Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
GWRR: Greedy Weighted Region Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) consist of large number of sensor nodes with limited sensing, processing and communication capabilities that cooperatively fulfill environmental sensing and monitoring tasks. WSNs are meant to be deployed in large numbers in various environments, including remote and more importantly harsh environments ensuing potential hardware or software faults which consequently may cause temporal unavailability of some sensor nodes. Geographic routing algorithms owing to low overhead of message passing and state preserving are very promising candidate for such environments. In this paper, we propose greedy weighted region routing (GWRR) algorithm that addresses message loss tolerability in harsh and hostile environments by assigning higher weights to harsher regions and then we present a nearly-optimal routing in dense WSNs. Moreover, we demonstrate that GWRR has low computational overhead. Simulation experiments confirm the validity of proposed algorithm with high degree of accuracy.
Growth and Carcass Characteristics in Goat Kids Fed Grass- and Alfalfa-Hay-Based Diets with Limited Concentrate Supplementation

Two experiments were conducted to evaluate the effect of feeding legume hay (alfalfa; Medicago sativa L.) or mixed-grass hay on ADG and carcass characteristics of growing goats. In Experiment 1, 24 Spanish kids, equally representing female, intact male and wether goats, were pen-fed ad libitum either chopped alfalfa (16.8 percent CP) or mixed grass hay (9.4 percent CP) (3 pens/diet) and a corn/soybean meal supplement (16 percent CP) at 1.5 percent BW for 102 d. Goats were harvested at a commercial abattoir. Average daily gain (62 vs. 37 g/d; P < 0.01), carcass weight (14.8 vs. 12.8 kg; P < 0.05) and dressing percent (52.9 percent vs. 50.4 percent; P < 0.05) were higher in alfalfa than grass-hay-fed goats, respectively. Backfat and percentage kidney/pelvic fat was lower (P < 0.05) in bucks (0.12 cm and 1.8 percent) than in does (0.17 cm and 5.7 percent) and wethers (0.22 cm and 4.0 percent). In Experiment 2, 10-month-old Boer and Boer-cross wethers (n=16) were penfed ad libitum either chopped alfalfa (15.2 percent CP) or grass hay (10.9 percent CP) for 84 days. Forage was supplemented with concentrate (16.3 percent CP) at 1 percent of BW. Carcass characteristics were determined as described for Experiment 1. Wethers fed alfalfa hay had a higher ADG (158 vs. 119 g/d; P < 0.01) and dressing percentage (54.0 percent vs. 52.2 percent, P < 0.05), but did not differ in other carcass characteristics. Alfalfa feeding improved growth rate and dressing percentage, but had no effect on other carcass characteristics, whereas sex class influenced primarily carcass-fat content. Growth and Carcass Characteristics in Goat Kids Fed Grassand Alfalfa-Hay-Based Diets with Limited Concentrate Supplementation
Digital storytelling promoting twenty-first century skills and student engagement

This article presents results on how students became engaged and motivated when using digital storytelling in knowledge creation in Finland, Greece and California. The theoretical framework is based on sociocultural theories. Learning is seen as a result of dialogical interactions between people, substances and artefacts. This approach has been used in the creation of the Global Sharing Pedagogy (GSP) model for the empirical study of student levels of engagement in learning twenty-first century skills. This model presents a set of conceptual mediators for student-driven knowledge creation, collaboration, networking and digital literacy. Data from 319 students were collected using follow-up questionnaires after the digital storytelling project. Descriptive statistical methods, correlations, analysis of variance and regression analysis were used. The mediators of the GSP model strongly predicted student motivation and enthusiasm as well as their learning outcomes. The digital storytelling project, using the technological platform Mobile Video Experience (MoViE), was very successful in teaching twenty-first century skills.
Status of association studies linking diabetes mellitus and periodontal disease in India

