Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A High-order Discontinuous Galerkin Scheme for Elastic Wave Propagation

In this paper, we introduce a fourth-order leap-frog time scheme combined with a high-order discontinuous Galerkin method for the solution of the elastodynamic equations. The time discretization, obtained via a simple construction based on Taylor developments, provides an accurate scheme for the numerical simulation of seismic wave propagation. Results of the propagation of an eigenmode allow a numerical study of stability and convergence of the scheme for both uniform and non structured meshes proving the high level of accuracy of the method. The robustness of the scheme in the heterogeneous case is studied and we also examine the propagation of an explosive source in a homogeneous half-space.
The Application of Carousel Feedback and Round Table Cooperative Learning Models to Improve Student's Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) and Social Studies Learning Outcomes.

This Classroom Action Research aims to improve students’ HOTS (High Order Thinking Skills) and Social Studies learning outcomes through the application of Carousel Feedback and Round Table cooperative learning methods. This study was based on a model proposed by Elliott and was implemented for three cycles. The subjects were 30 female students of the eight graders of Junior High School Islam Terpadu Darul Azhar, South East Aceh, Aceh, Indonesia. The data collection instruments include observation, test, interview, and documentation. The data were obtained from pre and post-test of each cycle. The findings revealed that Carousel Feedback and Round Table cooperative learning models could increase students’ HOTS and Social Studies learning outcomes. The habit of giving time to the students to think, providing scaffolding, observing students’ activity, asking questions, discussing in groups, analyzing the results and providing feedback are the examples of activities that should be familiarized.
Information, Animal Spirits, and the Meaning of Innovations in Consumer Confidence

Innovations to measures of consumer confidence convey incremental information about economic activity far into the future. Comparing the shapes of impulse responses to confidence innovations in the data with the predictions of a calibrated New Keynesian model, we find little evidence of a strong causal channel from autonomous movements in sentiment to economic outcomes (the "animal spirits" interpretation). Rather, these impulse responses support an alternative hypothesis that the surprise movements in confidence reflect information about future economic prospects (the "information" view). Confidence innovations are best characterized as noisy measures of changes in expected productivity growth over a relatively long horizon.
Perilaku Investor Galeri Investasi BEI dengan AB Mitra Sinarmas Sekuritas Jawa Barat

High inflation impacts a n increase of the goods price but sometimes , it doesn’t follow the increase ofincome.Investment is a way that can be used to multiply wealth. Stocks is one of the types of investment on the capital market.The development of the capital market is very rapid and the capital market is well know among students with the establishment of an Galeri Investasi at the University.This study would like to discuss about behavior of investor. This study used a survey method by distributing questionnaires to 220 respondents, who are Investors of Galeri Investasi BEI AB Mitra Sinarmas Securitas, West Java . The method used to test the correlationbetween decision factors (fundamental factor, technical analysis, age and experience) and investment decision (frequency of stocks trading and business area of the company) using correlation rank Spearman test. The results showed there is significant correlation between technical analysis and frequency of stocks trading but there are not significant correlation between Fundametal Factor and business area of the company, age and frequency of trading stock, experience and frequency of stocks trading. Keywords: behavior of investor, decision factors, investment decision
Attitude change: Multiple roles for persuasion variables.

