Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Multi-indexed p-orthogonal sums in non-commutative Lebesgue spaces

In this paper we extend a recent Pisier's inequality for p-orthogonal sums in non-commutative Lebesgue spaces. To that purpose, we generalize the notion of p-orthogonality to the class of multi-indexed families of operators. This kind of families appears naturally in certain non-commutative Khintchine type inequalities associated with free groups. Other p-orthogonal families are given by the homogeneous operator-valued polynomials in the Rademacher variables or the multi-indexed martingale difference sequences. As in Pisier's result, our tools are mainly combinatorial.
Using geometric constraints through parallelepipeds for calibration and 3D modeling

This paper concerns the incorporation of geometric information in camera calibration and 3D modeling. Using geometric constraints enables more stable results and allows us to perform tasks with fewer images. Our approach is motivated and developed within a framework of semi-automatic 3D modeling, where the user defines geometric primitives and constraints between them. In this paper, first a duality that exists between the shape parameters of a parallelepiped and the intrinsic parameters of a camera is described. Then, a factorization-based algorithm exploiting this relation is developed. Using images of parallelepipeds, it allows us to simultaneously calibrate cameras, recover shapes of parallelepipeds, and estimate the relative pose of all entities. Besides geometric constraints expressed via parallelepipeds, our approach simultaneously takes into account the usual self-calibration constraints on cameras. The proposed algorithm is completed by a study of the singular cases of the calibration method. A complete method for the reconstruction of scene primitives that are not modeled by parallelepipeds is also briefly described. The proposed methods are validated by various experiments with real and simulated data, for single-view as well as multiview cases.
Bendamustine, Thalidomide and Dexamethasone is an effective salvage regimen for advanced stage multiple myeloma

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Topographic projections between the nucleus isthmi and the tectum of the frog rana pipiens

The connections between the nucleus isthmi and the tectum in the frog have been determined by several anatomical techniques: iontophoresis of horseradish peroxidase into the tectum, iontophoresis of 3H‐proline into the nucleus isthmi and the tectum, and Fink‐Heimer degeneration staining after lesions of the nucleus isthmi. The results show that the nucleus isthmi projects bilaterally to the tectal lobes. The ipsilateral isthmio‐tectal fibers are distributed in the superficial layers of the tectum, coincident with the retinotectal terminals. The contralateral isthmio‐tectal fibers travel anteriorly adjacent to the lateral optic tract and cross the midline in the supraoptic ventral decussation, where they turn dorsally and caudally; upon reaching the tectum, the fibers end in two discrete layers, layers 8 and A of Potter. The tectum projects to the ipsilateral nucleus isthmi and there is a reciprocal topographic relationship between the two structures. Thus, a retino‐tecto‐isthmio‐tectal route exists which may contribute to the indirect ipsilateral retinotectal projection which is observed electrophysiologically. The connections between the nucleus isthmi and the tectum in the frog are strikingly similar to the connections between the parabigeminal nucleus and the superior colliculus of mammals.
Heterotopic ossification as a complication of carbon monoxide intoxication.

PURPOSE Gait impairment due to encephalopathy and neuropathy has been reported in carbon monoxide (CO) intoxication. Heterotopic ossification (HO) as a cause of gait impairment after CO intoxication has never been reported. In this study we report a patient with HO after CO intoxication. CASE REPORT A 21 year-old woman developed HO after CO intoxication, which resulted in progressive difficulties in ambulation. Bone scan 3 months later revealed HO around bilateral femoral joints and extended to proximal thighs. Selective involvement of bilateral iliopsoas, tensor fascia lata, rectus femoris, sartorius, and quadriceps muscles were found by muscle magnetic resonance imaging. Surgical intervention improved ambulation. A repeated bone scan 6 months after the operation showed no focal recurrence. CONCLUSION CO intoxication can lead to HO through ischemic reperfusion injury. HO should be considered in patients with ambulation difficulties after CO intoxication. Excision of HO may be a treatment option to correct limitations in locomotion.
Contemporary Changes with the Use of Facial Nerve Monitoring in Chronic Ear Surgery

