Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Good Times, Bad Times: How Personal Disadvantage Moderates the Relationship Between Social Dominance and Efforts to Win

Recent work has linked social dominance orientation (SDO) to ruthless, uncaring individuals who see the world as a competitive jungle. This need to “rule the jungle,” then, should become activated when high SDOs are in positions that threaten their chances of victory. In Study 1, the authors manipulated advantage and disadvantage in the form of resources; in an ensuing task, they observed higher levels of greed only among disadvantaged high SDOs. In Study 2, high SDOs with less opportunity to compete relative to others evidenced significantly more extra-effort to win, even though their effort broke the rules. In Study 3, the authors replicated this effect and demonstrated that extra-effort predicted increased beliefs in actual performance, which in turn predicted decisions to argue for a higher score. In sum, the results provide support for the notion of SDO reflecting underlying needs to compete and win at all costs.
Causal inference of asynchronous audiovisual speech

During speech perception, humans integrate auditory information from the voice with visual information from the face. This multisensory integration increases perceptual precision, but only if the two cues come from the same talker; this requirement has been largely ignored by current models of speech perception. We describe a generative model of multisensory speech perception that includes this critical step of determining the likelihood that the voice and face information have a common cause. A key feature of the model is that it is based on a principled analysis of how an observer should solve this causal inference problem using the asynchrony between two cues and the reliability of the cues. This allows the model to make predictions about the behavior of subjects performing a synchrony judgment task, predictive power that does not exist in other approaches, such as post-hoc fitting of Gaussian curves to behavioral data. We tested the model predictions against the performance of 37 subjects performing a synchrony judgment task viewing audiovisual speech under a variety of manipulations, including varying asynchronies, intelligibility, and visual cue reliability. The causal inference model outperformed the Gaussian model across two experiments, providing a better fit to the behavioral data with fewer parameters. Because the causal inference model is derived from a principled understanding of the task, model parameters are directly interpretable in terms of stimulus and subject properties.
The Role of Immune Complexes in Atherogenesis

Atherosclerosis is now recognized as a chronic inflammatory disease and is characterized by features of inflammation at all stages of its development. It also appears to display elements of autoimmunity, and several autoantibodies including those directed against oxidized low-density lipoprotein (ox-LDL) and heat shock proteins (Hsps) have been identified in atherosclerosis. Immune complexes (ICs) may form between these antigens and autoantibodies and via Fc receptor signaling and complement activation may modulate the inflammation in atherosclerosis. Antibody isotype may direct the role that ICs play in atherogenesis, immunoglobulin G (IgG) being potentially pro-atherogenic and immunoglobulin M (IgM) playing a protective role. Therapeutic options targeting complement activation and those which are potentially Fc-receptor mediated have been investigated in animal models, though targeting Fc receptor signaling is an area that needs further investigation.
Discharge Huddle Outfitted With Mobile Technology Improves Efficiency of Transitioning Stroke Patients Into Follow-Up Care

Disjointed patient care is a well-documented problem in health care systems, often stemming from poor communication between providers, services, and follow-up care resources. A multidisciplinary discharge huddle, augmented with cellular and tablet technology, was implemented on the Neurology Stroke Service to facilitate multidisciplinary communication, improve transition of patients, and increase referrals into affiliated follow-up care. After initiating the huddle, patient length of stay decreased by 1.4 days (25%), patient flow into continuum partners increased by 10%, and the number of patients going without services after their hospital stay decreased by more than 12%. Huddle members reported that the technology was helpful, heavily utilized, and made their work more efficient. This pilot suggests that utilizing modern mobile technologies can help improve efficiency and referrals within the health care system and reduce patient length of stay.
Plasma-assisted combustion

