Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Independent Multiple Correlates of Post-Exercise Systolic Blood Pressure Recovery in Healthy Adults

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the independent relationships of systolic blood pressure recovery (SBPR) with age, sex, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), resting heart rate (HR), physical activity, and cigarette smoking in healthy adults. Subjects performed cycle ergometer exercise at progressive incremental workloads until subjects reached 80% of their age-predicted maximum HR. Blood pressure (BP) was measured before exercise (after 10 and 15 minutes of rest), during exercise (at 2-minute intervals), immediately after exercise (within the first minute) and subsequently at 2-minute intervals until recovery to baseline. The ratio of third-minute SBP relative to first-minute post-exercise SBP was used as the SBPR variable. Our results indicated independent correlations (p<0.05) between SBPR and age, resting HR, physical activity and cigarette smoking (r =0.473; 0.192; −0.262; 0.102 respectively in males and r =0.113; 0.315; −0.637; 0.104 respectively in females). BMI associated positively (r =0.106; p<0.01) with SBPR in males but not in females (r =0.092), while WC was predictive of SBPR in females (r =0.212; p<0.01) but not in males (r =0.005). Age in men and physical activity in females were the strongest predictors of SBPR. The present findings in which SBPR is associated with risk factors of cardiovascular abnormalities strengthen the previously reported significance of SBPR after exercise test as a prognostic tool for the evaluation of cardiovascular abnormalities. Additionally, it may help clinicians to define and interpret the mechanisms behind changes in postexercise SBP responses in adults in future investigations.
An unusual vulval lesion in an HIV-infected woman

This is the case of a black African woman who presented with three distinct episodes of herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection unresponsive to first-line therapy. Clinical and virological resistance to aciclovir therapy was demonstrated, and although the first two episodes manifested as the deep ulceration often associated with HIV/HSV coinfection, the third was an atypical hypertrophic lesion. This is despite her CD4 count being persistently above 300 and there being no previous diagnosis of AIDS.
Effects of Questionnaire Length on Participation and Indicators of Response Quality in a Web Survey

This paper investigates how expected and actual questionnaire length affects cooperation rates and a variety of indicators of data quality in web surveys. We hypothesized that the expected length of a web-based questionnaire is negatively related to the initial willingness to participate. Moreover, the serial position of questions was predicted to influence four indicators of data quality. We hypothesized that questions asked later in a web-based questionnaire will, compared to those asked earlier, be associated with (a) shorter response times, (b) higher item-nonresponse rates, (c) shorter answers to open-ended questions, and (d) less variability to items arranged in grids. To test these assumptions, we manipulated the stated length (10, 20, and 30 minutes) and the position of questions in an online questionnaire consisting of randomly ordered blocks of thematically related questions. As expected, the longer the stated length, the fewer respondents started and completed the questionnaire. In addition, answers to questions positioned later in the questionnaire were faster, shorter, and more uniform than answers to questions positioned near the beginning.
Integrating face‐to‐face and online teaching: academics' role concept and teaching choices

This paper reports and analyses data from a longitudinal qualitative research study which is investigating the changing teaching self‐concept of university lecturers who combine online and face‐to‐face teaching. The first phase of this collective case study research has focused on the experiences of five ‘early adopter’ university lecturers during and following one teaching semester. The themes which have emerged across these individual case profiles are reported here. These academics became more conscious of their teaching as a result of the decisions they have had to make in combining live and online modes. Those who integrated computer‐mediated communication (CMC) into their teaching became notably more self‐monitoring of their actions under the scrutiny of their students and other ‘users’. While the five academics in this group were enthusiastic about web‐based teaching, they each still kept live, on‐campus lecturing at the core of the teaching–learning process.
Observer-Based Control of Discrete-Time LPV Systems With Uncertain Parameters  $ $

