Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Adult Attachment and the Effects on Romantic Relationships.

This paper reviews the current research on the nature of relationships from an attachment theory perspective. It begins with a review of attachment theory and states that an understanding of adult attachment is crucial for an understanding of the effects of attachment styles on relationships. It addresses the effect that each attachment style has on romantic heterosexual and marital relationships. The attachment style that developed with the early primary caregiver continues in adulthood and is then reinforced by the selection of a partner with a similar attachment style. Partners with a secure style were found be more comfortable with closeness. Conflict and stress were less destructive to the relationship of people with a secure attachment. Participants who behaved aggressively toward their partners were those with a fearful or preoccupied attachment style. Several difficulties are described in evaluating some of the research results. Suggestions are presented for further research on attachment styles and the loss of the relationships. (Contains 62 references.) (JDM) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) This document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it. Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality. Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy. PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY ADULT ATTACHMENT AND THE EFFECTS ON ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS A Doctoral Research Paper Presented to the Faculty of the Rosemead School of Psychology
Placental lactogen secretion during prolonged-pregnancy in the rat: the ovary plays a pivotal role in the control of placental function.

The serum of rats at mid-pregnancy contains at least 2 distinct placental lactogen (PL)-like substances tentatively termed placental lactogen-alpha (PL-alpha) and placental lactogen-beta (PL-beta) (Endocrinol Japon 38: 533-540, 1991). We have investigated the secretory patterns of three placental lactogens (PL-alpha, PL-beta and placental lactogen-II) during normal pregnancy and in two prolonged-pregnancy models. Pregnancy was prolonged by the introduction of new corpora lutea by inducing ovulation on day 15 of pregnancy by successive treatments with PMSG (30 IU/rat, sc on day 12) and hCG (10 IU/rat, iv on day 14), and in the second model by progesterone implants on day 15 of pregnancy. During normal pregnancy, each of the 3 PLs exhibited only one secretory peak in the serum; PL-alpha and PL-beta on day 12 and placental lactogen II (PL-II) on day 20. Interestingly, in the rats with new sets of corpora lutea, serum PL-alpha and PL-beta levels began to increase again on day 18 and showed peaks on day 20 for PL-alpha and on day 22 for PL-beta. In this model, the initiation of PL-II secretion was not affected, but high levels were maintained until day 26, when parturition occurred. In rats receiving either PMSG or hCG, the secretory patterns of the PLs were similar to as those during normal pregnancy. (ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
Iterative detection and decoding with an improved V-BLAST for MIMO-OFDM systems

Multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) systems provide a very promising means to increase the spectral efficiency for wireless systems. By using orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM), wideband transmission can be achieved over frequency-selective fading radio channels. First, in this paper, we introduce an improved vertical Bell Labs layered space-time (V-BLAST) receiver which takes the decision errors into account. Second, we propose an iterative detection and decoding (IDD) scheme for coded layered space-time architectures in MIMO-OFDM systems. For the iterative process, a low-complexity demapper is developed by making use of both nonlinear interference cancellation and linear minimum mean-square error filtering. Also, a simple cancellation method based on hard decision is presented to reduce the overall complexity. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed IDD scheme combined with the improved V-BLAST performs almost as well as the optimal turbo-MIMO approach, while providing tremendous savings in computational complexity.
Inquiring Scientists Want to Know.

Critics have often accused the teaching field of faddishness. New ideas come and go, cynics say. But inquiry-based instruction is a clear exception. This teaching practice, which encourages students to learn inductively with the help of real-world exemplars, has a firmly established place in pedagogical tradition. For hundreds of years, educators and theorists—Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi and Herbert Spencer among them —have championed student learning through concrete experiences and observation rather than rote memorization (DeBoer, 1991).
Optimization of Germanium (Ge) $\hbox{n}^{+}/\hbox{p}$  and $\hbox{p}^{+}/\hbox{n}$ Junction Diodes and Sub 380 $^{\circ}\hbox{C}$ Ge CMOS Technology for Monolithic Three-Dimensional Integration

