Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Aspect-Oriented Mind Mapping and Its Potential for Ontology Editing

Mind maps offer an intuitive way to visualize and organize knowledge in complex domains. They do, however, not support looking at a problem from different angles one perspective at a time. This endeavor either requires multiple maps on one topic or leads to an overly crowded and confusing web-like visualization. While web-like organization of knowledge is highly useful from a representational standpoint it brings severe drawbacks when it comes to presentation and understanding. In order to solve this dilemma, the prototype tool presented in this paper combines mind mapping with the idea of aspect-oriented representation from software engineering. It allows visualizing and editing parts of a knowledge model in an aspect-specific map-like view while retaining its underlying web-like structure. This paper explores how the tool's capability to build and edit complex domain models can be employed to use aspect-oriented mind mapping for editing ontologies as they, too, are complex web-like knowledge models. It also discusses in what ways the current interaction concept and data model has to be extended to make the tool a fully-fledged ontology editor.
An Empirical Study of Information Synthesis Task

This paper describes an empirical study of the "Information Synthesis" task, defined as the process of (given a complex information need) extracting, organizing and inter-relating the pieces of information contained in a set of relevant documents, in order to obtain a comprehensive, non redundant report that satisfies the information need.Two main results are presented: a) the creation of an Information Synthesis testbed with 72 reports manually generated by nine subjects for eight complex topics with 100 relevant documents each; and b) an empirical comparison of similarity metrics between reports, under the hypothesis that the best metric is the one that best distinguishes between manual and automatically generated reports. A metric based on key concepts overlap gives better results than metrics based on n-gram overlap (such as ROUGE) or sentence overlap.
HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM PROFILE Profile: The Chakaria Health and Demographic Surveillance System

Chakaria Health and Demographic Surveillance System (CHDSS), located on the south-eastern coast of the Bay of Bengal, was established in 1999 and is one of the field sites of International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDRB). The surveillance covers 118 315 residents living in 19 847 households. Data on socio-demographic and health indicators including birth, death, migration, marriage, maternal health, education and employment are recorded through quarterly household visits. The primary objective of CHDSS is to monitor the changes in socio-demographic indicators, inequalities in health and impact of public health interventions. A demographic change was accompanied by a shift from traditional to modern society during the past decade, but inequality in health still persists. The findings from the surveillance are shared regularly among the local and global communities. Data are also available upon request to ICDDRB and INDEPTH for use by researchers and policy makers.
Transition of Treatment for Patients with Extra-Abdominal Desmoid Tumors: Nagoya University Modality

Treatment modalities for desmoid tumors have been changed because of the high recurrence rate, even after wide resection, and some cases experience spontaneous self-regression during clinical course. The treatment modality in our institutions before 2003 was surgical resection with wide surgical margin, however, meloxicam, which is a NSAID and a selective COX-2 inhibitor has been applied consecutively since 2003. We reviewed the previously reported outcomes of surgical and conservative treatment in our institutions. Among 30 patients receiving surgical treatment, 16 (53%) recurred. Younger age (p < 0.05) was a significant poor factor. According to RECIST for meloxicam treatment, CR was in one, PR in 10, SD in eight, PD in one evaluated at 2011. Older age (p < 0.01) was significantly associated with good outcome for meloxicam treatment. Results of the previous study indicated that surgical treatment alone could not control desmoid tumors, even with negative surgical margin. Considering the functional impairment resulting from surgery with negative surgical margin, a conservative and effective treatment modality with fewer complications is desired. Conservative treatment with meloxicam is a promising novel modality for patients with extra-abdominal desmoid tumors.
Continuous deformation of the Tibetan Plateau from global positioning system data

