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Executive cognitive functioning and aggression: Is it an issue of impulsivity?

:::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::: : A large body of research has documented a relation between the executive cognitive functions (ECFs) and interpersonal aggressive behavior. A predominant theory proposes that individuals with poor ECFs are more aggressive because they are unable to inhibit impulsive behaviors. However, evidence for this relationship is typically indirect. In this study, 46 healthy men and women completed measures of ECF, the Taylor Aggression Paradigm, and the Go/No-Go discrimination task, a behavioral measure of impulsivity. Also, impulsiveness of participant responses during the aggression task was directly assessed by measuring latency of responses to provocation (‘‘set-time’’). It was hypothesized that lowquartile–scoring ECF men and women would perform more aggressively and more impulsively than high-quartile peers. Consistent with expectations, results indicated that ECF was related to aggression and to impulsivity on the Go/No-Go task. However, low-ECF men and women did not have shorter settimes; in fact, on this task, low-ECF participants’ behavioral decisions seemed slightly slower than those of high-ECF participants. In light of these results, the authors speculate that a social informationprocessing problem may mediate the ECF aggression relationship rather than altered impulsivity per se. Aggr. Behav. 29:15–30, 2003. r 2003 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
ELECTROENCEFALOGRAMA INTERICTAL Sensibilidade e Especificidade no Diagnóstico de Epilepsia

O electroencefalograma (EEG) e um metodo nao invasivo, economico e acessivel, universalmente utilizado na investigacao da epilepsia. Realizamos uma revisao dos principais trabalhos sobre a prevalencia de actividade epileptiforme em EEGs de doentes epilepticos e nao epilepticos, com o objectivo de tirar conclusoes sobre a sensibilidade e especificidade deste exame no diagnostico de epilepsia. Concluimos que o primeiro EEG tem uma sensibilidade global de 50-55% podendo atingir os 92% com a repeticao do exame e recurso a registos de sono e tecnicas de activacao. A especificidade atinge os 96%, sendo afectada por multiplos factores. Palavras-chave: EEG interictal, sensibilidade, especificidade, epilepsia. EEG INTERICTAL - Sensitivity and specificity of the diagnosis of epilepsy EEG is a non invasive, cheap and acessible method, systematically used in the investigation of epilepsy. We present a review of studies regarding the prevalence of epileptiform abnormalities in epileptic and non-epileptic patients, with the objective of drawing conclusions about the specificity and sensitivity of the EEG in the diagnosis of epilepsy. We conclude that the sensitivity of the first EEG is 50-55%, although it can reach 92% with exam repetition and use of sleep records and activation techniques. The specificity of the EEG is influenced by many factors and reaches 96% in some epileptic syndromes.
Microsatellite markers and cytoplasmic sequences reveal contrasting pattern of spatial genetic structure in the red algae species complex Mazzaella laminarioides

Mazzaella laminarioides is a common haploid‐diploid red alga that forms dense beds. This alga has a wide distributional range, covering 3,500 km of the Chilean coast, but is restricted to high rocky intertidal zones. Recently, the existence of three highly divergent genetic lineages was demonstrated for this taxon, and two cytoplasmic markers were used to determine that these lineages are distributed in strict parapatry. Here, using 454 next‐generation sequencing, we developed polymorphic microsatellite loci that cross amplify in all three cytoplasmic lineages. Six sites (i.e., two sites within each lineage) were analyzed using nine microsatellite loci. Our work shows that, although substantial cytoplasmic differentiation occurs within M. laminarioides, the microsatellite loci did not retrieve three nuclear genetic clusters as expected. Indeed, while the northernmost and southernmost cytoplasmic lineages form two strongly divergent nuclear groups characterized by diagnostic alleles, the third cytoplasmic lineage did not form a third nuclear independent group. It is possible that inter‐lineage gene exchange has occurred, particularly at sites along the contact zone between the different cytoplasmic lineages. This nuclear‐cytoplasmic incongruence in M. laminarioides could be explained by incomplete lineage sorting of the nuclear genes or asymmetric introgressive hybridization between the lineages. Finally, highly significant heterozygote deficiencies (suggesting occurrence of intergametophytic selfing) were observed in the three small northernmost sites while the large southernmost sites generally approached panmixia.
THE NEUROLOGICAL COMPONENTS OF METAMEMORY MONITORING: JOL ACCURACY IN YOUNGER AND OLDER ADULTS

