Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
University of Groningen Type of social support matters for prediction of posttraumatic growth among cancer survivors

Objective: Previous research in people with cancer on social support and psychological wellbeing has mainly focused on the short-term negative outcomes of adjustment. Little is known about the role of social support in the experience of positive outcomes in the long term. This study examined the relation between emotional support in the period following diagnosis and the experience of positive consequences of the illness, so called posttraumatic growth, at 8 years after diagnosis. We focused on three distinct types of emotional support: perceived availability, actual received, and dissatisfaction with received emotional support. Methods: This longitudinal study was conducted in a sample of 206 long-term cancer survivors. Social support was assessed with the Social Support List (SSL) at 3 months and 8 years after diagnosis. Positive consequences of the illness were assessed with the Silver Lining Questionnaire (SLQ) at 8 years after diagnosis. Correlationand regression analyses were used to examine the associations of initial levels of emotional support with the long-term report of posttraumatic growth. Results: Regression analyses showed that more received emotional support at 3 months after diagnosis significantly predicted a greater experience of positive consequences of the illness at 8 years after diagnosis. This association remained significant, when controlling for concurrent levels of emotional support at 8 years after diagnosis. Conclusions: The findings suggest that getting support from family and friends, characterized by reassuring, comforting, and problem-solving, in the period following diagnosis is an important resource that may help cancer survivors to find positive meaning in the cancer
The Influence of Emoticons on the Perception of Job-Related Emails : An Analysis Based on the Four-Ear Model

Non-verbal communication cues and their surrogates in computermediated communication, emoticons, can influence how a message is understood. Based on the four-ear model, we examine in detail at which levels of communication emoticons affect message perception. Using a factorial survey with a treatment control group design (N = 104), our findings suggest that emoticons do not influence the understanding of a message at the content level. However, we show that they significantly influence the metamessage. These findings hold important theoretical and practical implications: First, our results help to explain the mixed results of previous studies on the effects of emoticon usage on message interpretation. Second, we show that emoticons are a means to convey contextual information over and above the raw content of the message, especially at the self-revelation and relationship level. However, this does not come without a price: Emoticons dilute the effects of job-related emails at the appeal level.
The Effect of a Period of Physical Exercise in Water on the Knee Osteoarthritis in Old Men

Preface: Aging is a stage of life that increases the risk of physical diseases, some of which are chronic and can affect different dimensions of life’s quality. In addition, These days, exercising is effective in preventing chronic diseases such as osteoarthritis. The goal of the present research is to study the effect of a period of exercise in water program on the scale of knee pain, the rate of symptoms and the movement problems in daily activities, sports activities and pastime activities and the quality of old adults life.
Effect of Supplementation of Both Dried Poultry Excreta and Probiotics on the Performance of Broilers

The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of DPE andprobiotics on performance of commercial broiler chicks. Three DPE levels (without DPE, with DPE 5% and DPE 10% supplementation) as well as Two probiotic levels (without and with P supplementation)were considered for the study. The experiment consisted of two replicates for DPE groups. The performance of broiler was evaluated in terms of growth and feed efficiency at 6th week of age. Data were analyzed on survivor and equal number of bird’s per subclass basis. Analysis of variance revealed that the difference between replicates were not significant for the different traits under study as such all subsequent analysis was performed. Inclusion of DPE and probioticsin diet had significant effect. Group of chicks fed with diet DPE were significantly heavier than those fed with diet without DPE at second week body weight. It indicates that the DPE supplementation had weighty effect on early growth of chicks. The Overall feed efficiency also showed the similar trend as was obtained for weekly feed efficiency. The analysis indicated that the inclusion of DPEand probiotics in the diet significantly affected the weekly feed conversion efficiency. Inclusion of probiotics and DPE revealed significant effects on body weight. Chicks showed higher body weight with diet having DPE and probiotics.
Growth , Glucoamylase , Pigments and Monacolin K Production on Rice Solid Culture in Flask and Koji Chamber Using Monascus sp . KB 9