Global positioning system velocities from 553 control points within the Tibetan Plateau and on its margins show that the present-day tectonics in the plateau is best described as deformation of a continuous medium, at least when averaged over distances of . ;100 km. Deformation occurs throughout the plateau interior by ESE-WNW extension and slightly slower NNE-SSW shortening. Relative to Eurasia, material within the plateau interior moves roughly eastward with speeds that increase toward the east, and then flows southward around the eastern end of the Himalaya. Crustal thickening on the northeast- ern and eastern margins of the plateau occurs over a zone ;400 km wide and cannot be the result of elastic strain on a single major thrust fault. Shortening there accommodates much of India's penetration into Eurasia. A description in terms of movements of rigid blocks with elastic strain associated with slip on faults between them cannot match the velocity field.
Direct peptide profiling of lateral cell groups of the antennal lobes of Manduca sexta reveals specific composition and changes in neuropeptide expression during development

The paired antennal lobes are the first integration centers for odor information in the insect brain. In the sphinx moth Manduca sexta, like in other holometabolous insects, they are formed during metamorphosis. To further understand mechanisms involved in the formation of this particularly well investigated brain area, we performed a direct peptide profiling of a well defined cell group (the lateral cell group) of the antennal lobe throughout development by MALDI‐TOF mass spectrometry. Although the majority of the about 100 obtained ion signals represent still unknown substances, this first peptidomic characterization of this cell group indicated the occurrence of 12 structurally known neuropeptides. Among these peptides are helicostatin 1, cydiastatins 2, 3, and 4, M. sexta‐allatotropin (Mas‐AT), M. sexta‐FLRFamide (Mas‐FLRFamide) I, II, and III, nonblocked Mas‐FLRFamide I, and M. sexta‐myoinhibitory peptides (Mas‐MIPs) III, V, and VI. The identity of two of the allatostatins (cydiastatins 3 and 4) and Mas‐AT were confirmed by tandem mass spectrometry (MALDI‐TOF/TOF). During development of the antennal lobe, number and frequency of ion signals including those representing known peptides generally increased at the onset of glomeruli formation at pupal Stage P7/8, with cydiastatin 2, helicostatin 1, and Mas‐MIP V being the exceptions. Cydiastatin 2 showed transient occurrence mainly during the period of glomerulus formation, helicostatin 1 was restricted to late pupae and adults, while Mas‐MIP V occurred exclusively in adult antennal lobes. The power of the applied direct mass spectrometric profiling lies in the possibility of chemically identifying neuropeptides of a given cell population in a fast and reliable manner, at any developmental stage in single specimens. The identification of neuropeptides in the antennal lobes now allows to specifically address the function of these signaling molecules during the formation of the antennal lobe network. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Develop Neurobiol, 2007.
Mediating Role of Self-Concordance on the Relationship Between Internet Altruistic Behaviour and Subjective Wellbeing

The aim of the present study was to examine the mediating effect of self-concordance on the relationship between internet altruistic behaviour (IAB) and subjective wellbeing (SWB). A total of 356 Chinese university students (159 males and 197 females) participated, using the questionnaires in the Internet Altruistic Behavior Scale (IABS), the Self-Concordance Scale (SCS) and the General Well-Being Schedule (GWBS). Correlation results indicated that IAB was positively correlated with self-concordance and SWB. The hierarchical regression analyses indicated that both IAB and self-concordance positively affect SWB. Moreover, IAB affected SWB indirectly via self-concordance, which confirmed self-concordance partially mediated the relationship between IAB and SWB. These findings extend the previous research on the association between altruism and SWB.
Extremely Rapid Variations of Water Maser Emission from the Circinus Galaxy

The water maser lines in the Seyfert nucleus of the Circinus galaxy vary on timescales as short as a few minutes. The amplitude of one line more than doubled in ≈ 10 minutes, reaching ≈ 37 Jy, which corresponded to an increase of ≈ 6 L☉, assuming isotropic emission, in a single maser feature on a size scale of about 1 AU, based on light-travel time. Other lines vary by up to about 30% on similar timescales. The variability is at least 2 orders of magnitude more rapid than any observed for other Galactic or extragalactic water masers. The intensity changes cannot be attributed easily to a mechanism of intrinsic fluctuations. The variability may be the result of strong interstellar diffractive scintillation along the line of sight within our Galaxy. This would be the first example of diffractive scintillation for any source at 22 GHz and for any source other than a pulsar. However, only the very shortest timescales for interstellar scintillation, obtained from pulsar observations and scaled to 22 GHz, correspond to the observed maser variability. Alternatively, the intensity changes may be a reaction to fluctuations in compact background or radiative pump sources and thereby may be related to variability of the central engine. The maser spectral features symmetrically bracket the systemic velocity of the galaxy, with components red- and blueshifted by about ±(100-200) km s-1. The spectrum of the Circinus maser is similar in some respects to that of the maser in NGC 4258, which probably traces a molecular disk rotating around a supermassive object. VLBI observations could reveal whether the maser source in the heart of the Circinus galaxy is part of a similar dynamical system.
Preservice Teachers' Beliefs About Using Maker Activities in Formal K-12 Educational Settings: A Multi-Institutional Study