OVERVIEW The O.J. Simpson " trial of the century " in the mid-1990s captured the attention of the American populace more than any other public spectacle since the kidnaping of the Lindberg baby in the 1920s. A prominent football player and popular sportscaster was charged with a gruesome double homicide. The attorneys for the prosecution and defense were of various races and genders. The evidence presented on each side was at times amazingly simple, visual, and emotional, and at times was verbal, abstract, and probably incomprehensible to jurors. The witnesses included individuals of diverse styles, demeanors, and credibility. The jurors, the recipients of the messages from these various sources, were themselves a mixed group of people of diverse backgrounds, beliefs, and personal experiences who had to sift through the trial material and arrive at a decision as to whether the defendant had been proven guilty or not. The context in which all of this took place was at times tense and sad, and at times filled with humor and positive feelings. Not surprisingly, no experiment has ever captured the extraordinary complexity inherent in this situation, yet almost all of the variables present in this trial (and many not present) have been examined in the social psychological literature on attitude formation and change. This chapter provides an overview of research on these diverse variables and addresses the processes by which these variables are thought to result in influence. Although it has become a cliché to say that the attitude construct is the most indispensable concept in contemporary social psychology, this statement appears as true today as when Allport (1935) initially wrote it in reviews of the attitude concept). Attitudes remain important as we enter the 21st century because of the fundamental role that individuals' attitudes, both explicit and implicit (Greenwald & Banaji, 1995), play in the critical choices people make regarding their own health and security as well as those of their families, friends, and nations. From purchase decisions provoked by liking for a product to wars spurned by ethnic prejudices, attitudes help to determine a wide variety of potentially consequential outcomes. Before turning to the relevant studies, it is useful to address some definitional issues. The term attitude is used to refer to a person's overall evaluation of persons (including oneself), objects, and issues. Thus, one's attitude refers to how favorably or unfavorably or how positively or negatively in general …
Causal properties of AdS-isometry groups II: BTZ multi black-holes

This paper is the continuation of [8]. We essentially prove that the familly of strongly causal spacetimes defined in [8] associated to generic achronal subsets in $\mbox{Ein}_2$ contains all the examples of BTZ multi black-holes. It provides new elements for the global description of these multi black-holes. We also prove that any spacetime locally modelled on the anti-de Sitter space admits a well-defined maximal conformal boundary, locally modelled on $\mbox{Ein}_2$, such that any isometry between such spacetimes extends to their conformal boundary.
Loss of Ethanol Conditioned Taste Aversion and Motor Stimulation in Knockin Mice with Ethanol-Insensitive α2-Containing GABAA Receptors

GABA type A receptors (GABAA-Rs) are potential targets of ethanol. However, there are multiple subtypes of this receptor, and, thus far, individual subunits have not been definitively linked with specific ethanol behavioral actions. Interestingly, though, a chromosomal cluster of four GABAA-R subunit genes, including α2 (Gabra2), was associated with human alcoholism (Am J Hum Genet 74:705–714, 2004; Pharmacol Biochem Behav 90:95–104, 2008; J Psychiatr Res 42:184–191, 2008). The goal of our study was to determine the role of receptors containing this subunit in alcohol action. We designed an α2 subunit with serine 270 to histidine and leucine 277 to alanine mutations that was insensitive to potentiation by ethanol yet retained normal GABA sensitivity in a recombinant expression system. Knockin mice containing this mutant subunit were tested in a range of ethanol behavioral tests. These mutant mice did not develop the typical conditioned taste aversion in response to ethanol and showed complete loss of the motor stimulant effects of ethanol. Conversely, they also demonstrated changes in ethanol intake and preference in multiple tests. The knockin mice showed increased ethanol-induced hypnosis but no difference in anxiolytic effects or recovery from acute ethanol-induced motor incoordination. Overall, these studies demonstrate that the effects of ethanol at GABAergic synapses containing the α2 subunit are important for specific behavioral effects of ethanol that may be relevant to the genetic linkage of this subunit with human alcoholism.
LUMINOUS RED GALAXY POPULATION IN CLUSTERS AT 0.2⩽ z ⩽0.6