Abstract This paper presents an overview of experimental and numerical investigations of the nonequilibrium cold plasma generated under high overvoltage and further usage of this plasma for plasma-assisted combustion. Here, two different types of the discharge are considered: a streamer under high pressure and the so-called fast ionization wave (FIW) at low pressure. The comprehensive experimental investigation of the processes of alkane slow oxidation in mixtures with oxygen and air under nanosecond uniform discharge has been performed. The kinetics of alkane oxidation has been measured from methane to decane in stoichiometric and lean mixtures with oxygen and air at room temperature under the action of high-voltage nanosecond uniform discharge. The efficiency of nanosecond discharges as active particles generator for plasma-assisted combustion and ignition has been investigated. The study of nanosecond barrier discharge influence on a flame propagation and flame blow-off velocity has been carried out. With energy input negligible in comparison with the burner's chemical power, a double flame blow-off velocity increase has been obtained. A signicant shift of the ignition delay time in comparison with the autoignition has been registered for all mixtures. Detonation initiating by high-voltage gas discharge has been demonstrated. The energy deposition in the discharge ranged from 70 mJ to 12 J. The ignition delay time, the velocity of the flame front propagation, and the electrical characteristics of the discharge have been measured during the experiments. Under the conditions of the experiment, three modes of the flame front propagation have been observed, i.e., deflagration, transient detonation, and Chapman-Jouguet detonation. The efficiency of the pulsed nanosecond discharge to deflagration-to-detonation transition (DDT) control has been shown to be very high.
Real-time Transaction Scheduling in Database Systems Real-time Transaction Scheduling in Database Systems

A database system supporting a real-time application, which can be calledà real-time database system (RTDBS)', has to provide real-time information to the executing transactions. Each RTDB transaction is associated with a timing constraint, usually in the form of a deadline. EEcient resource scheduling algorithms and concurrency control protocols are required to schedule the transactions so as to satisfy both timing constraints and data consistency requirements. In this paper 1 , we concentrate on the concurrency control problem in RTDBS's. Our work has two basic goals: real-time performance evaluation of existing concurrency control approaches in RTDBS's, and proposing new concurrency control protocols with improved performance. One of the new protocols is locking-based, and it prevents the priority inversion problem 2 by scheduling the data lock requests based on prioritizing data items. The second new protocol extends the basic timestamp-ordering method by involving real-time priorities of transactions in the timestamp assignment procedure. Performance of the protocols is evaluated through simulations by using a detailed model of a single-site RTDBS. The relative performance of the protocols is examined as a function of transaction load, data contention (which is determined by a number of system parameters), and resource contention. The protocols are also tested under various real-time transaction processing environments. The performance of the proposed protocols appears to be good, especially under conditions of high transaction load and high data contention.
Nonconvex Sparse Learning via Stochastic Optimization with Progressive Variance Reduction

We propose a stochastic variance reduced optimization algorithm for solving sparse learning problems with cardinality constraints. Sufficient conditions are provided, under which the proposed algorithm enjoys strong linear convergence guarantees and optimal estimation accuracy in high dimensions. We further extend the proposed algorithm to an asynchronous parallel variant with a near linear speedup. Numerical experiments demonstrate the efficiency of our algorithm in terms of both parameter estimation and computational performance.
Universality of Bereavement Life Review for Spirituality and Depression in Bereaved Families

The present study aimed to investigate the effects of the Bereavement Life Review on depression and spiritual well-being of bereaved families in a setting that does not specialize in palliative care. The participants were 20 bereaved family members who underwent the Bereavement Life Review over 2 sessions in 2 weeks. Beck Depression Inventory Second Edition scores significantly decreased from 14.4 ± 9.2 to 11.6 ± 7.4 (t = 2.15, P = .045) and Functional Assessment Chronic Illness Therapy–Spiritual scores increased from 24.3 ± 10.1 to 25.9 ± 11 (t = −1.0, P = .341) from pre- to postintervention. These results show that the Bereavement Life Review can decrease depression and improve spiritual well-being of bereaved families after the death of a family member in a setting without specialized palliative care. The results also suggest the universality of this therapy.
Mechanistic Differences between GSH Transport by Multidrug Resistance Protein 1 (MRP1/ABCC1) and GSH Modulation of MRP1-Mediated Transport

