Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Cognitive Penetration and Attention

Zenon Pylyshyn argues that cognitively driven attentional effects do not amount to cognitive penetration of early vision because such effects occur either before or after early vision. Critics object that in fact such effects occur at all levels of perceptual processing. We argue that Pylyshyn’s claim is correct—but not for the reason he emphasizes. Even if his critics are correct that attentional effects are not external to early vision, these effects do not satisfy Pylyshyn’s requirements that the effects be direct and exhibit semantic coherence. In addition, we distinguish our defense from those found in recent work by Raftopoulos and by Firestone and Scholl, argue that attention should not be assimilated to expectation, and discuss alternative characterizations of cognitive penetrability, advocating a kind of pluralism.
The Relationship of Companies Social Connection and SEOs

This study investigates the relationship between social networks of seasoned equity offerings (SEOs) and the subscription fads of SEOs. The purpose of this study is to identify the following association. The strong connections between SEOs firms and underwriters have more information than others. But the SEOs firms with strong connections have not better long term performance than the others.
CHASING HIGHLY OBSCURED QSOs IN THE COSMOS FIELD

A large population of heavily obscured, Compton-thick active galactic nuclei (AGNs) is predicted by AGN synthesis models for the cosmic X-ray background and by the “relic” supermassive black hole mass function measured from local bulges. However, even the deepest X-ray surveys are inefficient to search for these elusive AGNs. Alternative selection criteria, combining mid-infrared with near-infrared, and optical photometry, have instead been successful in pinpointing a large population of Compton-thick AGNs. We take advantage of the deep Chandra and Spitzer coverage of a large area (more than 10 times the area covered by the Chandra deep fields, CDFs) in the Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS) field to extend the search of highly obscured, Compton-thick active nuclei to higher luminosity. These sources have low surface density, and therefore large samples can be provided only through large area surveys, like the COSMOS survey. We analyze the X-ray properties of COSMOS MIPS sources with 24 μm fluxes higher than 550 μJy. For the MIPS sources not directly detected in the Chandra images, we produce stacked images in soft and hard X-rays bands. To estimate the fraction of Compton-thick AGN in the MIPS source population, we compare the observed stacked count rates and hardness ratios to those predicted by detailed Monte Carlo simulations, including both obscured AGN and star-forming galaxies. The volume density of Compton-thick QSOs (log L(2–10 keV) = 44–45 erg s−1, or logλLλ(5.8 μm) = 44.79–46.18 erg s−1 for a typical infrared to X-ray luminosity ratio) evaluated in this way is (4.8 ± 1.1) × 10−6 Mpc−3 in the redshift bin 1.2–2.2. This density is ∼44% of all X-ray-selected QSOs in the same redshift and luminosity bin, and it is consistent with the expectation of the most up-to-date AGN synthesis models for the cosmic X-ray background (Gilli et al. ). The density of lower luminosity Compton-thick AGNs (log L(2–10 keV) = 43.5–44) at z = 0.7–1.2 is (3.7 ± 1.1) × 10−5 Mpc−3, corresponding to ∼67% of X-ray-selected AGNs. The comparison between the fraction of infrared-selected, Compton-thick AGNs to the X-ray selected, unobscured, and moderately obscured AGNs at high and low luminosity suggests that Compton-thick AGNs follow a luminosity dependence similar to that discovered for Compton-thin AGNs, becoming relatively rarer at high luminosities. We estimate that the fraction of AGNs (unobscured, moderately obscured, and Compton thick) to the total MIPS source population is 49 ± 10%, a value significantly higher than that previously estimated at similar 24 μm fluxes. We discuss how our findings can constrain AGN feedback models.
A Novel Slicing Based Algorithm to Calculate Hypervolume for Multi-Objective Optimization Problems

Hypervolume indicator is a commonly accepted quality measure for the Pareto optimal approximation set. But the calculation of hypervolume indicator is rather difficult, which greatly hampers its applications. Here we propose a slicing-based computation method (MHSO) to calculate hypervolume. MHSO processes objective space and points together. It recursively projects the set of points into fewer dimensions and incorporates a heuristic method to extract non-dominated points from the whole set which are used to calculate the contributed hypervolume in two-dimensional plane. This can enable the time complexity of hypervolume calculation achieve O(nlogn) in three-dimensional case. The time-complexity of our proposed MHSO achieves O(nlogn) which is better than the original HSO’s O(n). Two different types of test sets are utilized to compare the efficiency both algorithms. Experimental results confirm that MHSO will enable the use of hypervolume with larger population and more objectives.
When Imagining Future Wealth Influences Risky Decision Making

