Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Imagination Constructs with Science Students

Using science majors as an example, we examined how social climate, intrinsic motivation, agreeableness, extraversion, and conscientiousness interact to affect three types of student imagination. We tested 11 hypotheses by using data collected from six universities across Taiwan; 547 science majors participated in the study. Our results showed that conscientiousness predicted both conceiving and transforming imagination, whereas extraversion only predicted initiating imagination. Agreeableness affected none of these types of imagination directly, whereas both social climate and intrinsic motivation predicted all three types of imagination. Moreover, the interaction of conscientiousness and social climate exerted a significant effect on conceiving imagination, whereas the interaction between extraversion and social climate affected transforming imagination. Lastly, intrinsic motivation moderated the effects of extraversion and agreeableness on initiating imagination.
Comparison of Subjective Well-being(SWB) in Undergraduates and Middle School Students

Objective:To compare the difference of the subjective well-being(SWB) between undergraduate students and middle school students,and to study the correlation between SWB and personality . Methods: 115 undergraduates and 126 middle school students were rated by the General Well-Being(GWB) and the EPQ-RC.Results:There was significant difference in SWB between undergraduate and middle school students ,and SWB correlated with EPQ-E score significantly.Conclusion:SWB of the middle school students was higher than that of the undergraduate students.and the SWB positively correlated with the extraversion dimension of personality.
Secure code design for near field communications

This paper discusses a design rule of secure code over binary-erasure wiretap channels. The main objective of this work is to introduce our early work for the reader interested in practical secure code designs. The design rule introduced in this work is based on the coset coding scheme and generalized Hamming weights by taking advantage of a bounding technique. The bounding technique significantly simplifies the design of secure codes at various lengths, which has been known to require prohibitive complexity when secure codes are at lengths of practical interest.
Psychological distress and coping strategies among patients with HIV/AIDs in a comprehensive Health Centre in Jos, Nigeria

Background: Mental health problems can affect any individual, but individuals with HIV/AIDS are more likely to experience psychological stresses such as anxiety, depression, and substance use over the course of their lives. Coping with these stresses is important in this group of individual so as to have good quality of life. Understanding how individuals cope with psychological stresses of HIV/AIDS is essentially for the development of an intervention with could improve their overall quality of life. The was study aimed to assess the impact of psychological distress and coping strategies among patients with HIV/AIDS in Jos. Methods: The study was a cross-sectional descriptive study carried out at a health centre in Jos, Plateau state, Nigeria. Two sets of data collection instruments were used namely symptom checklist – SCL 90 and the brief cope questionnaire. SPSS Statistical Software Package for windows version 17.0 was used for data analysis and test of significance was set at p < 0.05. Results: Two hundred patients with HIV/AIDS were recruited for the study. The study found the major coping strategies employed by respondents were turning to religion, active coping, and acceptance all of which are positive strategies which lead to adaptation and hastening recovery from distress. Paranoid ideation was found to have above normal mean score for the female sex, and a significant relationship was found on the hostility category between male and female sex (p = 0.002). Conclusion: Turning to religion, active coping and acceptance were the major coping strategies employed by respondents which are all positive coping strategies. The female gender was more hostile and had higher paranoid ideation than he male gender
> Replace This Line with Your Paper Identification Number (double-click Here to Edit) < 1

—We present how to extract rhythm information in dance videos and music, and accordingly correlate them based on rhythmic representation. From dancer's movement, we construct motion trajectories, detect turnings and stops of trajectories, and then estimate rhythm of motion (ROM). For music, beats are detected to describe rhythm of music. Two modalities are therefore represented as sequences of rhythm information to facilitate finding cross-media correspondence. Two applications, i.e. background music replacement and music video generation, are developed to demonstrate the practicality of cross-media correspondence. We evaluate performance of ROM extraction, and conduct subjective/objective evaluation to show that rich browsing experience can be provided by the proposed applications.
Homelessness Among Out-of-Treatment Drug Users in Long Beach, CA*

