Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Ouvidoria: uma análise de sua utilização como ferramenta de gestão no âmbito da Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária (Anvisa).

Being the Ombudsman an important channel of contact between public institutions and users – such as consumers, health professionals or regulated sector – the different demands received by it (suggestions, complaints, praises), are pivotal for evaluating management practices within the internal areas of the National Health Surveillance Agency – Anvisa. The main question approached by this dissertation is: to what extend Anvisa’s different units makes use of the Ombudsman as a management mechanism for improvement of their work processes. To answer this question, the study aims to identify what type of information is received by the Ombudsman, which are the areas that receive the largest number of requests for information, if such information is passed to managers, if they have the perception that this information is input to the evaluation of their work processes effectively and they have made changes based on such information. To achieve this objective, it was performed a literature review and were semi-structured interviews with the areas involved and the Ombudsman chief. From the analysis of data obtained are complementary to those proposed actions that have been practical to contribute to the better utilization of this important input for evaluation. As a result, it was identified the lack of adhesion between the activities undertaken by the Ombudsman and the powers legally established, there is a visible extension of executive actions, which interfere with the ability of evaluative neutrality desired. It has become the main channel of information the more varied, provided educational information to the proceedings the Ombudsman has a very privileged perception of the general functioning of the Anvisa. However, the use of such information management allowance is taking more power last year. Still, the suggestions of actions to correct possible failures occur in very critical situations, with no areas of a culture of critical analysis of the demands that they get from users through the Ombudsman. The research in the field showed that the Ombudsman has, since its creation in 1999, a bias very informative, as much a channel for the care that effectively treat an area of the demands of the users-citizens. From the findings made are some recommendations for the strategic potential of information gathered by the Ombudsman is widespread.
Correlated sources help transmission over an arbitrarily varying channel

It is well known that the deterministic code capacity (for the average error probability criterion) of an arbitrarily varying channel (AVC) either equals its random code capacity or zero. Here it is shown that if two components of a correlated source are additionally available to the sender and receiver, respectively, the capacity always equals its random code capacity.
Promoting critical reflection through teacher’s education

The objective of this paper is to study the teachers’ education at the University, through the prism of critical reflection. Considering critical reflection as a necessary qualification for professional development, we focus on a curriculum that cultivate critical thinking not only during the theoretical part of the studies (lectures, workshops etc), but in practicum too. In this area the student has the opportunity to be tested, to think and to reflect upon educational practices. During an investigation that took place in a Greek University, the need to strengthen the reflective skills of future teachers, as well as the potential benefits for their better preparation emerged.
ERP Response Unveils Effect of Second Language Manipulation on First Language Processing

Lexical access in bilinguals has been considered either selective or non-selective and evidence exists in favor of both hypotheses. We conducted a linguistic experiment to assess whether a bilingual’s language mode influences the processing of first language information. We recorded event related potentials during a semantic priming paradigm with a covert manipulation of the second language (L2) using two types of stimulus presentations (short and long). We observed a significant facilitation of word pairs related in L2 in the short version reflected by a decrease in N400 amplitude in response to target words related to the English meaning of an inter-lingual homograph (homograph-unrelated group). This was absent in the long version, as the N400 amplitude for this group was similar to the one for the control-unrelated group. We also interviewed the participants whether they were aware of the importance of L2 in the experiment. We conclude that subjects participating in the long and short versions were in different language modes: closer to monolingual mode for the long and closer to bilingual mode for the short version; and that awareness about covert manipulation of L2 can influence the language mode, which in its turn influences the processing of the first language.
Prosodic Constituency in HPSG

The boundary between known and he is unsurprising, since it coincides with a syntactic boundary between a preposed adverbial phrase and the main clause. By contrast, the second prosodic constituent, he brought out departs dramatically from standard syntactic constituency; for the subject he has a tighter juncture with the following main verb (plus particle) than the latter does with its noun phrase object, the objections of everyone. One possible response to this kind of datum is to abandon conventional notions of surface syntactic constituency. This is the approach to prosodic constituency advocated by Steedman (1991), where the availability of function composition and type-raising in a combinatory catego-
Degradable agreement in the presence of Byzantine faults

The authors consider a system consisting of a sender that wants to send a value to certain receivers. Byzantine agreement protocols have previously been proposed to achieve this in the presence of arbitrary failures. The imposed requirement typically is that the fault-free receivers must all agree on the same value. An agreement protocol is proposed that achieves Lamport's Byzantine agreement (L. Lamport et al., 1982) up to a certain number of faults and a degraded form of agreement with a higher number of faults. The degraded form of agreement allows the fault-free receivers to agree on at most two different values, one of which is necessarily the default value. The proposed approach is named degradable agreement. An algorithm for degradable agreement is presented along with bounds on the number of nodes and network connectivity necessary to achieve degradable agreement. <<ETX>>
CAVEOLIN-1 expression in brain metastasis from lung cancer predicts worse outcome and radioresistance, irrespective of tumor histotype