Objective There is a growing trend for the routine use of the facial nerve monitor (FNM) in chronic ear surgery. We aimed to examine current patterns in the use of FNMs in chronic ear surgery. Study Design Descriptive design (survey). Setting Academic health center. Methods A 10-question survey was designed to identify level of training, scope of practice, specific otologic surgeries where monitoring was most used, and the opinion of respondents regarding the use of FNMs as standard of care for chronic and/or middle ear surgery. A randomized list of 2000 board-certified members of the American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery was generated. One thousand subjects received a mailed survey with a self-addressed return envelope and 1000 subjects received an emailed survey through Surveymonkey.com. Results There were 359 (36%) surveys returned by mail and 258 (26%) surveys returned electronically. Forty-three percent of respondents were in private practice, and 31% were fellowship trained in otology/neurotology. Sixty-five percent used a FNM in their training and 95% had regular access to a FNM. Revision mastoid surgery, cholesteatoma, canal wall down mastoidectomy, and facial recess approach were the settings where a FNM was most used. Forty-nine percent of respondents felt that a FNM should be used as the standard of care in chronic ear surgery; this represents an increase from 32% in a similar study done approximately 10 years ago. Conclusion There is a growing trend for routine facial nerve monitoring in the setting of chronic ear surgery.
Reproductive Strategies of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) and Implications for the Sterile Insect Technique

Male insects are expected to optimize their reproductive strategy according to the availability of sperm or other ejaculatory materials, and to the availability and reproductive status of females. Here, we investigated the reproductive strategy and sperm management of male and virgin female Aedes albopictus, a mosquito vector of chikungunya and dengue viruses. The dynamics of semen transfer to the female bursa inseminalis and spermathecae were observed. Double-mating experiments were conducted to study the effect of time lapsed or an oviposition event between two copulations on the likelihood of a female double-insemination and the use of sperm for egg fertilization; untreated fertile males and radio-sterilised males were used for this purpose. Multiple inseminations and therefore the possibility of sperm competition were limited to matings closely spaced in time. When two males consecutively mated the same female within a 40 min interval, in ca. 15% of the cases did both males sire progeny. When the intervals between the copulations were longer, all progeny over several gonotrophic cycles were offspring of the first male. The mating behavior of males was examined during a rapid sequence of copulations. Male Ae. albopictus were parceling sperm allocation over several matings; however they would also attempt to copulate with females irrespective of the available sperm supply or accessory gland secretion material. During each mating, they transferred large quantities of sperm that was not stored for egg fertilization, and they attempted to copulate with mated females with a low probability of transferring their genes to the next generation. The outcomes of this study provided in addition some essential insights with respect to the sterile insect technique (SIT) as a vector control method.
Emerging Influence of Transmodernism and Transpersonal Psychology Reflected in Rising Popularity of Transformational Festivals

The broad cultural themes of modernism and postmodernism have played crucial roles in intra-, inter-, and transpersonal growth, particularly in economically mature societies. Today, the tendrils of transmodernism appear to have captured the attention of many young adults eager to find meaning in a wake of postmodernism’s reductionist, nihilist, and existential impulses. Evidence of this shift away from postmodernism is the emergence of transformational festivals—countercultural and co-created gatherings that may offer an anecdote for modern life’s anomie, anxiety, and depression. Elements of transpersonal psychology and psychosynthesis appear to be reflected in each festival’s design and implementation. Intense communal activities work synergistically with sacred and contemplative activities to promote relational, introspective, and transcendent growth that resembles interdisciplinary psychotherapy. Guided by an ethos of radical acceptance and mutual support, the social and solitary limbs create a safe container in which participants may dissect, test, and reassemble aspects of psyche while remaining receptive to enhanced appreciation of the transcendent world. Participants routinely express a greater sense of wholeness and self-possession with reduced negative affect. Parallels between the broad cultural theme of transmodernism and immersive psychosocial events like the Burning Man art and music festival suggest a mutually beneficial and symbiotic relationship.
Making sense of inclusive education in the Pacific region: Networking as a way forward

This article is based on material collected in researching the viability of a regional network focused on the inclusion of children with disabilities in education in the Pacific region. It discusses the importance of balancing the international vision of a rights-based approach to education with indigenous inclusive values in the small and scattered Pacific island populations. A case study is analysed of the development of community-based inclusive education in Samoa by a national non-governmental organisation in collaboration with various government ministries, and finally, the potential of networking in generating new, contextually relevant knowledge about inclusive education is debated.
Attributions for Success and Failure of Academically Gifted High School Students