Abstract Two studies were conducted to determine the reliability of measures of homelessness (Study 1), and to use these measures to predict homelessness from data collected over a 1O-year period (Study 2). For Study 1, to determine test-retest reliability, the Risk Behavior Assessment (REA; National Institute on Drug Abuse, 1991) was administered twice within a 48-hour period. Cohen’s kappa was calculated at . 86 for the two REA measures of homelessness. For Study 2, to predict homelessness from data collected over a 10-year period, a logistic regression model was built. Earlier homelessness and illegal income were identified as risk factors; number of times tested for HIV and Black ethnicity were identified as protective against homelessness. Predictive accuracy was assessed with a reduced bias method approximating jackknifing techniques. These findings point to the need to provide enhanced services-including HIV testing opportunities andjob training- to the homeless.
Active electrolocation in pulse gymnotids: sensory consequences of objects’ mutual polarization

SUMMARY We examined non-linear effects of the presence of one object on the electric image of another placed at the foveal region in Gymnotus omarorum. The sensory consequences of object mutual polarization on electric images were also depicted using behavioral procedures. Image measurements show that objects whose electric image is not detectable may modify the electric image of another placed closer to the fish and suggest that detection range and discrimination parameters used for one object may be affected when the presence of others enriches the scene. Behavioral experiments confirm that these changes in object images resulting from mutual polarization may be exploited for improving perception. While conductive objects close to the skin allow the fish to detect other objects placed out of the active electrodetection range, non-conductive objects may hide objects that otherwise show clear electric images. This suggests that fish movements may orient the self-generated field to exploit object mutual polarization, increasing or decreasing the active electrolocation range. In addition, images of a nearby object may be modulated by the presence of another object placed outside the detection range and the corresponding behavioral responses suggest that a moving or impedance-changing context may modify a fish’s discrimination abilities for closer objects.
Gender-specific motivation and expectations toward computer science

This paper provides an analysis of current motives for choosing computer science as a subject of study, focusing on male and female computer science students' perception about expectations and required qualifications for this professional career. A multi-method approach (qualitative and quantitative research) was applied in two studies in Germany to, firstly, explore which motivations dodge behind the decisions to study this complex discipline, and secondly, to examine if motives and the required skills are gender-specific or not. The results of the presented studies confirm that women and men are guided by different motives and expectations regarding the subject of computer science and in some cases evaluate their strengths and abilities in different ways.
A Novel Synergistic Combination of Cyclophosphamide and Gene Transfer of Interleukin-12 Eradicates Colorectal Carcinoma in Mice

Purpose: Interleukin-12 (IL-12) is an immunostimulatory cytokine with potent antitumor effects in several animal models. However, serious toxicity has been associated with its systemic application in humans. Gene transfer has emerged as a tool to specifically express therapeutic genes into the tumor/peritumoral milieu, thus avoiding systemic toxicity. The aim of this study was to analyze whether subtherapeutic doses of an adenovirus encoding IL-12 (AdIL-12) might synergize with low immunopotentiating doses of cyclophosphamide in the treatment of colorectal carcinoma. Experimental Design: The antitumor effect of combining a single low dose of cyclophosphamide with an intratumoral injection of AdIL-12 was evaluated in an in vivo murine colorectal carcinoma model. The immune responses achieved with different treatments were monitored, comparing the effect of combining both therapies with individual treatments. Results: The combined therapy induced a complete tumor regression in >50% of mice in a synergistic fashion, and it significantly prolonged their survival. This strategy was superior to each single treatment in reducing both peripheral and splenic CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ regulatory T cells, increasing the number of activated dendritic cells, and inducing IFN-γ-secreting CD4-positive T lymphocytes. Importantly, the combined treatment generated a powerful tumor-specific CTL response. Consistently, a significant reduction in IL-10 levels was found. Our data suggest that the combination of nontoxic doses of cyclophosphamide with AdIL-12 allows the generation of good antitumoral responses, thus avoiding undesired side effects of both agents. Conclusions: Our data strongly support the use of a combination of cyclophosphamide and AdIL-12 as a novel therapeutic strategy against colorectal carcinoma. (Clin Cancer Res 2009;15(23):7256–65)
Jihadi terrorism in the Netherlands : a description based on closed criminal investigations