We investigate statistical properties of luminous red galaxies (LRGs) in a sample of X-ray-selected galaxy clusters at intermediate redshift (0.2 ⩽ z ⩽ 0.6) of mass range from ∼1 × 1014 M ☉ to ∼8 × 1014 M ☉. The LRGs are selected based on carefully designed color criteria, and the cluster membership is assessed via photometric redshifts. As clusters and LRGs are both viewed as promising tracer of the underlying dark matter distribution, understanding the distribution of LRGs within clusters is an important issue. Our main findings include (1) the halo occupation distribution (HOD) of LRGs inside our cluster sample is 〈N(M)〉 = k(M/1014 h −1 M ☉) a , where a = 0.495 ± 0.105 and k = 1.455 ± 0.285 assuming a Poisson distribution for N(M). If we assume the form of 〈N(M)〉 = 1 + k(M/1014 h −1 M ☉) a , where a = 0.580 ± 0.130 and k = 0.975 ± 0.240 assuming a Poisson distribution for N(M). (2) The HOD of LRGs [N(M)] and the satellite distribution of LRGs [N(M) − 1] are both consistent with being Poisson. To be more quantitative, we find Var(N)/〈N〉 = 1.43 ± 0.35 and Var(N − 1)/〈N − 1〉 = 1.82 ± 0.50. (3) The radial profile of LRGs within clusters when fitted with a Navarro–Frenk–White profile gives a concentration of 17.5+7.1 −4.3 (6.0+3.2 −1.9) including (excluding) brightest LRGs (BLRGs). In essence, the BLRGs are more concentrated toward the center of the clusters than the other LRGs in clusters. We also discuss the implications of these observations on the evolution of massive galaxies in clusters.
Effects of inertia weight on DPSO-based single-hop routing protocol for wireless sensor networks

Clustering process optimized by particle swarm optimizer makes for topology control and energy conservation in wireless sensor networks. The particle fitness is defined as its neighborpsilas information including location and residual energy, a novel distributed clustering approach based on discrete particle swarm optimization (DPSO) for single-hop routing protocol is developed, named as DPSOCA. The effects of inertia weight on network lifetime and energy efficiency are studied. A set of optimal cluster heads are dynamically created using elected method that DPSOCA has minimum energy dissipation, decreases the randomicity of node being cluster head, and outperforms LEACH with significantly prolonging the networks lifetime and efficiently balancing the networks energy-dissipation. The results show that a greater randomicity of inertia weight has a higher cost of performance of network lifetime to convergence iterations.
The second self: computers and the human spirit

In The Second Self, Sherry Turkle looks at the computer not as a "tool," but as part of our social and psychological lives; she looks beyond how we use computer games and spreadsheets to explore how the computer affects our awareness of ourselves, of one another, and of our relationship with the world. "Technology," she writes, "catalyzes changes not only in what we do but in how we think. " First published in 1984, The Second Self is still essential reading as a primer in the psychology of computation. This twentieth anniversary edition allows us to reconsider two decades of computer culture -- to (re)experience what was and is most novel in our new media culture and to view our own contemporary relationship with technology with fresh eyes. Turkle frames this classic work with a new introduction, a new epilogue, and extensive notes added to the original text. Turkle talks to children, college students, engineers, AI scientists, hackers, and personal computer owners -- people confronting machines that seem to think and at the same time suggest a new way for us to think -- about human thought, emotion, memory, and understanding. Her interviews reveal that we experience computers as being on the border between inanimate and animate, as both an extension of the self and part of the external world. Their special place betwixt and between traditional categories is part of what makes them compelling and evocative. (In the introduction to this edition, Turkle quotes a PDA user as saying, "When my Palm crashed, it was like a death. I thought I had lost my mind.") Why we think of the workings of a machine in psychological terms -- how this happens, and what it means for all of us -- is the ever more timely subject of The Second Self.
Driving Transformative Learning within Australian Indigenous Studies