In this note, linear matrix inequality-based design conditions are presented for observer-based controllers that stabilize discrete-time linear parameter-varying systems in the situation where the parameters are not exactly known, but are only available with a finite accuracy. The presented framework allows to make tradeoffs between the admissible level of parameter uncertainty on the one hand and the transient performance on the other. In addition, the level of parameter uncertainty can be maximized while still guaranteeing closed-loop stability.
The gravitropism defective 2 Mutants of Arabidopsis Are Deficient in a Protein Implicated in Endocytosis in Caenorhabditis elegans1[w]

The gravitropism defective 2 (grv2) mutants of Arabidopsis show reduced shoot phototropism and gravitropism. Amyloplasts in the shoot endodermal cells of grv2 do not sediment to the same degree as in wild type. The GRV2 gene encodes a 277-kD polypeptide that is 42% similar to the Caenorhabditis elegans RME-8 protein, which is required for endocytosis. We hypothesize that a defect in endocytosis may affect both the initial gravity sensing via amyloplasts sedimentation and the subsequent more general tropic growth response.
Critical race reflections: valuing the experiences of teachers of color in teacher education

While research has demonstrated that White teachers often must be taught about the pain of racism in order to not perpetuate it, this may not apply to racial minority teachers. Through personal experience, Teachers of Color are likely aware of the trauma that racism can cause students. Within teacher education, we must create research and teaching strategies that acknowledge racial minority teachers as insiders to the experiences of racism in school, and as valuable assets in the fight for educational justice. Using a critical race theory (CRT) framework, this article explores the reflections of Women of Color educators regarding their encounters and observations with race and racism in K‐12 schools. Qualitative interviews were conducted with twelve Asian‐American, Black and Latina women enrolled in a social justice teacher preparation program in Los Angeles. Their stories expose (1) the personal experiences with racism the women endured within their K‐12 education; (2) the parallel experiences with racism they observe Students of Color enduring in schools today; and (3) racial hierarchies within teacher education. This data highlights a cycle of racism that continues to manifest in the educational experiences of Asian‐American, Black and Latina/o youth. Additionally, the important stories and ideas revealed through the process of this research draws attention to the personal knowledge teacher preparation programs can tap into when training Teachers of Color about educational inequality.
Binocular Rivalry and Stereoscopic Depth Perception

An investigation was made of stimulus factors causing retinal rivalry or allowing stereoscopic depth perception, given a requisite positional disparity. It is shown that similar colour information can be “filtered” out from both eyes; that stereopsis is not incompatible with rivalry and suppression of one aspect of the stimulus, and that the strongest cue for perception of stereoscopic depth is intensity difference at the boundaries of the figures in the same direction at each eye. Identity of colour can also act as a cue for stereopsis. The brightness of different monocular figures seen in the stereoscope in different combinations was estimated by a matching technique, and it is suggested that the perceived brightness is a compromise between the monocular brightness difference between figure and ground seen in relation to the binocular fused background, and the mean brightness of the figures. The results are discussed in terms of neurophysiological “on,” “off” and continuous response fibres.
Three-dimensional nanostructuring with femtosecond laser pulses

The development of simple laser-based technologies for the fabrication of complicated three-dimensional (3-D) microstructures with a structure size down to 100 nm is reported. These technologies are based on nonlinear multiphoton laser-matter interaction processes allowing to overcome the diffraction limit and to fabricate 3-D structures inside transparent materials. Examples on nanostructuring of metals, dielectrics, and polymers are presented.
Sex determination using mesiodistal dimension of permanent maxillary incisors and canines

Background: Sexual dimorphism refers to the differences in size, shape, etc., between males and females. The dentition's use in sex assessment has been explored and advocated owing to its strength and resistance to peri- and post-mortem insults. Objectives: The study evaluated permanent maxillary incisors and canines for sexual dimorphism and estimated the level of accuracy with which they could be used for sex determination. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted on 100 subjects (50 males, 50 females). The mesiodistal dimension of permanent maxillary incisors and canines was measured and the data were subjected to statistical analysis. Result: Univariate analysis revealed that all permanent maxillary incisors and canines exhibited larger mean values of mesiodistal dimension in males compared to females but only canines were found to be statistically significant for sexual dimorphism. Conclusion: The study showed maxillary canines exhibiting significant sexual dimorphism and can be used for sex determination along with other procedures.
Apparent-time evolution of /l/ in one African American community

