Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Educating people to be emotionally intelligent

Daniel Goleman, the literary catalyst for worldwide interest in emotional intelligence, sets the stage for this groundbreaking book in his foreword explaining its landmark importance. People can be educated to be more emotionally intelligent, and this particular type of education takes place through a specific type of parenting at home, formal education at school, and training and coaching at work. As a result of this education, extensively described in this comprehensive book, people's lives can be improved; they can become more effective, productive and content in what they do. Some of the best known researchers, professors and practitioners worldwide team up in this work to recognize and reflect the rapidly growing global interest in scientifically-based applications of emotional intelligence in education, to show readers the diverse applications of EI, and to guide them in applying what is known about this topic. The breadth of coverage, array of experts, international scope and clear, practical tone of this book will appeal to parents, educators, psychologists, counselors, trainers, and corporate coaches, mental health and human resource practitioners and healthcare providers. Parents and educators need to perform their caregiving roles and teach with emotional intelligence if children are to develop the skills and discernment needed to cope with the complexities of an increasingly globalized world. Workplaces that apply emotional intelligence are more pleasant places in which to work, provide a more fulfilling experience for employees and are, in the end, more productive organizations. Emotional intelligence can be developed by most individuals to increase performance in many areas of life. And a growing body of evidence indicates EI skills may improve physical health, as well as mental health. This book will become a benchmark for future researchers and practitioners.
Development of the Japanese Medication Adherence Scale and Verification of Its Reliability and Validity in Hypertensive Patients

A 32-Item Japanese Medication Adherence Scale had been developed as a tool for evaluating the medication-taking behavior of hypertensive patients and predicting therapeutic efficacy, and an Internet survey of 990 hypertensive patients throughout Japan was performed. As a result, factor 1 “Expectation of pharmacological efficacy” (9 items), factor 2 “Motivation to be self-controlled in taking medication” (6 items), and factor 3 “Negative feelings about taking medication” (4 items) were identified, comprising a total of 19 items. The scale was highly reliable. Because it proved capable of discriminating between the 2 groups with different medication-taking status and blood pressure, its validity had also been confirmed.
Spatial impression: measurement and perception of concert hall acoustics and reproduced sound

Auditory width measurements based on the interaural cross-correlation coefficient (IACC) are often used in the field of concert hall acoustics. However, there are a number of problems with such measurements, including large variations around the centre of a room and a limited range of values at low frequencies. This paper explores how some of these problems can be solved by applying the IACC in a more perceptually valid manner and using it as part of a more complete hearing model. It is proposed that measurements based on the IACC may match the perceived width of stimuli more accurately if a source signal is measured rather than an impulse response, and when factors such as frequency and loudness are taken into account. Further developments are considered, including methods to integrate the results calculated in different frequency bands, and the temporal response of spatial perception
Computational modelling of normal function and pathology in neural systems : new tools, techniques and results in cortex and basal ganglia

Oscillations between various populations of neurons are common and well documented. However, there are oscillations that can emerge within networks of neurons that are pathological and highly detrimental to the normal functioning of the brain. This thesis is concerned with modelling the transition from healthy network states to the pathological oscillatory states in two different brain disorders; epilepsy and Parkinson’s disease (PD). To study these transitions, existing computational methods for modelling large systems of interacting populations of neurons are used and new tools are developed. The first half of this thesis explores the evidence for the dynamic evolution of focal epilepsy using bifurcation analysis of a neural mass model, and relating these bifurcations to specific features of clinical data recordings in the time-domain. These findings are used to map out the evolution of seizures based on features of segments of the clinically recorded electroencephalograms. The similarity of seizure evolution within patients is tested. Statistically significant similarities were found between the evolutions of seizures from the same patient. In the latter half of the thesis a way of creating firing rate models is described, in which the value of the membrane time constant is dependent on the activity of afferent populations. This method is applied to modelling the basal ganglia (BG). The hypothesis that the BG are responsible for selection in the primate brain is tested and confirmed. The model is then used to investigate the development of PD. It was found that the loss of dopaminergic innervation caused a failure of selection capability but did not directly give rise to the beta oscillations ubiquitous in PD. Network connection strength changes that are seen in PD cause the model to regain selection functionality but lead to a beta frequency resting state oscillation, as is the case in real PD.
Latent Inhibition in ADHD Adults On and Off Medication

