Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Testing a Structural Model of Psychological Well-Being, Leisure Negotiation, and Leisure Participation with Taiwanese College Students

A theoretically constructed model combining psychological well-being, negotiation, and participation was tested using structural equation modeling on Taiwanese college students (N = 464). The results provided partial support for the proposed model in that the autonomy and self-acceptance dimensions of psychological well-being had significant positive effects on negotiation strategies. However, contrary to predictions, the personal growth and purpose in life dimensions had significant negative effects on college students’ use of negotiation strategies. Developing a psychological profile of successful negotiation among college students using this framework may aid in predicting who will activate their negotiation efforts, and thus enhance the effectiveness of interventions for health promotion.
Does forgiveness mediate the impact of school bullying on adolescent mental health?

Objective The link between both bullying and victimisation and psychopathology has been well established. Forgiveness has been associated with better mental health. However, few studies have examined the relationship between adolescent forgiveness, psychopathology and bullying/ victimisation. This study investigated forgiveness as a mediator of the adverse mental health problems experienced by bullies and victims of bullying. Method Participants were 355 Year 10 or Year 11 pupils (age = 14.9 years) from two British secondary schools in 2007, who completed self-administered measures on bullying and victimisation, mental health, forgiveness of self and others, and forgivingness. The mediating influence of forgiveness on the impact of bullying/victimisation on mental health was tested with a structural equation model. Results Data from 55.6% of the 639 eligible pupils were analysed. Results confirmed an association between bullying/victimisation, forgiveness and psychopathology. Forgiveness scores were found to play a mediating role between bullying/victimisation and psychopathology. Conclusions Victimised adolescents who were better able to forgive themselves were more likely to report lower levels of psychopathology, while bullying adolescents who were unable to forgive others were more likely to report higher levels of psychopathology. This suggests a greater role for forgiveness within future research, intervention and policy on bullying. Forgiveness can form a valuable part of preventative and educational anti-bullying programmes.
An adaptive multiuser power control algorithm for VDSL

This paper investigates optimal power control in a frequency selective multiuser interference network. The power control problem is modeled as a non-cooperative game. The existence and uniqueness of a Nash equilibrium in the game is established, and an iterative water-filling algorithm is proposed to reach the Nash equilibrium efficiently. It is shown that the Nash equilibrium point corresponds to a competitively optimal power allocation in the interference network. Based on this result, an adaptive power control algorithm for upstream VDSL power back-off is developed. The power control algorithm takes into account the loop transfer functions and cross-couplings, and allows the loops to negotiate the best use of power and frequency. This new algorithm is found to have a substantial performance improvement when compared to current methods.
Constructing the Self in Early, Middle, and Late Adolescent Boys: Narrative Identity, Individuation, and Well‐Being

The present study examined aspects of identity development in a sample of adolescent boys from two approaches: individuation and narrative. To extend the more recent research on narrative identity development, we also examined relations between narrative identity, well-being, and age. Narrative meaning making was predicted by themes of individuation in the narratives, specifically the interaction of autonomy and connectedness. Well-being was predicted by different aspects of meaning depending on the kind of meaning and the stage of adolescence. Finally, results showed an age-related increase in meaning-making processes, particularly meaning related to perceiving the self as changing. Results are discussed in terms of the processes of narrative identity development for adolescent boys.
Does the Fine-Structure Constant Vary with Cosmological Epoch?

We use the strong nebular emission lines of O III, λλ5007 and 4959, to set a robust upper limit on the time dependence of the fine-structure constant. We find < 2 × 10-13 yr-1, corresponding to Δα/α(0) = × 10-4 for quasars with 0.16 < z < 0.80 obtained from the SDSS Early Data Release. Using a blind analysis, we show that the upper limit given here is invariant with respect to 17 different ways of selecting the sample and analyzing the data. As a by-product, we show that the ratio of transition probabilities corresponding to the λλ5007 and 4959 lines is 2.99 ± 0.02, in good agreement with (but more accurate than) theoretical estimates. We compare and contrast the O III emission line method used here with the many-multiplet method that was used recently to suggest evidence for a time-dependent α. In an appendix we analyze the quasars from the recently available SDSS Data Release One sample and find Δα/α(0) = × 10-4.
Finding Associations between People

