Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Race, Gender, and Therapist Confidence: Effects on Satisfaction With the Therapeutic Relationship in MFT

Researchers have yet to clarify what factors most strongly shape the quality of the psychotherapeutic relationship. This study investigated the effects of race match, gender match, and perceptions of therapists’ confidence on both clients’ and therapists’ satisfaction with the therapeutic relationship. Marriage and family therapists and clients at a teaching clinic in New York state were surveyed after the fourth session. Clients were significantly more satisfied with the therapeutic relationship (p < .05) when paired with therapists of the same gender. Both clients and therapists were more satisfied (p < .001) when they had similar perceptions of therapist confidence. Implications for training are discussed.
An enhanced grouping algorithm for vertical partitioning problem in DDBs

Distribution design involves making decisions on the fragmentation and allocation of data across the sites of a computer network. Vertical partitioning is the process of subdividing the attributes of a relation to generate fragments. In this paper, we propose an enhancement to our previous work for vertical partitioning algorithm using grouping approach. This algorithm starts from the attribute affinity matrix and generates initial groups based on the affinity values between attributes. Then, it attempts to merge the initial groups to produce final groups that will represent the fragments.
What and Where in Word Reading: Ventral Coding of Written Words Revealed by Parietal Atrophy

The visual system of literate adults develops a remarkable perceptual expertise for printed words. To delineate the aspects of this competence intrinsic to the occipitotemporal what pathway, we studied a patient with bilateral lesions of the occipitoparietal where pathway. Depending on critical geometric features of the display (rotation angle, letter spacing, mirror reversal, etc.), she switched from a good performance, when her intact ventral pathway was sufficient to encode words, to severely impaired reading, when her parietal lesions prevented the use of alternative reading strategies as a result of spatial and attentional impairments. In particular, reading was disrupted (a) by rotating word by more than 50, providing an approximation of the invariance range for words encoding in the ventral pathway; (b) by separating letters with double spaces, revealing the limits of letter grouping into perceptual wholes; (c) by mirror-reversing words, showing that words escape the default mirror-invariant representation of visual objects in the ventral pathway. Moreover, because of her parietal lesions, she was unable to discriminate mirror images of common objects, although she was excellent with reversible pseudowords, confirming that the breaking of mirror symmetry was intrinsic to the occipitotemporal cortex. Thus, charting the display conditions associated with preserved or impaired performance allowed us to infer properties of word coding in the normal ventral pathway and to delineate the roles of the parietal lobes in single-word recognition.
Analyzing Tennis Tactics from Broadcasting Tennis Video Clips

This paper attempts to classify tennis games into 58 winning patterns for training purpose. It bases on tracking ball movement from broadcasting tennis video. Trajectory and landing position are used as the basic features for classification. We use an improved Bayesian networks to classify the landing position of different patterns. Intelligent agents are used to combine trajectories and landing positions as two features are in different dimensions. Semantic labels are granted after classification. The aim of the analysis is to provide a browsing tool for coachers or other personnel to retrieve tennis video clips.
How "Focusing Phenomena" in the Instructional Environment Support Individual Students' Generalizations

This article sets forth a way of connecting the classroom instructional environment with individual students' generalizations. To do so, we advance the notion of focusing phenomena, that is, regularities in the ways in which teachers, students, artifacts, and curricular materials act together to direct attention toward certain mathematical properties over others. The construct of focusing phenomena emerged from an empirical study conducted during a 5-week unit on slope and linear functions in a high school classroom using a reform curriculum. Qualitative evidence from interviews with 7 students revealed that students interpreted the m value in y = b + mx as a difference rather than a ratio as a result of counterproductive generalization afforded by focusing phenomena. Classroom analysis revealed 4 focusing phenomena, which regularly directed students' attention to various sets of differences rather than to the coordination of quantities.
Detection of liver metastases in cancer patients with geographic fatty infiltration of the liver: the added value of contrast-enhanced sonography