The body of literature on the relationship between risk aversion and wealth is extensive. However, little attention has been given to examining how future realizations of wealth might affect (current) risk decisions. Using paired lottery choice experiments and exposing subjects experimentally to imagined future wealth frames, I find that individuals are more risk-seeking if they are asked to imagine that they will be wealthy in the future. Yet I find that individuals are not significantly more risk-averse if they are asked to imagine that they will be poor in the future. I discuss theoretical and policy implications of these findings, including why savings rates are so low in the United States.
A Multi-Level Conceptual Model to Examine Child Welfare Worker Turnover and Retention Decisions

ABSTRACT There is little disagreement about the importance of a healthy stable workforce in promoting effective provision of child welfare services. This review proposes a multi-level conceptual model of child welfare workforce turnover combining traditional individual and organizational impacts with factors associated with community context. Identified gaps in the literature along with a related research agenda are reviewed. Also presented is an overview of the Florida Study of Professionals for Safe Families, a longitudinal study of new hires into the child welfare workforce across Florida, providing opportunities to address gaps and test model characteristics regarding turnover decisions and related outcomes.
Total Hip Arthroplasty in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Systematic Review

The prognosis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) has greatly improved in recent years, resulting in an increased number of patients reporting musculoskeletal complications such as osteonecrosis of the femoral head. Total hip arthroplasty (THA) can be utilised to alleviate the pain associated with this; however postoperative outcomes in patients with SLE are uncertain. A systematic review of the literature was conducted to identify articles presenting results of THA in SLE, and nine suitable papers were found. All papers were level IV evidence. Pooling the results, a total of 162 patients underwent 214 total hip arthroplasties. Mean follow-up was 72.5 months. The mean Harris Hip Score improved from 45.5 preoperatively to 88.6 and last follow-up. Seventeen percent of patients experienced at least one complication. Superficial wound infection occurred in 3.3%. Revision was required in 2.8% of cases. The mortality rate was 18.5% however no deaths were attributable to undergoing THA. Given the paucity of data present in the literature, more studies are required to adequately assess the postoperative outcomes of THA in patients with SLE, particularly complication rates.
Machiavellianism and Adult Attachment in General Interpersonal Relationships and Close Relationships

Up to the present, the relationship between Machiavellianism and adult attachment has remained a question to be answered in the psychological literature. That is why this study focused on the relationship between Machiavellianism and attachment towards significant others in general interpersonal relationships and in intimate-close relationships. Two attachment tests (Relationship Questionnaire and long-form of Experiences in Close Relationship) and the Mach-IV test were conducted on a sample consisting of 185 subjects. Results have revealed that Machiavellian subjects show a dismissing-avoidant attachment style in their general interpersonal relationships, while avoidance is further accompanied by some characteristics of attachment anxiety in their intimate-close relationships. Our findings further refine the relationship between Machiavellianism and dismissing-avoidant attachment. Machiavellian individuals not only have a negative representation of significant others, but they also tend to seek symbiotic closeness in order to exploit their partners. This ambitendency in distance regulation might be particularly important in understanding the vulnerability of Machiavellian individuals.
An Overview of Passive Cooling Techniques in Buildings: Design Concepts and Architectural Interventions

There has been a drastic increase in the use of air conditioning system for cooling the buildings all around the world. The last two decade has witnessed a severe energy crisis in developing countries especially during summer season primarily due to cooling load requirements of buildings. Increasing consumption of energy has led to environmental pollution resulting in global warming and ozone layer depletion. Passive cooling systems use non-mechanical methods to maintain a comfortable indoor temperature and are a key factor in mitigating the impact of buildings on the environment. Passive cooling techniques can reduce the peak cooling load in buildings, thus reducing the size of the air conditioning equipment and the period for which it is generally required. This paper reviews and critically analyzes various passive cooling techniques and their role in providing thermal comfort and its significance in energy conservation.
miR-143 Overexpression Impairs Growth of Human Colon Carcinoma Xenografts in Mice with Induction of Apoptosis and Inhibition of Proliferation