Multidrug resistance protein 1 (MRP1/ABCC1) is an ATP-dependent polytopic membrane protein that transports many anticancer drugs and organic anions. Its transport mechanism is multifaceted, especially with respect to the participation of GSH. For example, vincristine is cotransported with GSH, estrone sulfate transport is stimulated by GSH, or MRP1 can transport GSH alone, and this can be stimulated by compounds such as verapamil or apigenin. Thus, the interactions between GSH and MRP1 are mechanistically complex. To examine the similarities and differences among the various GSH-associated mechanisms of MRP1 transport, we have measured first the effect of GSH and several GSH-associated substrates/modulators on the binding and hydrolysis of ATP by MRP1 using 8-azidoadenosine-5′-[32P]-triphosphate ([32P]azidoATP) analogs, and second the initial binding of GSH and GSH-associated substrates/modulators to MRP1. We observed that GSH or its nonreducing derivative S-methylGSH (S-mGSH), but none of the GSH-associated substrate/modulators, caused a significant increase in [γ-32P]azidoATP labeling of MRP1. Moreover, GSH and S-mGSH decreased levels of orthovanadate-induced trapping of [α-32P]azidoADP. [α-32P]azidoADP.Vi trapping was also decreased by estone sulfate, whereas vincristine, verapamil, and apigenin had no apparent effects on nucleotide interactions with MRP1. Furthermore, estrone sulfate and S-mGSH enhanced the effect of each other 15- and 10-fold, respectively. Second, although GSH binding increased the apparent affinity of MRP1 for all GSH-associated substrates/modulators tested, only estrone sulfate had a reciprocal effect on the apparent affinity of MRP1 for GSH. Overall, these results indicate significant mechanistic differences between MRP1-mediated transport of GSH and the ability of GSH to modulate MRP1 transport.
Cross-lingual Transfer of Semantic Role Labeling Models

Semantic Role Labeling (SRL) has become one of the standard tasks of natural language processing and proven useful as a source of information for a number of other applications. We address the problem of transferring an SRL model from one language to another using a shared feature representation. This approach is then evaluated on three language pairs, demonstrating competitive performance as compared to a state-of-the-art unsupervised SRL system and a cross-lingual annotation projection baseline. We also consider the contribution of different aspects of the feature representation to the performance of the model and discuss practical applicability of this method. 1 Background and Motivation
Household Food Security in Isfahan Based on Current Population Survey Adapted Questionnaire

Background: Food security is a state in which all people at every time have physical and economic access to adequate food to obviate nutritional needs and live a healthy and active life. Therefore, this study was performed to quantitatively evaluate the household food security in Esfahan using the localized version of US Household Food Security Survey Module (US HFSSM). Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was performed in year 2006 on 3000 households of Esfahan. The study instrument used in this work is 18-item US food security module, which is developed into a localized 15-item questionnaire. This study is performed in two stages of families with no children (under 18 years old) and families with children over 18 years old. Results: The results showed that item severity coefficient, ratio of responses given by households and item infit and outfit coefficient in adult's and children's questionnaire respectively. According to obtained data, scale score of +3 in adults group is described as determination limit of slight food insecurity and +6 is stated as the limit for severe food insecurity. For children's group, scale score of +2 is defined to be the limit of slight food insecurity and +5 is the determination limit of severe food insecurity. Conclusions: The main hypothesis of this survey analysis is based on the raw scale score of USFSSM The item of “lack of enough money for buying food” (item 2) and the item of “lack of balanced meal” (3rd item) have the lowest severity coefficient. Then, the ascending rate of item severity continues in first item, 4th item and keeps increasing into 10th item.
Autologous stem cell transplantation for follicular lymphoma is of most benefit early in the disease course and can result in durable remissions, irrespective of prior rituximab exposure