Purpose The aim of this study is to assess the role of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) in the detection of liver metastases in cancer patients with geographic liver fatty deposition on greyscale ultrasonography (US). Methods Thirty-seven consecutive cancer patients (24 women and 13 men; age, 33 to 80 years; mean, 58.1 years) with geographic liver fatty deposition, but without any detectable focal liver lesion on greyscale US, underwent sulphur hexafluoride-enhanced US. Two readers reported by consensus the presence, size, and location of any detected lesion. All patients underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as a confirmatory study. Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values (PPV and NPV), and accuracy were calculated. Results Seven focal liver lesions (size, 4 to 10 mm; mean, 6.1 mm) were detected in 4/37 patients (10.8%): four metastases (size, 5 to 10 mm; mean, 6.7 mm) were detected both by CEUS and MRI, with one hemangioma and two cysts (size range, 4 to 6 mm; mean, 5.3 mm) detected by MRI only. In 1/37 patients (2.7%), CEUS misdiagnosed geographic fatty change as three metastases. In 32/37 patients (86.5%), no lesions were detected. Sensitivity, specificity, PPV, NPV, and accuracy of CEUS were 100% (95% confidence Interval [CI], 1.000 to 1.000), 97.1% (95% CI, 0.914 to 1.027), 75%, 100%, and 97.3%, respectively. No statistically significant differences were found between CEUS and MRI in the detection of focal liver lesions (P=0.480), whereas both of them performed better than baseline US (P<0.001). Conclusion CEUS improves the detection of liver metastases in cancer patients with geographic liver fatty deposition on greyscale US.
SPICE modeling of memristive, memcapacitative and meminductive systems

A methodology of SPICE modeling of general memristive, memcapacitative, and meminductive systems is proposed and their special cases such as memristors (MR), memcapacitors (MC), and meminductors (ML) are given. These elements are included alongside the conventional R, C, and L elements in a proposed constellation, which generalizes the hitherto approach when the memristor is regarded as a fourth missing passive element. It is shown that the memristor, designed in HP laboratories, can be modeled as a first-order memristive system with nonlinear dependence of the time derivative of the state variable on this variable and on the current flowing through. The outputs of SPICE analyses are consistent with the hitherto published results.
War and Peace in the Global Greenhouse: Metaphors We Die By

This article examines the role metaphorical thought plays in the scientific as well as popular discussion of key environmental issues such as global warming and loss of biodiversity. This discourse, which I call "Greenspeak," rests on a few basic conceptual metaphors, which project inferences from a limited set of source domains onto the target domain of the environment. War, in particular, acts as the prime source domain. In concert with the image schema of "containment," which provides one of the most important scientific models of the environment, the concept of "earth as a greenhouse" serves as the locus of the "battlefield" of the metaphorical "war on the environment. " Finally, the article compares conflicting systems of moral accounting underpinning Greenspeak and suggests serious problems with utilitarian models. Our future depends critically on which metaphorical conceptions predominate.
Towards Adaptive Fault-Tolerance For Distributed Multi-Agent Systems

This paper studies how to bring flexibilityto fault-tolerant systems. Firstly, multi-agent systems are identified as a very valuable basis for reaching this goal,and reliability is also shown to be a rare and attractive feature for such systems. We then propose a frameworkfor building applications that provide adaptive fault tolerance, and put forward the promising results obtainedwhen testing the implementation of this framework. We conclude with drawing some perspectives of evolution ofour work.
Effort, symptom validity testing, performance validity testing and traumatic brain injury