Associations between people and other concepts are common in text and range from distant to close connections. This paper discusses and justifies the need to consider subtypes of the generic relation ASSOCIATION. Semantic primitives are used as a concise and formal way of specifying the key semantic differences between subtypes. A taxonomy of association relations is proposed, and a method based on composing previously extracted relations is used to extract subtypes. Experimental results show high precision and moderate recall.
Cohort Profile: Collaboration of Observational HIV Epidemiological Research Europe (COHERE) in EuroCoord.

Many questions about the long-term effects of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) on clinical outcomes in people living with HIV (PLWH) and their impact on health systems remain unanswered. The Collaboration of Observational HIV Epidemiological Research Europe (COHERE) was formed in 2005 to pool and harmonize existing longitudinal data on people living with HIV in Europe, to answer key research questions that could not be addressed adequately by individual cohorts. Key research questions include long-term prognosis, rare outcomes, and variations across patient groups, settings and health systems. COHERE uses the HIV Cohorts Data Exchange Protocol, a standardized and validated method of data structure and transfer, to compile data from over 40 cohorts of PLWH residing in Europe, representing 331 481 individuals, including 2808 children (<13), representing 2 135 896 person-years of follow-up. COHERE compiles data on clinical characteristics, antiretroviral therapy and other medications, HIV seroconversion, opportunistic infections, laboratory results and socio demographic data. External collaborators interested in conducting a project in COHERE should submit a project proposal to the Regional Coordinating Centres in Bordeaux and Copenhagen for review by COHERE’s governing bodies (see www.cohere.org for further information).
Analysis of ocular hypopigmentation in Rab38cht/cht mice.

PURPOSE To characterize the ocular phenotype resulting from mutation of Rab38, a candidate gene for Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome. METHODS Chocolate mice (cht, Rab38(cht/cht)) and control heterozygous (Rab38(cht/)(+)) and wild-type mice were examined clinically, histologically, ultrastructurally, and electrophysiologically. Mice homozygous for both the Rab38(cht) and the Tyrp1(b) alleles were similarly examined. RESULTS Rab38(cht/cht) mice showed variable peripheral iris transillumination defects at 2 months of age. Patches of RPE hypopigmentation were noted clinically in 57% of Rab38(cht/cht) eyes and 6% of Rab38(cht/)(+) eyes. Rab38(cht/cht) mice exhibited thinning of the iris and RPE and larger b-wave amplitudes in the scotopic range when compared with the control animals. Compared with wild-type mice, Rab38(cht/cht) melanosomes were smaller and there were fewer in neuroectodermally derived retinal pigment epithelium; in neural crest-derived choroid melanocytes, they were smaller in size only. Mutation of both Rab38 and Tyrp1 produced mice with ocular and coat color pigment dilution greater than that seen with either mutation alone. Comprehensive clinical and pathologic analyses showed no other organ system or blood defects in Rab38(cht/cht) mice. CONCLUSIONS Rab38(cht/cht) mice show ocular characteristics reminiscent of human oculocutaneous albinism, as well as iris and RPE thinning. The synergistic effects of the Rab38(cht) and Tyrp1(b) alleles suggest that TYRP1 is not the only target of RAB38 trafficking. This mouse line provides a useful model for studying melanosome biology and its role in human ocular diseases.
The foot in sport.