Objective: To determine the effects of stimulant medication on performance of ADHD adults on a selective attention task that assesses the processing of irrelevant stimuli. Method: ADHD patients and matched controls were given two sessions of a two-stage visual search-latent inhibition (LI) task. In stage-1, they detected the location of a unique shape presented with homogeneous distractors. In stage- 2, target detection response time was examined as a function of the stage-1 experience with the target or distractor, or both, providing a within-subject measure of LI. In Session-1, the ADHD subjects were off their customary stimulant medication. In Session-2, they were on medication. Results: Off-medicated ADHD subjects exhibited similar LI to that of controls; medicated ADHD subjects exhibited less LI than controls. Group differences in LI were mediated by RTs to the previously task-irrelevant distractor stimulus. Conclusion: The attenuated LI of the on-medication ADHD group is attributable to drug action that reduces attentional resources allocated to distractors.
Prevention for Preschoolers at High Risk for Conduct Problems: Immediate Outcomes on Parenting Practices and Child Social Competence

This study investigated the immediate impact of an 8-month center- and home-based prevention program for preschoolers at high risk for conduct problems. We report immediate program effects on observed and self-rated parenting practices and observed child behavior with peers. Ninety-nine preschool-age siblings of adjudicated youths and their families were randomly assigned to an enhanced version of the Incredible Years Series (Webster-Stratton, 1989; n = 50) or to a no-intervention control condition (n = 49). In an intent-to-treat design, the intervention yielded significant effects on negative parenting, parental stimulation for learning, and child social competence with peers. Improvements in negative parenting, stimulation for learning, and child social competence support the potential of the intervention to prevent later conduct problems in high-risk children.
Using Collaborative Action Learning Projects to Increase the Impact of Management Development

This article aims to contribute to the field of human resource development by exploring the conditions that influence the organizational impact of action learning projects. Many organizations use such projects as an integral part of their management development programs. Past research on action learning projects has shown how balancing action and learning improves the organizational impact of management development, but we argue that the concern with such a balance is not enough. We argue that certain organizational conditions are likely to mediate this balance. Based on empirical material from a case study of one off‐site management development program, we identify three organizational conditions that seem to enhance organizational impact: clear reasons for enrolling managers on a development program, support from the manager's local superior throughout the process of the action learning project and local participation in the project work on the part of the manager's employer. These findings have practical implications for providers of management development programs as well as for organizations exploring ways of enhancing the impact of their investment in management learning and development. In terms of theory, the lack of organizational impact of action learning projects can be seen as part of the wider ‘transfer problem’ in training and development, and the results of the present study are consistent with the literature, which shows factors in the work environment to be important in facilitating or preventing transfer.
Iterative precoding vs decoding in virtual mimo systems with channel mismatching errors

This contribution addresses a mathematical formulation and a comparison in performance of two realistic approaches of cooperation in wireless sensor networks. Tomlinson - Harashima precoding has been used as representative of transmitter cooperation while V-BLAST equalization technique was used as representative for receiver cooperation. The key point of this contribution is that non ideal conditions of carrier synchronization are considered. Recent theory suggests that cooperating at the transmitter results more beneficial than doing it at the receiver. In our hand we will show that, when carriers are not accurate synchronized, receiver cooperation appears to be a more robust selection.
Visual Motion Discrimination by Propagating Patterns in Primate Cerebral Cortex

Visual stimuli can evoke waves of neural activity that propagate across the surface of visual cortical areas. The relevance of these waves for visual processing is unknown. Here, we measured the phase and amplitude of local field potentials (LFPs) in electrode array recordings from the motion-processing medial temporal (MT) area of anesthetized male marmosets. Animals viewed grating or dot-field stimuli drifting in different directions. We found that, on individual trials, the direction of LFP wave propagation is sensitive to the direction of stimulus motion. Propagating LFP patterns are also detectable in trial-averaged activity, but the trial-averaged patterns exhibit different dynamics and behaviors from those in single trials and are similar across motion directions. We show that this difference arises because stimulus-sensitive propagating patterns are present in the phase of single-trial oscillations, whereas the trial-averaged signal is dominated by additive amplitude effects. Our results demonstrate that propagating LFP patterns can represent sensory inputs at timescales relevant to visually guided behaviors and raise the possibility that propagating activity patterns serve neural information processing in area MT and other cortical areas. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Propagating wave patterns are widely observed in the cortex, but their functional relevance remains unknown. We show here that visual stimuli generate propagating wave patterns in local field potentials (LFPs) in a movement-sensitive area of the primate cortex and that the propagation direction of these patterns is sensitive to stimulus motion direction. We also show that averaging LFP signals across multiple stimulus presentations (trial averaging) yields propagating patterns that capture different dynamic properties of the LFP response and show negligible direction sensitivity. Our results demonstrate that sensory stimuli can modulate propagating wave patterns reliably in the cortex. The relevant dynamics are normally masked by trial averaging, which is a conventional step in LFP signal processing.
Changes of coagulation parameters during high altitude expedition.