Abstract Background: To understand the neurocognitive effects of brain injury, valid neuropsychological test findings are paramount. Review: This review examines the research on what has been referred to a symptom validity testing (SVT). Above a designated cut-score signifies a ‘passing’ SVT performance which is likely the best indicator of valid neuropsychological test findings. Likewise, substantially below cut-point performance that nears chance or is at chance signifies invalid test performance. Significantly below chance is the sine qua non neuropsychological indicator for malingering. However, the interpretative problems with SVT performance below the cut-point yet far above chance are substantial, as pointed out in this review. This intermediate, border-zone performance on SVT measures is where substantial interpretative challenges exist. Case studies are used to highlight the many areas where additional research is needed. Historical perspectives are reviewed along with the neurobiology of effort. Reasons why performance validity testing (PVT) may be better than the SVT term are reviewed. Conclusions: Advances in neuroimaging techniques may be key in better understanding the meaning of border zone SVT failure. The review demonstrates the problems with rigidity in interpretation with established cut-scores. A better understanding of how certain types of neurological, neuropsychiatric and/or even test conditions may affect SVT performance is needed.
An empirical study on independence-driven data selection for improving capture-recapture estimation

Background: The Capture-recapture (CRC) method has been adopted in software inspection post-inspection defect estimation. One outstanding advantage of the CRC method is that it is able to produce objective estimates without relying on historical data. However, a common impression about the CRC method is its poor performance regarding estimation accuracy with small inspection teams. Involving more inspectors seems to be helpful, yet no conclusive results exist on the reasonable team size in order to get acceptable CRC estimates. Objective: While a number of factors impacting the accuracy of CRC estimation have been identified, in this study, we aim to explore and investigate new reliable and practical factors hence to provide new method to improve the accuracy of CRC estimation. Method: By examining and verifying the fundamental assumption of the CRC method (i.e., the assumption of independence among inspectors), we establish valuable understanding regarding the root cause of the performance of CRC estimation accuracy, based on which we propose a strategy to mitigate the impact derived from violation of the independence assumption and improve the accuracy of CRC estimation. Results: By applying our strategy to remove small portion of inspectors from the original inspection team, we managed to decrease the dependence among inspectors and improve estimation accuracy for the three most popular CRC estimators (i.e., Mt -- CH, Mh -- JK and Mh -- CH, cf. Section 2.1). Conclusions: Our study implies that 'more inspectors, higher accuracy' is not always valid for CRC estimation in software inspection and a independence-driven strategy to select suitable defect data may produce better estimation.
Liquid-Liquid Phase Transition and Glass Transition in a Monoatomic Model System

We review our recent study on the polyamorphism of the liquid and glass states in a monatomic system, a two-scale spherical-symmetric Jagla model with both attractive and repulsive interactions. This potential with a parametrization for which crystallization can be avoided and both the glass transition and the liquid-liquid phase transition are clearly separated, displays water-like anomalies as well as polyamorphism in both liquid and glassy states, providing a unique opportunity to study the interplay between the liquid-liquid phase transition and the glass transition. Our study on a simple model may be useful in understanding recent studies of polyamorphism in metallic glasses.
Resource Orchestration to Create Competitive Advantage

In this article, the authors discuss how an emerging research stream, which they term resource orchestration, has the potential to extend the understanding of resource-based theory (RBT) by explicitly addressing the role of managers’ actions to effectively structure, bundle, and leverage firm resources. First, the authors review this emerging stream by comparing two related frameworks, resource management and asset orchestration. This comparison leads to their integration, which enables a more precise understanding of managers’ roles within RBT. Then the authors discuss what is known and what remains to be known about resource orchestration. This leads to in-depth reviews of three areas where research on resource orchestration can be used to extend RBT. These areas are (1) breadth (resource orchestration across the scope of the firm), (2) life cycle (resource orchestration at various stages of firm maturity), and (3) depth (resource orchestration across levels of the firm). They close with a discussion of future research that will extend resource orchestration and contribute to a more robust RBT.
Critical appraisal of the use of alpha lipoic acid (thioctic acid) in the treatment of symptomatic diabetic polyneuropathy