Background: The prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) and periodontal disease / periodontitis (PD) is high, and the association of these two as risk factors influencing each other has been recognized and is extensively documented. However, a majority of these association studies have been done in developed countries and / or in developing countries other than India. Objective: To review, quantify and qualify the status of the published indexed scientific literature regarding the bidirectional association of DM and PD in India. Method: An internet search of the literature was conducted to examine relevant association studies of DM and PD in India. As a matter of interest, the related articles were searched manually from one non-indexed national (India) publication of periodontology until October 2008. Specific focus was on indexed literature and only these were considered for the review. Result: Eleven pertinent indexed publications addressing the concern with regard to population in India were identified. Most of them were in agreement with the accepted mechanisms involving these two diseases, but more supported a unidirectional view of interaction, that is, advocating the role of DM in a worsened periodontal condition. One study with an opposite view was recognised. Conclusion: The paucity of such research in India, which will be a hub of diabetics in the near future, reflects the need to make available a strong body of evidence in the indexed literature relating not only to DM and its ‘sixth complication’, PD, but also the strong influence of PD on DM.
Early Childhood Development: A Multicultural Perspective

I. YOUNG CHILDREN IN MULTICULTURAL PERSPECTIVE: AN INTRODUCTION. 1. Studying Early Childhood Development in a Diverse World. 2. Historical Perspectives and Research in Early Childhood Development. 3. Theories of Child Development. II. PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT, CHILDBIRTH, AND INFANCY. 4. Cultural Perspectives on Genetics, Prenatal Development, and Birth. 5. The Newborn. 6. Infant Physical Growth and Brain Development. 7. Cognitive Development in Infancy. 8. Infant Language and Literacy. 9. Infant Social and Emotional Development. III. DEVELOPMENT IN THE PRESCHOOL YEARS. 10. Preschool Physical and Motor Development. 11. Cognitive Development in the Preschool Years. 12. Symbolic Thought: Play, Language, and Literacy in the Preschool Years. 13. Social and Emotional Development of Preschoolers. IV. THE PRIMARY YEARS IN CULTURAL CONTEXT. 14. Physical Growth and Motor Development in the Primary Years. 15. Cognition and Schooling. 16. Language, Literacy, and Schooling. 17. Social and Emotional Development in the Primary Years. V. FAMILIES IN CULTURAL CONTEXT. 18. Parents, Families, and Children: A Multicultural Perspective. Glossary. References. Name Index. Subject Index.
Cloning of the Full-Length Rhesus Cytomegalovirus Genome as an Infectious and Self-Excisable Bacterial Artificial Chromosome for Analysis of Viral Pathogenesis

ABSTRACT Rigorous investigation of many functions encoded by cytomegaloviruses (CMVs) requires analysis in the context of virus-host interactions. To facilitate the construction of rhesus CMV (RhCMV) mutants for in vivo studies, a bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) containing an enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) cassette was engineered into the intergenic region between unique short 1 (US1) and US2 of the full-length viral genome by Cre/lox-mediated recombination. Infectious virions were recovered from rhesus fibroblasts transfected with pRhCMV/BAC-EGFP. However, peak virus yields of cells infected with reconstituted progeny were 10-fold lower than wild-type RhCMV, suggesting that inclusion of the 9-kb BAC sequence impeded viral replication. Accordingly, pRhCMV/BAC-EGFP was further modified to enable efficient excision of the BAC vector from the viral genome after transfection into mammalian cells. Allelic exchange was performed in bacteria to substitute the cre recombinase gene for egfp. Transfection of rhesus fibroblasts with pRhCMV/BAC-Cre resulted in a pure progeny population lacking the vector backbone without the need of further manipulation. The genomic structure of the BAC-reconstituted virus, RhCMV-loxP(r), was identical to that of wild-type RhCMV except for the residual loxP site. The presence of the loxP sequence did not alter the expression profiles of neighboring open reading frames. In addition, RhCMV-loxP(r) replicated with wild-type kinetics both in tissue culture and seronegative immunocompetent macaques. Restriction analysis of the viral genome present within individual BAC clones and virions revealed that (i) RhCMV exhibits a simple genome structure and that (ii) there is a variable number of a 750-bp iterative sequence present at the S terminus.
Religieuze participatie en geloof van immigranten in Nederland: Nieuwe toetsingen van oude theorieën

Religious participation and belief among immigrants in the Netherlands: new tests of old theories. Surprisingly little research has been done on religious participation and belief among immigrants in the Netherlands. In this paper, we use well-known theories within the sociology of religion and migration studies to derive hypotheses on immigrants’ religion. We make use of the SPVA-1998, a specific immigration survey that contains information on 3.950 first generation immigrants from Turkey, Morocco, Surinam, and the Dutch Antilles. Our analyses show that religious participation and belief increases with age at migration, period of residence, and wishes to return. We also found important effects of country of origin, Dutch language proficiency, the presence of immigrants in the neighbourhood, gender and family-composition. The implications of these and other findings for theories in the sociology of religion and migration studies are discussed.
Changes in prostate cancer grade on serial biopsy in men undergoing active surveillance.