PRINCIPLES Data on changes of haemostatic parameters at altitudes above 5000 m are very limited. So far it is unknown, whether altered coagulation could contribute to the development of acute mountain sickness. METHODS Thirty four healthy mountaineers were randomised to two acclimatisation protocols and undertook an expedition on Muztagh Ata (7549 m) in China. Tests were performed at five altitudes up to 6865 m. Haemostatic parameters, such as PT, aPTT, D-Dimer, APC-Resistance (APCR), von Willebrand Factor activity (RCo), ADAMTS-13 & C-Natriuretic Peptide (CNP) were assessed together with Lake Louise AMS score. RESULTS D-Dimer significantly increased with increasing altitude (median 0.62 to 0.81 mcg/L, p <0.0001). During ascent, PT increased (83% to >100%) and APCR decreased significantly from 0.95 to 0.8 (p <0.01). Furthermore, a significant increase of aPTT (38 to 43 sec) was paralleled by significant changes of RCo (102% to 62%) (both p <0.001). There were no significant changes in ADAMTS-13 and CNP. No significant relationship between investigated parameters and AMS scores could be detected. When comparing the participants of the two acclimatisation protocols, there was an overall higher RCo in patients with a faster ascent protocol (p = 0.04). This was accompanied by lower ADAMTS-13 of the coagulation system in these patients (p = 0.04). CONCLUSIONS Coagulation parameters change significantly during hypobaric hypoxia. Whereas we could detect no association between AMS scores and coagulation parameters, our results do show some parameters to be associated with an acclimatisation protocol and a successful ascent to the summit.
Is vaccine against HCV possible

A vibration detecting apparatus including a vibration detector for detecting engine vibrations in a multi-rotor rotary piston engine. The vibration detector is disposed on an intermediate housing, on both sides of which working chambers of the multi-rotor piston engine are formed. The vibration detector is located so that it has a sensitivity to vibration in the direction substantially perpendicular to the side surface of the intermediate housing, and parallel to the axial direction of the eccentric shaft which carries the rotors. By the above arrangement of the vibration detector, the vibrations are precisely detected. In response to the detected vibrations, it is possible, for example, to control engine knocking.
ISO-SWS Spectroscopy of NGC 1068

We present Infrared Space Observatory-Short Wave Spectrometer (ISO-SWS) spectroscopy of NGC 1068 for the complete wavelength range 2.4-45 μm at resolving power ~1500. Selected subranges have been observed at higher sensitivity and full resolving power ~2000. We detect a total of 36 emission lines and derive upper limits for 13 additional transitions. Most of the observed transitions are fine-structure and recombination lines originating in the narrow-line region (NLR) and the inner part of the extended emission-line region. We compare the line profiles of optical lines and reddening-insensitive infrared lines to constrain the dynamical structure and extinction properties of the NLR. The most likely explanation of the considerable differences found is a combination of two effects: (1) The spatial structure of the NGC 1068 NLR is a combination of a highly ionized outflow cone and lower excitation extended emission. (2) Parts of the NLR, mainly in the receding part at velocities above systemic, are subject to extinction that is significantly suppressing optical emission from these clouds. Line asymmetries and net blueshifts remain, however, even for infrared fine-structure lines suffering very little obscuration. This may be either due to an intrinsic asymmetry of the NLR, as perhaps also suggested by the asymmetric radio continuum emission or due to a very high column density obscuring component which is hiding part of the NLR even from infrared view. We present detections and limits for 11 rotational and rovibrational emission lines of molecular hydrogen (H2). They arise in a dense molecular medium at temperatures of a few hundred kelvins that is most likely closely related to the warm and dense components seen in the near-infrared H2 rovibrational transitions, and in millimeter-wave tracers (CO, HCN) of molecular gas. Any emission of the putative parsec-scale molecular torus is likely overwhelmed by this larger scale emission. In companion papers we use the SWS data to derive the spectral energy distribution emitted by the active nucleus of NGC 1068, to put limits on infrared emission from the obscured broad-line region, and discuss the continuum and its features in conjunction with SWS spectra of other galaxies.
Through the Looking Glass

Abstract Lesbian feminists who began their work in the 1970s probably share my mixed feelings about and attitudes towards Queer Theory: curiosity, envy, indignation and occasional agreement. The solar center of mostly male Queer Theory has young lesbian scholars orbiting around it. Gender used to share the stage with sexuality but now seems relegated to the wings. Like Marxists in the 1950s who remembered the heady days of the 1930s, we veteran lesbian feminists cannot help recalling the excitement and sense of possibility in Lesbian Studies twenty-five years ago.
Image Encryption using Block Permutation and XOR Operation

