Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Peer contagion, lenient legal-ethical position, and music piracy intentions in emerging adults: Mindfulness as a protective factor

Music piracy is a prevalent, costly, and illegal global phenomenon. The objective of this study was to test whether different facets of mindfulness (attention, present focus, awareness, and acceptance) moderated a mediation process in which digital piracy in friends promotes a lenient legal-ethical position that fosters music piracy intentions in emerging adults. We controlled for personality traits (Big Five), emotion regulation (reappraisal and suppression), time spent listening to music, various Internet-related behaviors (non-academic Internet use, downloading, social networking, smartphone use), and sociodemographics (gender, age, and level of education). Participants were 156 emerging adults (aged between 18 and 25 years) who studied at a Canadian university. Moderated mediation analyses (bootstrapping 50,000 random resamples) suggested that social influence from digital piracy in friends might be a risk factor that has: (i) a direct effect on music piracy intentions; (ii) an indirect effect on music piracy intentions via lenient legal-ethical position; and (iii) an effect on lenient legal-ethical position that can be buffered by attention, a facet of mindfulness that thereby acts as a protective factor. This study draws novel directions for research on the prevention of music piracy, notably the possibility that mindfulness is a protective factor against peer contagion of digital piracy in emerging adulthood.
Energy-Efficient Buildings Facilitated by Microgrid

Recent research shows that 20%-30% of building energy consumption can be saved through optimized operation and management without changing the building structure and the hardware configuration of the energy supply system. Therefore, there is a huge potential for building energy savings through efficient operation. Microgrid technology provides an opportunity and a desirable infrastructure for improving the efficiency of energy consumption in buildings. The key to improve building energy efficiency in operation is to coordinate and optimize the operation of various energy sources and loads. In this paper, the scheduling problem of building energy supplies is considered with the practical background of a low energy building. The objective function is to minimize the overall cost of electricity and natural gas for a building operation over a time horizon while satisfying the energy balance and complicated operating constraints of individual energy supply equipment and devices. The uncertainties are captured and their impact is analyzed by the scenario tree method. Numerical testing is performed with the data of the pilot low energy building. The testing results show that significant energy cost savings can be achieved through integrated scheduling and control of various building energy supply sources. It is very important to fully utilize solar energy and optimize the operation of electrical storage. It is also shown that precooling is a simple way to achieve energy savings.
Politics and Rhetoric

In Contested Truths, Rodgers covers the American fortunes of seven words: Utilitarianism, (Natural) Rights, the People, Government, State, Interests and Freedom. To each he devotes a heavily footnoted but lightly written essay of 30-40 pages, except the last one, Freedom, which is handled in a shorter and looser epilogue. The individual essays are all carefully researched, well-written and original — especially the one on Rights. It makes an important contribution to the debate on “civic republicanism,” and it should appeal to a broad audience interested in the “exceptionalism” (or lack thereof) of American politics. There is a larger issue that Rodgers discusses very briefly in the prologue and epilogue, and this concerns the historical causes of nationally distinctive ways of political thinking.
Parietal Lobe Epilepsy: Surgical Treatment and Outcome

Objective: Parietal lobe epilepsy (PLE) is neither common nor easily diagnosed because of its variable clinical features. To elucidate its characteristics and surgical outcome, the authors reviewed their surgical experiences. Methods: Between September 1994 and August 2001, 38 patients with PLE received surgical treatment at the Seoul National University Hospital. All patients underwent resection, mainly involving the parietal lobe. Results: Preoperatively, over 60% of the cases were not considered to be PLE, even though PLE was the most common diagnosis (15/38, 39.8%). An invasive study was performed in 37 of the 38 patients. Awake operations under regional anesthesia were performed in 20 patients (52.6%). Seizure disappeared in 15 (Engel’s classification I, 39.5%), and rare seizure remained in 5 (Engel II, 13.2%). Thirteen patients showed a worthwhile improvement (Engel III, 34.2%), whereas 5 exhibited no worthwhile improvement (Engel IV, 13.2%). Pathologies were diverse, the most common being cortical dysplasia (94.3%). Conclusion: Since PLE is difficult to diagnose preoperatively, an invasive study covering the parietal lobe is mandatory, if PLE is suspected. Cortical dysplasia was the most common etiology, thus awake operation under regional anesthesia and intraoperative brain mapping is helpful during extensive resection in order to spare the eloquent cortex.
Decoder Network over Lightweight Reconstructed Feature for Fast Semantic Style Transfer

