Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Cosmetic Surgery

Learning Objectives: After studying this article, the participant should be able to: 1. Identify the diagnostic criteria and clinical features of body dysmorphic disorder. 2. Describe the prevalence of body dysmorphic disorder in cosmetic populations. 3. Identify appropriate treatment strategies for body dysmorphic disorder. Background: Body dysmorphic disorder is a relatively common psychiatric disorder among persons who seek cosmetic surgical and minimally invasive treatments. Methods: This article reviews the history of the diagnosis and the current diagnostic criteria. Etiologic theories, clinical and demographic characteristics, and comorbidity, including the relationship of body dysmorphic disorder to obsessive-compulsive spectrum and impulse control disorders, are discussed. The prevalence of body dysmorphic disorder in cosmetic populations is highlighted. Treatments for body dysmorphic disorder, including medical, psychiatric, and psychological interventions, are reviewed. Results: Body dysmorphic disorder is an often severe, impairing disorder. Among patients presenting for cosmetic treatments, 7 to 15 percent may suffer from the condition. Retrospective outcome studies suggest that persons with body dysmorphic disorder typically do not benefit from cosmetic procedures. Pharmacotherapy and cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy, in contrast, appear to be effective treatments for body dysmorphic disorder. Conclusions: Because of the frequency with which persons with body dysmorphic disorder pursue cosmetic procedures, providers of cosmetic surgical and minimally invasive treatments may be able to identify and refer these patients for appropriate mental health care. Directions for future research are suggested.
The response function of a Hall magnetosensor

Patterned two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) systems into micrometer Hall bars can be used as Hall magnetosensors to provide detailed information on the magnetic field distribution. In this way, ballistic Hall probes have already been studied and used successfully. Here, the response function of a Hall sensor is determined in the diffusive regime, which allows this device to be used as a magnetosensor for the determination of inhomogeneous magnetic field distribtutions. Furthermore, the influence of the geometry of the Hall bar on this response function, such as circular corners and asymmetry in the probes, is also investigated and appears to be non-negligible.
The Relation Ship Learning Styles And Student's Achievement Of Lampung University Faculty Of Medicine

Background. Each individual student has different learning styles. Learning styles can affect student achievement. There are many learning styles, one of which is the learning styles of Visual, Audio, Read, Kinesthetic ( VARK ). The study aims were investigated of the description of the student's learning styles and the relationship of learning styles and student achievement. Method. This study was a cross sectional survey. Data retrieved by providing VARK questionnaire to students at the beginning of the block and student achievement at the end of the block. The population were 169 students who has studied in Basic Medical Science Block 3 (MBS 3). All populations as samples. Before the questionnaire was given to students, the validity and reliability were tested. To investigated the relationship of learning styles and student achievement by using coefficient of contingency. Results. Learning styles of students were 10 % visual, 35 % audio, 20.6 % read, 20.6 % kinaesthetic and 13.8 % multimodal. Correlation of learning styles and final exam block ( UAB) and obtained 0.122 and Student Oral Case Assessment (SOCA) obtained 0.199. Conclusion. The results showed that most of students learning style were audio. There was a very weak positive relationship between learning styles and student’s achievement. [JuKe Unila 2014;4(7):6-11] Keyword: learning styles , students achievement, VARK Pendahuluan
Investigating the capacity of self and peer assessment activities to engage students and promote learning

The authors have previously reported the effectiveness of using self and peer assessment to improve learning outcomes by providing opportunities to practise, assess and provide feedback on students’ attribute development. Despite this work and the research of others, a significant number of students and, indeed, many academics focus on the free-rider deterrent capability of self and peer assessment, rather than its capacity to provide opportunities for developing judgement and facilitating reflection and feedback to complete the learning cycle. The advent of web-based tools such as SPARKPLUS allows the frequent and efficient implementation of self and peer assessment activities even in large classes. This article reports the results of an investigation into whether the regular use of self and peer assessment in different contexts promoted effective peer learning, increased engagement and encouraged students to learn.
The Language Acquisition of Male Immigrants in a Multilingual Destination: Turks and Moroccans in Belgium

This study examines the determinants of immigrants' second-language proficiency in the multilingual context of Belgium, which is divided into Dutch, French and bilingual (Dutch–French) regions. Data are from a large-scale immigrant survey conducted in 1994–96 among Turkish and Moroccan males. Binary and multinomial logit regression analyses show that, although immigrants generally invest more in learning the official language of their current region of residence, they generally find it more attractive to invest in learning French, as it is a more international language than Dutch. The study also shows that both Dutch and French skills are higher among those who migrated at a younger age, who have been living in Belgium for a longer time period, who have received more education—particularly education in Belgium—and who live in regions with fewer co-ethnics. Furthermore, second-language skills are higher among immigrants who followed a language course, who intend to stay in Belgium, who are members of voluntary organisations, and who are more proficient in their mother tongue.
Predicting Altruistic Behavior and Assessing Homophily: Evidence from the Sisterhood