Introduction Foot disorders in sport can present very diYcult diagnostic and treatment problems. Many treatments have not been subjected to properly conducted randomised controlled trials. Success in treating these disorders relies on a knowledge of the anatomy and kinesiology of the foot and an understanding of the interrelationship both between the diVerent parts of the foot and between the foot and more proximal parts of the anatomy. Prevention and treatment require a knowledge of individual sports, and long term success requires a team approach which may involve coach, physiotherapist, doctor, orthotist, parent (in the case of children), and many other key personnel, but which, above all, must include the sportsperson him/herself. In preparing this paper a search was made using Medline and the Cochrane database for the past 10 years, and a manual search of relevant journals was carried out.
Evolving Boolean Networks on Tunable Fitness Landscapes

This paper presents an abstract, tunable model by which to explore aspects of artificial genetic regulatory networks and their design by simulated evolution. The random Boolean network formalism is combined with the NK and NKCS models of fitness landscapes. This enables the systematic study of the interactions between the underlying genetic machinery and elements of the phenotype produced. Previously reported results from the models individually are explored within this context, using both synchronous and asynchronous updating. The evolution of network size is then explored in particular under varying conditions.
The trajectories of child’s internalizing and externalizing problems, social competence and adolescent self-reported problems in a Finnish normal population sample

Group-based modeling techniques are increasingly used in developmental studies to explore the patterns and co-occurrence of internalizing and externalizing problems. Social competence has been found to reciprocally influence internalizing and externalizing problems, but studies on its associations with different patterns of these problems are scarce. Using data from a Finnish longitudinal normal population sample, trajectories of internalizing and externalizing problems were formed using the Child Behavior Checklist completed by the mother at the child’s age of 4- to 5-years-old, 8- to 9-years-old, and 16- to 17-years-old (N = 261). The results indicate that adolescent’s self-reported internalizing and externalizing problems based on the Youth Self Report were associated with the trajectories of internalizing and externalizing problems. Social competence both in early childhood and in adolescence was poorer among children with chronic internalizing problems and among those with adolescent-onset externalizing problems. One-third of the children who had a chronically high level of internalizing problems had an initially high but decreasing level of externalizing problems, while 33% of the adolescents with adolescent-onset externalizing problems had a chronically high level of internalizing problems. School psychologists are encouraged to screen for internalizing problems from children with behavioral, academic or social problems.
Non-Linear Similarity Revisited

Let G be a finite group and V, V ′ finite dimensional real orthogonal representations of G. Then V is said to be topologically similar to V ′ (V ∼t V ) if there exists a homeomorphism h : V → V ′ which is G-equivariant. If V, V ′ are topologically similar, but not linearly isomorphic, then such a homeomorphism is called a nonlinear similarity. The topological classification of G-representations was first studied by de Rham [18]. He proved that if a topological similarity h : V → V ′ of orthogonal representations preserves the unit spheres and restricts to a diffeomorphism between S(V ) and S(V ), then V and V ′ are linearly isomorphic. In 1973, Kuiper and Robbin [11] obtained positive results on the general problem and conjectured that topological equivalence implies linear equivalence for all finite groups G. However, in 1981 Cappell and Shaneson [1] constructed the first examples of non-linear similarities. The simplest occurs for G = Z/8, but they also constructed a large class of examples for cyclic groups of the form G = Z/4q. Further results can be found in [4], [2], [3], and [13]. On the other hand, Hsiang and Pardon [10] and Madsen and Rothenberg [12] independently proved the conjecture for all odd–order groups. In addition, the main theorem of [10] ruled out some non-linear similarities for even-order groups G. The purpose of this paper is to give new restrictions on the existence of non-linear similarities using techniques from bounded topology.
Cross-Lingual Predicate Mapping Between Linked Data Ontologies

Ontologies in different natural languages often differ in quality in terms of richness of schema or richness of internal links. This difference is markedly visible when comparing a rich English language ontology with a non-English language counterpart. Discovering alignment between them is a useful endeavor as it serves as a starting point in bridging the disparity. In particular, our work is motivated by the absence of inter-language links for predicates in the localised versions of DBpedia. In this paper, we propose and demonstrate an ad-hoc system to find possible owl:equivalentProperty links between predicates in ontologies of different natural languages. We seek to achieve this mapping by using pre-existing inter-language links of the resources connected by the given predicate. Thus, our methodology stresses on semantic similarity rather than lexical. Moreover, through an evaluation, we show that our system is capable of outperforming a baseline system that is similar to the one used in recent OAEI campaigns.
VERBAL DISCRIMINATION PERFORMANCE OF DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN: STIMULUS AND SUBJECT VARIABLES