Recently, the community of style transfer is trying to incorporate semantic information into traditional system. This practice achieves better perceptual results by transferring the style between semantically-corresponding regions. Yet, few efforts are invested to address the computation bottleneck of back-propagation. In this paper, we propose a new framework for fast semantic style transfer. Our method decomposes the semantic style transfer problem into feature reconstruction part and feature decoder part. The reconstruction part tactfully solves the optimization problem of content loss and style loss in feature space by particularly reconstructed feature. This significantly reduces the computation of propagating the loss through the whole network. The decoder part transforms the reconstructed feature into the stylized image. Through a careful bridging of the two modules, the proposed approach not only achieves competitive results as backward optimization methods but also is about two orders of magnitude faster.
Median nerve ultrasound: Normal and cut‐off values in carpal tunnel syndrome in an Afro‐Caribbean population

1. G€ oktepe AS, € Ozçakar L, K€ om€ urc€ u E, Safaz _ I, Yazıcıo glu K. Sonographic evaluation of the sciatic nerve in patients with lower-limb amputations. Muscle Nerve 2010;41:763–766. 2. Kara M, Yılmaz A, € Ozel S, € Ozçakar L. Sonographic imaging of the peripheral nerves in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1. Muscle Nerve 2010;41:887–888. 3. K€ om€ urc€ u E, € Ozçakar L, Safaz _ I, G€ oktepe AS. A common peroneal neuroma due to a bony spur in a lower-limb amputee: a sonographic diagnosis. Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2010;89:434. 4. € Ozçakar L, Çakar L, Kıralp MZ, Dinçer € U. Static and dynamic sonography: a salutary adjunct to electroneuromyography for cubital tunnel syndrome. Surg Neurol 2009;72:311–312. 5. Padua L, Di Pasquale A, Liotta G, Granata G, Pazzaglia C, Erra C, et al. Ultrasound as a useful tool in the diagnosis and management of traumatic nerve lesions. Clin Neurophysiol 2013;124:1237–1243.
Snowfall in the Northwest Iberian Peninsula: Synoptic Circulation Patterns and Their Influence on Snow Day Trends

In recent decades, a decrease in snowfall attributed to the effects of global warming (among other causes) has become evident. However, it is reasonable to investigate meteorological causes for such decrease, by analyzing changes in synoptic scale patterns. On the Iberian Peninsula, the Castilla y León region in the northwest consists of a central plateau surrounded by mountain ranges. This creates snowfalls that are considered both an important water resource and a transportation risk. In this work, we develop a classification of synoptic situations that produced important snowfalls at observation stations in the major cities of Castilla y León from 1960 to 2011. We used principal component analysis (PCA) and cluster techniques to define four synoptic patterns conducive to snowfall in the region. Once we confirmed homogeneity of the series and serial correlation of the snowfallday records at the stations from 1960 to 2011, we carried out a Mann-Kendall test. The results show a negative trend at most stations, so there are a decreased number of snowfall days. Finally, variations in these meteorological variables were related to changes in the frequencies of snow events belonging to each synoptic pattern favorable for snowfall production at the observatory locations.
The effectiveness of adding pharmacologic treatment with clonazepam or cyclobenzaprine to patient education and self-care for the treatment of jaw pain upon awakening: a randomized clinical trial.