In this paper, we optimize and investigate Ge n<sup>+</sup>/p and p<sup>+</sup>/n junction diodes formed by Co metal-induced dopant activation technique at the activation temperature range between 300 <sup>°</sup>C and 420 <sup>°</sup>C in terms of on/ off-current ratio. Combining this low-temperature n<sup>+</sup>/p and p<sup>+</sup>/n junction formation technique with a low-temperature gate stack comprised of Al/Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>/GeO<sub>2</sub> by ozone oxidation technique, we demonstrate n- and p-channel Ge metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs), respectively, at sub-360 <sup>°</sup>C and 380 <sup>°</sup>C. This low-temperature Ge MOSFET process can be utilized to integrate Ge complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor devices above interconnect layers for monolithic 3-D integrated circuits.
Profile of omalizumab in the treatment of chronic spontaneous urticaria

Chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) is a disease with significant morbidity and relative prevalence that has important effects on the quality of life (QoL) of those who suffer from it. Omalizumab is a recombinant humanized anti-immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibody that binds to the Cε3 domain of the IgE heavy chain and prevents it from binding to its high-affinity receptor FcεRI. It has been largely studied in the field of asthma and is currently approved for the treatment of both adult and pediatric (children; >6-year-old) patients. In addition, in recent, well-controlled clinical trials in patients with CSU resistant to antihistamines, add-on therapy with subcutaneous omalizumab significantly reduced the severity of itching, and the number and size of hives, and increased patients’ health-related QoL and the proportion of days free from angioedema compared with placebo, with an excellent tolerance. Thus, omalizumab is an effective and well-tolerated add-on therapy for patients with CSU who are symptomatic despite background therapy with H1 antihistamines. In this review, we cover the following points: epidemiology, pathogenesis, assessment of activity, impact on QoL, and treatment of CSU, and finally, we focus on omalizumab in the treatment of CSU including the pharmacokinetic properties and mechanism of action, and use in pregnant women, nursing infants, and children.
Immunohisto‐ and Cytochemical Studies of Pancreatic Enzymes in Peri‐Insular and Tele‐Insular Acinar Cells of Streptozotocin‐Induced Diabetic Rats

Previous studies have demonstrated that the exocrine pancreatic tissue is influenced by islet hormones and that under diabetic condition, amylase secretion is altered. On the other hand according to the topographical location of the acini with reference to the islet of Langerhans, the exocrine parenchyma has been partitioned into peri- and tele-insular regions. In the present study, we have analyzed by immunofluorescence and protein A-gold immunocytochemistry the distribution of two enzymes, amylase and chymotrypsinogen, on pancreatic tissues of short- and long-term diabetic rats. The alteration in amylase secretion occurring under diabetic condition was found to follow the topographical partition of the pancreas. Acinar cells, located in the peri-insular regions of the pancreas (close to the islets of Langerhans), appeared totally devoid of amylase immunolabeling while positive and negative cells were found in the tele-insular regions (at a distance from the islets). In addition, quantitation of amylase immunolabeling present in positive cells has demonstrated that although amylase is still secreted by these cells, its processing is altered. Since the partition of the exocrine parenchyma is due to the paracrine influence of islet hormones, the data obtained demonstrate and reinforce the fact that the endocrine and exocrine components of the pancreas are functionally interrelated in normal as well as in pathological conditions.
Total oxidant/antioxidant status in sera of patients with thyroid cancers