Background MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are aberrantly expressed in human cancer and involved in the (dys)regulation of cell survival, proliferation, differentiation and death. Specifically, miRNA-143 (miR-143) is down-regulated in human colon cancer. In the present study, we evaluated the role of miR-143 overexpression on the growth of human colon carcinoma cells xenografted in nude mice (immunodeficient mouse strain: N: NIH(s) II-nu/nu). Methodology/Principal Findings HCT116 cells with stable miR-143 overexpression (Over-143) and control (Empty) cells were subcutaneously injected into the flanks of nude mice, and tumor growth was evaluated over time. Tumors arose ∼ 14 days after tumor cell implantation, and the experiment was ended at 40 days after implantation. miR-143 was confirmed to be significantly overexpressed in Over-143 versus Empty xenografts, by TaqMan® Real-time PCR (p<0.05). Importantly, Over-143 xenografts displayed slower tumor growth compared to Empty xenografts from 23 until 40 days in vivo (p<0.05), with final volumes of 928±338 and 2512±387 mm3, respectively. Evaluation of apoptotic proteins showed that Over-143 versus Empty xenografts displayed reduced Bcl-2 levels, and increased caspase-3 activation and PARP cleavage (p<0.05). In addition, the incidence of apoptotic tumor cells, assessed by TUNEL, was increased in Over-143 versus Empty xenografts (p<0.01). Finally, Over-143 versus Empty xenografts displayed significantly reduced NF-κB activation and ERK5 levels and activation (p<0.05), as well as reduced proliferative index, evaluated by Ki-67 immunohistochemistry (p<0.01). Conclusions Our results suggest that reduced tumor volume in Over-143 versus Empty xenografts may result from increased apoptosis and decreased proliferation induced by miR-143. This reinforces the relevance of miR-143 in colon cancer, indicating an important role in the control of in vivo tumor progression, and suggesting that miR-143 may constitute a putative novel therapeutic tool for colon cancer treatment that warrants further investigation.
Are Pictures Peculiar Objects of Perception?

ABSTRACT: Are face-to-face perception and picture perception different perceptual phenomena? The question is controversial. On the one hand, philosophers have offered several solid arguments showing that, despite some resemblances, they are quite different perceptual phenomena and that pictures are special objects of perception. On the other hand, neuroscientists routinely use pictures in experimental settings as substitutes for normal objects, and this practice is successful in explaining how the human visual system works. But this seems to imply that face-to-face perception and picture perception are very similar, if not actually the same. How can we decide between these two opposite intuitions? Here I offer a regimentation of the notion of picture perception that can reconcile these two apparently conflicting ideas about pictures. It follows that philosophers and neuroscientists can maintain their respective stances without any theoretical conflict.
Theodore Millon ’ s Legacy for Personality Theory and Assessment International Adaptations of the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory : Construct Validity and Clinical Applications

International Adaptations of the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory: Construct Validity and Clinical Applications Gina Rossi & Jan Derksen To cite this article: Gina Rossi & Jan Derksen (2015) International Adaptations of the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory: Construct Validity and Clinical Applications, Journal of Personality Assessment, 97:6, 572-590, DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2015. 1079531 To link to this article: http://dx.doi. org/10.1080/00223891.2015. 1079531
Speaker verification using Lasso based sparse total variability supervector with PLDA modeling

In this paper, we propose a Lasso based framework to generate the sparse total variability supervectors (s-vectors). Rather than the factor analysis framework, which uses a low dimensional Eigenvoice subspace to represent the mean supervector, the proposed Lasso approach utilizes the l1 norm regularized least square estimation to project the mean supervector on a pre-defined dictionary. The number of samples in this dictionary is appreciably larger than the typical Eigenvoice rank but the l1 norm of the Lasso solution vector is constrained. Only a small number of samples in the dictionary are selected for representing the mean supervector, and most of the dictionary coefficients in the Lasso solution are 0. We denote these sparse dictionary coefficient vectors in the Lasso solutions as the s-vectors and model them using probabilistic linear discriminant analysis (PLDA) for speaker verification. The proposed approach generates comparable results to the conventional cosine distance scoring based i-vector system and improvement is achieved by fusing the proposed method with either the i-vector system or the joint factor analysis (JFA) system. Experiments results are reported on the female part of the NIST SRE 2010 task with common condition 5 using equal error rate (EER), norm old minDCF and norm new minDCF values. The norm new minDCF cost was reduced by 7.5% and 9.6% relative when fusing the proposed approach with the baseline JFA and i-vector systems, respectively. Similarly, 8.3% and 10.7% relative norm old minDCF cost reduction was observed in the fusion.
Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of the Breast in Young Male Patient: A Case Report and a Review of the Literature

Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma (MFH) is a fairly common tumor in the deep soft tissues: the most frequent primary sites are the lower (49%) and upper (19%) limbs, but it has been reported even in the retroperitoneum and abdomen (16%), while localization in the breast is extremely rare (1-2). Breast cancer is rarely seen in males, accounts for approximately 1% of all breast cancer, and the breast sarcomas constitute less than 1% of breast tumors in both sexes. In the review of the literature, this is the third male and first young male with MFH. Here, we present a 37-years-old male patient who is diagnosed to have malignant fibrous histiocytoma in a variant of pleomorphic fusiform cell localized in the left breast. Following the wide local excision, the patient was given an adjuvant 50 Gy of external radiotherapy. He remained alive and well after 42 months of followup. We believe that reporting such few cases would contribute to forming treatment algorithms of rare tumors.
Towards realistic team formation in social networks based on densest subgraphs