This report describes the way in which jihadi terrorism manifested itself in the Netherlands at the outset of the 21st century, and focuses specifically on a few jihadi cooperations that were active on Dutch territory in the period between 2001 and 2005. What kind of groups were they? How were these groups formed? How were the organised? Which people were active in these groups? What was their aim? Which activities did they carry out? How did they operate?
Influence of mechanical and geometrical properties of embedded long-gauge strain sensors on the accuracy of strain measurement

In many civil and geotechnical applications it is of interest to monitor the strain deep inside the structure; consequently, it is necessary to embed the sensors into the structure's material. Construction and geotechnical materials, such as concrete and soil, can be affected by local defects, e.g. cracks, air pockets and inclusions. To monitor these materials at a structural level it is necessary to use long-gauge sensors. As the sensor has to be embedded in the host material, its presence causes perturbation of the strain field and influences the accuracy of the strain measurement. The aim of this research was to identify the critical parameters that influence the accuracy of the strain measurement, to study how these parameters affect the accuracy, and to give recommendations for sensor users. The study was based on finite element analysis and all involved materials were assumed to have the Möhr–Coulomb elastic, perfectly plastic behavior. A suitability of the numerical model for the analysis was verified using the experimental results of two cases reported in the literature and one on-site application. The study revealed that the most important parameters that influence the accuracy of the strain measurement are the goodness of interaction (strain transfer) between the host material and the anchor pieces of the sensor, the ratio between equivalent Young's modulus of the sensor and the Young's modulus of the host material, the radius of the anchor piece and the gauge length. The numerical model and parametric study are presented in detail along with practical recommendations.
Rocking will tell it.

During the past years, cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) has become a recognized treatment option for patients with heart failure and conduction delays. In the meantime, the principle of re-synchronizing a dyssynchronous ventricle can be regarded as established.1 The challenge of correctly identifying the patient candidates who will benefit from this costly and not completely non-invasive therapy, however, remains. With its wide availability, feasibility, and its potential to analyse regional myocardial function with excellent temporal and good spatial resolution, echocardiography may be regarded as the ideal imaging modality for CRT patient selection. Many attempts have been made in the past years to utilize tissue Doppler for this task. A plethora of parameters came upon us, mostly based on differences in timing of systolic velocity peaks in up to 12 different myocardial regions.2 Only a few attempts have been made, however, to analyse the underlying mechanics of these measurements and to optimize measurement methods for them. There are several reasons, why velocity peak-based parameters are suboptimal for analysing left ventricular dyssynchrony. First, there is no direct relationship between regional velocity and regional myocardial contraction.3 This is true in particular in a dyssynchronous ventricle, where one region of the ventricular myocardium pulls the other and passive motion is a common finding. Secondly, peak velocities are subject to … Corresponding author. Tel: +32 16 349 016, Fax: +32 16 344 240, Email: jens.uwe. voigt{at}gmx.net
The Effect of Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation on Cerebral Blood Flow and Vascular Resistance: A Preliminary Study