PURPOSE Active surveillance is now considered a viable treatment option for men with low-risk prostate cancer. However, little is known regarding changes in Gleason grade on serial biopsies over an extended period of time. PATIENTS AND METHODS Men diagnosed with prostate cancer between 1998 and 2009 who elected active surveillance as initial treatment, with 6 or more months of follow-up and a minimum of six cores at biopsy, were included in analysis. Upgrading and downgrading were defined as an increase or decrease in primary or secondary Gleason score. Means and frequency tables were used to describe patient characteristics, and treatment-free survival rates were determined by life-table product limit estimates. RESULTS Three hundred seventy-seven men met inclusion criteria. Mean age at diagnosis was 61.9 years. Fifty-three percent of men had prostate-specific antigen of 6 ng/mL or less, and 94% had Gleason score of 6 or less. A majority of men were cT1 (62%), had less than 33% of biopsy cores involved (80%), and were low risk (77%) at diagnosis. Median number of cores taken at diagnostic biopsy was 13, mean time to follow-up was 18.5 months, and 29% of men had three or more repeat biopsies. Overall, 34% (129 men) were found to have an increase in Gleason grade. The majority of men who experienced an upgrade (81%) did so by their second repeat biopsy. CONCLUSION A proportion of men experience an upgrade in Gleason score while undergoing active surveillance. Men who experience early upgrading likely represent initial sampling error, whereas later upgrading may reflect tumor dedifferentiation.
Fast algorithms for learning deep neural networks

With the increase in computation power and data availabilit y in recent times, machine learning and statistics have seen an enormous development and widesprea d application in areas such as computer vision, computational biology and others. A focus of curren t research are deep neural nets: nested functions consisting of a hierarchy of layers of thousands o f weights and nonlinear, hidden units. These hidden units encode hierarchical, distributed featu r s that are useful for automatic discovery of patterns in complex, high-dimensional data such as image s or speech, for applications such as classification, regression or dimensionality reduction.
Preparation and Characterization of the TiO2 Immobilized Polymeric Photocatalyst for Degradation of Aspirin under UV and Solar Light

The traditional use of TiO2 powder as a photocatalyst for degradation of organic compounds has several post-degradation treatment problems, such as filtration, precipitation, etc. A novel method was developed to immobilize TiO2 to minimize/eliminate such problems. Polymeric membrane was used as a base material, over which the TiO2 photocatalyst was immobilized as a thin layer. Preparation and characterization of five different types of polymeric/TiO2 film photocatalysts were elucidated. The catalysts’ films were cross-linked by physical, chemical, and combination of these two processes. The polymers used in the formulation of the catalysts membranes are nontoxic in nature (approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The morphology of the films were studied by SEM. Photocatalytic degradation of acetylsalicylic acid was carried out to study the efficacy and efficiency of the polymeric membrane based TiO2 as photocatalysts under both UV and solar light irradiation. The degradation was observed to be dependent on the catalyst loading as well as the film thickness. The effects of the types of cross-link bonds on the photocatalytic degradation were also investigated.
Bergin and Garfield's Handbook of Psychotherapy and Behavior Change