Given a task T, a set of experts V with multiple skills and a social network G(V, W) reflecting the compatibility among the experts, team formation is the problem of identifying a team C ? V that is both competent in performing the task T and compatible in working together. Existing methods for this problem make too restrictive assumptions and thus cannot model practical scenarios. The goal of this paper is to consider the team formation problem in a realistic setting and present a novel formulation based on densest subgraphs. Our formulation allows modeling of many natural requirements such as (i) inclusion of a designated team leader and/or a group of given experts, (ii) restriction of the size or more generally cost of the team (iii) enforcing locality of the team, e.g., in a geographical sense or social sense, etc. The proposed formulation leads to a generalized version of the classical densest subgraph problem with cardinality constraints (DSP), which is an NP hard problem and has many applications in social network analysis. In this paper, we present a new method for (approximately) solving the generalized DSP (GDSP). Our method, FORTE, is based on solving an equivalent continuous relaxation of GDSP. The solution found by our method has a quality guarantee and always satisfies the constraints of GDSP. Experiments show that the proposed formulation (GDSP) is useful in modeling a broader range of team formation problems and that our method produces more coherent and compact teams of high quality. We also show, with the help of an LP relaxation of GDSP, that our method gives close to optimal solutions to GDSP.
Factors Effecting Sexual Response and Sexual Satisfaction among Elderly Persons in Bangkok, Thailand

The objective of this survey research was to study the factors effecting sexual response and sexual satisfaction among elderly people in the Bangkok metropolitan area. The total 450 elderly people above the age of 60 were interviewed on structured questionnaire. The statistics used were percentage, mean, standard deviation, Cronbach’s alpha and the chi-squared statistic. The results indicate that out of 450 elders, 48% were males and 52% were female, average age of the respondents were 65 years with a standard deviation of 1.021. Most of the elders were married and lived with spouses respectively 65% among males and 35% among females. Their health problems centered on blood pressure 65% for males and 35% for females. Question about sexual health indicated that 59% of males and 18% of females still had sexual desire. Sex activities during the past 4 months were masturbation (32% of males and 45% of females) and sexual intercourse (19% males and 23% female). The sexual problems of the elders and their spouses were premature ejaculation (13% of males and 43% of females) and vaginismus (in females 55%, and in spouse of male participant 19%). Most of the elders had moderate levels of sexual satisfaction and sexual response. The associations between various factors and sexual response and sexual satisfaction were statistically significant. These factors were marital status, non communicable diseases, physical check up, exercise, alcohol consumption, smoking, sexual activities, stress, sexual desire, sexual problems and attitudes.
Correlates of Satisfaction Among Clients of a Public Defender Agency

Discussions of indigent defense often neglect the voice of the people these systems are designed to represent. This article addresses that gap by presenting findings of a study of client satisfaction from a rural public defender agency. One hundred twenty clients were asked about their satisfaction with their attorney, focusing on whether there were particular actions or behaviors that contributed to greater satisfaction. Attempts were made to administer the questionnaire twice, both early on in the case and after case disposition, as well as to clients both in and out of custody. Findings revealed that clients were generally satisfied with their public defender and that such satisfaction correlated with indicators of communication, investigation, and advocacy. The ways in which the resultant measure of satisfaction could be used for professional development and considered as an indicator of quality defense are discussed.
Correction: Comprehensive Mapping of the Escherichia coli Flagellar Regulatory Network

The email address for the corresponding author is incorrect. The correct email address is: vog.yn. htlaeh@edaw.hpesoj. The section entitled “ChIP-seq data analysis” in the Materials and Methods section mentions reference [54]. This is incorrect. Instead reference [63] should be cited. The correct text is included here: Once T1 and T2 were chosen, peak calling was performed as previously described (Supplementary Material of [63]). Briefly, a region was identified as a peak if both replicates showed enrichment above the corresponding thresholds for each strand. For a peak to be called there must be a peak on the plus strand within a threshold distance of a peak on the minus strand, as previously described (Supplementary Material of [63]).
Adaptive data transmission in the cloud

Data centers provide resources for a broad range of services, such as web search, email, web sites, etc., each with different delay requirements. For example, web search should cater to users' requests quickly, while data backup has no special requirement on completion time. Different applications also introduce flows with very different properties (e.g., size and duration). The default method of transport in data centers, namely TCP, treats flows equally, forcing equal share of the bottleneck network bandwidth. This fairness property leads to poor outcomes for time-sensitive applications. A better solution is to allocate more bandwidth to time-sensitive applications. However, the state-of-the-art approaches that do this all require forklift changes to data center networking gear. In some cases, substantial changes need to be made to end-system stacks and applications as well. In this paper, we argue that a simple modification to TCP can help better meet the requirements of latency-sensitive applications in the data center. No modification to end-systems, applications or networking gear is necessary. We motivate our Adaptive TCP (ATCP) design using measurements of real data center traffic. We analytically derive the parameters to use in our proposed modification to TCP. Finally, we use extensive simulations in NS2 to show the benefits of ATCP.