Background: The effects of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) on cerebral vessels have not been clarified until now. Thus we investigated the efficacy of omega-3 PUFAs supplementation on cerebral blood flow velocity and vascular resistance via transcranial doppler (TCD). Methods: Consecutive twenty patients (13 male and 7 female) with at least 1 cerebrovascular risk factor or a known cerebrovascular disease were enrolled. Patients were treated with ome- ga-3 PUFAs (1 g, two times per day) for 12 weeks. Cerebral blood flow velocity, resistance index, and pulsatile index were checked before and after 12 weeks of treatment using TCD. Results: The change of resistance index in right MCA (from 0.58 ± 0.07 to 0.55 ± 0.07, p = 0.042) and left PCA (from 0.56 ± 0.07 to 0.53 ± 0.06, p = 0.037) showed significant improvement after 12 weeks of omega-3 PUFAs treatment. The changes in other vessels, however, failed to show any significant changes compared to the baseline. Conclusions: Omega-3 PUFAs treatment showed feasible efficacies for cerebral vascular resistances in this open label trial. To confirm these results, larger samples of patients and longer period of follow-up is warranted. (Korean J Clin Neurophysiol 2015;17:68-72)
Reducing inter-core cache contention with an adaptive bank mapping policy in DRAM cache

On-chip DRAM cache has the advantage of increased cache capacity that may alleviate the memory bandwidth problem. Recent research has demonstrated the benefits of high capacity on-chip DRAM cache that leads to reduced off-chip accesses. However, state-of-the-art has not taken into consideration the cache access patterns of concurrently running heterogeneous applications that can cause inter-core cache contention. We therefore propose an adaptive bank mapping policy in response to the diverse requirements of applications with different cache access behaviors that - as a result - reduces inter-core cache contention in DRAM-based cache architectures. On average, our adaptive bank mapping policy increases the harmonic mean instruction-per-cycle throughput by 19.3% (max. 71%) compared to state-of-the-art bank mapping policies.
Seismic vulnerability analysis of moderate seismicity areas using in situ experimental techniques: from the building to the city scale – Application to Grenoble and Pointe-à-Pitre (France)

Seismic vulnerability analysis of existing buildings requires basic information on their structural behaviour. The ambient vibrations of buildings and the modal parameters (frequencies, damping ration and modal shapes) that can be extracted from them naturally include the geometry and quality of material in the linear elastic part of their behaviour. The aim of this work is to use this modal information to help the vulnerability assessment. A linear dynamic modal model based on experimental modal parameters is proposed and the fragility curve corresponding to the damage state “Slight” is build using this model and a simple formula is proposed. This curve is particularly interesting in moderate seismic areas. This methodology is applied to the Grenoble City where ambient vibrations have been recorded in 61 buildings of various types and to the Pointe-a-Pitre City with 7 study-buildings. The fragility curves are developed using the aforementioned methodology. The seismic risk of the study-buildings is discussed by performing seismic scenarios. Seismic Risk 2008 - Earthquakes in North-Western Europe
Examining How Firms Leverage it to Achieve Firm Productivity: RBV and Dynamic Capabilities Perspectives

Firm productivity is one of the major drivers of firm's growth. Information Technology (IT) has the potential to be a key enabler of firm productivity. IS researchers have suggested strong association between investments in IT and firm productivity. Yet, uncertainty and concern about the actual impact of IT on firm productivity remain. This calls for an urgent need for research on how firms can leverage IT for productivity gains. Through a case study, this research aims to answer the above question by developing a process model that explicates the roles of firm capabilities in driving IT-enabled productivity.
Nonrelativizing separations

We show that MA/sub EXP/, the exponential time version of the Merlin-Arthur class, does not have polynomial size circuits. This significantly improves the previous known result due to Kannan since we furthermore show that our result does not relativize. This is the first separation result in complexity theory that does not relativize. As a corollary to our separation result we also obtain that PEXP, the exponential time version of PP is nor in P/poly.
Flaxseed Lignan Increased Glucose Uptake by Human Red Blood Cells