Abstract This qualitative study examined preservice teachers' beliefs about using maker activities in formal educational settings. Eighty-two preservice and early-career teachers at three different universities in the United States took part in one-time workshops designed to introduce them to various maker tools and activities applicable to K–12 educational environments. Data were collected from 16 focus groups conducted during the workshops in spring 2016. Researchers analyzed the data using the Theory of Planned Behavior (Ajzen, 1985, 1991) to better understand the teachers' attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control related to making activities, with the ultimate goal of using this information to assist teacher preparation programs in preparing their students to implement maker tools and strategies in their future classrooms. Participants expressed favorable attitudes toward implementing maker activities in their future classrooms and noted these tools and activities aligned with instructional strategies encouraged in their teacher preparation programs, including problem-based learning, inquiry learning, and hands-on learning activities, but noted several perceived barriers such as access to resources and working with reluctant peers and administrators.
Spending Too Little Time or Perceiving Too Little Time?: Linking Time Use, Perceived Time Adequacy, and Well-being of Employed Parents

Contemporary employed parents experience ever increasing challenges in combining work and family roles. One of the primary issues is a lack of time; yet, it is unclear whether parents actually spend too little time in a role or perceive having a less than adequate amount of time for the role (i.e., perceived time adequacy). This dissertation compiles two studies that investigate potential predictors and outcomes of time use and perceived time adequacy. Study 1 used computer-assisted personal interviews of employed mothers (N=440) to understand work and family factors that contribute to relative patterns of time use and perceived time adequacy. Study 2 used daily telephone diaries of employed parents (N=102) to examine the effects of time use and perceived time adequacy on daily well-being. Study 1 revealed three latent profiles based on time use and perceived time adequacy for work and parenting roles: “Work Oriented,” “Role Balanced,” and “Parenting Oriented. ” The “Work Oriented” profile was characterized as spending more time at work but perceiving lower time adequacy for work, spending less time with children and perceiving lower time adequacy for children, whereas “Parenting Oriented” profile showed the opposite pattern. The “Role Balanced” profile exhibited average levels of the four time dimensions. Mothers in the “Work Oriented” profile had greater demands and fewer resources across work and family domains than those in the “Parenting Oriented” profile. Longitudinally, increases in work-to-family conflict across 12-months predicted greater odds of moving toward Work Oriented profile, whereas decreases in work-to-family conflict predicted greater odds of moving toward Parenting Oriented profile. Study 2 demonstrated that, on days when parents perceived lower time adequacy for their child, partner, and self they reported less positive affect, more negative affect, and greater physical symptoms independent of the effects of time spent in the role. Moreover, the combination of spending less time and perceiving lower time adequacy in each role had particularly negative effects on daily well-being. This study added a possibility of manipulating the experience of time through a workplace intervention that was designed to increase temporal resources. The workplace intervention improved well-being for parents who spent more time with their family. Overall, this dissertation suggests that stressful demands and limited resources in work and family contexts deplete employed parents’ perceived time adequacy for family, which takes a toll on their daily well-being. Future work should continue to examine how to increase employed parents’ time with family that can lead to their better well-being and further positive family relationships.
Integrative taxonomy uncovers high levels of cryptic species diversity in Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) and the description of a new species from Peninsular Malaysia