The persistence of altruism throughout the evolutionary process has been explained by some on the basis of assortation, which requires the ability to detect dispositional altruism in others and voluntary interaction, resulting in altruism homophily. Numerous studies have identified the ability to detect dispositional altruism in strangers, but few have investigated this ability and altruism homophily in social networks. The purpose of this study is to provide additional evidence with regard to the ability to detect dispositional altruism among individuals who have repeated interactions in a collegiate social organization and the extent of altruism homophily. The results indicate that individuals possess an ability to predict dispositional altruism as measured by behavior in the dictator game and that this ability is a function of social closeness. However, the study does not support the hypothesis of an assortation process that results in altruism homophily.
Differences in Symptom Occurrence, Frequency, Intensity, and Distress in Adolescents Prior to and One Week After the Administration of Chemotherapy

Purpose/objectives: The purpose of this study was to describe differences in occurrence, frequency, intensity, and distress of symptoms prior to (T1) and one week following (T2) the administration of intravenous chemotherapy. Design: Longitudinal, descriptive. Settings: Two regional children’s cancer centers in the Pacific Northwest. Sample: A total of 51 adolescents 10 to 19 years old receiving cancer chemotherapy. Methods: Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale (MSAS 7-12). Findings: No significant differences were found in symptom occurrence rates between T1 and T2. Fatigue was the only symptom with significantly greater frequency and intensity, and nausea was the only symptom with significantly greater distress at T2 compared with T1. Conclusions: Adolescents receiving chemotherapy experience multiple symptoms that persist over time. Implications for nursing: In monitoring for symptoms, nurses need to be aware of the extent to which symptoms are present throughout treatment, as evidenced by these findings that symptom occurrence was significant even prior to receiving a subsequent course of chemotherapy.
Antibody Protection against Botulinum Neurotoxin Intoxication in Mice

ABSTRACT Adulteration of food or feed with any of the seven serotypes of botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) is a potential bioterrorism concern. Currently, there is strong interest in the development of detection reagents, vaccines, therapeutics, and other countermeasures. A sensitive immunoassay for detecting BoNT serotype A (BoNT/A), based on monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) F1-2 and F1-40, has been developed and used in complex matrices. The epitope for F1-2 has been mapped to the heavy chain of BoNT/A, and the epitope of F1-40 has been mapped to the light chain. The ability of these MAbs to provide therapeutic protection against BoNT/A intoxication in mouse intravenous and oral intoxication models was tested. High dosages of individual MAbs protected mice well both pre- and postexposure to BoNT/A holotoxin. A combination therapy consisting of antibodies against both the light and heavy chains of the toxin, however, significantly increased protection, even at a lower MAb dosage. An in vitro peptide assay for measuring toxin activity showed that pretreatment of toxin with these MAbs did not block catalytic activity but instead blocked toxin entry into primary and cultured neuronal cells. The timing of antibody rescue in the mouse intoxication models revealed windows of opportunity for antibody therapeutic treatment that correlated well with the biologic half-life of the toxin in the serum. Knowledge of BoNT intoxication and antibody clearance in these mouse models and understanding of the pharmacokinetics of BoNT are invaluable for future development of antibodies and therapeutics against intoxication by BoNT.
Sexual Coercion and Substance Use among Drug-Using Women: An Event Analysis

An event analysis was conducted to examine the associations between substance use and sexual coercion at most recent sexual encounter among a sample of street-recruited drug-using women. Drug-using women (n = 261) were interviewed regarding their most recent sexual encounter with a man. Illicit drugs used in the 30 days prior to interview were crack (94%), other forms of cocaine (51%), and heroin or other opiates (30%); nearly half reported having injected any drug in the previous 30 days. Hierarchical logistic regression was used to assess the unique associations between the presence of any sexual coercion at this event and (a) the woman's alcohol intoxication level, (b) the woman's drug intoxication level, (c) her male partner's alcohol intoxication level, and (d) her male partner's drug intoxication level. Controlling for demographic variables and prior verbal and physical abuse from the most recent partner, women's reports of their partners' drug and alcohol intoxication levels were significantly associated with sexual coercion at most recent sexual encounter. Interventions aimed at reducing drug-using women's risk of sexual abuse and STDs need to consider ways of targeting the male partners' substance use during sex without compromising the women's safety.
The Relation Between Motor Development and Mental Rotation Ability in 5- to 6-Year-old Children

