Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Emotional language is all right: Emotional prosody reduces hemispheric asymmetry for linguistic processing

ABSTRACT In an influential paper, Bryden and MacRae [(1989). Dichotic laterality effects obtained with emotional words. Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology, and Behavioral Neurology, 1, 171–176] introduced a dichotic listening task that allowed for the assessment of linguistic and prosodic processing asymmetries using the same stimuli. The task produces a robust right ear advantage (REA) for linguistic processing (identifying a target word), and a left ear advantage for emotional processing (identifying a target prosody). Here, we adapted this paradigm to determine whether and how the presence of emotional prosody might modulate hemispheric asymmetry for linguistic processing. Participants monitored for a target word among dichotic stimuli consisting of two different words, but spoken in the same emotional prosody—neutral, angry, happy, sad, or fearful. A strong REA was observed when the words were spoken in neutral prosody, which was attenuated for all the emotional prosodies. There were no differences in the ear advantage as a function of valence or discrete emotion, indicating that all emotions had similar effects. Findings are consistent with the hypothesis that the right hemisphere is better able to process speech when it carries emotional prosody. Implications for understanding of right hemisphere language functions are discussed.
OVER-WINTERING GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF MIXED-SEX AND MONO-SEX NILE TILAPIA Oreochromis niloticus IN THE NORTHEASTERN BANGLADESH

The study was conducted to assess the over-wintering growth performance of mixed-sex and mono-sex male tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus. The experiment was carried out with two treatments each with three replicates for a period of 6 months from October 2012 to March 2013 in the Field Laboratory Complex, Bangladesh Agricultural University. In the first treatment (T 1 ), mixed-sex tilapia was stocked in 3 ponds with a mean initial weight of 4.80±0.18 g. In the second treatment (T 2 ), mono-sex male tilapia was stocked in another 3 ponds with a mean initial weight of 4.81±0.20 g. Fish were fed at the rate of 6% of fish body weight at the beginning of the experiments, then the feeding rates were gradually reduced to 2% for the third month and finally increased to 3% for the rest of the period. Water parameters in terms of temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, transparency, alkalinity, ammonia and nitrite were within the range of fish farming. After 6 months of culture period, mono-sex male tilapia attained a significantly (P 0.05) difference of food conversion ratio and survival rate (%) values between the treatments. The benefit-cost ratio was calculated as 1.17 and 1.43 for mixed-sex and mono-sex male tilapia, respectively. The results suggested that it is possible to successfully culture tilapia during the winter period in Bangladesh, and the culture of mono-sex tilapia is more profitable due to its higher growth rate.
Intimacy, Autonomy, and Relationship Satisfaction in Dutch Lesbian Couples and Heterosexual Couples

Therapists generally rely on object relation theories when explaining processes in lesbian relationships. On the basis of these theories, it is assumed that women are more oriented towards intimacy than men, and that men are better at maintaining their autonomy in relationships. In this study, samples of 50 lesbian and 50 heterosexual couples were compared on self-reported intimacy and autonomy, attitudes toward intimacy and autonomy, and relationship satisfaction. Lesbian couples reported a higher degree of emotional and recreational intimacy and had a more positive attitude toward emotional intimacy than heterosexual couples. On an individual level. women in lesbian relationshius re~orted more emotional intimacy &an men and women in heteioseAal relationships, and they experienced a higher degree of recreational intimacy than heterosexual men. Women in lesbian relationships and women in heterosexual relationships placed higher value on emotional intimacy than men. Recreational, sexual, and social intimac.
It's all about me: The role of narcissism in exacerbating the relationship between stressors and counterproductive work behaviour

Although studies have found that personality variables moderate the relationship between stressors and counterproductive work behaviour, few have examined the role of narcissism and those that did have found inconsistent results. Using a sample of 515 United States employees, we found that narcissism moderated the relationships between interpersonal conflict at work and counterproductive work behaviours directed at others, and between organizational constraints and counterproductive work behaviours directed at the organization, making both relationships stronger for those high on narcissism. We also found that narcissism moderated the relationship between organizational constraints and counterproductive work behaviours directed at others. Further, we demonstrated that the grandiose exhibitionism facet of narcissism moderated these same stressor–counterproductive work behaviours relationships, whereas the facets of leadership/authority and entitlement/exploitiveness did not. Our study indicates that organizational scholars should examine narcissism as an important antecedent of work behaviour, and that research needs to consider potential differential prediction by each of its facets.
Mortality Salience and Metabolism: Glucose Drinks Reduce Worldview Defense Caused by Mortality Salience

The current work tested the hypothesis that a glucose drink would reduce worldview defense following mortality salience. Participants consumed either a glucose drink or placebo, wrote about either death or dental pain, and then completed a measure of worldview defense (viewing positively someone with pro-US views and viewing negatively someone with anti-US views). Mortality salience increased world- view defense among participants who consumed a placebo but not among participants who consumed a glucose drink. Glucose might reduce defensiveness after mortality salience by increasing the effectiveness of the self-controlled suppression of death-related thought, by providing resources to cope with mortality salience and reducing its threatening nature, or by distancing the individual from actual physical death.
Should U.S. Military Recruiters Write Off the College-Bound?