Monascus sp. KB9, with capability to promote high production of natural red pigment and anti-cholesterol agent, monacolin K, was used for solid rice culture in static flask and koji chambers. The effect of various factors on the optimal fermentation condition for 15 days incubation was determined using 500ml-flask containing 100 g rice substrate. The results indicated that incubation temperature of 30°C and 38% (w/ w) initial moisture content of rice at neural pH gave the highest red pigments and monacolin K production at 3,571.97 A420U/gdw, 2,697.71 A500U/gdw, and 13,536.61 mg/kgdw, respectively. While the highest glucoamylase activity and glucosamine content of 189,685.66 unit/gdw and 4.438 mg/gdw were obtained under 35°C incubation, with 38% (w/w) initial moisture content of rice substrate at initial pH 5. The secondary metabolites were drastically reduced (80-90%) at 41-43% (w/w) initial moisture content although the biomass was similar in content. Remarkably, scaling up of fermentation in the semi-automated koji chambers of 10 and 50 kg rice substrate by using information from flask level showed that Monascus sp. KB9 could grow and produce higher pigments and monacolin K in a shorter time. Fermented rice of 10 kg and 50 kg koji chambers produced 2 times higher pigments and 2 and 4 time higher monacolin K than those obtained from flask scale cultivation. Ready-to-use product of fermented red rice was examined for subsequent processing of storage stability. The results showed that the amount of pigments and monacolin K in red rice were stable by steaming at 100°C 30 min for growth inactivation, drying at 50°C overnight and storing in the refrigerator (2-4°C) for 1.5 months.
Inquiry-Based Learning for Improving Student Learning Outcomes: Literature Review

The learning process has entered the 21st century and shifted from Teacher Center Learning (TCL) to Student Center Learning (SCL). Therefore, to improve student learning achievement and activity, innovative learning models are needed to provide more active learning opportunities for students in the learning process. There are a number of innovative learning models, one of which can improve student achievement and activity is inquiry-based learning. It would be better for students to discuss lessons or try to learn the material first, then present the results in front of the class and discuss with other students. Thus, the learning process becomes more active and dynamic with the guidance and direction of the lecturer. This literature review aims to determine the influence of the application of inquiry learning in improving student learning outcomes. The design used is a literature review, articles are collected using the database proquest, google scholar and Science Direct with the keywords “inquiry based learning model” AND “learning outcomes”. The criteria for the articles used are those published in 2014-2018. Based on thirteen articles collected, the results showed that ten articles showed that inquiry learning improved student learning outcomes while the other three did not influence student learning outcomes, but could increase learning motivation. The inquiry-based learning involves students directly and actively in the learning process so that learning has a significant effect on improving learning outcomes.
To Study the Effect of Muscle Energy Technique of Pectoral Muscle on Neck Pain and Cervical Range of Motion in Individuals with Forward Head Posture-An Experimental Study

There is growing evidence that MET can be used to release soft tissue shortening, but most of the studies for treatment of Forward Head Posture(FHP) have concentrated on Upper Trapezius tightness, Retractor muscle Strengthening and Deep Cervical Flexors strengthening but none concentrating on the PMi tightness associated with FHP. The pectoralis minor muscle (PMi) is the sole muscle connecting scapula and anterior side of the thoracic region and functions to depress the scapula. Therefore, shortening of this muscle is expected to restrain scapular motion in the superior and posterior direction. Thus, there is a need to examine the effectiveness of MET on PMi muscle in treating symptomatic subjects, and comparing its efficacy on conventional interventions. Twenty-six individuals were selected (13 participants in control group received conventional therapy and 13 participants of experimental group received Met along with conventional therapy). The study concluded that MET in addition to CT was found to be more effective in reducing VAS score, improving FHP and reducing PMi tightness. But there was no significant difference seen between the two groups in improvement of CROM. Thus, MET should be added to routine clinical practice.
Chinese herbs and their molecules: Clinical and pathophysiological implications for the liver -

Nature in China is rich in plants that are partially used as medicinal herbs for the treatment of several ailments and facilitated the development of herbal traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in Chinese communities. Herbal TCM preparations often consist of several different herbs with numerous molecules of organic chemical structure as ingredients. On a molecular basis, some Chinese herbs are known for their hepatotoxic potency with its rare risk of a severe clinical course that requires liver transplantation if acute liver failure develops. The clinical diagnosis of hepatotoxicity by Chinese herbs is challenging due to the lack of diagnostic biomarkers except for the hepatic sinusoidal obstructive syndrome (HSOS), a specific liver disease caused by herbs containing unsaturated pyrrolizidine alkaloids. HSOS is the intrinsic form of liver injury, thereby predictable, reproducible in experimental animals, and dose dependent. Most other cases of liver injury by Chinese herbs are of idiosyncratic nature and experimentally not reproducible, emerge unpredictable, and occur independently of the dose. Injuries seem to be triggered mostly in the smooth endoplasmic reticulum of the liver cell by generation of reactive radicals, which initiate apoptosis and cell destruction. In cases of idiosyncratic liver injury, the individual molecular culprit commonly remains unclear due to herb multiplicity and lacking experimental reproducibility. In addition, the multiplicity of molecules also may cause clinically relevant metabolic interactions at the molecular and hepatocellular level. Thus, although Chinese herbs commonly are well tolerated, consumers should be aware of potential hepatotoxicity and metabolic interactions, preferring herbs with a low risk and an established efficacy.
Clinical evaluation of teeth fitted with telescope crowns for retaining a partial denture