Australian undergraduate programmes implementing Indigenous studies courses suggest transformative educational outcomes for students; however, the mechanism behind this is largely unknown. To begin to address this, we obtained baseline data upon entry to tertiary education (Time 1) and follow-up data upon completion of an Indigenous studies health unit (Time 2) on student learning approaches, student-teacher rapport, classroom community, critical reflection (CR) and transformative experiences within the unit. Three-hundred-thirty-six health science first-year students (273 females, 63 males) completed anonymous in-class paper questionnaires at both time points. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis indicated that (a) CR was the strongest predictor of transformative learning experiences, (b) the relationship between deep learning approach upon entry to tertiary education and transformative learning experiences was mediated by CR and (c) rapport and classroom community accounted for significant variance in CR. These results suggest that students benefit from tutors’ ability to develop rapport and classroom community, leading to greater capacity for student CR. This in turn promotes transformative learning possibilities within the Indigenous studies learning environment. These findings provide a further rationale for institutions to embed Indigenous knowledge into courses and highlight the importance of evaluating their effect and quality.
Algebraic K‐theory over the infinite dihedral group: a controlled topology approach

We use controlled topology applied to the action of the infinite dihedral group on a partially compactified plane and deduce two consequences for algebraic K‐theory. The first is that the family in the K‐theoretic Farrell–Jones conjecture can be reduced to only those virtually cyclic groups that admit a surjection with finite kernel onto a cyclic group. The second is that the Waldhausen Nil groups for a group that maps epimorphically onto the infinite dihedral group can be computed in terms of the Farrell–Bass Nil groups of the index 2 subgroup that maps surjectively to the infinite cyclic group.
The contribution of cognitive self-regulation to social competence: A latent change score analysis

THE CONTRIBUTION OF COGNITIVE SELF-REGULATION TO SOCIAL COMPETENCE: A LATENT CHANGE SCORE ANALYSIS David E. Ferrier, Ph.D. George Mason University, 2016 Dissertation Director: Dr. Susanne A. Denham Given the importance of social competence in early childhood (Jones & Bouffard, 2012), there are self-regulatory components that can support or undermine positive trajectories for these skills (Rose-Krasnor & Denham, 2008). Moreover, acquiring social competencies and self-regulatory behavior often emerges from the transactions children have with peers and teachers, and optimal development of such skills and abilities can be impeded when children do not experience such positive interaction. Using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study – Kindergarten Class of 2011, the current study looks at latent constructs of cognitive self-regulation and socially competent behavior (i.e., self-control & interpersonal skills) and the dynamic associations between them using a latent change score (LCS) framework. Results indicate that a bivariate LCS model in which both previous levels of cognitive self-regulation and social competence affect the rate of change in the other at the subsequent time point best fit the model. Future applications and recommendations for research are given.
Collagen-Based Mechanical Anisotropy of the Tectorial Membrane: Implications for Inter-Row Coupling of Outer Hair Cell Bundles

Background The tectorial membrane (TM) in the mammalian cochlea displays anisotropy, where mechanical or structural properties differ along varying directions. The anisotropy arises from the presence of collagen fibrils organized in fibers of ∼1 µm diameter that run radially across the TM. Mechanical coupling between the TM and the sensory epithelia is required for normal hearing. However, the lack of a suitable technique to measure mechanical anisotropy at the microscale level has hindered understanding of the TM's precise role. Methodology/Principal Findings Here we report values of the three elastic moduli that characterize the anisotropic mechanical properties of the TM. Our novel technique combined Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), modeling, and optical tracking of microspheres to determine the elastic moduli. We found that the TM's large mechanical anisotropy results in a marked transmission of deformations along the direction that maximizes sensory cell excitation, whereas in the perpendicular direction the transmission is greatly reduced. Conclusions/Significance Computational results, based on our values of elastic moduli, suggest that the TM facilitates the directional cooperativity of sensory cells in the cochlea, and that mechanical properties of the TM are tuned to guarantee that the magnitude of sound-induced tip-link stretching remains similar along the length of the cochlea. Furthermore, we anticipate our assay to be a starting point for other studies of biological tissues that require directional functionality.
Closing the Gap Between Research And Practice In EM Data Interpretation