Abstract In the wake of numerous analyses of vowels in African American English (AAE), this study examines acoustically the phonetic production of a consonant—the word-initial lateral /l/—across several generations of speakers from a long-standing African American community in central North Carolina. The results of the study show that /l/ is darker in younger AAE speakers than in older ones, independent of phonetic context. Comparisons with ex-slave recordings suggest that a light variant of /l/ may be a substrate feature of AAE that has changed in recent decades. Additional comparisons with regional European Americans suggest that the darkening may be due to convergence with majority American English dialects.
Control of two interconnected tanks system using event-based control

This paper proposes the framework for the event-triggered state feedback control of a continuous plant. Following on emulation based approach event-based control loop is designed to follow the performance of continuous state feedback loop. Event-triggering conditions are designed so that the difference between the event-based control loop and the continuous state feedback remains bounded and there exists a lower bound of inter-execution time between events. The effectiveness of this approach is shown by simulation performed on a chemical process of two interconnected tanks system.
Isolation in Organizations: Alienation from Authority, Control, and Expressive Relations.

Jon Miller In this research alienation, defined as an objective state of isolation from others, is studied among 335 members of five organizations. Four dimensions of isolation are studied: isolation (1) from formal authority, (2) from the network of perceived actual control, (3) from friends, and (4) from highly respected coworkers. As expected, these dimensions of isolation are interrelated, but they do not correlate to the extent anticipated with the subject's professional standing or location in the structure of social relations in the organization.1
Molecular targeting of inhibitor of apoptosis proteins based on small molecule mimics of natural binding partners.

An assay based on a solvent-sensitive fluorogenic dye molecule, badan, is used to test the binding affinity of a library of tetrapeptide molecules for the BIR3 (baculovirus IAP repeat) domain of XIAP (X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein). The fluorophore is attached to a tetrapeptide, Ala-Val-Pro-Cys-NH(2), through a thiol linkage and, upon binding to XIAP, undergoes a solvatochromic shift in fluorescence emission. When a molecule (e.g., a natural protein known to bind to XIAP or a tetrapeptide mimic) displaces the dye, the emission shifts back to the spectrum observed in water. As emission intensity is related to the binding of the tetrapeptide, the intensity can be used to determine the equilibrium constant, K, for the displacement of the dye by the tetrapeptide. The results permit residue-specific analysis of the interaction. Furthermore, we show that hydrophobic effects in the fourth position are general and can effectively increase overall affinity.
“Where Else Would We Teach?”: Portraits of Two Teachers in the Rural South

In this article, the authors draw on narrative portraiture to inquire into the family, school, community, and teacher education experiences of two novice teachers who teach in schools located in two rural communities in the southeastern United States. The authors show how their university teacher education classes and field experiences neither addressed nor supported these teachers’ identities as rural teachers. In doing so, the authors highlight how these teachers desired to be connected personally and professionally to the communities in which they teach. From these narrative portraits, the authors argue that identity and relationship exist synergistically within these teachers’ lives and experiences. Drawing on such synergy is critical to attracting preservice teachers to and retaining novice teachers in schools within rural communities. Based on their interpretations, the authors offer suggestions for how teacher educators can better prepare preservice teachers who intend to teach within such schools.
Acrylamide in thermal-processed carbohydrate-rich foods from Chinese market