Oxidative stress is considered to be involved in the pathophysiology of all cancers. In order to evaluate the total oxidant/antioxidant status in patients with thyroid cancer and to investigate the relationship between oxidative stress parameters and serum thyroid profiles among thyroid cancer patients and various controls, we determined oxidative status including total antioxidant status (TAS) and total oxidant status (TOS) and calculation of oxidative stress index (OSI) in sera in 82 thyroid cancer patients, 56 benign thyroid disease patients, and 50 healthy controls. It was found that serum TAS levels were significantly lower in patients with thyroid cancer than in controls (P<0.001), while serum TOS levels and OSI values were significantly higher (both P<0.001) in the cancer patients. No significant correlations were observed between various oxidative stress markers and thyroid profiles in either the thyroid cancer patients or the controls. Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis demonstrated that OSI was the best indicator for distinguishing cancer patients from benign thyroid diseased or healthy controls, followed by TOS and TAS. Risk estimate statistics also indicated that TOS and/or OSI were good risk factors to discriminate patients with thyroid cancer from two controls. These findings suggested that oxidants are increased and antioxidants are decreased in patients with thyroid cancer. OSI may be a more useful oxidative stress biomarker than TAS and TOS for monitoring the clinical status of thyroid cancer patients.
Mindfulness Predicting Physical and Psychological Health in Emerging Adulthood: Understanding Mechanisms of Mindfulness using a Mediation Model

ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATIONMindfulness Predicting Physical and Psychological Health in Emerging Adulthood: Understanding Mechanisms of Mindfulness using a Mediation Modelby Christie Lynn LundwallDoctor of Philosophy, Graduate Program in PsychologyUniversity of California, Riverside, December 2011Dr. Ruth K. Chao, ChairpersonThis study tested a theory derived multiple step structural equation model of four potential mediators of the relation from mindfulness to emotional distress, physical health, and well-being during emerging adulthood in 440 college students. Specifically, two models (a basic mediation model and the hypothesized theory based model) were tested and compared to determine whether and in what ways goal-directed self-regulation, cognitive emotion regulation, stress reduction, and sleep quality mediated the relation of mindfulness to health and well-being variables. Separate models were run for the three outcome variables, and in each case the hypothesized theoretical mediation model was a better fit of the data than the basic mediation models was. As hypothesized by the model, the two types of self-regulation, goal-directed and cognitive emotional, fully mediated the relation from mindfulness to stress-reduction, as the direct relation became non-significant once these variables were included in the model. Next, stress reduction was found to either fully or partially mediate the relations from both types of self-regulation to sleep quality, emotional distress, physical health, and well-being. Stress reduction then had a strong direct relation to all three latent health outcomes. While the patterns of results for the hypothesized models were somewhat similar across the three outcomes, there were also some interesting differences in the degree to which each mediator was influential. For example, while cognitive emotion regulation had substantial indirect relations through stress reduction to all outcomes, it was only directly related to emotional distress. In contrast, goal-directed self-regulation had smaller indirect relation to the outcomes, and was directly related to physical health and well-being, but not emotional distress. Moreover, sleep quality had small significant direct relations to emotional and physical health, but not well-being. Altogether, these data supported a meaningful role of mindfulness in emotional distress, physical health, and well-being during emerging adulthood, while illuminating several mechanisms by which it likely influenced these outcomes.
Connective tissue disease and other rheumatic conditions following cosmetic breast implantation in Denmark.

OBJECTIVE To examine the occurrence of connective tissue diseases (CTDs) as well as ill-defined and other rheumatic conditions among Danish women with cosmetic silicone breast implants. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 2761 women with breast implants and 8807 control subjects were identified from plastic surgery private clinics and from public hospital plastic surgery departments. Women operated on at plastic surgery private clinics were identified through the files of each clinic, while women operated on at public hospitals were identified using the nationwide Danish National Registry of Patients. The control group consisted of women who underwent cosmetic surgery other than breast implantation or who only had a consultation. All women were followed up from January 1, 1977, through December 31, 1996, through the Danish National Registry of Patients for the occurrence of CTD as well as ill-defined and other rheumatic conditions. For the study period January 1, 1977, through December 31, 1994, the Danish National Registry of Patients contains information on hospitalization only, whereas data on outpatient visits are included from 1995 on, thus improving the sensitivity of the data. The implant and control groups were compared with the Danish population rates for CTD and ill-defined and other rheumatic conditions, and a direct comparison between the implant and control groups was also performed. RESULTS When compared with rates from the general population, no excess of definite CTD was observed in the implant cohorts. For ill-defined and other rheumatic conditions, statistically significant excesses of unspecified rheumatism were observed in both the implant and control cohorts when compared with national rates. A direct comparison between the implant and control cohorts found no material differences between the groups. CONCLUSIONS The findings of this study support previous investigations and independent review panel conclusions that an association between silicone breast implants and definite CTDs is unlikely. The observation of an excess of unspecified rheumatism among women with implants and among control women suggests that women undergoing cosmetic plastic surgery have hospitalization rates for this condition in excess of those from the general population.
Consuming More than Just Stories: Does What Children Watch on TV While Eating Influence how Much they Eat?