Background The most common of the neuropathies associated with diabetes mellitus, diabetic sensorimotor polyneuropathy (DSPN) is a syndrome of diffuse, length-dependent, symmetric nerve dysfunction. The condition is linked with substantial morbidity, frequent healthcare utilization, and compromised quality of life due to related discomfort. Correspondingly, antidepressants, anticonvulsants, and opioids are regularly prescribed with the goal of pain control. However, the agents rarely provide complete pain relief and fail to address progression of the disorder. Whereas strict blood glucose control can slow the onset and worsening of DSPN, near-normoglycemia is not easily attainable. Evidence implicating oxidative processes in the pathogenesis of DSPN offers one potentially important therapeutic avenue. Due to its properties as a potent antioxidant, alpha lipoic acid (ALA) could mitigate the development of DSPN and attenuate resultant symptoms and signs. Approved for treatment of DSPN in Germany, the agent is not more widely used due to uncertainty about its efficacy and reported adverse effects. Here we review the effectiveness and tolerability of ALA in the treatment of symptomatic DSPN. Methods The MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library databases were searched for English-language literature on the topic. Randomized, blinded studies comparing parenteral and oral ALA with placebo in the treatment of peripheral neuropathy in diabetic adults were selected. Analysis included studies with a level of evidence of at least 2b. Results The current appraisal summarizes data from 1160 participants in the ALADIN, SYDNEY, ORPIL, SYDNEY 2, and ALADIN III trials. In four of the studies, ALA provided significant improvement in manifestations of DSPN. Conclusion Treatment with ALA 600 mg iv daily for 3 weeks represents a well-tolerated and effective therapy for DSPN. An oral dose of 600 mg daily administered for up to 5 weeks could offer benefits in symptoms and signs of DSPN without significant side effects.
Do cephalopods communicate using polarized light reflections from their skin?

SUMMARY Cephalopods (squid, cuttlefish and octopus) are probably best known for their ability to change color and pattern for camouflage and communication. This is made possible by their complex skin, which contains pigmented chromatophore organs and structural light reflectors (iridophores and leucophores). Iridophores create colorful and linearly polarized reflective patterns. Equally interesting, the photoreceptors of cephalopod eyes are arranged in a way to give these animals the ability to detect the linear polarization of incoming light. The capacity to detect polarized light may have a variety of functions, such as prey detection, navigation, orientation and contrast enhancement. Because the skin of cephalopods can produce polarized reflective patterns, it has been postulated that cephalopods could communicate intraspecifically through this visual system. The term `hidden' or `private' communication channel has been given to this concept because many cephalopod predators may not be able to see their polarized reflective patterns. We review the evidence for polarization vision as well as polarization signaling in some cephalopod species and provide examples that tend to support the notion – currently unproven – that some cephalopods communicate using polarized light signals.
Do-Not-Track and the Economics of Third-Party Advertising∗

Retailers regularly target users with online ads based on their web browsing activity, benefiting both the retailers, who can better reach potential customers, and content providers, who can increase ad revenue by displaying more effective ads. The effectiveness of such ads relies on third-party brokers that maintain detailed user information, prompting legislation such as do-not-track that would limit or ban the practice. We gauge the economic costs of such privacy policies by analyzing the anonymized web browsing histories of 14 million individuals. We find that only 3% of retail sessions are currently initiated by ads capable of incorporating third-party information, a number that holds across market segments, for online-only retailers, and under permissive click-attribution assumptions. Third-party capable advertising is shown by 12% of content providers, accounting for 32% of their page views; this reliance is concentrated in online publishing (e.g., news outlets) where the rate is 91%. We estimate that most of the top 10,000 content providers could generate comparable revenue by switching to a “freemium” model, in which loyal site visitors are charged $2 (or less) per month. We conclude that do-not-track legislation would impact, but not fundamentally fracture, the Internet economy.
Selbstwirksamkeit, Entscheidungsbalance und die Motivation zu sportlicher Aktivität