The role of autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) and the optimal timing of such transplants in patients with follicular lymphoma (FL) remains contentious. We present a single‐centre experience documenting the outcomes of 70 FL patients who underwent BEAM (carmustine, cytarabine, etopside, melphalan)‐conditioned ASCT between 1988 and 2009. With a median follow‐up of 6·8 years (0·1–19·2), the 7‐year overall survival (OS) and progression‐free survival (PFS) from the date of ASCT was 76% and 60%, respectively. A significant difference in OS was found when comparing the patients transplanted in first or second remission versus those transplanted in later remissions (P = 0·02) and this significance was maintained when OS was calculated from the date of diagnosis (P = 0·03). There was a plateau on the PFS curves for patients transplanted in either first or second remissions after 9·3 and 6·4 years respectively, suggesting that these groups may never relapse. No differences were seen in OS or PFS in those treated with rituximab prior to transplant versus those who were not. Our data shows that BEAM ASCT can be a highly effective treatment in patients with FL early in the disease course, and that a proportion of patients experience prolonged disease‐free survival and may be cured.
Changes in Body Composition, Hormonal Status, and Physical Fitness in 11-, 13-, and 15-Year-Old Finnish Regional Youth Soccer Players During a Two-Year Follow-Up

Vänttinen, T, Blomqvist, M, Nyman, K, and Häkkinen, K. Changes in body composition, hormonal status, and physical fitness in 11-, 13-, and 15-year-old Finnish regional youth soccer players during a two-year follow-up. J Strength Cond Res 25(12): 3342–3351, 2011—The purpose of this study was to examine the changes in body composition, hormonal status, and physical fitness in 10.8 ± 0.3-year-old (n = 13), 12.7 ± 0.2-year-old (n = 14), and 14.7 ± 0.3-year-old (n = 12) Finnish regional youth soccer players during a 2-year monitoring period and to compare physical fitness characteristics of soccer players with those of age-matched controls (10.7 ± 0.3 years, n = 13; 14.7 ± 0.3 years, n = 10) not participating in soccer. Body composition was measured in terms of height, weight, muscle mass, percentage of body fat, and lean body weight of trunk, legs, and arms. Hormonal status was monitored by concentrations of serum testosterone and cortisol. Physical fitness was measured in terms of sprinting speed, agility, isometric maximal strength (leg extensors, abdominal, back, grip), explosive strength, and endurance. Age-related development was detected in all other measured variables except in the percentage of body fat. The results showed that the physical fitness of regional soccer players was better than that of the control groups in all age groups, especially in cardiovascular endurance (p < 0.01–0.001) and in agility (p < 0.01–0.001). In conclusion, playing in a regional level soccer team seems to provide training adaptation, which is beyond normal development and which in all likelihood leads to positive health effects over a prolonged period of time.
Service Control Techniques

Research and Design in service control, although previously heavily focused on Quality of Service is broadening its focus into other priorities. This reaction comes from the the challenges faced in the broadband community . A clear focus on new services, lowering cost of operations, increasing safety and increasing customer service are the new main priority of service control. In this paper we attempt to show different ways to achieve those goals. Then we will show how the market has utilized different techniques for classification to achieve its current needs. Then we will show why these current classification techniques fail with future needs. Finally we will suggest technologies which mitigate those upcoming problems while providing new more intelligent services and sources of revenue.
Utilization of winery by-products into high added value products – grape seed oil and defatted meal

The aim of this study was to use waste from the wine production process with special accent on grape seeds variety Grasevina and Zweigelt and new green technology. Supercritical CO2 was considered as a green solvent in extraction of grape seed oil because it has been proven to be highly desirable solvent in separation processes since it is non-toxic, non-flammable, odorless, tasteless, inexpensive and readily available in large quantities, and because it is an environmentally friendly solvent. The results of this study show the possibility of utilization of grape seeds from wine pomace for the production of good quality grape seed oils with high processing yields.
Effect of DEM Uncertainty on the Distributed Hydrological Model TOPMODEL