Television (TV) viewing is a risk factor for obesity in children. This is partly due to its promotion of energy intake by distracting from normal satiety signals. Children are exposed to a variety of TV programs which differ in features such as pacing. This is reason to believe that different children's TV shows distract to varying degrees, and can therefore influence energy intake to different extents. We suggest that future research should examine how different TV shows influence energy intake in children. Such research could help identify new ways to protect children from the negative effects of TV viewing on caloric intake and ultimately body weight.
patients with hematopoietic malignancies product in WT 1 Humoral immune responses against Wilms tumor gene

Kishimoto, Taisei Nomura and Haruo Sugiyama Tamotsu Yamagami, Akira Hiraoka, Machiko Tsukaguchi, Keiko Udaka, Hiroyasu Ogawa, Tadamitsu Hiroya Tamaki, Manabu Kawakami, Yusuke Oji, Naoki Hosen, Takeshi Kubota, Masashi Nakagawa, Olga A. Elisseeva, Yoshihiro Oka, Akihiro Tsuboi, Kiyoyuki Ogata, Fei Wu, Eui Ho Kim, Toshihiro Soma, patients with hematopoietic malignancies product in WT1 Humoral immune responses against Wilms tumor gene
YKL-40 and transient elastography, a powerful team to assess hepatic fibrosis

Abstract Objective. Transient elastography (TE) is a non-invasive and accurate method for the diagnosis of severe hepatic fibrosis and cirrhosis (F = 3 and F = 4). However, the assessment of significant fibrosis (F = 2) by TE is impaired due to a high variation in the diagnostic accuracy. Within this study, we aim to compare the diagnostic value of TE and experimental biomarkers of liver fibrosis. Material and methods. A total of 55 patients with chronic liver disease of different etiologies were included in the study. Among them, patients with HCV infection represented the largest cohort (n = 25). Liver fibrosis was evaluated according to the Desmet/Scheuer score. All patients received TE. Serum concentrations of YKL-40, hyaluronic acid (HA), Laminin, C-terminal procollagen I peptide, MMP-9, TIMP-1, TIMP-2 and MMP-9/TIMP-1 complex were determined by ELISA. Results. In the total patient population, areas under the receiver operator characteristic curve (AUROC) for TE were 0.798 (F ≥ 2), 0.880 (F ≥ 3) and 1 (F = 4). Among the serum markers, highest diagnostic accuracies were calculated for YKL-40 for F ≥ 2 (0.792) and F ≥ 3 (0.914) and for YKL-40 and HA for F = 4 (both 0.936). In the subgroup of HCV patients, the following AUROCs for TE were calculated: 0.802 (F ≥ 2), 0.798 (F ≥ 3) and 0.998 (F = 4). YKL-40 exhibited the highest diagnostic accuracy of all biomarkers in the HCV population (0.880, 0.854 and 0.986, respectively). Conclusions. YKL-40 is a powerful fibrosis marker with high diagnostic accuracy, in particular in HCV-associated liver disease. Its determination may confirm and improve the diagnostic accuracy of TE especially in early stages of liver fibrosis.
Determination of D-saccharic acid-1 , 4-lactone ( DSL ) in fermentation tea ( Kombucha ) by capillary electrophoresis