Zusammenfassung: Das transtheoretische Modell ordnet jeder Stufe der Verhaltensanderung ein spezifisches Muster an Kognitionen zu, wobei insbesondere auf die Selbstwirksamkeitserwartung (SE) und die Entscheidungsbalance mit den wahrgenommenen Vor- (pros) und Nachteilen (cons) der Verhaltensanderung Bezug genommen wird. An einer Stichprobe von 451 Personen mit kardiovaskularen Risikofaktoren aus 63 allgemeinarztlichen Praxen werden diese Modellannahmen in Bezug auf die sportliche Aktivitat uberpruft. Im Rahmen einer Querschnittsstudie kommen ein Stufenalgorithmus, eine SE-Skala sowie eine Skala zur Erfassung der pros und cons des Zielverhaltens zum Einsatz. Folgende Stufenzuordnung der Motivation zu sportlicher Aktivitat wird gefunden: Precontemplation (PC) 51.7 %, Contemplation (C) 25.7 %, Preparation (P) 5.5 %, Action (A) 2.9 % und Maintenance (M) 14.2 %. Die SE steigt von (PC) bis (M) kontinuierlich an, die pros steigen zwischen (PC) und (P) und bleiben dann konstant bis (M), die cons verringern sich ab.
For interdisciplinarity and a disciplined, professional sociology

Sociology has been said to be in crisis: it is fragmented; its institutional life is threatened; it is obsessed with its history; it keeps forgetting its history. Meanwhile, a widespread movement is pushing it in the direction of increasing interdisciplinarity, or even post-disciplinarity, accusing disciplines of being parochial or imperialist, or of stifling innovation. But accusations of parochialism and fragmentation are continually met by calls to remember or redefine sociology's core and to defend a professional sociology that can engage in public debates in an informed way. This article explores interdisciplinarity through my own interdisciplinary story and concludes that interdisciplinarity can and should be embraced, but needs to be matched with a disciplined sociology. That disciplined sociology needs a professional and institutional space in which to reaffirm and develop the foundations and later developments attributable to a general conception of sociology. What is central to this general conception of sociology is a scientific emphasis on the complex interrelationship between actions and structures. Interdisciplinary work rarely leaves space for the continued examination of this fundamental realm.
Revisiting Creativity Research: An Investigation of Contemporary Approaches

In this study, contemporary creativity research was investigated by conducting an analysis of dissertation abstracts. Keywords relating to creativity were used to collect a sample from an online database. The abstracts were coded by discipline, research aspect (trait, process, or product), social level of analysis (individual, group, organization, or culture), and research approach (empirical vs. theoretical; quantitative vs. qualitative). Classification trees were built to explore the relationships between disciplines and their terminology, research aspect and social level of analysis. The results show that the terms creativity and innovation are used interchangeably by some disciplines, and diverse creativity research in terms of aspect and social level are produced within single disciplines. Besides indicating that disciplines overlap in their activity, these findings suggest new trends in research aspects and social levels.
Neurobehavioural symptoms 1 year after traumatic brain injury: A preliminary study of the relationship between race/ethnicity and symptoms

Objective: To investigate whether White, African American and Hispanic individuals with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) express differences in neurobehavioural symptoms at 1 year post-injury after adjusting for demographic and injury characteristics. Design: Retrospective study. Participants: One thousand, three hundred and thirty-nine individuals from the TBI Model Systems National Database with primarily moderate-to-severe TBI (978 White, 288 African American and 73 Hispanic) hospitalized between 1996 and 2001. Main outcome measures: Neurobehavioural Functioning Inventory (NFI) at 1 year post-injury. Results: There were significant differences in NFI scores among the races/ethnicities for the depression, somatic, memory/attention, communication and motor subscales, after adjusting for demographic and injury characteristics; there were not significant differences in the aggression sub-scale. Hispanics had higher levels of symptom reporting than African Americans and Whites, while differences between African Americans and Whites were not significant. Conclusions: Hispanics scored significantly higher than Whites and African Americans on the sub-scales of the NFI, indicating more problems in these areas. Future research should focus on identifying factors that may contribute to the difference between the groups and treatment interventions should be implemented accordingly.