Because maximizing the learning of new material is a relevant concern for most individuals, understanding the specific processes involved could be beneficial for people of all ages. Both encoding and monitoring occur during the learning acquisition phase, yet monitoring accuracy and subsequent neural activation have been relatively ignored in the literature. The current research adapts a common metacognitive paradigm using Judgments of Learning (JOLs) to explore the neural differences in monitoring between younger (18-25) and older (65+) adults. Participants were asked to remember natural scenes and predict encoding success by providing a JOL response for each item. Participants were told to respond “will remember” if they believed they would remember that item on a later recognition memory test or “will forget” if they thought they would forget that item on a later recognition memory test. Actual memory performance was compared to predicted memory performance to provide a measure of monitoring accuracy. Individuals reported a JOL response for 150 intact (Easy) and 150 scrambled (Difficult) scenes while in a 3.0T fMRI scanner. Despite minimal differences in behavioral performance, there were several age-related neuroimaging findings of note. When compared to younger adults, older adults had decreases in medial temporal lobe (MTL) activation, as well as contralateral recruitment of the anterior cingulate. Most importantly, the present study also disambiguated structures related to encoding success (the right parahippocampus) and monitoring accuracy (the anterior cingulate). A novel account of neural structures that mediate monitoring is provided both across items
Öğretmen Adaylari ve Öğretmenlerin Bilgi Okuryazarliği Öz-yeterliklerinin Karşilaştirilmasi

In this study, prospective teachers', who enrolled in Turkish Universities - Department of Primary Education, and teachers' self efficacy beliefs for information literacy was examined. Besides, their self efficacy beliefs for information literacy were also searched according to their gender, grade, level of their computer usage. Information Literacy Scale developed by Akkoyunlu and Kurbanoglu (2004) was conducted to 1702 prospective teachers and 289 teachers. Component analysis and varimax rotated methods were used. Factor loads and reliabilities of items in the scale were recalculated. According to these results, factor loads were gathered in four component and Cronbach α was found as . 90 for the scale with 20 items. Results showed that both prospective teachers' and teachers' self efficacy beliefs for information literacy were quite high. Further analysis has also shown that significant differences were found between prospective teachers' and teachers' self efficacy beliefs for information literacy. However, there were no significant differences between their self efficacy beliefs according to their gender.
Performance of Loan Repayment Determinants in Ethiopian Micro Finance - An Analysis

Micro finance involves the provision of micro-credit, savings, and other services to the poor that are excluded by the commercial banks for collateral and other reasons. Microfinance is relatively new to Ethiopia and came to existence during 1994-95. Out of which Sidama Micro Finance Institution (SMFI) is one among 31Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs) to serve needy people in Ethiopia. Based on this researchers’ intended to study major socio- economic factors and loan related factors that determines loan repayment performance of borrowers in SMFI. In fact, the identifying and analyzing such determining factors of loan repayment rate is vital in the achievement of profitability and sustainability of MFIs. In this connection, researchers’ collected data from primary and secondary resources and analyzed by using Binary logistic model is used. Through the study 14 determinants’ are selected for evaluation, out of which 9 variables are significant and remaining insignificant are found. Based on the analysis, researchers are recommended that proper training should be provided, reasonable amount of loan which should be useful to their business. Further, more age people and well business experience people can able to repay their loan amount` timely to micro finance institution.
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Safe and Nested Subgame Solving for Imperfect-Information Games

In imperfect-information games, the optimal strategy in a subgame may depend on the strategy in other, unreached subgames. Thus a subgame cannot be solved in isolation and must instead consider the strategy for the entire game as a whole, unlike perfect-information games. Nevertheless, it is possible to first approximate a solution for the whole game and then improve it by solving individual subgames. This is referred to as subgame solving. We introduce subgame-solving techniques that outperform prior methods both in theory and practice. We also show how to adapt them, and past subgame-solving techniques, to respond to opponent actions that are outside the original action abstraction; this significantly outperforms the prior state-of-the-art approach, action translation. Finally, we show that subgame solving can be repeated as the game progresses down the game tree, leading to far lower exploitability. These techniques were a key component of Libratus, the first AI to defeat top humans in heads-up no-limit Texas hold'em poker.
FREEZE ETCHING OF CELLS WITHOUT CRYOPROTECTANTS

The technique of spray-freeze etching was applied to unicellular organisms. The superior freezing rates obtainable with this method gave excellent cryofixation on Chlorella, Euglena, and spermatozoa without the use of antifreeze agents, and cell damage due to ice crystal formation was never observed. In many instances the resultant morphology differed significantly from that obtained from glycerol-treated, freeze-etched cells. Furthermore, viability studies of spray-frozen Chlorella compared favorably with cells frozen by other methods.
Immigrant Organizations in Pursuit of Inclusive Planning