This article examines trends and relationships involving high school seniors' military service plans, their college plans, and their actual entry into military service. Crosssectional and longitudinal data from the Monitoring the Future project show that, although individuals planning to complete college are less likely than average to plan on military service, the upward trend in college plans cannot account for many of the yearto-year changes in military propensity. Moreover, it now appears that the majority of young men expecting to enter military service also expect to complete a four-year college program. Most important, planning for college does not reduce enlistment rates among high propensity males, although for some of them it may delay entry by several years. These findings suggest that educational incentives for military service are now particularly important, given the high proportions of potential recruits with college aspirations.
Genetic-algorithm programming environments

This review classifies genetic-algorithm environments into application-oriented systems, algorithm-oriented systems, and toolkits. It also presents detailed case studies of leading environments. Following Holland's (1975) original genetic algorithm proposal, many variations of the basic algorithm have been introduced. However. an important and distinctive feature of all GAs is the population-handling technique. The original GA adopted a generational replacement policy, according to which the whole population is replaced in each generation. Conversely, the steady-state policy used by many subsequent GAs selectively replaces the population. After we introduce GA models and their programming, we present a survey of GA programming environments. We have grouped them into three major classes according to their objectives: application-oriented systems hide the details of GAs and help users develop applications for specific domains; algorithm-oriented systems are based on specific GA models; and toolkits are flexible environments for programming a range of GAs and applications. We review the available environments and describe their common features and requirements. As case studies, we select some specific systems for more detailed examination. To conclude, we discuss likely future developments in GA programming environments. <<ETX>>
No change in prevalence of symptoms of COPD between 1996 and 2006 in Finnish adults – a report from the FinEsS Helsinki Study

Background The age-dependent increase of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) prevalence caused by smoking and other inhalational exposures in the general population is well-known worldwide. However, time trends are poorly known, due to lower number of high-quality studies especially following nationwide efforts on diminishing exposure levels. This study aimed to compare the prevalence of COPD symptoms and their major determinants in Finnish adults in 1996 and 2006. Methods Two identical postal surveys were conducted among two random population samples from Helsinki using identical methodologies in 1996 and 2006, with 6,062 (76%) and 2,449 (62%) participants, respectively. Results The physician-diagnoses of COPD remained at 3.7%, whereas physician-diagnoses of asthma and use of asthma medicines increased in both genders. Current smoking reduced from 33.4 to 27.3% (p<0.001), and the amount of cigarettes smoked also reduced significantly. The crude prevalence of chronic productive cough was 12.1 and 11.1%, wheezing with dyspnoea without a cold (wheezing triad) 7.3 and 7.7%, and dyspnoea grade II 13.8 and 13.6%, in 1996 and 2006, respectively. Among subjects with physician-diagnosed COPD, the prevalences of chronic productive cough and recurrent wheeze reduced significantly, from 60.6 to 40.7% and 53.5 to 38.5%, respectively. Conclusion From 1996 to 2006, the prevalence of obstructive airway symptoms common in different phenotypes of COPD did not increase in Finnish adults. This suggests that the upward trend of COPD prevalence might have reached a plateau. Current smoking and the quantities smoked diminished suggesting a wider impact of stronger legislation and smoking-cessation efforts during the Finnish National Programme for COPD.
Kinematic Analysis of Runners with Achilles Mid-Portion Tendinopathy

Background: Despite anecdotal evidence linking overpronation to the onset of Achilles tendinopathy (AT), there is little conclusive evidence of a particular movement pattern of the lower extremity associated with this injury. Therefore, the objective of the present study was to observe differences in the kinematic profiles of healthy runners (CON) and runners with mid-portion Achilles tendinopathy (ATG). Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional analysis, 48 male height and weight matched subjects were invited to participate: 27 with mid-portion Achilles tendon pain and 21 asymptomatic controls. Subjects underwent lower extremity clinical examination, then ran barefoot for 10-trials at a self-selected pace. A 3D motion capture system analysed tri-plane kinematic data for the lower extremity. Results: The ATG displayed significantly greater sub-talar joint eversion displacement during mid-stance of the running gait (13 ± 3 degrees vs. 11 ± 3 degrees; p = 0.04). Trends were observed such that the ATG showed lower peak dorsiflexion velocity (300 ± 39 degrees/s vs. 330 ± 59 degrees/s; p = 0.08) and greater overall frontal plane ankle joint range of motion (45 degrees ± 7 vs. 41 degrees ± 7; p = 0.09). Conclusion: We found an increase in eversion displacement of the sub-talar joint in runners with Achilles mid-portion tendinopathy. Based on the findings from this study, there is evidence that devices used to control sub-talar eversion may be warranted in patients with Achilles mid-portion tendinopathy who demonstrate over-pronation during mid-stance of the running gait. Level of Evidence: III, Comparative Study
Acting Naturally Unnaturally: The Performative Nature of Authenticity in Contemporary Popular Music