Now a days, in every communication channel there is a necessity of transmission of messages securely from sender to the authentic receiver. In recent years, for different information transfer systems, a number of data encryption techniques has been evolved. Several encryption approaches based on permutation have been proposed by various researchers. In this paper, for encrypting images, permutation and XOR operation with a key matrix which together fulfill the purpose of cipher is proposed. First the image is divided into blocks which are then shuffled among themselves using random numbers. Lagged Fibonacci Generator (LFG) is used to generate random numbers and further the random numbers are used as key stream for XOR operation. The proposed encryption method is simple and ensures the security of the encrypted images.
Regulates Glutamine Metabolism through the eIF 4 B-Dependent Control of c-Myc Translation

Alfredo Csibi,1,6,7 Gina Lee,1,6 Sang-Oh Yoon,1 Haoxuan Tong,2 Didem Ilter,1,3 Ilaria Elia,4,5 Sarah-Maria Fendt,4,5 Thomas M. Roberts,2 and John Blenis1,3,* 1Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA 2Department of Cancer Biology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA 3Department of Pharmacology, Meyer Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA 4Flemish Institute of Biotechnology (VIB), Vesalius Research Center, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium 5Department of Oncology, KU Leuven–University of Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
Valuation of Ecosystem Services from Wetlands Mitigation in the United States

Section 404 of the U.S. Clean Water Act includes most wetlands in its jurisdiction and requires wetland mitigation to compensate for permitted wetland losses. These mitigation wetlands can provide ecosystem services similar to original wetlands if properly constructed. Improvement of wetland monitoring requirements coupled with economic assessment is critical for effective implementation of the mitigation policy. The economic assessment when left out of evaluation of mitigation policy could result in mitigation wetlands being given too little weight in policy decisions. Under the assumption that mitigation requirements reported in the Army Corps permit files represent actual wetland creation, ecosystem services value is estimated using a wetland benefit‑function transfer approach. Wetland mitigation requirements during 2010–2012 recorded in the Army Corps permit files is used for the analysis. The results indicate that cumulative ecosystem services value per acre per year is in the range of $5000 to $70,000, which translates to a nationwide annual aggregate benefit of $2.7 billion. Given the history of the ecosystem services not fully captured nor adequately quantified, the current analysis is an initial step in understanding the value of wetland mitigation.
Development of vaccines against bovine tuberculosis

Bovine tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium bovis remains an economically important problem in Great Britain with potential zoonotic consequences, and the incidence is rising exponentially. In 1997 an independent scientific review recommended that the best option for disease control in Great Britain was the development of a cattle vaccine. Bovine tuberculosis remains a significant problem in countries of the developing world. Indeed, more than 94% of the world's population live in countries in which the control of bovine tuberculosis in buffalos or cattle is limited or absent. Effective vaccination strategies would have a major impact in countries that cannot afford expensive test and slaughter‐based control strategies. Here, we present a review of progress toward that goal, and discuss how this progress has shaped our research strategy for the development of a vaccine.
Exact distinction of excitatory and inhibitory neurons in neural networks: a study with GFP-GAD67 neurons optically and electrophysiologically recognized on multielectrode arrays

Distinguishing excitatory from inhibitory neurons with multielectrode array (MEA) recordings is a serious experimental challenge. The current methods, developed in vitro, mostly rely on spike waveform analysis. These however often display poor resolution and may produce errors caused by the variability of spike amplitudes and neuron shapes. Recent recordings in human brain suggest that the spike waveform features correlate with time-domain statistics such as spiking rate, autocorrelation, and coefficient of variation. However, no precise criteria are available to exactly assign identified units to specific neuronal types, either in vivo or in vitro. To solve this problem, we combined MEA recording with fluorescence imaging of neocortical cultures from mice expressing green fluorescent protein (GFP) in GABAergic cells. In this way, we could sort out “authentic excitatory neurons” (AENs) and “authentic inhibitory neurons” (AINs). We thus characterized 1275 units (from 405 electrodes, n = 10 experiments), based on autocorrelation, burst length, spike number (SN), spiking rate, squared coefficient of variation, and Fano factor (FF) (the ratio between spike-count variance and mean). These metrics differed by about one order of magnitude between AINs and AENs. In particular, the FF turned out to provide a firing code which exactly (no overlap) recognizes excitatory and inhibitory units. The difference in FF between all of the identified AEN and AIN groups was highly significant (p < 10−8, ANOVA post-hoc Tukey test). Our results indicate a statistical metric-based approach to distinguish excitatory from inhibitory neurons independently from the spike width.