This article highlights a case in which an immigrant organization, called the Trusted Advocates, brokered for the inclusion of immigrant interests in a neighborhood annexation decision. Racialized controversies over neighborhood identity, and planners’ and officials’ distrust of the organization, provided two main challenges to the organization’s efficacy. The analysis reveals that while immigrant organizations need to provide evidence of their accountability, planning processes in diverse contexts can benefit from their cultural fluency, social capital, and innovative ideas for engagement. Efforts on the part of planners and immigrant organizations to build mutual trust may facilitate the development of negotiated visions for neighborhoods’ future.
MANTLE CONVECTION, PLATE TECTONICS, AND VOLCANISM ON HOT EXO-EARTHS

Recently discovered exoplanets on close-in orbits should have surface temperatures of hundreds to thousands of Kelvin. They are likely tidally locked and synchronously rotating around their parent stars and, if an atmosphere is absent, have surface temperature contrasts of many hundreds to thousands of Kelvin between permanent day and night sides. We investigated the effect of elevated surface temperature and strong surface temperature contrasts for Earth-mass planets on the (1) pattern of mantle convection, (2) tectonic regime, and (3) rate and distribution of partial melting, using numerical simulations of mantle convection with a composite viscous/pseudo-plastic rheology. Our simulations indicate that if a close-in rocky exoplanet lacks an atmosphere to redistribute heat, a ≳400 K surface temperature contrast can maintain an asymmetric degree 1 pattern of mantle convection in which the surface of the planet moves preferentially toward subduction zones on the cold night side. The planetary surface features a hemispheric dichotomy, with plate-like tectonics on the night side and a continuously evolving mobile lid on the day side with diffuse surface deformation and vigorous volcanism. If volcanic outgassing establishes an atmosphere and redistributes heat, plate tectonics is globally replaced by diffuse surface deformation and volcanism accelerates and becomes distributed more uniformly across the planetary surface.
Problems in the diagnosis of Q fever by complement-fixation tests.

For the selection of a suitable antigen concentration for use in routine complement-fixation tests with Q-fever antisera, a rigid system of antigen units is unsatisfactory. The optimum antigen dilution should be judged after inspection of the results of full "chess-board" titrations with a variety of antisera. Non-specific reactions may occur with sera from patients with primary atypical pneumonia or sera which have deteriorated during storage. These may be detected with a typhus antigen or some similar control antigen.Nine Mile and Henzerling strain antigens, which are widely used for routine diagnosis, were compared in tests with 868 sheep sera, 1055 human blood-donor sera, 66 human convalescent sera, and 20 guinea-pig sera. Considerable discrepancies were found in the results obtained with the two antigens.Irrespective of antigen concentration, the Nine Mile strain was more sensitive than the Henzerling strain for the detection of Q-fever antibody in human and guinea-pig sera and in some sera from Welsh sheep. With antibody in Kentish sheep sera, on the other hand, the Henzerling antigen was markedly more sensitive than the Nine Mile strain antigen. It is concluded that these two strains cannot be regarded as interchangeable, and the choice of antigen must depend on the geographical area and the species to be tested.
FUN IN THE WORKPLACE: TOWARD AN ENVIRONMENT-BEHAVIOR FRAMEWORK RELATING OFFICE DESIGN, EMPLOYEE CREATIVITY, AND JOB SATISFACTION

of Thesis Presented to the Graduate School of the University of Florida in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Interior Design FUN IN THE WORKPLACE: TOWARD AN ENVIRONMENT-BEHAVIOR FRAMEWORK RELATING OFFICE DESIGN, EMPLOYEE CREATIVITY, AND JOB SATISFACTION By Alexandra M. Miller December 2005 Chair: Margaret Portillo Major Department: Interior Design This study explored the role of office design in creating a “fun” work environment with the aim of improving creativity and job satisfaction. Moreover, this study tested an empirical framework of fun in the workplace. This framework was explored through a narrative case study examining PUSH, an advertising agency located in Orlando, Florida. PUSH was selected for this research based on their explicit inclusion of fun as a goal in their core values, recognition for their innovative office design, and their success as an award-winning advertising firm. PUSH was comprehensively investigated in three stages. First, employees completed standardized tests for creativity, job satisfaction, and demographics to create an in-depth profile of those who worked in the organization. Second, the workplace was photographed and observed to understand the role of the physical environment. Third, interviews and on-site observations took place to capture processes relating to fun in the
Of the way we were: adult memories about attachment experiences and their role in determining infant-parent relationships: a commentary on van IJzendoorn (1995).