ABSTRACT Acrylamide content in food market in China was determined with the goal to evaluate related health concern. In this survey, products of rice, potato corn, wheat as well as dried fruit slices and instant foods were analysed. All these types of thermal-processed carbohydrate-rich foods were frequently consumed in China. They were purchased from markets in Zhejiang province and analysed using a liquid chromatography tandem/mass spectrometry method. Acrylamide was detected in 94.3% of 105 investigated samples, ranging from 10 to 3649 μg/kg with an average value of 231 μg/kg and a median of 114 μg/kg. In this study, high levels were found in potato products (564 ± 285 μg/kg), corn products (524 ± 187 μg/kg) and instant foods (180 ± 35 μg/kg) while low levels were measured in rice products (82 ± 17 μg/kg), wheat products (96 ± 29 μg/kg) and dried fruit slices (83 ± 13 μg/kg).
High-Mobility TaN/$\hbox{Al}_{2}\hbox{O}_{3}$ /Ge(111) n-MOSFETs With RTO-Grown Passivation Layer

We report the fabrication of high-electron-mobility Ge(III) n-MOSFETs using a novel and simple approach to passivate a Ge surface by rapid thermal oxidation (RTO). A thin interfacial GeO<sub>2</sub> layer is formed by RTO, which passivates the high-k/Ge interface. The GeO<sub>2</sub>-passivated n-MOSFETs fabricated using a gate-first self-aligned process with high-k/metal gate demonstrate a high peak effective mobility (μ<sub>eff</sub> ~ 713 cm<sup>2</sup> · V<sup>-1</sup> · s<sup>-1</sup>) with ~2x enhancement over control Si(100) devices. Moreover, at a drain bias of 1 V and at a gate overdrive of 1.2 V, Ge MOSFETs (L ~ 75 μm) show a drive current of ~1.1 mA/ mm, which is ~1.6 X higher than that of the control Si devices. In addition, a good subthreshold slope of ~130 mV/decade and an Jon/-Toff ratio ~10<sup>3</sup> were achieved using the GeO<sub>2</sub> interfacial layer formed by RTO.
Secure Transmission in Cognitive Satellite Terrestrial Networks

This paper investigates the physical layer security of a satellite network, whose downlink spectral resource is shared with a terrestrial cellular network. We propose to employ a multi-antenna base station (BS) as a source of green interference to enhance secure transmission in the satellite network. By taking the mutual interference between these two networks into account, we first formulate a constrained optimization problem to maximize the instantaneous rate of the terrestrial user while satisfying the interference probability constraint of the satellite user. Then, with the assumption that imperfect channel state information (CSI) and statistical CSI of the link between the BS and satellite user are available at the BS, we present two beamforming (BF) schemes, namely, hybrid zero-forcing and partial zero-forcing to solve the optimization problem and obtain the BF weight vectors in a closed form. Moreover, we analyze the secrecy performance of primary satellite network by considering two practical scenarios, namely: Scenario I, the eavesdroppers CSI is unknown at the satellite and Scenario II, the eavesdroppers CSI is known at the satellite. Specifically, we derive the analytical expressions for the secrecy outage probability for Scenario I and the average secrecy rate for Scenario II. Finally, numerical results are provided to confirm the superiority of the proposed BF schemes and the validity of the performance analysis, as well as demonstrate the impacts of various parameters on the secrecy performance of the satellite network.
Phonetic Factors in Word Order

Abstract Binomial expressions, of the form Xand Y, often prefer one sequence of elements over the other. This investigation examines the hypothesis that such preferences are due, in part at least, to phonetic properties of the conjoined words. Native speakers revealed highly significant preference patterns when asked to judge conjoined CVC syllables, in English, German and Afrikaans – patterns which could be associated with phonetic properties of the vowel segments. The prosodic structure of the binomial expression also appeared to play a role in determining order preferences.
Glial Cells Dilate and Constrict Blood Vessels: A Mechanism of Neurovascular Coupling