The notion of authenticity is ubiquitous in discussions of performance and popular culture. This paper examines the ways in which expectations of authenticity are produced through the performance and the cultural and historical context from which that performance emerges. Specifically, the essay works to interrogate issues of self-reflection and self-awareness in musical performance and the ways in which those concepts work to constitute authenticity through performance. Ultimately, the essay demonstrates the ways in which the ostensible distinction between an authentic performance and a self-consciously artificial performance is an effect of specific performance practices.
School Functioning and Disease Severity in Boys with Hemophilia

There have been few recent studies investigating the scholastic progress of children with hemophilia. The advent of PL94–142, which ensures an appropriate educational program based on a child's specific learning disabilities, and home Factor VIII therapy, which increases the hemophiliac's school attendance and sense of freedom and control, might have had a positive impact on the academic performance of these patients. We investigated past and current educational functioning of 26 boys with hemophilia, using both parental and teacher reports. Twenty-two of these children were administered reading and math achievement tests. Results indicate that school absenteeism is a continuing problem for these children, with the average hemophiliac missing 18 school days in an academic year (median = 11 school days missed); one child had missed 77% of the year. Although these boys had normal intelligence and made average grades in school, six of the 22 tested performed more than two grade levels below expectations in reading and 10 performed greater than two grade levels below expectations in math. School underachievement did not necessarily correlate with disease severity (as indicated by serum factor level), school absenteeism, or grade point average. Although eight parents indicated that their children had past or current school problems, and teachers reported that greater than 50% of the group received special tutoring or classes for learning disabled students, six out of 22 (27%) performed below expectations in either math or reading and yet had no current individual educational remediation plan. We recommend physicians collaborate with social workers, psychologists, educators, and other members of a multidisciplinary team to ensure this high-risk group of children receives anticipatory assessment of their educational progress and, whenever necessary, implementation of appropriate remedial services.
Quantised near-consensus via quantised communication links

This article develops a framework for treating multiagent consensus problems using quantised control. Specifically, we present asymmetrically and symmetrically quantised consensus protocols for multiagent dynamical systems. The proposed consensus protocols involve the exchange of quantised information between agents. Due to quantisation, the requirement for consensus is weakened to quantised near-consensus. Under certain assumptions on the network topology, the proposed protocols guarantee that the closed-loop dynamical network is Lyapunov stable and convergent to an appropriately defined set in finite time. We present a complete stability and convergence analysis, using dynamical systems theory and Lyapunov-based approaches. The quasi-robustness of the symmetrically quantised consensus protocols to slowly-varying communication errors is analysed. To the best of our knowledge this is the first time such an analysis has been presented in the literature. Several simulation examples illustrate the main results of this article.
Pulse Propagation and Time Reversal in Random Waveguides

Mode coupling in a random waveguide can be analyzed with asymptotic analysis based on separation of scales when the propagation distance is large compared to the size of the random inhomogeneities, which have small variance, and when the wavelength is comparable to the scale of the inhomogeneities. In this paper we study the asymptotic form of the joint distribution of the mode amplitudes at different frequencies. We derive a deterministic system of transport equations that describe the evolution of mode powers. This result is applied to the computations of pulse spreading in a random waveguide. It is also applied to the analysis of time reversal in a random waveguide. We show that randomness enhances spatial refocusing and that diffraction-limited focal spots can be obtained even with small-size time-reversal mirrors. The refocused field is statistically stable for broadband pulses in general. We show here that it is also stable for narrowband pulses, provided that the time-reversal mirror is large enough.
Cell cycle arrest during S or M phase generates polarized growth via distinct signals in Candida albicans