Brain metastases develop in one-third of patients with non-small-cell lung cancer and are associated with a dismal prognosis, irrespective of surgery or chemo-radiotherapy. Pathological markers for predicting outcomes after surgical resection and radiotherapy responsiveness are still lacking. Caveolin 1 has been associated with chemo- and radioresistance in various tumors, including non-small-cell lung cancer. Here, caveolin 1 expression was assessed in a series of 69 brain metastases from non-small-cell lung cancer and matched primary tumors to determine its role in predicting survival and radiotherapy responsiveness. Only caveolin 1 expression in brain metastasis was associated with poor prognosis and an increased risk of death (log rank test, p = 0.015). Moreover, in the younger patients (median age of <54 years), caveolin 1 expression neutralized the favorable effect of young age on survival compared with the older patients. Among the radiotherapy-treated patients, an increased risk of death was detected in the group with caveolin 1-positive brain metastasis (14 out of 22 patients, HR=6.839, 95% CI 1.849 to 25.301, Wald test p = 0.004). Overall, caveolin 1 expression in brain metastasis from non-small-cell lung cancer is independently predictive of worse outcome and radioresistance and could become an additional tool for personalized therapy in the critical subset of brain-metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer patients.
Vocabulary Testing and the Influence of Second Language on Third Language Vocabulary Acquisition

Learning and speaking foreign languages are regarded today as the norm. Simultaneously, empirical findings in the area of multilingualism have recently demonstrated that the mental lexicon of a language learner consists of intertwined systems where languages interact with each other, rather than remain separate entities. However, studies that explore how different lexicons are integrated and influence each other in the case of multilinguals are relatively scarce. This thesis seeks to contribute to this gap in research reporting two empirical studies drawing on a vocabulary testing perspective. The studies investigate the impact of prior lexical knowledge on additional language learning of Hungarian native speakers, who speak Romanian as an L2 and English as an L3. From a theoretical standpoint, the studies contest the traditional assumption that foreign language vocabulary acquisition can be explained solely by measures of frequency of word occurrence. Instead is contended that cross-linguistic similarities, namely cognates, provide a special bridge between languages and also need to be taken into account. At a more substantive level, it aims to explore (1) the relationship between learners’ Romanian and English written lexical knowledge; (2) the facilitatory effect of cognates; and (3) the implications of this for vocabulary assessments. To address these aims, Romanian versions of Nation’s Vocabulary Levels Test (VLT) and Vocabulary Size Test (VST) have been developed, assessed for validity, and applied. The findings indicate that there is a strong connection between multilinguals’ Romanian L2 and English L3 lexica. Learners’ lexical proficiency can be described as a function of frequency but is also influenced by cognateness. Therefore, word frequency and cognateness in conjunction can potentially increase test accuracy and validity, and enable a more in-depth understanding of vocabulary size and lexical accessibility. These conclusions are drawn from a vocabulary testing perspective, but further pedagogical implications, future directions for research and limitations are also offered.
Network topologies: inference, modeling, and generation

Accurate measurement, inference and modeling techniques are fundamental to Internet topology research. Spatial analysis of the Internet is needed to develop network planning, optimal routing algorithms, and failure detection measures. A first step toward achieving such goals is the availability of network topologies at different levels of granularity, facilitating realistic simulations of new Internet systems. The main objective of this survey is to familiarize the reader with research on network topology over the past decade. We study techniques for inference, modeling, and generation of the Internet topology at both the router and administrative levels. We also compare the mathematical models assigned to various topologies and the generation tools based on them. We conclude with a look at emerging areas of research and potential future research directions.
Values as Risk and Protective Factors of Socialization of the Youth

U radu se na temelju podataka o vrijednostima mladih prikupljenima 1998. (Franc, Sakic i Ivicic, 2002) te 2006. godine (Ivicic, Franc, Sakic, 2007) govori o hijerarhiji vrijednosti mladih, povezanosti vrijednosnih orijentacija sa stavovima i ponasanjima mladih, te opravdanosti pristupanja vrijednostima i vrijednosnim orijentacijama kao zastitnim i rizicnim cimbenicima socijalizacije mladih. Podaci o važnosti vrijednosti pokazuju da mladi u obje godine u prosjeku najvecu važnost pridaju samoaktualizacijskoj vrijednosnoj orijentaciji, potom konvencionalnoj, a relativno najmanje hedonistickoj orijentaciji, iako sve tri procjenjuju važnima. Na temelju utvrđenih povezanosti vrijednosnih orijentacija sa stavovima i ponasanjima mladih, zakljucuje se da je opravdano razumijevanje vrijednosti kao zastitnih i rizicnih cimbenika socijalizacije. Pritom se, u kontekstu razmatranih stavova i ponasanja, konvencionalna orijentacija, i dijelom samoostvarujuca, mogu smatrati zastitnim cimbenicima, a hedonisticka orijentacija rizicnim cimbenikom razvoja mladih.
Higher education cloud computing in South Africa: towards understanding trust and adoption issues

