gt/yr in 2002–2006 to 246 Gt/yr in 2006–2009, i.e., an acceleration of −26 ± 14 Gt/yr2 in 2002–2009. The observed acceleration in ice sheet mass loss helps reconcile GRACE ice mass estimates obtained for different time periods.
Diverse expression patterns of LIM‐homeodomain transcription factors (LIM‐HDs) in mammalian inner ear development

LIM‐homeodomain transcription factors (LIM‐HDs) are essential in tissue patterning and differentiation. But their expression patterns in the inner ear are largely unknown. Here we report on a study of twelve LIM‐HDs, by their tempo‐spatial patterns that imply distinct yet overlapping roles, in the developing mouse inner ear. Expression of Lmx1a and Isl1 begins in the otocyst stage, with Lmx1a exclusively in the non‐sensory and Isl1 in the prosensory epithelia. The second wave of expression at E12.5 includes Lhx3, 5, 9, Isl2, and Lmx1b in the differentiating sensory epithelia with cellular specificities. With the exception of Lmx1a and Lhx3, all LIM‐HDs are expressed in ganglion neurons. Expression of multiple LIM‐HDs within a cell type suggests their redundant function. Developmental Dynamics 237:3305–3312, 2008. © 2008 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Bayesian Deep Convolution Belief Networks for Subjectivity Detection

Subjectivity detection aims to distinguish natural language as either opinionated (positive or negative) or neutral. In word vector based convolutional neural network models, a word meaning is simply a signal that helps to classify larger entities such as a document. Previous works do not usually consider prior distribution when using sliding windows to learn word embedding's and, hence, they are unable to capture higher-order and long-range features in text. In this paper, we employ dynamic Gaussian Bayesian networks to learn significant network motifs of words and concepts. These motifs are used to pre-train the convolutional neural network and capture the dynamics of discourse across several sentences.
Probabilistic Neural Network Training for Semi-Supervised Classifiers

In this paper, we propose another version of help-training approach by employing a Probabilistic Neural Network (PNN) that improves the performance of the main discriminative classifier in the semi-supervised strategy. We introduce the PNN-training algorithm and use it for training the support vector machine (SVM) with a few numbers of labeled data and a large number of unlabeled data. We try to find the best labels for unlabeled data and then use SVM to enhance the classification rate. We test our method on two famous benchmarks and show the efficiency of our method in comparison with pervious methods.
Sequence of Pedal Peptide: Nervous System of Aplysia Novel Neuropeptide Central

We report the identification of a novel neuropeptide from Ap/ysia nervous tissue. The peptide was termed Pedal peptide (Pep) because it was predominantly synthesized in the pedal ganglia. Pep was purified and sequenced from pooled extracts of pedal ganglia. The following sequence was proposed: Pro-Leu-Asp-Ser-Val-Tyr-Gly-Thr-His-Gly-Met-SerGly-Phe-Ala. Enzymatic hydrolysis procedures indicated that Pep had a free carboxyl terminal. A peptide with the proposed sequence was synthesized and compared with the native peptide. Chromatographic properties of the 2 peptides under 3 different conditions were compared and found to be identical. Electrophysiological responses to the 2 peptides were compared on an identified neuron in the abdominal ganglia and found to be qualitatively and quantitatively very similar. Both peptides produced net inward currents that were associated with a decrease in membrane conductance. The results from these 2 procedures confirmed that the proposed Pep sequence was correct. Quantitative measurements of the incorporation of %-methionine into Pep suggest that cell bodies that synthesize Pep were present predominantly in the pedal ganglia but should also be found in other central ganglia as well. Pep-like immunoreactive neurons are found predominantly in the pedal ganglia and less frequently in the other ganglia (Pearson and Lloyd, 1989). Quantitatively, Pep constitutes one of the predominant peptides in the nervous system of Aplysia. Pep does not appear to be a member of any other previously identified invertebrate or vertebrate peptide family.
A new model of how celebrity endorsements work: attitude toward the endorsement as a mediator of celebrity source and endorsement effects

This research introduces attitude towards the endorsement as a mediating variable in the relationships between celebrity source and endorsement factors and brand attitude. It also includes perceived celebrity motive, a variable rarely studied in the previous literature, as an endorsement factor. In a survey study, respondents evaluated four celebrity endorsement campaigns. Mediation analyses show that attitude towards the endorsement mediates the effects of three variables on brand attitude; these variables are celebrity expertise, celebrity–brand fit, and perceived celebrity motive. Moreover, results show that if consumers perceive that the celebrity was motivated to do the endorsement not only by money but also by product quality, this has a significant positive effect on attitude towards the brand.
Environmental responsibilty and green IT: An institutional perspective

A recent Gartner Research report found that environmental concerns are increasingly exercising the minds of business and IT executives. This is reflected in the growing interest in the adoption of environmentally responsible approaches to the deployment, operation and use of IT. However, for the majority of firms, issues of cost reduction and energy efficiency appear to predominate. This paper argues that whether it is an interest in Green IT or in cost reduction, the concerns of business and IT managers are modulated by regulative, normative, and cultural-cognitive influences in the institutional environment. The study therefore applies institutional theory to develop a series of theoretical propositions which specify the effect that such influences have in shaping environmental responsibility in organisations. Important as such a theoretical contribution may be, there are, however, the pressing practical imperatives of formulating Green IT strategies, achieving energy efficiencies, and reducing carbon footprints—thus, the study also contributes to a practical understanding of the complex institutional influences at play in shaping such imperatives.
Articulated Soft Objects for Multiview Shape and Motion Capture