Treatments that perturb DNA synthesis or mitosis will activate checkpoints that prevent cell cycle progression and cell proliferation. In yeast‐form cells of the fungal pathogen Candida albicans, exposure to hydroxyurea (HU) or shutting off expression of the polo‐like kinase CaCDC5 blocked nuclear division and spindle elongation, but activated a highly polarized growth mode. We have used transcription profiling both to characterize the initiation and progression of this polar growth pattern and to determine how cell elongation may be linked to the cell cycle in C. albicans. Different gene expression patterns during early stages of cell elongation support the concept that CaCdc5p‐depleted and HU‐exposed cells were blocked at different stages of the cell cycle, and suggest that different signals may generate the common polarized growth phenotype. Consistent with this, BUB2 expression was modulated in CaCdc5p‐depleted cells, and absence of BUB2 prevented the maintenance of cell polarization, resulting in multibudded, pseudohyphal cells with constrictions. In contrast, HU‐induced filaments did not modulate or require BUB2, but were dependent on the GTPase Ras1p. However, at later stages of cell elongation, transcription profiles were more similar, and comparisons with serum‐induced hyphae revealed that the cell cycle‐arrested filaments expressed several targets of the hyphal signalling pathways. Thus, arresting the yeast cell cycle in S or M phase generates a polarized growth pattern through different mechanisms in C. albicans, and maintenance of the polar growth mode can ultimately lead to the expression of hyphal‐associated cell wall and virulence‐related factors, in the absence of any external stimuli.
Sparse Matrix-vector Multiplication on GPGPU Clusters: A New Storage Format and a Scalable Implementation

Sparse matrix-vector multiplication (spMVM) is the dominant operation in many sparse solvers. We investigate performance properties of spMVM with matrices of various sparsity patterns on the nVidia "Fermi" class of GPGPUs. A new "padded jagged diagonals storage" (pJDS) format is proposed which may substantially reduce the memory overhead intrinsic to the widespread ELLPACK-R scheme while making no assumptions about the matrix structure. In our test scenarios the pJDS format cuts the overall spMVM memory footprint on the GPGPU by up to 70%, and achieves 91% to 130% of the ELLPACK-R performance. Using a suitable performance model we identify performance bottlenecks on the node level that invalidate some types of matrix structures for efficient multi-GPGPU parallelization. For appropriate sparsity patterns we extend previous work on distributed-memory parallel spMVM to demonstrate a scalable hybrid MPI-GPGPU code, achieving efficient overlap of communication and computation.
Integrating a Lexicon Based Approach and K Nearest Neighbour for Malay Sentiment Analysis

Sentiment analysis or opinion mining refers to the automatic extraction of sentiments from a natural language text. Although many studies focusing on sentiment analysis have been conducted, there remains a limited amount of studies that focus on sentiment analysis in the Malay language. In this article, a new approach for automatic sentiment analysis of Malay movie reviews is proposed, implemented and evaluated. In contrast to most studies that focus on supervised or unsupervised machine learning approaches, this research aims to propose a new model for Malay sentiment analysis based on a combination of both approaches. We used sentiment lexicons in the new model to generate a new set of features to train a k-Nearest Neighbour (k-NN) classifier. We further illustrated that our hybrid method outperforms the state of-the-art unigram baseline.
Fathers' Forgiveness as a Moderator Between Perceived Unfair Treatment by a Family of Origin Member and Anger With own Children

This study examined how forgiveness mediates and moderates between fathers' perceived unfair treatment (PUT) from a family of origin member and anger with the child (AWC). Eighty married fathers who have at least one child between the ages of 2 and 7 years individually completed the Opening Questionnaire, the Enright Forgiveness Inventory, the Family of Origin Hurt Scale, the Anger With the Child Scale, and the State Trait Anger Expression Inventory-II. The moderation analysis revealed that for 20 fathers who had been hurt by their own fathers and who indicated their son as between 2 and 7 years, forgiveness significantly moderated the relationship between PUT and AWC (p = .034). These results suggest an intergenerational gender effect of forgiveness between PUT and AWC.
Effects of stimulation and suppression of cell-mediated immunity on experimental cryptococcosis

A model of cryptococcosis was developed using intraperitoneal infections of guinea pigs. This model shared characteristics with cryptococcosis in humans and was used to study the effects of immunosuppression and immunostimulation on cryptococcosis. Female guniea pigs survived longer than males; perphaps this was related to a greater capacity of their monocytes to kill cryptococci. A brief course of cortisone shortened survival of females and resulted in depressed immune and inflammatory responses, which persisted long after cortisone was stopped. Stimulation of the immune response by treatment with cryptococci in Freund complete adjuvant improved survival in males. Preliminary studies indicated the usefulness of this model for the study of other potential immunostimulants, including immune lymphocytes, transfer factor prepared from immune lymphocytes, and levamisole. Overall, long-term survivors appeared to clear disseminated cryptococci from extraperitoneal sites including brain, rather than prevent dissemination of cryptococci from the peritoneal cavity. The quantity of the inflammatory response in infectious foci, rather than the ability of individual leukocytes to kill crytococci, may have determined the outcome of most infections.