List of Contributors vii Preface xi PART I HISTORICAL, METHODOLOGICAL, AND CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS 1 CHAPTER 1 Introduction and Historical Overview 3 Michael J. Lambert CHAPTER 2 Methodology, Design, and Evaluation in Psychotherapy Research 21 Jonathan S. Comer and Philip C. Kendall CHAPTER 3 Qualitative Research: Methods and Contributions 49 John McLeod CHAPTER 4 Practice-Oriented Research: Approaches and Applications 85 Louis Castonguay, Michael Barkham, Wolfgang Lutz, and Andrew McAleavey CHAPTER 5 Measuring Change in Psychotherapy Research 134 Benjamin M. Ogles PART II EVALUATING THE INGREDIENTS OF THERAPEUTIC EFFICACY 167 CHAPTER 6 The Efficacy and Effectiveness of Psychotherapy 169 Michael J. Lambert CHAPTER 7 The Client in Psychotherapy 219 Arthur C. Bohart and Amy GreavesWade CHAPTER 8 Therapist Effects: Findings and Methods 258 Scott A. Baldwin and Zac E. Imel CHAPTER 9 Psychotherapy Process-Outcome Research 298 Paul Crits-Christoph, Mary Beth Connolly Gibbons, and Dahlia Mukherjee PART III MAJOR APPROACHES 341 CHAPTER 10 Behavior Therapy With Adults 343 Paul M. G. Emmelkamp CHAPTER 11 Cognitive and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies 393 Steven D. Hollon and Aaron T. Beck CHAPTER 12 Research on Dynamic Therapies 443 Jacques P. Barber, J. Christopher Muran, Kevin S. McCarthy, and John R. Keefe CHAPTER 13 Research on Humanistic-Experiential Psychotherapies 495 Robert Elliott, Leslie S. Greenberg, Jeanne Watson, Ladislav Timulak, and Elizabeth Freire PART IV RESEARCH ON APPLICATIONS IN SPECIAL GROUPS AND SETTINGS 539 CHAPTER 14 Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents 541 John R. Weisz, Mei Yi Ng, Christopher Rutt, Nancy Lau, and Sara Masland CHAPTER 15 The Effectiveness of Couple and Family-Based Clinical Interventions 587 Thomas L. Sexton, Corinne Datchi, Lauren Evans, Julie LaFollette, and Lauren Wright CHAPTER 16 Change Mechanisms and Effectiveness of Small Group Treatments 640 Gary M. Burlingame, Bernhard Strauss, and Anthony S. Joyce CHAPTER 17 Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Health Psychology 690 Timothy W. Smith and Paula G. Williams CHAPTER 18 Combining Medication and Psychotherapy in the Treatment of Major Mental Disorders 735 Nicholas R. Forand, Robert J. DeRubeis, and Jay D. Amsterdam CHAPTER 19 Training and Supervision in Psychotherapy 775 Clara E. Hill and Sarah Knox Author Index 813 Subject Index 835
The production and perception of voice onset time in English-speaking children enrolled in a French immersion program

The present study investigated the acquisition of French stop consonants in English-speaking children who attend a French immersion elementary school in Alberta, Canada. Both languages have voiced and voiceless stops, but in English the distinction is phonetically realized as short-lag vs. long-lag VOTs, while in French it is as lead vs. short-lag VOTs. Examining the development of stops in this group of children can shed light on the interaction between L1 and L2 when L2 is acquired in an immersion setting. Children in grades 1, 3, and 5 first participated in a word-repetition task, repeating back words beginning with /b/ and /p/. They were then tested on their identification of stop categories over a VOT series ranging from -70 to +70ms, with 10-ms differences among the tokens. Results from the production experiment indicated a clear separation of the two languages in /p/, but not in /b/. The perception results suggest consistent identification in both English stops, the French /p/, but not the French /b/. The results are discussed in terms of the cross-language phonetic differences, the particularity of the learning environment, and the impact of dominant language in society.
Hepatic artery reconstruction during liver transplantation.

On peut prevoir rencontrer des anomalies de l'artere hepatique dans au moins un quart des hepatectomies de donneurs. Toutefois le taux de thrombose de l'artere hepatique n'est pas augmente par la presence d'anomalies arterielles. Une transplantation peut etre realisee avec succes a la condition que les anomalies hepatiques soient identifiees et corrigees en consequence
Efficient and secure keys management for wireless mobile communications