Neuronal activity evokes localized changes in blood flow. Although this response, termed neurovascular coupling, is widely used to monitor human brain function and diagnose pathology, the cellular mechanisms that mediate the response remain unclear. We investigated the contribution of glial cells to neurovascular coupling in the acutely isolated mammalian retina. We found that light stimulation and glial cell stimulation can both evoke dilation or constriction of arterioles. Light-evoked and glial-evoked vasodilations were blocked by inhibitors of cytochrome P450 epoxygenase, the synthetic enzyme for epoxyeicosatrienoic acids. Vasoconstrictions, in contrast, were blocked by an inhibitor of ω-hydroxylase, which synthesizes 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid. Nitric oxide influenced whether vasodilations or vasoconstrictions were produced in response to light and glial stimulation. Light-evoked vasoactivity was blocked when neuron-to-glia signaling was interrupted by a purinergic antagonist. These results indicate that glial cells contribute to neurovascular coupling and suggest that regulation of blood flow may involve both vasodilating and vasoconstricting components.
Transition from children and adolescent to adult mental health services for young people with intellectual disabilities: a scoping study of service organisation problems

Transitions for young people with intellectual disabilities have received much attention from researchers. Little is known, however, about how mental health services link with existing transition partnerships and what the potential service gaps are for young people with intellectual disabilities. Eight mental health professionals in three local authorities in Wales were interviewed to sketch potential research themes in this area. Our findings revealed a remarkable lack of engagement of mental health professionals with transition partnerships for young people with intellectual disabilities, and significant service gaps. The insufficient integration of mental health services in transition planning may contribute to disruptive transitions for young people with intellectual disabilities and their carers. Further research should examine how best to involve mental health services in transition partnerships for young people.
LATINIZED, IMPROVED LHS, AND CVT POINT SETS IN HYPERCUBES

(Communicated by Steve Hou) Abstract. It is shown how an arbitrary set of points in the hypercube can be Latinized, i.e., can be transformed into a point set that has the Latin hy- percube property. The effect of Latinization on the star discrepancy and other uniformity measures of a point set is analyzed. For a few selected but represen- tative point sampling methods, evidence is provided to show that Latinization lowers the star discrepancy measure. A novel point sampling method is pre- sented based on centroidal Voronoi tessellations of the hypercube. These point sets have excellent volumetric distributions, but have poor star discrepancies. Evidence is given that the Latinization of CVT points sets greatly lowers their star discrepancy measure but still preserves superior volumetric uniformity. As a result, means for determining improved Latin hypercube point samples are given.
Influence of bone parameters on peri-implant bone strain distribution in the posterior mandible

Objectives: The success rate of dental implants depends on the type of bone at the implant site. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects of the bone parameters at the implant-placement site on peri-implant bone strain distributions. Study Design: The morphologies and bone densities of seventy-five potential implant sites in the posterior mandible were measured using computed tomography (CT). Based on the CT data, we defined bone parameters (low and high in terms of cancellous-bone density and crestal-cortical bone density, and thin and thick in terms of crestal-cortical bone thickness), and we constructed finite-element models simulating the various bone types. A buccolingual oblique load of 200 N was applied to the top of the abutment. The von Mises equivalent (EQV) strains in the crestal-cortical bone and in the cancellous bone around the implant were calculated. Results: Cancellous-bone density greatly affected the maximum EQV strain regardless of the density and thickness of the crestal cortical-bone. The maximum EQV strains in the crestal cortical-bone and the cancellous bone in the low-density cancellous-bone models (of 150 Hounsfield units (HU) were 1.56 to 2.62-fold and 3.49 to 5.31-fold higher than those in the high-density cancellous-bone models (of 850 HU), respectively. The crestal cortical-bone density affected the maximum EQV strains in the crestal cortical-bone and in the cancellous bone in the low-density cancellous-bone models. The crestal cortical-bone thickness affected the maximum EQV strains in the cancellous bone and in the crestal cortical-bone in the low-density cancellous-bone models. Conclusions: Our results confirm the importance of bone types for the peri-implant bone strain distribution. Cancellous-bone density may be a critical factor for peri-implant bone strain. Key words:Dental implant, bone density, finite-element analysis.