The 24-item Multidimensional-Multiattributional Causality Scale: Achievement was administered to 74 academically gifted students enrolled in the University of Arizona's Precollege Program for Gifted and Talented Students. Attributions for academic success or failure to ability, effort, context, and luck were examined. Data supported predictions derived from attribution theory that academic success would be attributed to ability and effort, and academic failure would be attributed to lack of effort.
A Method to Determine the Heating Mechanisms of the Solar Corona

One of the paradigms about coronal heating has been the belief that the mean or summit temperature of a coronal loop is completely insensitive to the nature of the heating mechanisms. However, we point out that the temperature profile along a coronal loop is highly sensitive to the form of the heating. For example, when a steady state heating is balanced by thermal conduction, a uniform heating function makes the heat flux a linear function of distance along the loop, while T7/2 increases quadratically from the coronal footpoints; when the heating is concentrated near the coronal base, the heat flux is small and the T7/2 profile is flat above the base; when the heat is focused near the summit of a loop, the heat flux is constant and T7/2 is a linear function of distance below the summit. It is therefore important to determine how the heat deposition from particular heating mechanisms varies spatially within coronal structures such as loops or arcades and to compare it to high-quality measurements of the temperature profiles. We propose a new two-part approach to try and solve the coronal heating problem, namely, first of all to use observed temperature profiles to deduce the form of the heating, and second to use that heating form to deduce the likely heating mechanism. In particular, we apply this philosophy to a preliminary analysis of Yohkoh observations of the large-scale solar corona. This gives strong evidence against heating concentrated near the loop base for such loops and suggests that heating uniformly distributed along the loop is slightly more likely than heating concentrated at the summit. The implication is that large-scale loops are heated in situ throughout their length, rather than being a steady response to low-lying heating near their feet or at their summits. Unless waves can be shown to produce a heating close enough to uniform, the evidence is therefore at present for these large loops more in favor of turbulent reconnection at many small randomly distributed current sheets, which is likely to be able to do so. In addition, we suggest that the decline in coronal intensity by a factor of 100 from solar maximum to solar minimum is a natural consequence of the observed ratio of magnetic field strength in active regions and the quiet Sun; the altitude of the maximum temperature in coronal holes may represent the dissipation height of Alfvén waves by turbulent phase mixing; and the difference in maximum temperature in closed and open regimes may be understood in terms of the roles of the conductive flux there.
Nitric oxide involved in the abscisic acid induced proline accumulation in wheat seedling leaves under salt stress

Exogenous nitric oxide (NO) releaser sodium nitroprusside (SNP) with different concentrations from 0.01 to 5.00 mmol/L induced proline accumulation in wheat (Triticum aestivum L. cv. Yangmai 158) seedling leaves under 150 mmol/L salt stress in a dose-dependent manner. It was most effective at 0.1 mmol/L SNP, and the combination treatments with two NO scavenger, 2-(4-carboxyphenyl)-4,4,5,5tetramethylimidazoline-1-oxyl-3-oxide (c-PTIO) and hemoglobin, separately reverted the 0.1 mmol/L SNP induced proline accumulation. Meanwhile, the proline accumulation induced by NO might be of benefit to the water retention in wheat seedling leaves when subjected to salinity, and exogenous 0.1 mmol/L SNP treatment also dramatically activated the synthesis of endogenous abscisic acid (ABA), and the employment of hemoglobin further indicated that NO might be downstream of the ABA induced proline accumulation in wheat seedling leaves under 150 mmol/L salt stress, but there did not exist synergism between NO and ABA signaling toward proline accumulation. Detection of proline synthesis and degradation demonstrated that exogenous NO induced proline accumulation in a phase dependent manner, mainly by enhancing the activities of ∆-pyrroline-5-carboxylate synthetase (P5CS) within the first 4 d of treatment and inhibiting activities of proline dehydrogenase (ProDH) 4 d later up to 8 d. And ABA showed a weak effect on P5CS and ProDH activities in comparison with NO treatment. Additionally, Ca was confirmed as the important intermediates during the NO signaling pathway in proline accumulation under salinity conditions.
An Experimental Analysis of Information Acquisition in Prediction Markets