This paper presents an efficient algorithm for the secure group key management of mobile users. The most promising protocols to deal with group key management are those based on logical key hierarchy (LKH). The LKH model reduces to logarithmic size the resources needed: computation time, message exchanged, and memory space. In the framework of the LKH model, we present a new protocol LKH++ that outperforms the other proposed solutions in the literature. Such performance improvements are obtained exploiting both the properties of one-way hash functions and the information that the users already share in the LKH model. In particular, when a user eviction occurs in LKH++, each remaining user autonomously constructs a new key along the path from the evicted user to the root as a function of a specific logical child key. Therefore, the center can carry on the re-keying phase by distributing only a subset of the new keys and by reducing the number of communications to the users. When a join occurs, a minimal information is broadcast, while most of the communications are unicast toward just the joining user. The proposed LKH++ protocol establishes a group communication of n users requiring to unicast ((n-1)logn)/2 keys, while standard algorithms require to deliver nlogn keys. Such a solution allows the users to form promptly a new group if the wireless ad hoc network should be reconfigured. Moreover, the proposed extension to deal with mass leave and mass join allows a considerable savings in the messages sent by the center, as well as in the computations required by both the center and the users. Finally, the LKH++ protocol enhances the reliability of the key management due to the reduced number of communications needed in the re-keying phase.
Decomposing effects of dopaminergic medication in Parkinson’s disease on probabilistic action selection – learning or performance?

Dopamine has long been implicated in reward‐based learning and the expression of such learned associations on performance. Robust evidence supports its effects on learning and performance, but teasing these apart has proved challenging. Here we have adapted a classic test of value‐based learning, the probabilistic selection task, to disentangle effects of dopamine on value‐based performance from effects on value‐based learning. Valence‐specific effects of dopamine on this specific task cannot be accounted for by modulation of learning, and therefore must reflect modulation of performance. We found that dopaminergic medication, consisting of levodopa and/or dopamine agonists taken at own dose, in 18 patients with mild Parkinson’s disease (Hoehn and Yahr < 2.5) potentiated reward‐based approach in terms of both accuracy and reaction times, while leaving punishment‐based avoidance unaffected. These data demonstrate that the effects of dopamine on probabilistic action selection are at least partly mediated by effects on the expression of learned associations rather than on learning itself, and help refine current models of dopamine’s role in reward.
Immunomodulation and Blood Transfusion

Over the past three decades, evidence from a variety of sources has suggested that allogeneic blood transfusions can induce clinically significant immunosuppression in recipients. This clinical syndrome is referred to in the transfusion medicine literature as transfusion-associated immunomodulation (TRIM) and has been linked to an improved clinical outcome in the setting of renal transplantation. Possible deleterious TRIM-associated effects include increased prevalence of cancer recurrence and postoperative bacterial infections. The recognition that TRIM can increase morbidity and mortality in allogeneically transfused individuals has become a major concern for those involved in transfusion medicine. Whether TRIM predisposes recipients to increased risk for cancer recurrence and/or bacterial infections is still not proven, however. In contrast to the available clinical data, studies in experimental animal models suggest that TRIM is an immunologically mediated biologic effect associated with the infusion of allogeneic leukocytes, which can be ameliorated by prestorage leukoreduction. Although considerable data have been accumulated in an attempt to unravel the clinically adverse effects of TRIM, the precise mechanism of TRIM has yet to be elucidated. Further studies, both basic and applied, to establish the clinically relevant manifestations of TRIM as well as the mechanism(s) are urgently required.
A 16-channel 8-parameter waveform electrotactile stimulation system

A general-purpose electrotactile (electrocutaneous) stimulation system has been developed as a research tool for studying psychophysiological performance associated with various stimulation waveforms. An experimenter-defined command file specifies the stimulation current and waveform of each of the 16 channels. The system provides a burst onset delay of 0-20 ms, a phase current of 0-50 mA, an interphase interval of 0-1000 mu s, 1-100 pulses per burst, a pulse repetition rate of 0.1-25 kHz, a phase width of 2-1000 mu s, and functionally monophasic pulses (with zero DC current) or balanced-biphasic pulses (with equal positive and negative phases). The system automatically delivers the desired stimulation, prompts the subject for responses, and then logs subject responses. Key features of the system are (1) the very flexible choice of bursts of pulsatile waveforms, (2) the real-time control of all of the waveform parameters as mathematical functions of external analog inputs, and (3) the high-performance electrode-driver circuitry. <<ETX>>