AIMS To compare the relative effectiveness of a benzodiazepine (clonazepam), a muscle relaxant (cyclobenzaprine), and a placebo for the treatment of jaw pain upon awakening, when each is combined with the recommended nonpharmacological components of initial medical management. METHODS Forty-one subjects were recruited with a diagnosis of myofascial pain based on the Research Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (RDC/TMD). All subjects were given education about TMD and a self-care program. Subjects were randomized into 1 of 3 groups: clonazepam (0.5 mg/night), cyclobenzaprine (10 mg/night), or placebo. The primary outcome measure was the subjects' average intensity of jaw pain upon awakening over the prior week. This was recorded with a visual analog scale at pretreatment and at the completion of the 3-week trial. A secondary outcome measure was sleep quality based on the Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index. RESULTS Within-group changes showed a statistically significant (P < .001) decrease in jaw pain upon awakening for all 3 groups. Between-group differences demonstrated a statistically significant difference (P < .016) between cyclobenzaprine and placebo, and between cyclobenzaprine and clonazepam. There was no significant effect on sleep quality in any group. CONCLUSION This study suggests that cyclobenzaprine is statistically superior to either placebo or clonazepam when added to self-care and education for the management of jaw pain upon awakening. Based on the subjects' report of sleep quality, these medications failed to significantly improve sleep in the short term.
Depression in Patients with CKD: A Person Centered Approach

Patients with chronic kidney disease, due not only to the complexity and multidimensional nature of problems, but mainly to the long term duration of the disease, are one of the most difficult groups of patients, often suffering from psychiatric morbidity. Depression according to a number of surveys is the most common psychological problem in patients undergoing renal dialysis. The high prevalence of the disease considers necessary for the systematic investigation of the problem and provide an adequate response. This review paper we deal with depressive symptoms in patients with CKD, using the person-centered approach, which is based on the principles of existentialism and phenomenology. Main concept is the equal relationship between therapist and the client, so that the person is able to understand himself/herself, to change the perception of him/her, change espoused attitudes and redefine the way in which he/she directs the behavior.
Analysis of T‐cell immune response in renal cell carcinoma: Polarization to type 1‐like differentiation pattern, clonal T‐cell expansion and tumor‐specific cytotoxicity

We assessed the naturally occurring T‐cell immune response in primary renal cell carcinoma (RCC) tumors from 12 unselected patients. A predominance of CD3+ T‐cell receptor (TCR)α/β+ T cells was observed in tumor‐infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs), in contrast with peripheral blood lymphopenia found in some patients. Activation antigen expression on TILs revealed an imbalance in the activation status, with a significant percentage of CD69+ and HLA‐DR+ and a low percentage of CD25+ and CD71+ TILs. The lymphocyte activation gene‐3 (LAG‐3) was detected in some TIL subpopulations and especially in one patient in whom TILs were predominantly TCRα/β+CD8+DR+LAG‐3+. In addition, we found that RCC TILs are polarized to a global type 1‐like (Th1/Tc1) differentiation pattern (strong secretion of interferon‐γ and interleukin‐2 (IL‐2) following CD3/TCR cross‐linking) but are under the influence of the down‐modulatory cytokines IL‐6 (secreted by tumor cells) and IL‐10, within the tumor microenvironment. In 3 of 5 patients, clonal T‐cell expansion at the tumor site was found for several Vβ specificities, suggesting that in situ stimulation of specific clonotypes in response to potential tumor antigens is a frequent event in RCC. Furthermore, in one patient, selective intratumor amplification of a Vβ1 subpopulation (5% of TCR α/β+ cells) corresponding to 2 distinct Vβ1‐Jβ1. 6 and Vβ1‐Jβ2. 3 tumor‐specific MHC class I‐restricted cytotoxic T lymphocytes supports the view that discrete T‐cell subsets contribute readily to in situ immunosurveillance. Int. J. Cancer 72:431–440, 1997. © 1997 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
A Comparison of Leisure-Time Activities between Able-Bodied Children and Children with Physical Disabilities

This article reports on a survey of able-bodied and physically disabled children to investigate their out-of-school activities. It outlines the importance of play and leisure time in the child's development before considering the findings from a questionnaire given to 6–11 year olds. The results mirror those elsewhere in the literature, mostly from the USA, that children with physical disabilities have a less rich play experience than able-bodied children, spending more time in the company of adults, watching television more and generally having less variety in their lives. The significance of the findings for occupational therapy is discussed and areas for future research are suggested.
A mechanism‐based pain sensitivity index to characterize knee osteoarthritis patients with different disease stages and pain levels