Electromagnetic data from a CSAMT survey consisting of two transmitter electrodes and multiple frequencies are inverted to generate a 3D distribution of electrical resistivity. The results are compared with those from a 2D inversion which assumes the data are in the far field, and to a 3D resistivity model obtained by inverting DC resistivity data. CDI resistivity images and results from 1D inversions of time domain EM data are also included for comparison. The data are acquired from Antonio, a high sulfidation gold deposit in the Peruvian Andes. The consistency between the 3D images shows that we are making substantial progress in reducing the gap between state–of–the–art research and practical implementation of inversion codes and interpretation of EM data.
Trust, Cohesion, and the Social Order

A touch of impatience can be discerned amongst realistically oriented colleagues in this series of essays: formal philosophers and economists have injected a certain a priori and deductive element into the discussion of trust. The description of the manner in which trust and hence economic vitality were deliberately destroyed by Neapolitan political authority is a welcome corrective (Pagden, this volume). I hope to continue in the same direction, by crossing the Mediterranean and attempting a similarly realistic analysis of a concrete society. I shall look at the way in which trust functions or fails to function in traditional Muslim society. I shall be leaning very heavily, as usual, on Ibn Khaldun (1958).
Phases of canonical Wnt signaling during the development of mouse intestinal epithelium.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Intestinal crypts constitute a niche in which epithelial progenitors respond to Wnt signals, replicate, and prepare to differentiate. Because mutations in Wnt pathway genes lead to intestinal cancer, the role of Wnt signaling in gut epithelial homeostasis is a subject of intense investigation. We studied how Wnt signaling is established during intestine development. METHODS We studied spatiotemporal features of Wnt signaling at formative stages in mouse embryos, when villous projections appear and crypt precursors occupy intervillus regions. We used TOP-GAL transgenic and Axin2(LacZ) mice, which report faithfully on canonical Wnt activity, relevant molecular markers, and embryos with aberrant beta-catenin activation. RESULTS Developing intestines first display evidence for Wnt signaling after appearance of villi. During villus morphogenesis, intervillus cells proliferate actively but lack signs of canonical Wnt signaling. Surprisingly, in late gestation and briefly thereafter, conspicuous Wnt activity is evident in differentiated, postmitotic villus epithelium. Neither Tcf4, a principal transcriptional effector of intestinal Wnt signals, nor candidate Wnt targets CD44 and cyclinD1 are expressed in late fetal villus cells that show high Wnt activity. Instead, those cells express the related factor Tcf3 and a different Wnt target, c-Myc. Premature and deregulated beta-catenin activation causes severe villus dysmorphogenesis in transgenic mice. CONCLUSIONS Relationships among Wnt signaling, epithelial proliferation, and tissue differentiation are reversed in the developing and adult gut. The canonical Wnt pathway has independent, albeit possibly overlapping, functions in early intestinal villi and adult crypts. These observations advance understanding of Wnt functions in intestinal development and disease.
Report of the American Epilepsy Society and the Epilepsy Foundation Joint Task Force on Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy

The American Epilepsy Society and the Epilepsy Foundation jointly convened a task force to assess the state of knowledge about sudden unexplained death in epilepsy (SUDEP). The task force had five charges: (1) develop a position statement describing if, when, what, and how SUDEP should be discussed with patients and their families and caregivers; (2) design methods by which the medical and lay communities become aware of the risk of SUDEP; (3) recommend research directions in SUDEP; (4) explore steps that organizations can take to perform large‐scale, prospective studies of SUDEP to identify risk factors; and (5) identify possible preventive strategies for SUDEP. Some of the major task force recommendations include convening a multidisciplinary workshop to refine current lines of investigation and to identify additional areas of research for mechanisms underlying SUDEP; performing a survey of patients and their families and caregivers to identify effective means of education that will enhance participation in SUDEP research; conducting a campaign aimed at patients, families, caregivers, coroners, and medical examiners that emphasizes the need for complete autopsy examinations for patients with suspected SUDEP; and securing infrastructure grants to fund a consortium of centers that will conduct prospective clinical and basic research studies to identify preventable risk factors and mechanisms underlying SUDEP. For now, the principal effort in preventing SUDEP should be prompt and optimal control of seizures, especially generalized convulsive seizures.