TOPMODEL is a semi-distributed hydrological model in which the distributed predictions of catchments response to rainfall are made. In this process of simulation, digital elevation models (DEM) is required to provide the values of parameters, such as topographic index, cumulative area of catchment and distance from catchment outlet; thus DEM play a dominant role in TOPMODEL implementation. Generally, DEM has inherent errors, referred to as DEM uncertainty. Lacking of knowledge about DEM errors, DEM data is often used in hydrological applications by using TOPMODEL without quantifying the effects of DEM uncertainty. In fact, the uncertainty of DEM may strongly influence the simulation results produced by TOPMODEL. Unfortunately, this effect is largely ignored in many empirical researches. This study aimed to examine the impacts of DEM uncertainty on the simulation results of TOPMODEL from the study area - Jiaokou watershed, a sub- basin with an area of 259 km2 of the Yongjiang River in southeast China. This paper mainly discussed the effects in both quantitative and qualitative aspects. First, DEM uncertainty was simulated using the Monte Carlo method, and for every realization of the DEM, the topographic index, cumulative area of catchment and distance from catchment outlet were calculated. Second, TOPMODEL was tested and the results saved as the four statistical indices of the simulation: EFF (the Nash and Sutcliffe efficiency criterion), SSE (Sum of squared residuals over all time steps), SLE (Sum of squared log residuals over all time steps) and SAE (Sum of absolute errors over all time steps) under the condition of seven storm events. Third, the statistic results - min, max, range, standard deviation, and Mean Value, of the four indices from the simulated DEM were compared in each case of flood and Mean value of the four indices were picked up to evaluate the effect of uncertainty of DEM on TOPMODEL. Finally, the simulation hydrographs were compared with the hydrographs using the original DEM under each flood event. The biggest errors for the indices of EFF, SSE, SLE, and SAE were 0.0169, 2.3x10-5, 1.1375, and 0.0033 respectively, which showed that the effect of DEM uncertainty on TOPMODEL was inconsiderable and could be ignored in the model's application.
The needle in the haystack : where to look for more isolated cooling neutron stars

Context. Isolated, cooling neutron stars with thermal X-ray emission remain rarely-detected objects despite many searches investigating the ROSAT data. Aims. We simulate the population of close-by young cooling neutron stars to explain the current observational results. Given the inhomogenity of the neutron star distribution on the sky, it is particularly interesting to identify promising sky regions with respect to ongoing and future searches. Methods. Applying a population synthesis model, the inhomogenity of the progenitor distribution and the inhomogenity of the X-ray absorbing interstellar medium are considered for the first time. The total number of observable neutron stars is derived with respect to ROSAT count rates. In addition, we present sky maps of neutron star locations, and discuss age and distance distributions of the simulated neutron stars. Implications for future searches are discussed. Results. With our advanced model, we can succesfully explain the observed log N − logS distribution of close-by neutron stars. Cooling neutron stars will be most abundant in the directions of rich OB associations. We expect new candidates to be identified behind the Gould Belt, in particular in the Cygnus-Cepheus region. We expect them to be on average younger and hotter than the known population of isolated, cooling neutron stars. In addition, we propose to use data on runaway stars to search for more radio-quiet, cooling neutron stars.
Transradial approach for coronary procedures in the elderly population

Transradial cardiac catheterisation has been reported to be more beneficial compared to other approaches with easier and safer post-procedural haemostasis, better patient comfort, earlier ambulation and possibility of performing procedure and discharge on the same day. There is only limited data examining transradial access in the elderly population. In this review we looked at the available literature to give an insight into how the transradial approach compared to the transfemoral and other approaches in the elderly population. Elderly population is at higher risk of vascular access site bleeding and the transradial approach has shown equal efficacy to transfemoral approach. However, transradial approach significantly reduces vascular complications, hospital stay, mobilization times and adverse cardiac events. Therefore, transradial approach should be considered as the preferred vascular access site in the elderly population.