In a cohort of well‐characterized patients with different degrees of knee osteoarthritis (OA) and pain, the aims were to utilize mechanism‐based quantitative sensory testing (QST) to (1) characterize subgroups of patients; (2) analyse the associations between clinical characteristics and QST; and (3) develop and apply a QST‐based knee OA composite pain sensitivity index for patient classification.
The interactional achievements of repair and correction in a Mandarin language classroom

Abstract This study examines the different interactional achievements of repair and correction in a Mandarin language classroom from a conversation analysis perspective. The sequential analysis of teacher-initiated repair and correction shows that while repair indicates participants' relative epistemic stance and makes visible the contingent process of securing intersubjectivity, correction serves to monitor students' language production and accomplish teaching. By means of various repair practices, teacher and students are able to maintain and restore a shared understanding of the instructional activity that they are doing together. This intersubjectivity is the foundation upon which a space for teaching and learning is created, maintained, and defended. In correction sequences, the practices of repetition and overlap underscore teacher and students' alignment with a pedagogical focus of linguistic accuracy and make relevant their situated institutional identities. Regardless of the distinctive achievements in interaction, repair and correction are both practical resources that enable and sustain classroom instruction.
Combined hip arthroscopy and limited open osteochondroplasty for anterior femoroacetabular impingement.

BACKGROUND A variety of surgical techniques have been introduced for the treatment of femoroacetabular impingement, but clinical outcome studies of less-invasive treatment with a minimum duration of follow-up of two years are limited. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the early clinical and radiographic outcomes of combined hip arthroscopy and limited open osteochondroplasty of the femoral head-neck junction for the treatment of cam femoroacetabular impingement. METHODS We performed a retrospective review of our first thirty-five patients (thirty-five hips) in whom cam femoroacetabular impingement had been treated with combined hip arthroscopy and limited open osteochondroplasty. Thirty-five patients (twenty-eight men and seven women) with an average age of thirty-four years and a minimum duration of follow-up of two years were analyzed. The modified Harris hip score was utilized to assess hip function. The Tönnis osteoarthritis grade and the alpha angle were determined to assess osteoarthritis progression and deformity correction, respectively. RESULTS The average modified Harris hip score improved from 63.8 points preoperatively to 87.4 points at the time of the last follow-up. Twenty-nine (83%) of the thirty-five patients had at least a 10-point improvement in the Harris hip score, and 71% had a score of >80 points. The average alpha angle was reduced from 58.6 degrees preoperatively to 37.1 degrees at the time of follow-up when measured on cross-table lateral radiographs, from 63.9 degrees to 37.8 degrees when measured on frog-leg lateral radiographs, and from 63.1 degrees to 44.8 degrees when measured on anteroposterior radiographs. Two patients had osteoarthritis progression from Tönnis grade 0 to grade 1. Minor complications included one superficial wound infection, one deep vein thrombosis, and four cases of asymptomatic Brooker grade-I heterotopic ossification. There were no femoral neck fractures or cases of femoral head osteonecrosis, and no hip was converted to an arthroplasty. CONCLUSIONS Early results indicate that combined hip arthroscopy and limited open osteochondroplasty of the femoral head-neck junction is a safe and effective treatment for femoroacetabular impingement. In our small series, most patients had symptomatic relief, improved hip function, and enhanced activity after two years of follow-up.
Perceived Mental Stress and Reactions in Heart Rate Variability—A Pilot Study Among Employees of an Electronics Company

In this study perceived mental stress during occupational work was compared to heart rate variability (HRV) using a traditional questionnaire and a novel wristop heart rate monitor with related software. The aim was to find HRV parameters useful for mental stress detection. We found the highest correlation between perceived mental stress with the differences between the values of triangular interpolation of rythm-to-rythm (RR) interval histogram (TINN) and the root mean square of differences of successive RR intervals (RMSSD) obtained in the morning and during the workday(r = -.73 andr = -.60, respectively). The analysis shows that as the RMSSD and TINN value differences increase from night to morning, the stress decreases.
Chloroplast Small Heat Shock Protein HSP21 Interacts with Plastid Nucleoid Protein pTAC5 and Is Essential for Chloroplast Development in Arabidopsis under Heat Stress[W]