The objective of this study was to determine if flaxseed lignan (secoisolariciresinol diglucoside, SDG) would improve glucose uptake by human red blood cells (RBCs). To measure glucose uptake of RBCs, the RBCs were pretreated, in vitro, with SDG (0, 10, 50, or 100 � M) and then were incubated with or without insulin (100 � U/ml). After incubation, 3-O-( 3 H-Methyl)-D-glucose uptake by the RBCs was measured. RBCs pretreated with 50 or 100 � M SDG showed an increase in glucose uptake compared to control (0 � M SDG) or RBCs pretreated with 10 � M SDG (p<0.0001). In addition, glucose uptake was increased in RBCs with insulin stimulation compared to RBCs without insulin stimulation (p<0.0001). An interaction between SDG and insulin was also observed (p<0.0001). Pretreatment of RBCs with SDG (50 or 100 μM) and insulin increased glucose uptake compared to those without insulin stimulation (p<0.0001). The results indicate potential beneficial effects of SDG on glycemic control by increasing glucose uptake of RBCs.
A monoclonal antibody against LAV gag precursor: use for viral protein analysis and antigenic expression in infected cells.

A murine monoclonal antibody (MAb), named C.V. K. , was produced after immunization with highly purified and sonicated lymphadenopathy-associated virus (LAV). No monoclonal antibody was observed with intact virus used as immunogen. C.V. K. MAb recognizes an epitope present on the precursor gag protein of 55 kilodaltons. Western blot analysis and pulse-chase experiments support the interpretation that after p55 cleavage into p25, p18, and p13, only p18 expresses this epitope. C.V. K. MAb selectively stained only LAV-infected lymphocytes. This intracytoplasmic staining appears 3 days after the infection and is correlated with reverse transcriptase activity. Neither membrane immunofluorescence of infected lymphocytes nor neutralizing activity was observed with C.V. K. MAb. These facts suggest that p55 and p18 are not expressed at the cell membrane or on the viral envelope. C.V. K. MAb should prove useful not only in the purification of core proteins but also for detecting infected cells producing the virus in suspension or on histologic sections.
Financial Frictions and Policy Cooperation: A Case with Monopolistic Banking and Staggered Loan Contracts

Abstract Do financial frictions call for policy cooperation? This paper investigates the implications of simple financial frictions, monopolistic banking together with staggered loan contracts, for monetary policy in open economies in the linear quadratic (LQ) framework. Welfare analysis shows that policy cooperation improves social welfare in the presence of such financial frictions. There also exist long-run gains from cooperation in addition to these by jointly stabilizing inefficient fluctuations over the business cycle, that are usually found in models with price rigidities. The Ramsey optimal steady states differ between cooperation and noncooperation. Such gains from cooperation arise irrespective of the existence of international lending or borrowing.
Hybrid meshes: multiresolution using regular and irregular refinement

A hybrid mesh is a multiresolution surface representation that combines advantages from regular and irregular meshes. Irregular operations allow a hybrid mesh to change topology throughout the hierarchy and approximate detailed features at multiple scales. A preponderance of regular refinements allows for efficient data-structures and processing algorithms. We provide a user driven procedure for creating a hybrid mesh from scanned geometry and present a progressive hybrid mesh compression algorithm.
Reserved or On-Demand Instances? A Revenue Maximization Model for Cloud Providers

We examine the problem of managing a server farm in a way that attempts to maximize the net revenue earned by a cloud provider by renting servers to customers according to a typical Platform-as-a-Service model. The Cloud provider offers its resources to two classes of customers: 'premium' and 'basic'. Premium customers pay upfront fees to reserve servers for a specified period of time (e.g. a year). Premium customers can submit jobs for their reserved servers at any time and pay a fee for the server-hours they use. The provider is liable to pay a penalty every time a 'premium' job can not be executed due to lack of resources. On the other hand, 'basic' customers are served on a best-effort basis, and pay a server-hour fee that may be higher than the one paid by premium customers. The provider incurs energy costs when running servers. Hence, it has an incentive to turn off idle servers. The question of how to choose the number of servers to allocate to each pool (basic and premium) is answered by analyzing a suitable queuing model and maximizing a revenue function. Experimental results show that the proposed scheme adapts to different traffic conditions, penalty levels, energy costs and usage fees.