This study investigated the relation between motor development, intelligence and mental rota tion ability in 5 to 6-year-old children. 80 children performed a standardized motor test (MOT 4-6), a paper-pencil mental rotation test (BIRT) and a non-verbal reasoning test (CPM). A multiple regression analysis revealed that intelligence and motor control abilities were significant and independent predictors of mental rotation performance.
Stereotype threat impairs ability building: Effects on test preparation among women in science and technology

Stereotype threat is an uncomfortable psychological state that has been shown to impair cognitive ability test scores. It is an open question whether and in what ways it affects processes involved in learning and knowledge acquisition. This research examined whether stereotypes also interfere with test preparation among women in the domain of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Study 1 (N = 1058) revealed that people are aware of a stereotype portraying women as less proficient in STEM-test preparation than men. Women's note-taking activities were impaired under stereotype threat (Study 2, N = 40), particularly when domain identification was high (Study 3, N = 79). Moreover, stereotype threat impaired women's performance evaluating the notes of others (Study 4, N = 88). Our work thus shows that stereotype threat not only hinders stereotyped individuals' capacity to demonstrate their abilities but also impairs behaviors that develop them. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Effects of event type and sex on comforting messages

The effects of event type, sex of participant, and sex of target on comforting messages were examined. Comforting messages were more sensitive in response to major events than to daily events. Females generally comforted more sensitively than did males. Comforting messages directed toward females were more sensitive than messages directed toward males. Participants were shown to have overestimated the quality of their comforting responses.
Role of Renal Nerves and Salt Intake on Erythropoietin Secretion in Rats following Carbon Monoxide Exposure

Because the data from the literature contain conflicting results regarding the role of renal nerves and angiotensin II in hypoxia-induced erythropoietin (EPO) secretion, we evaluated the effect of renal nerves and salt intake in rats on EPO secretion stimulated by carbon monoxide (CO). Serum levels and renal mRNA content of EPO were similarly elevated by exposure to different CO concentrations in a dose-dependent manner in rats with bilateral renal denervation (DNX) and in sham-denervated controls (INN). However, at 600 ppm CO, serum concentrations and mRNA of EPO were significantly higher in DNX compared with INN rats (p < 0.05). This increase of EPO secretion in DNX rats could be blocked by administration of neuropeptide Y (NPY) (p < 0.05), whereas the NPY receptor antagonist did not enhance EPO secretion in INN rats after CO exposure. Agonists and antagonists of β-adrenergic receptors had no effect on EPO secretion. High-salt (HS) diet reduced EPO secretory response at 600 ppm CO by 55% compared with INN rats on normal salt diet (p < 0.01). In addition, DNX increased EPO secretion in rats on low-salt and HS diet, whereas plasma renin activity did not correlate with EPO levels under these experimental conditions. In summary, our data suggest that renal nerves contribute to the half-maximal EPO secretory response to CO exposure, possibly via NPY receptors.
Characterization of New Mutations in Pyrazinamide-Resistant Strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosisand Identification of Conserved Regions Important for the Catalytic Activity of the Pyrazinamidase PncA

ABSTRACT A new set of mutations, including transposition of the insertion sequence IS6110, was identified in the pncAgene from 19 pyrazinamide-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains. Alignment of the PncA protein from M. tuberculosis with homologous proteins from different bacterial species revealed three highly conserved regions in PncA which may play an important role in the processing of pyrazinamide.
Fast Johnson-Lindenstrauss Transform for robust and secure image hashing

Dimension reduction based techniques, such as singular value decomposition (SVD) and non-negative matrix factorization (NMF), have been proved to provide excellent performance for robust and secure image hashing by retaining the essential features of the original image matrix while preventing intentional attacks. In this paper, we introduce a recently proposed low-distortion, dimension reduction technique, referred as fast Johnson-Lindenstrauss transform (FJLT), and propose the use of FJLT for image hashing. FJLT shares the low-distortion characteristics of a random projection but requires a much lower complexity. These two desirable properties make it suitable for image hashing. Our experiment results show that the proposed FJLT-based hash yields good robustness under a wide range of attacks. Furthermore, the influence of secret key on the proposed hashing algorithm is evaluated by receiver operating characteristics (ROC) graph, revealing the efficiency of the proposed approach.
Trajectory Similarity Search in Spatial Networks