The molecular mechanisms by which sHSPs are involved in cell protection remain unknown. This study reports that chloroplast HSP21 is essential for chloroplast development by maintaining plastid-encoded RNA polymerase function under heat stress. Compared with small heat shock proteins (sHSPs) in other organisms, those in plants are the most abundant and diverse. However, the molecular mechanisms by which sHSPs are involved in cell protection remain unknown. Here, we characterized the role of HSP21, a plastid nucleoid-localized sHSP, in chloroplast development under heat stress. We show that an Arabidopsis thaliana knockout mutant of HSP21 had an ivory phenotype under heat stress. Quantitative real-time RT-PCR, run-on transcription, RNA gel blot, and polysome association analyses demonstrated that HSP21 is involved in plastid-encoded RNA polymerase (PEP)–dependent transcription. We found that the plastid nucleoid protein pTAC5 was an HSP21 target. pTAC5 has a C4-type zinc finger similar to that of Escherichia coli DnaJ and zinc-dependent disulfide isomerase activity. Reduction of pTAC5 expression by RNA interference led to similar phenotypic effects as observed in hsp21. HSP21 and pTAC5 formed a complex that was associated mainly with the PEP complex. HSP21 and pTAC5 were associated with the PEP complex not only during transcription initiation, but also during elongation and termination. Our results suggest that HSP21 and pTAC5 are required for chloroplast development under heat stress by maintaining PEP function.
Intra-arrest rapid head cooling improves postresuscitation myocardial function in comparison with delayed postresuscitation surface cooling

Objective:To compare resuscitation outcomes and myocardial function among intra-arrest head cooling, delayed surface cooling, and uncooled controls. Design:Prospective animal study. Setting:University-affiliated animal research laboratory. Subjects:Twenty-four male domestic pigs. Interventions:Ventricular fibrillation remained untreated for 10 mins after which animals were assigned into three groups: 1) intra-arrest head cooling, 2) postresuscitation surface cooling, and 3) uncooled controls. Head cooling by evaporative perfluorochemical began coincident with the start of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and continued for a total of 4 hrs. Surface cooling using a cooling blanket began at 2 hrs after return of spontaneous circulation and continued for 8 hrs. Control animals were treated identically with the exception for cooling. Measurements and Main Results:Return of spontaneous circulation was achieved in eight of eight head-cooled animals, in seven of eight surface-cooled animals, and in seven of eight of controls. Myocardial functions measured by transthoracic echocardiography were significantly better in the head-cooled animals than in surface-cooled and controls. All head-cooled animals survived for more than 96 hrs. This contrasted with six of eight survivors after surface cooling, and only two of eight among controls. Conclusions:Both intra-arrest head cooling and delayed surface cooling improved postresuscitation myocardial dysfunction. The beneficial effects were greatest with head cooling initiated with cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Neurofibrillary Tangles and Senile Plaques in Aged Bears

In aged human beings and in individuals with age-associated degenerative disorders, particularly Alzheimer's disease (AD), neurons develop cytoskeletal abnormalities, including neurofibrillary tangles (NFT) and senile plaques (SP). Senile plaques occur in several nonhuman species; however, NFT, with ultrastructural or immunocytochemical similarities to those occurring in humans, have not been identified in other mammals. In this study of five aged bears (Ursus, 20-30 years of age), we identified cytoskeletal abnormalities similar to those occurring in humans. An aged Asiatic brown bear had NFT, composed of straight 10-16-nm filaments, that were immunoreactive with antibodies directed against: phosphorylated epitopes of neurofilaments (NF); tau; A68 (a protein enriched in AD); and an antigen associated with paired helical filaments (PHF). An aged polar bear had numerous SP; neurites of these plaques were immunoreactive with antibodies against phosphorylated epitopes of NF, but NFT were not identified. These results indicate that nonprimate species develop age-related cytoskeletal abnormalities similar to those occurring in humans. Investigations of the comparative pathology of aged mammals may be useful in elucidating the pathogeneses of these abnormalities.