This paper sets out to study the views of key stakeholders on the issue of cloud information security within institutions of Higher Education. A specific focus is on understanding trust and the adoption of cloud computing in context of the unique operational requirements of South African universities. Contributions are made on both a methodological and theoretical level. Methodologically the study contributes by employing an Interpretivist approach and using Thematic Analysis in a topic area often studied quantitatively, thus affording researchers the opportunity to gain the necessary in-depth insight into how key stakeholders view cloud security and trust. A theoretical contribution is made in the form of a trust-centric conceptual framework that illustrates how the qualitative data relates to concepts innate to cloud computing trust and adoption. Both these contributions lend credence to the fact that there is a need to address cloud information security with a specific focus on the contextual elements that surround South African universities. The paper concludes with some considerations for implementing and investigating cloud computing services in Higher Education contexts in South Africa.
Joint cosmological formation of QSOs and bulge-dominated galaxies

Older and more recent pieces of observational evidence suggest a strong connection between QSOs and galaxies; in particular, the recently discovered correlation between black hole and galactic bulge masses suggests that QSO activity is directly connected to the formation of galactic bulges. The cosmological problem of QSO formation is analysed in the framework of an analytical model for galaxy formation; for the first time a joint comparison with galaxy and QSO observables is performed. In this model it is assumed that the same physical variable that determines galaxy morphology is able to modulate the mass of the black hole responsible for QSO activity. Both halo spin and the occurrence of a major merger are considered as candidates for this role. The predictions of the model are compared with available data for the type-dependent galaxy mass functions, the star formation history of elliptical galaxies, the QSO luminosity function and its evolution (including the obscured objects contributing to the hard-X-ray background), the mass function of dormant black holes and the distribution of black hole-to-bulge mass ratios. A good agreement with observations is obtained if the halo spin modulates the efficiency of black hole formation, and if the galactic haloes at z ˆ 0 have shone in an inverted order with respect to the hierarchical one (i.e., stars and black holes in bigger galactic haloes have formed before those in smaller ones). This inversion of hierarchical order for galaxy formation, which reconciles galaxy formation with QSO evolution, is consistent with many pieces of observational evidence.
Linear reactive control of three-dimensional bipedal walking in the presence of noise and uncertainty

Walking control of biped robots is a challenging problem, and improving robustness to noise and uncertainty remains difficult. We recently developed a novel control framework for 3D bipedal walking that we call “linear reactive control. ” It is linear because control torques are computed as simple weighted sums of sensor states. It is reactive because it depends only on the model’s current state. The present simulation study shows that this controller performs reliably in the presence of realistic models of joint actuation, sensor noise, and uncertainty in model and contact parameters. The controller is able to maintain a stable gait in the presence of noisy sensor inputs and low-impedance actuation. It also performs reliably on models with high uncertainty (up to 20%) in measurements of their dynamic parameters and widely varying ground contact parameters. The robustness of this controller to realistic conditions validates this method as a promising avenue for bipedal control.
Position guided local routing and reconfiguration in mobile telecommunication networks with scale-free topology

Assuming wireless communication in scale-free networks, the local routing model can be extended with a novel approach which takes spatial information into account as well. The properties of the proposed model are analyzed in this paper also when the nodes of the network are moving along straight lines in the unit square. Furthermore, we analyze how reconfiguration affects the throughput and energy efficiency of the network.
Selection of Replicon Variants Resistant to ACH-806, a Novel Hepatitis C Virus Inhibitor with No Cross-Resistance to NS3 Protease and NS5B Polymerase Inhibitors

ABSTRACT We have discovered a novel class of compounds active against hepatitis C virus (HCV), using a surrogate cellular system, HCV replicon cells. The leading compound in the series, ACH-806 (GS-9132), is a potent and specific inhibitor of HCV. The selection of resistance replicon variants against ACH-806 was performed to map the mutations conferring resistance to ACH-806 and to determine cross-resistance profiles with other classes of HCV inhibitors. Several clones emerged after the addition of ACH-806 to HCV replicon cells at frequencies and durations similar to that observed with NS3 protease inhibitors and NS5B polymerase inhibitors. Phenotypic analyses of these clones revealed that they are resistant to ACH-806 but remain sensitive to other classes of HCV inhibitors. Moreover, no significant change in the susceptibility to ACH-806 was found when the replicon cellular clones resistant to NS3 protease inhibitors and NS5B polymerase inhibitors were examined. Sequencing of the entire coding region of ACH-806-resistant replicon variants yielded several consensus mutations. Reverse genetics identified two single mutations in NS3, a cysteine-to-serine mutation at amino acid 16 and an alanine-to-valine mutation at amino acid 39, that are responsible for the resistance of the replicon variants to ACH-806. Both mutations are located at the N terminus of NS3 where extensive interactions with the central hydrophobic region of NS4A exist. These data provide evidence that ACH-806 inhibits HCV replication by a novel mechanism.
Transform domain LMS convergence in tone interference