We study which factors in terms of trading environment and trader characteristics determine individual information acquisition in experimental asset markets. Traders with larger endowments, existing inconclusive information, lower risk aversion, and less experience in financial markets tend to acquire more information. Overall, we find that traders overacquire information, so that informed traders on average obtain negative profits net of information costs. Information acquisition and the associated losses do not diminish over time. This overacquisition phenomenon is inconsistent with predictions of rational expectations equilibrium, and we argue it resembles the overdissipation results from the contest literature. We find that more acquired information in the market leads to smaller differences between fundamental asset values and prices. Thus, the overacquisition phenomenon is a novel explanation for the high forecasting accuracy of prediction markets.
Adjuvant radiotherapy or early salvage radiotherapy in pT3R0 or pT3R1 prostate cancer

Purpose of review As the appropriate management of patients after prostatectomy is still controversial, the two major approaches, adjuvant radiotherapy (ART) vs. prostate-specific antigen-based surveillance and – upon biochemical recurrence – salvage radiotherapy (SRT) are discussed. Recent findings Three prospectively randomized clinical trials into ART with 5–12 years median follow-up and overall 1800 patients show a significant gain in freedom from biochemical recurrence after prostatectomy and adjuvant irradiation (hazard ratio ∼0.5). Only one study reported an improved overall survival (hazard ratio 0.72). Patients with pT3 and positive surgical margins are the most likely to profit from ART. Retrospective analyses of adjuvant vs. SRT suggest a similar oncological outcome if SRT is given early after recurrence, that is at a prostate-specific antigen of 0.5 ng/ml or less. Also, toxicity is similar with the two strategies. With positive lymph nodes, hormone therapy and optionally extended field radiotherapy can be recommended. Summary The alternative ART or surveillance along with SRT after prostatectomy cannot yet be decided on conclusively. Compliance, physical side-effects, psychological aspects and life expectancy should be taken into account when discussing treatment options. Ongoing and planned trials will hopefully identify subgroups that profit most from one or the other strategy.
Being a teacher: altruistic and narcissistic expectations of pre-service teachers

Abstract The article focuses on investigating pre-service teachers’ expectations of their future teaching career, in particular concerning teacher–student interrelations. In an attempt to comprehend why people choose teaching as a professional career, a conceptual model titled ‘Teachers’ altruistic-narcissistic classroom expectations’ was designed and tested. The model puts forward for consideration the idea that pre-service teachers view their future relations with students as being based on four basic psychological foundations: genuine altruism, paternalistic altruism, benevolent narcissism, and genuine narcissism. A study to test for the validity of this model, using Facet Theory and smallest space analysis as the methodological approach is reported. One hundred and sixty student–teachers participated in the study. The findings provided evidence in support of the model’s validity. It is argued that altruism and narcissism conjointly may be regarded as factors motivating people to opt for teaching as a career, and that altruistic and narcissistic expectations can predict teachers’ classroom behavior.
PENGARUH LITERASI KEUANGAN TERHADAP PERILAKU MAHASISWA DALAM MENGELOLA KEUANGAN

Abstract: The purpose of this research is to investigate determinants of accounting students’ financial behavior. Financial literacy is defined as a personal’s knowledge and ability to manage money. By 75 accounting students were taken as samples. Collecting data is done by questionnaire and is empirically examined by using path analysis. Sampling method used convenience sampling. The result shows that financial literacy has significant effect on accounting student’s financial behavior but gender, age, academic ability and work experience have not significant effect on financial literacy. This finding concludes that financial literacy is determinants of accounting student’s financial behavior. Abstrak: Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menginvestigasi determinan perilaku keuangan mahasiswa Akuntansi. Financial literacy didefinisikan sebagai pengetahuan dan kemampuan seseorang dalam mengelola keuangan. Sampel penelitian sebanyak 75 mahasiswa Akuntansi. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan kuesioner dan pengujian menggunakan path analysis (analisis jalur). Metode penyampelan menggunakan convenience sampling. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa literasi keuangan memiliki pengaruh yang signifikan terhadap perilaku keuangan mahasiswa akan tetapi gender, usia, kemampuan akademis dan pengalaman kerja tidak terbukti memiliki korelasi dengan perilaku keuangan mahasiswa. Hasil temuan penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa financial literacy merupakan determinan perilaku keuangan. Normal 0 false false false IN X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0cm; mso-para-margin-right:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0cm; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}