We develop a framework for 3D shape and motion recovery of articulated deformable objects. We propose a formalism that incorporates the use of implicit surfaces into earlier robotics approaches that were designed to handle articulated structures. We demonstrate its effectiveness for human body modeling from synchronized video sequences. Our method is both robust and generic. It could easily be applied to other shape and motion recovery problems.
Torsion groups of elliptic curves over quadratic fields

We describe methods to determine all the possible torsion groups of an elliptic curve that actually appear over a fixed quadratic field. We use these methods to find, for each group that can appear over a quadratic field, the field with the smallest absolute value of it's discriminant such that there exists an elliptic curve with that torsion. We also examine the interplay of the torsion and rank over a fixed quadratic field and see that what happens is very different than over $\Q$. Finally we give some results concerning the number and density of fields with an elliptic curve with given torsion over them.
Broadband compact microstrip patch antenna design loaded by multiple split ring resonator superstrate and substrate

Abstract We present microstrip patch antenna loaded with multiple split ring resonator substrate and superstrate. We analyze how the loading of split ring resonator superstrate and substrate can improve the bandwidth compared to the simple microstrip patch antenna and microstrip patch antenna loaded with split ring resonator superstrate. Another important observation is made for multiple split ring resonator loading in superstrate and substrate of microstrip patch antenna. The design is compared for two, three, and four-ring split ring resonator loading. The designs are also compared for different gap spacing between the rings. All three designs are compared for small gap and large gap between the rings. The design results in the form of reflection coefficient and bandwidth is presented in this manuscript. The design results are also compared with previously published designs.
Bullying victimisation and psychosis: The interdependence and independence of risk trajectories

Summary A number of studies have noted an association between being the victim of bullying and psychotic symptoms. We offer an overview of the topic, focusing especially on a developmental perspective. We highlight the results of the latest studies on psychosis across the continuum and its relationship with bullying. Then we summarise the three main explanatory models investigated: developmental, biological and cognitive. We recommend that bullying in psychosis requires careful study of the developmental trajectories involved, and that research should now focus on how personal, social and biological factors interact. LEARNING OBJECTIVES • Consider a spectrum of psychosis rather than a dichotomous concept of the disease (present/absent) • Understand that, by preventing bullying, it may also be possible to prevent the development of psychotic symptoms • Reflect that psychotherapy helps to integrate past stressful experiences with current symptoms, providing an alternative interpretation of them
Essays on tax compliance, economic behavior and linguistic relativity

This dissertation presents three essays on tax compliance, economic behavior and linguistic relativity. In Chapter 1, I explore the existing literature of behavioral and experimental economics, as well as multi-agent simulation models applied to tax compliance. The analysis begins with the presentation of the classical models of expected utility theory and the discussion of the limitations arising with the assumption of full rationality. During the last decades, the inclusion of institutions, social norms and psychological factors in laboratory experiments have revealed numerous interesting insights to policymakers. However, given the complexity and the size of the research, I propose the use of agent-based simulation models as flexible tools when accounting for existing findings and to explore new research horizons. Some examples of computer-simulated agent-based models applied to the tax evasion problem are presented. Chapter 2 tests the Reduction of Compound Lotteries Axiom in a tax evasion experiment. When the probability of audit and the probability of detection are considered separately, we find violations of the reduction axiom and thus of the assumption that tax payers are expected utility maximizers. Our results call for a reconsideration of existing theoretical models on individual tax compliance. Finally, Chapter 3 is an interdisciplinary study of the role of language to economic behavior. In particular, we test if a more intense use of the Irrealis mood, i.e., the verb form that expresses potential situations, in an individual’s spoken language impacts on their attitude towards risk by giving linguistic salience to the concept of uncertainty. We find that the use of Irrealis mood is positively and significantly related to the level of risk aversion. We use our findings to assess the role of (instrumented) risk aversion in investment decisions.
Effect of two insect growth regulators on the ecdysteroid contents in eggs of the mealworm

RH-0345 (halofenozide), a bisacylhydrazine derivative, is a nonsteroidal ecdysteroid agonist that mimics the action of the moulting hormones, while KK-42, an imidazole compound, is a potent inhibitor of ecdysteroid biosynthesis. Previous results suggested that the observed reduction of ecdysteroid titre, leading to a reduction of reproductive capacity in the mealworm Tene- brio molitor, is due to the direct and rapid action of KK-42 on ecdysteroid biosynthesis. Moreover, RH-0345 was found to increase ecdysteroid production and partially reverse the effects on reproductive events induced by KK-42. Therefore, the present study evaluates the effects of these two insect growth regulators (IGRs) on egg ecdysteroids in mealworms. The IGRs were applied topi- cally (10µg/insect) on newly-emerged adult females. A qualitative and quantitative analysis of ecdysteroids from pooled freshly laid eggs was made by an enzyme-immunoassay (EIA) using two specific antibodies, the rat monoclonal EC 19 antibody to meas- ure for 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E) and the rabbit polyclonal B antibody for ecdysteroids. EIA measurements confirmed the pres- ence of free ecdysteroid and 20E in control and treated series. In addition, the conjugated ecdysteroids were predominant in eggs of untreated mealworms. RH-0345 increased the amounts of 20E relative to the free ecdysteroids. In contrast, KK-42 reduced the amounts of total ecdysteroids, but had no significant effect on the relative hormonal composition of free and conjugated ecdyster- oids.