The present study investigated the effects of stimulus modality and familiarity upon the discrimination performance of 72 normal and retarded readers at 3 age levels. The Ss were Negro males from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. Significant differences in discrimination performance were obtained between good and poor readers of the second, fourth, and sixth grades, with the magnitude of diferences decreasing with age. For all groups, poorest performance was associated with unfamiliar visual stimuli, whereas the best discrimination was evident on familiar visual stimuli. Although the performance of the older children and better readers was superior in all tasks, the diference between reading groups was smallest with the most unfamiliar stimuli, thus suggesting that both perceptual skills and stimulus familiarity factors play a role in children's discrimination performance.
A Leukemia-Associated CD 34 / CD 123 / CD 25 / CD 99 þ Immunophenotype Identi fi es FLT 3-Mutated Clones in Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Purpose: We evaluated leukemia-associated immunophenotypes (LAIP) and their correlation with fms-like tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3) and nucleophosmin (NPM1) gene mutational status in order to contribute a better identificationof patients at highest risk of relapse in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Experimental Design: Bone marrow samples from 132 patients with AML were analyzed by nine-color multiparametric flow cytometry. We confirmed the presence of the mutation in diagnostic samples and in sorted cells by conventional RT-PCR and by patient-specific RQ-PCR. Results:Within theCD34þ cell fraction, we identified a discrete population expressing high levels of the IL3 receptor a-chain (CD123) and MIC-2 (CD99) in combination with the IL2 receptor a-chain (CD25). The presence of this population positively correlated with the internal tandem duplications (ITD) mutation in the FLT3 gene (r 1⁄4 0.71). Receiver operating characteristics showed that, within the CD34þ cell fraction a percentage of CD123/CD99/CD25þ cells 11.7% predicted FLT3–ITD mutations with a specificity and sensitivity of >90%. CD34/CD123/ CD99/CD25þ clones were also detectable at presentation in 3 patients with FLT3 wild-type/NPM1þ AML who relapsed with FLT3-ITD/NPM1þ AML. Quantitative real-time PCR designed at relapse for each FLT3-ITD in these three cases confirmed the presence of low copy numbers of the mutation in diagnostic samples. Conclusions: Our results suggest that the CD34/CD25/ CD123/CD99þ LAIP is strictly associated with FLT3-ITD–positive cells. Clin Cancer Res; 21(17); 3977–85. 2015 AACR.
Evaluating Named Entity Recognition: Comparative Analysis of Mono- and Multilingual Transformer Models on Brazilian Corporate Earnings Call Transcriptions

Named Entity Recognition (NER) is a Natural Language Processing technique for extracting information from textual documents. However, much of the existing research on NER has been centered around English-language documents, leaving a gap in the availability of datasets tailored to the financial domain in Portuguese. This study addresses the need for NER within the financial domain, focusing on Portuguese-language texts extracted from earnings call transcriptions of Brazilian banks. By curating a comprehensive dataset comprising 384 transcriptions and leveraging weak supervision techniques for annotation, we evaluate the performance of monolingual models trained on Portuguese (BERTimbau and PTT5) and multilingual models (mBERT and mT5). Notably, we introduce a novel approach that reframes the token classification task as a text generation problem, enabling fine-tuning and evaluation of T5 models. Following the fine-tuning of the models, we conduct an evaluation on the test dataset, employing performance and error metrics. Our findings reveal that BERT-based models consistently outperform T5-based models. Furthermore, while the multilingual models exhibit comparable macro F1-scores, BERTimbau demonstrates superior performance over PTT5. A manual analysis of sentences generated by PTT5 and mT5 unveils a degree of similarity ranging from 0.89 to 1.0, between the original and generated sentences. However, critical errors emerge as both models exhibit discrepancies, such as alterations to monetary and percentage values, underscoring the importance of accuracy and consistency in the financial domain. Despite these challenges, PTT5 and mT5 achieve impressive macro F1-scores of 98.52% and 98.85%, respectively, with our proposed approach. Furthermore, our study sheds light on notable disparities in memory and time consumption for inference across the models.
Investigation on flip chip solder joint fatigue with cure-dependent underfill properties