In his meta-analysis of studies demonstrating the predictive validity of the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI), van IJzendoorn (1995) relies on current thinking in attachment theory. Although the data he presents are forceful, there are alternate explanations for the relations he finds that are ignored. Narrative about personal memories may be a function of personal theories about developmental processes as well as current psychological state (e.g., personal self-esteem). There is currently no evidence that the coherency of discourse about early childhood experiences is a function of either actual early experience or reworkings of that experience. In the absence of such evidence, the data indicating that maternal personality influences infant behavior are not theoretically surprising.
Optimized Visual and Thermal Image Fusion for Efficient Face Recognition

Data fusion of thermal and visual images is a solution to overcome the drawbacks present in individual thermal and visual images. Data fusion using different approach is discussed and results are presented in this paper. Traditional fusion approaches don't produce useful results for face recognition. An optimized approach for face data fusion is developed which works for face data fusion equally well as for non-face images. This paper presents the implementation of human face recognition system using proposed optimized data fusion of visual and thermal images. Gabor filtering technique, which extracts facial features, is used as a face recognition technique to test the effectiveness of the fusion techniques. It has been found that by using the proposed fusion technique Gabor filter can recognize face even with variable expressions and light intensities
Image features for pixel-wise detection of solar photovoltaic arrays in aerial imagery using a random forest classifier

Power generation from distributed solar photovoltaic (PV) arrays has grown rapidly in recent years. As a result, there is interest in collecting information about the quantity, power capacity, and energy generated by such arrays; and to do so over small geo-spatial regions (e.g., counties, cities, or even smaller regions). Unfortunately, existing sources of such information are dispersed, limited in geospatial resolution, and otherwise incomplete or publically unavailable. As result, we recently proposed a new approach for collecting such distributed PV information that relies on computer algorithms to automatically detect PV arrays in high resolution aerial imagery [1], Here, we build on this work by investigating a detection algorithm based on a Random Forest (RF) classifier, and we consider its detection performance using several different sets of image features. The proposed method is developed and tested using a very large collection of publicly available [2] aerial imagery, covering 112.5 km2 of surface area, with 2,328 manually annotated PV array locations. The results indicate that a combination of local color and texture (using the popular texton feature) features yield the best detection performance.
Antigen-Specific Inhibition of CD8+ T Cell Response by Immature Myeloid Cells in Cancer Is Mediated by Reactive Oxygen Species1

Tumor growth is associated with the accumulation of immature myeloid cells (ImC), which in mice are characterized by the expression of Gr-1 and CD11b markers. These cells suppress Ag-specific CD8+ T cells via direct cell-cell contact. However, the mechanism of immunosuppressive activity of tumor-derived ImC remains unclear. In this study we analyzed the function of ImC isolated from tumor-free control and tumor-bearing mice. Only ImC isolated from tumor-bearing mice, not those from their control counterparts, were able to inhibit the Ag-specific response of CD8+ T cells. ImC obtained from tumor-bearing mice had significantly higher levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) than ImC isolated from tumor-free animals. Accumulation of H2O2, but not superoxide or NO, was a major contributor to this increased pool of ROS. It appears that arginase activity played an important role in H2O2 accumulation in these cells. Inhibition of ROS in ImC completely abrogated the inhibitory effect of these cells on T cells, indicating that ImC generated in tumor-bearing hosts suppress the CD8+ T cell response via production of ROS. Interaction of ImC with Ag-specific T cells in the presence of specific Ags resulted in a significant increase in ROS production compared with control Ags. That increase was independent of IFN-γ production by T cells, but was mediated by integrins CD11b, CD18, and CD29. Blocking of these integrins with specific Abs abrogated ROS production and ImC-mediated suppression of CD8+ T cell responses. This study demonstrates a new mechanism of Ag-specific T cell inhibition mediated by ROS produced by ImCs in cancer.
A model of investment subject to nancing constraints

This paper unies the recent analysis of macroeconomic uctuations of [Brunnermeier and Sannikov(2012)], in which rms subject to nancing constraints can sell capital in order to avoid liquidation, with the earlier related paper of [Milne and Robertson(1996)], in which rms manage cash ow, output and investment decisions in order to lower the probability of liquidation. This yields more tractable solution, elucidates the underlying economic mechanisms and reveals how the key result reported by Brunnermeier and Sannikov (a bimodal ergodic distribution of rm net worth) varies with parameter choice, arising in some situations but not others. [97 words]
Lane Detection and Estimation using Perspective Image

Lateral localization of an autonomous vehicle within its lane is major information for its adequate control and navigation. Computer vision and robotics communities have used primarily images to Bird's Eye View for easier data manipulation than perspective image. Nevertheless, this technique usually assumes that the terrain is flat and needs calibration for its transformation matrix. In this paper an efficient method of detection and estimation of lane-based perspective image of a monocular camera is presented. Our algorithm is based on robust image processing, using Probabilistic Hough Transform, road marker estimation, and vehicle lateral localization in the lane. Our system provides satisfactory results, demonstrating its ability to detect lanes in several situations, including in variable light conditions, and even during the night. Our system also does not rely on metric data, but provides useful control information using the pixel's proportion. Therefore, the proposed methodology contributes a robust and user-friendly system that depends exclusively on a perspective image.