Direct-sequence spread spectrum (DS-SS) signaling techniques are often used in conjunction with digital signal processors to combat undesired interference in both military and civilian communications systems. Although spread spectrum signals are inherently robust with respect to non-white interference, the extent to which such interference affects communications reliability depends on the system's processing gain and may be augmented using adaptive filtering techniques. In this paper, the received waveform is filtered in the transform domain using various least-mean-squared (LMS) filtering implementations. The convergence performance of both conventional and normalized pre- and post-correlation transform domain LMS (TDLMS) algorithms is studied as it relates to jammer frequency and misadjustment noise. Analytical and simulation results obtained in the presence of tone interference sources are presented.
Career choices of middle class female adolescents : the influence of mothers, sex role ideology, and occupational knowledge.

Career Choices of Middle Class Female Adolescents: The Influence of Mothers, Sex-Role Ideology, and Occupational Knowledge CMay 1979) Thelma Oya Benn, B.A., University of Massachusetts M.Ed., Ed.D. , University of Massachusetts Directed by: Professor Ellis G. Olim The relationship betv^een 87 mothers and their adolescent daughters* career preferences was studied. The girls were selected from a junior class of 700 students attending a coeducational suburban high school located near a large city. A total of 41 girls v;ere enrolled in a business preparatory program and 46 were enrolled in a college preparatory division. The instruments consisted of two matched questionnaires: one for the mothers in the study and the other for their daughters. They contained sentence completion stems, a Likert scale, and a yes-no
Research of fault-tolerance technique for high availability Industrial Ethernet

Industrial Ethernet are widely used in industrial control system, but the requirement of high reliability and stability for control system limits the application of industrial Ethernet. Providing high available fault-tolerant capability on the large control systems becomes a very important issue. In this paper, three industrial Ethernet based redundancy protocols are presented: They are Single-LAN mode redundancy protocol, Dual-network backup and parallel mode redundancy protocol. Based on the EPA (Ethernet for Plant Automation EPA) communication protocol stack, the system architecture, frame structure and communication procedures are introduced. The performance of these approaches is demonstrated through experiment and analysis.
Susceptibility to Transmitting HIV in Patients Initiating Antiretroviral Therapy in Rural District Hospitals in Cameroon (Stratall ANRS 12110/ESTHER Trial)

Objectives Using cohort data nested in a randomized trial conducted in Cameroon, this study aimed to investigate time trends and predictors of the susceptibility to transmitting HIV during the first 24 months of treatment. Methods The outcome, susceptibility to transmitting HIV, was defined as reporting inconsistent condom use and experiencing incomplete virological suppression. Mixed logistic regressions were performed to identify predictors of this outcome among 250 patients reporting to have had sexual relationships either with HIV-negative or unknown HIV status partner(s). Results Despite an initial decrease from 76% at M0 to 50% at M6, the rate of inconsistent condom use significantly increased from M12 (59%) to M24 (66%) (p = 0.017). However, the proportion of patients susceptible to transmitting HIV significantly decreased over follow-up from 76% at M0, to 50% at M6, 31% at M12 and 27% at M24 (p<0.001). After controlling for age, gender and intervention group, we found that perceiving healthcare staff’s readiness to listen as poor (adjusted odds ratios (AOR) [95% Confidence Interval (CI)] = 1.87 [1.01–3.46]), reporting to have sexual relationships more than once per week (AOR [95%CI] = 2.52 [1.29–4.93]), having more than one sexual partner (AOR [95%CI] = 2.53 [1.21–5.30]) and desiring a/another child (AOR [95%CI] = 2.07 [1.10–3.87]) were all associated with a higher risk of being susceptible to transmitting HIV. Conversely, time since ART initiation (AOR [95%CI] = 0.66 [0.53–0.83] for an extra 6 months and ART adherence (AOR [95%CI] = 0.33 [0.15–0.72]) were significantly associated with a lower risk of being susceptible to transmitting HIV. Conclusions The decrease observed in the susceptibility to transmitting HIV suggests that fear of behavioural disinhibition should not be a barrier to universal access to ART. However, developing adequate preventive interventions matching patients’ expectations -like the desire to have children- and strengthening healthcare staff’s counselling skills are urgently needed to maximize the impact of ART in slowing the HIV epidemic.