Conserving the planet's biodiversity is greatly handicapped, in that only a small fraction of it (∼14–75%) has been described so far. Integrative taxonomy is making significant inroads in light of this challenge by incorporating multiple data sets across a wide range of disciplines that simultaneously elucidate phylogenetic structure and delimit species-level lineages within a unified species concept. An integrative taxonomic approach to the classification of the gekkonid genus Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 reveals that it is far more diverse than posited by a recent taxonomic revision based solely on morphology, and that it is composed of at least 19 species, most of which are montane upland or insular endemics. Three new species (Hemiphyllodactylus dushanensis sp. nov., Hemiphyllodactylus jinpingensis sp. nov., and Hemiphyllodactylus longlingensis sp. nov.) from southern China previously considered to be subspecies of Hemiphyllodactylus yunnanensis (Boulenger, 1903) are elevated to full species status, and 10 new species-level lineages ranging from Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar, Peninsular Malaysia, the Philippines, and Indonesia are identified. One new species, Hemiphyllodactylus tehtarik sp. nov. from Gunung Tebu, Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia, is described herein, and is differentiated from all other species of Hemiphyllodactylus on the basis of morphology, colour pattern, and an 18.1–31.5% sequence divergence from all other congeners. Hemiphyllodactylus larutensis (Boulenger, 1900) is removed from the synonymy of H. harterti (Werner, 1900). Using an integrative taxonomic approach imbues the revised classification of Hemiphyllodactylus with more objectivity, stability, and phylogenetic history, while identifying undescribed species-level lineages in potential need of conservation. © 2013 The Linnean Society of London
Efficient Identity-Based Encryption and Public-Key Signature from Trapdoor Subgroups

We present a new Identity-Based Encryption (IBE) scheme from a trapdoor subgroup of Zn for an RSA modulus n. In a trapdoor subgroup of Zn, a subgroup order is hidden and can be used as a trapdoor. Our IBE scheme is efficient in both performance and space. Compared to practical pairing-based IBE schemes, ours is more efficient particularly in terms of computational performance. Following Naor’s observation, we also suggest a new Public-Key Signature (PKS) scheme from a trapdoor subgroup of Zn. A favorable feature of our PKS scheme is that signing algorithm is exponentiation-free and requires only one modular inversion. This enables our PKS scheme to provide the fastest signing, compared to practical signature schemes such as RSA and ECDSA. We prove the security of our schemes in the random oracle model under new computational hardness problems that arguably hold in the trapdoor subgroup of Zn.
Immunohistochemical Distinction of Primary Adrenal Cortical Lesions From Metastatic Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Study of 248 Cases

The diagnosis of metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma (CC-RCC) can be difficult because of its morphologic heterogeneity and the increasing use of small image-guided biopsies that yield scant diagnostic material. This is further complicated by the degree of morphologic and immunophenotypic overlap with nonrenal neoplasms and tissues, such as adrenal cortex. In this study, a detailed immunoprofile of 63 adrenal cortical lesions, which included 54 cortical neoplasms, was compared with 185 metastatic CC-RCCs using traditional [anticalretinin, CD10, antichromogranin, antiepithelial membrane antigen, anti-inhibin, antimelanA, anticytokeratins (AE1/AE3 and AE1/CAM5.2), antirenal cell carcinoma marker, and antisynaptophysin)] and novel [anticarbonic anhydrase-IX, antihepatocyte nuclear factor-1b, antihuman kidney injury molecule-1 (hKIM-1), anti-PAX-2, anti-PAX-8, antisteroidogenic factor-1 (SF-1), and anti-T-cell immunoglobulin mucin-1] antibodies. Tissue microarray methodology was used to simulate small image-guided biopsies. Staining extent and intensity were scored semiquantitatively for each antibody. In comparing different intensity thresholds required for a “positive” result, a value of ≥2+ was identified as optimal for diagnostic sensitivity/specificity. For the distinction of adrenal cortical lesions from metastatic CC-RCCs, immunoreactivity for the adrenal cortical antigens SF-1 (86% adrenal; 0% CC-RCC), calretinin (89% adrenal; 10% CC-RCC), inhibin (86% adrenal; 9% CC-RCC), and melanA (86% adrenal; 10% CC-RCC) and for the renal epithelial antigens hKIM-1 (0% adrenal; 83% CC-RCC), PAX-8 (0% adrenal; 83% CC-RCC), hepatocyte nuclear factor-1b (0% adrenal; 76% CC-RCC), epithelial membrane antigen (0% adrenal; 78% CC-RCC), and carbonic anhydrase-IX (3% adrenal; 87% CC-RCC) had the most potential use. Use of novel renal epithelial markers hKIM-1 (clone AKG7) and/or PAX-8 and the adrenocortical marker SF-1 in an immunohistochemical panel for distinguishing adrenal cortical lesions from metastatic CC-RCC offers improved diagnostic sensitivity and specificity.
Nonparametric Beta Kernel Estimator for Long Memory Time Series