Kombucha or fermentation tea beverage produced from symbiosis of yeast species and acetic acid bacteria, is a popularly health tonic around the world today. D-saccharic acid-1,4-lactone (DSL), a component of kombucha, inhibits the activity of glucuronidase, known as an enzyme indirectly related with liver cancer. In this research, the tea fermentation was traditionally carried out by inoculating a previously grown culture into a freshly prepared tea decoction and incubated statically under aerobic conditions using 1.0% local tea from Northern Thailand, 10.0% sugarcane and 10.0% fungus broth at room temperature for 7-40 days, then filtered and pasteurization. After subsequent fermentation process procedure above, sampling was performed periodically in each jar. We founded various yeasts, acetic acid bacteria and lactic acid bacteria in floating cellulosic pellicle layer and the liquid broth after 7 days of fermentation. The ethanol content was determined by gas chromatography (GC) and Ebulliometer was founded between 0.5-5.0% v/v. For safety of consumers, all samples were checked toxic substance such as methanol by using GC-MS. The total antioxidant of kombucha samples capacity was measured in terms of free radical–scavenging activity by the 1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) Radical decolorization method were between 0.221-0.512 mg gallic acid/ml and the total phenolic content was determined by the Folin-Ciocalteau method were between 0.291-0.854 mg gallic acid/ml. Using a capillary electrophoresis (CE) for the separation and determination of DSL in kombucha samples was carried out on CE System: PA 800 plus Pharmaceutical Analysis System (Beckman Coulter Inc., Brea, USA) with optimized conditions of 50 cm effective length capillary at a separating voltage of 30 kV in 40 mmol/l borax buffer (pH 6.5) containing 30 mmol/l SDS and 15% v/v methanol. The relationship between peak are and concentration of DSL was determined by UV absorption at wavelength 190 nm with the linear range of 25-200 μg/ml and a detection limit of 25 μg/ml. The electropherogram or fingerprint of the different fermented type’s tea such as; green tea, oolong tea and black tea were established. We have successfully applied a simple CE method for quantitative evaluation of polyphenol or catechins and DSL in various fermented conditions and different kombucha products.
Review of the phenomenology of noncommutative geometry

We present a pedagogical review of particle physics models that are based on the noncommutativity of space–time, $[\hat{x}_\mu,\hat{x}_\nu]=i \theta_{\mu\nu}$, with specific attention to the phenomenology these models predict in particle experiments either in existence or under development. We summarize results obtained for high energy scattering such as would occur, for example, in a future e+e- linear collider with $\sqrt{s}=500~{\rm GeV}$, as well as low energy experiments such as those pertaining to elementary electric dipole moments and other CP violating observables, and finally comment on the status of phenomenological work in cosmology and extra dimensions.
Early breastfeeding is linked to higher intelligence quotient scores in dietary treated phenylketonuric children

Strict control of phenylalanine intake is the main dietary intervention for phenylketonuric children. Whether other dietary‐related factors improve the clinical outcome for treated phenylketonuric children in neurodevelopmental terms, however, remains unexplored. We retrospectively compared the intelligence quotient (IQ) score of 26 school‐age phenylketonuric children who were either breastfed or formula fed for 20‐40 days prior to dietary intervention. Children who had been breastfed as infants scored significantly better (IQ advantage of 14.0 points, p= 0.01) than children who had been formula fed. A 12.9 point advantage persisted also after adjusting for social and maternal education status (p= 0.02). In this sample of early treated term infants with phenylketonuria there was no association between 1Q scores and the age at treatment onset and plasma phenylalanine levels during treatment. We conclude that breastfeeding in the prediagnostic stage may help treated infants and children with phenylketonuria to improve neurodevelopmental performance.
Time of flight measurements for optically illuminated underwater targets using Compressive Sampling and Sparse reconstruction

Compressive Sampling and Sparse reconstruction theory is applied to a linearly frequency modulated continuous wave hybrid lidar/radar system. The goal is to show that high resolution time of flight measurements to underwater targets can be obtained utilizing far fewer samples than dictated by Nyquist sampling theorems. Traditional mixing/down-conversion and matched filter signal processing methods are reviewed and compared to the Compressive Sampling and Sparse Reconstruction methods. Simulated evidence is provided to show the possible sampling rate reductions, and experiments are used to observe the effects that turbid underwater environments have on recovery. Results show that by using compressive sensing theory and sparse reconstruction, it is possible to achieve significant sample rate reduction while maintaining centimeter range resolution.