In several applications, data objects are assumed to move on predefined spatial networks such as road segments, railways, and invisible air routes. Moving objects may exhibit similarity with respect to their traversed paths, and therefore two objects can be correlated based on their path similarity. In this paper, we study similarity search for moving object trajectories for spatial networks. The problem poses some important challenges, since it is quite different from the case where objects are allowed to move without motion restrictions. Experimental results performed on real-life spatial networks show that trajectory similarity can be supported in an effective and efficient manner by using metric-based access methods
Weekly exercise consistenty reinstates positive mood

Mood improvement immediately after a single bout of exercise is well documented, but less is known about successive and longer term effects. In a “real-life” field investigation, four kinds of exercise class (Beginners, Advanced, Body Funk and Callanetics) met once a week for up to 7 weeks. Before and after each class the members assessed how they felt by completing a questionnaire listing equal numbers of “positive” and “negative” mood words. Subjects who had attended at least five times were included in the analysis, which led to groups consisting of 18, 20, 16, and 16 subjects, respectively. All four kinds of exercise significantly increased positive and decreased negative feelings, and this result was surprisingly consistent in successive weeks. However, exercise seemed to have a much greater effect on positive than on negative moods. The favorable moods induced by each class seemed to have worn off by the following week, to be reinstated by the class itself. In the Callanetics class, positive mood al.
Advanced methods for time-varying effective connectivity estimation in memory processes

Memory processes are based on large cortical networks characterized by non-stationary properties and time scales which represent a limitation to the traditional connectivity estimation methods. The recent development of connectivity approaches able to consistently describe the temporal evolution of large dimension connectivity networks, in a fully multivariate way, represents a tool that can be used to extract novel information about the processes at the basis of memory functions. In this paper, we applied such advanced approach in combination with the use of state-of-the-art graph theory indexes, computed on the connectivity networks estimated from high density electroencephalographic (EEG) data recorded in a group of healthy adults during the Sternberg Task. The results show how this approach is able to return a characterization of the main phases of the investigated memory task which is also sensitive to the increased length of the numerical string to be memorized.
Analysis of three variables in sampling solutions used to assay bacteria of hands: type of solution, use of antiseptic neutralizers, and solution temperature

Tests were performed using the sterile bag technique to determine the effects of type of sampling solution, use of antiseptic neutralizers, and solution temperature on the detection and quantitation of bacteria on hands. Using paired hand cultures, three sampling solutions were compared: quarter-strength Ringer solution, a phosphate buffer containing Triton X-100, and the same buffer containing antiseptic neutralizers. The phosphate buffer containing Triton X-100 was significantly better than quarter-strength Ringer solution in mean bacterial yield; the neutralizer-containing sampling solution was slightly better than Triton X-100-containing solution, although differences were not significant at the P = 0.05 level. Temperature (6 or 23 degrees C) of the sampling solution showed no consistent effect on bacterial yield from hands tested with the fluid containing neutralizers.
Angiotensin Receptor Blockers Are Associated with Reduced Fibrosis and Interleukin-6 Expression in Calcific Aortic Valve Disease

Background: Calcific aortic valve disease (CAVD) is a chronic disorder characterized by the mineralization of the aortic valve and involving fibrosis. Objectives: In this work we sought to determine if the fibrotic component of the remodeling process of CAVD was related to the use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEi) and/or angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs). Methods: In 477 patients with CAVD, the aortic valve was examined by histology. A semiquantitative score of fibrosis was generated and associations with clinical/cardiometabolic variables examined. In a subset of 103 patients the aortic valve was available to study the infiltration by inflammatory cells and expression of interleukin-6 (IL-6) by quantitative real-time PCR. Results: The fibrosis score of the aortic valve was independently related to the hemodynamic severity of CAVD measured by echocardiography. The fibrotic score of the aortic valve was also related to the expression of IL-6. The use of ARBs but not of ACEi was associated with a lower fibrosis score of the aortic valve even after correction for covariates. In addition, patients under ARBs had lower aortic valve inflammation and expression of IL-6. Conclusions: These findings suggest that ARBs may alter the fibrotic process of the aortic valve in CAVD, possibly by lowering tissue inflammation.
The Portrayal of Asian Americans in Mainstream Magazine Ads: An Update

Mass-circulation magazines were analyzed for the frequency and nature of advertising portrayals of Asian Americans, along several dimensions related to the “model minority” stereotype. Findings were compared with those for African Americans and Hispanics. Despite some improvement in the frequency and scope of representation, the presence of Asian Americans is still limited to narrowly defined stereotypical roles. Logistic regression analyses provided further support for the findings. Drawing on both cultivation and expectancy-violation theory frameworks, the authors suggest that, to the extent that the stereotype is reflected and reinforced through advertising, biased and undue expectations may be formed, resulting in negative consequences for the group members.