The paper introduces a new nonparametric estimator of the spectral density that is given in smoothing the periodogram by the probability density of Beta random variable (Beta kernel). The estimator is proved to be bounded for short memory data, and diverges at the origin for long memory data. The convergence in probability of the relative error and Monte Carlo simulations suggest that the estimator automaticaly adapts to the long- or the short-range dependency of the process. A cross-validation procedure is also studied in order to select the nuisance parameter of the estimator. Illustrations on historical as well as most recent returns and absolute returns of the S&P500 index show the reasonable performance of the estimation, and show that the data-driven estimator is a valuable tool for the detection of long-memory as well as hidden periodicities in stock returns.
Dietary supplementation with either saturated or unsaturated fatty acids does not affect the mechanoenergetics of the isolated rat heart

It is generally recognized that increased consumption of polyunsaturated fatty acids, fish oil (FO) in particular, is beneficial to cardiac and cardiovascular health, whereas equivalent consumption of saturated fats is deleterious. In this study, we explore this divergence, adopting a limited purview: The effect of dietary fatty acids on the mechanoenergetics of the isolated heart per se. Mechanical indices of interest include left‐ventricular (LV) developed pressure, stroke work, cardiac output, coronary perfusion, and LV power. The principal energetic index is whole‐heart oxygen consumption, which we subdivide into its active and basal moieties. The primary mechanoenergetic index of interest is cardiac efficiency, the ratio of work performance to metabolic energy expenditure. Wistar rats were divided into three Diet groups and fed, ad libitum, reference (REF), fish oil‐supplemented (FO), or saturated fatty acid‐supplemented (SFA) food for 6 weeks. At the end of the dietary period, hearts were excised, mounted in a working‐heart rig, and their mechanoenergetic performance quantified over a range of preloads and afterloads. Analyses of Variance revealed no difference in any of the individual mechanoenergetic indices among the three Diet groups. In particular, we found no effect of prior dietary supplementation with either saturated or unsaturated fatty acids on the global efficiency of the heart.
Intrinsic Size of Sagittarius A*: 72 Schwarzschild Radii

Recent proper motion studies of stars at the very center of the Galaxy strongly suggest that Sagittarius A*, the compact nonthermal radio source at the Galactic center, is a 2.5×106 M☉ black hole. By means of near-simultaneous multiwavelength Very Long Baseline Array measurements, we determine for the first time the intrinsic size and shape of Sgr A* to be 72 Rsc(⋆) by less than 20 Rsc(⋆), with the major axis oriented essentially north-south, where Rsc(⋆) (≡ 7.5×1011 cm) is the Schwarzschild radius for a 2.5×106 M☉ black hole. Contrary to previous expectation that the intrinsic structure of Sgr A* is observable only at λ≤1 mm, we can discern the intrinsic source size at λ=7 mm because (1) the scattering size along the minor axis is half that along the major axis and (2) the near-simultaneous multiwavelength mapping of Sgr A* with the same interferometer makes it possible to extrapolate precisely the minor axis scattering angle at λ=7 mm. The intrinsic size and shape place direct constraints on the various emission models for Sgr A*. In particular, the advection-dominated accretion flow model may have to incorporate a radio jet in order to account for the structure of Sgr A*.