A cure-dependent viscoelastic constitutive relation is applied to describe the curing process of epoxy underfill in flip chip on board (FCOB). The chemical shrinkage of the epoxy underfill during the curing process is applied via incremental initial strains. Thus, the stress and strain build-up, caused by the simultaneous increase in stiffness and shrinkage during the curing process, are simulated. Accelerated fatigue experiments with thermal cycles from -55/spl deg/C to 80/spl deg/C are carried out for a specially designed flip chip configuration. Based on the obtained curing induced initial stress and strain fields, thermo-mechanical predictions are presented for the test carriers. The solder bumps are modeled with temperature dependent visco-plastic properties. A combination of a Coffin-Manson based fatigue relation and a creep fatigue model is used as fatigue failure criterion. The results show that the finite element method (FEM)-based fatigue life predictions match better with the experimental results, if the curing induced initial stress state is taken into account. The effect of cure-induced hydrostatic stress is qualitatively investigated by using a modified energy partitioning damage model with a correction factor in the creep damage formulation to take into account the effect of the hydrostatic stress.
Leerstrategieën meten. Soorten meetmethoden en hun bruikbaarheid in onderwijs en onderzoeK.

Zowel in de onderwijspraktijk als in het onderwijsonderzoek worden allerlei soorten methoden gebruikt om de leerstrategieen van lerenden vast te leggen. Deze kunnen grofweg worden ingedeeld in methoden die de leerstrategieen los van de leertaak meten (offlinemethoden, zoals leerstrategievragenlijsten) en methoden die dat tijdens de uitvoering van de leertaak doen (online-methoden, zoals de hardopdenkmethode). Dit artikel beschrijft wat verstaan wordt onder leerstrategieen en waarom we die zouden willen meten. Vervolgens wordt informatie gegeven over verschillende soorten methoden voor de meting van leerstrategieen. Hierbij wordt aandacht besteed aan de vraag in hoeverre we met deze meetmethoden een helder en accuraat beeld kunnen krijgen van de leerstrategieen van lerenden. Ook gaat het artikel in op vergelijkend methode-onderzoek. Er worden verscheidene verklaringen gegeven voor de vaak lage correlaties tussen meetresultaten van offline- en online-methoden. Verder wordt ingegaan op methodologische en praktische overwegingen bij het kiezen van een geschikte meetmethode. Afsluitend wordt een aantal vragen gepresenteerd die men zou kunnen stellen alvorens een keuze te maken uit de verschillende meetmethoden. Benadrukt wordt dat men zich vooral moet afvragen welke leerstrategieen men wil meten en met welk doel.
The effects of compression ratio, signal-to-noise ratio, and level on speech recognition in normal-hearing listeners.

Previous research has demonstrated reduced speech recognition when speech is presented at higher-than-normal levels (e.g., above conversational speech levels), particularly in the presence of speech-shaped background noise. Persons with hearing loss frequently listen to speech-in-noise at these levels through hearing aids, which incorporate multiple-channel, wide dynamic range compression. This study examined the interactive effects of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), speech presentation level, and compression ratio on consonant recognition in noise. Nine subjects with normal hearing identified CV and VC nonsense syllables in a speech-shaped noise at two SNRs (0 and +6 dB), three presentation levels (65, 80, and 95 dB SPL) and four compression ratios (1:1, 2:1, 4:1, and 6:1). Stimuli were processed through a simulated three-channel, fast-acting, wide dynamic range compression hearing aid. Consonant recognition performance decreased as compression ratio increased and presentation level increased. Interaction effects were noted between SNR and compression ratio, as well as between presentation level and compression ratio. Performance decrements due to increases in compression ratio were larger at the better (+6 dB) SNR and at the lowest (65 dB SPL) presentation level. At higher levels (95 dB SPL), such as those experienced by persons with hearing loss, increasing compression ratio did not significantly affect speech intelligibility.