Deutsche Zahnärztliche Zeitschrift • 62 • 2007 • 2 • © Deutscher Ärzte-Verlag, Köln In this retrospective longitudinal study the data of 554 telescopic dentures with 1758 abutment teeth, which were fitted between 1995 and 2004 in the Department of Dental Prosthetics at the Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany, was assessed and the risk of abutment tooth loss was evaluated. The influence of the patient’s sex, the vitality of the abutment teeth, the number of abutment teeth per telescopic denture and the impact of a follow-up program were taken into account in the analysis. The mean observation time was 5.3 ± 2.9 years. There was a 90 % survival probability for all abutment teeth at 6.9 years. The most common reason for extraction was tooth fracture. Men lost abutment teeth at a significantly earlier stage than women. Tooth loss occurred earlier in dentures with few abutment teeth than in dentures retained on a larger number of abutment teeth. There was also abutment tooth loss at an earlier stage if the teeth had been fitted with a post and core and if patients did not attend recall appointments. The overall risk of abutment tooth loss with a telescopic partial denture should, however, be assessed as low.
Incorporating Feedback in Convolutional Neural Networks

Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) are a state-of-theart machine learning method, partially inspired by the hierarchical structure of cortex. They typically process information from input to output in a feedforward manner. It has been shown that incorporating feedback pathways can improve their performance and robustness. However, little is known about why feedback helps and how feedforward and feedback signals are best combined. Here, we compare feedforward and feedback networks using a multi-digit classification task, quantifying performance as well as robustness against image noise. We show that the advantage of feedback networks which add the feedback to the feedforward signal is largely due to the increased receptive field size of their neurons. In addition, we show that networks which use modulating or subtractive feedback (inspired by theories of feedback processing in cortex) outperform additive architectures and have increased robustness against noise. These results provide a first step towards using feedback in convolutional neural networks more effectively.
THE IMPACT OF FEEDING PALMITIC AND STEARIC ACID TO LACTATING DAIRY COWS

THE IMPACT OF FEEDING PALMITIC AND STEARIC ACID TO LACTATING DAIRY COWS By Jorge Eduardo Rico Navarrete Milk components as well as milk yield are key factors driving producer milk prices. Fat supplements can increase the efficiency of milk production; therefore, their addition to diets has the potential to be economically advantageous. The set of studies in this thesis evaluated the effects of supplementing palmitic (C16:0) and stearic (C18:0) acid, as well as their interaction with other dietary and animal factors. In the first experiment C16:0 and C18:0 where supplemented at 2% of ration dry matter; compared to C18:0, supplementation with C16:0 increased milk fat concentration and yield, as well as 3.5% fat corrected milk, and the efficiency of milk production. These effects were independent of cow production level, and the increase in milk fat yield was completely accounted for by an increase in the secretion of C16:0 into milk. In the second experiment, the effect of increasing doses of supplemental C16:0 (fed at 0, 0.75, 1.50, or 2.25% of ration DM) was characterized in diets that had either a low or a high fat content (2.7% or 4.2% ether extract, respectively). C16:0 increased milk fat concentration, fat yield, 3.5% FCM yield, and the efficiency of milk production, and tended to increase the yield of milk and milk protein. These responses were maximal when C16:0 was included at 1.5% of ration DM. There was no effect of basal dietary fat content on the yield of milk or milk components, however, significant interactions between C16:0 and the basal fat content of the diet were apparent. In addition, an increased secretion of 16-carbon FA as a result of C16:0 supplementation was observed which explained the majority of the increased secretion of milk fat. Collectively, these results demonstrate the potential of C16:0 to improve cow performance and provides a framework for optimizing its use to maximize productions responses and milk income.
Confidence in Judicial Institutions : An Empirical Approach

We look at the role of the justice budget when individuals have bounded rationality regarding the judiciary and consequently need to refer to stimuli to decipher the legal environment. We first examine how and why the justice budget may affect people‟s perception of the judiciary and, by extension, influence economic decision-making in this context. We then test this proposition using a cross-section of European countries. We use data from the World Value Survey measuring trust in justice as proxies for perception of the judiciary and several budget-related variables extracted from databases produced by the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice. We show that increasing public resources devoted to the judiciary is positively associated with higher levels of trust in justice. We also show that the justice budget is likely to have a greater impact on trust in relatively less economically and institutionally developed countries. Finally, our paper yields some implications for public policy since we show that the budgetary determinants of factors of trust in justice are not the same for all prior levels of confidence in the judiciary or stages of institutional and economic development of countries.
External Morphology and Weight - Length Relationships (WLRs) of Harbour Porpoise, Phocoena phocoena (Cetacea: Phocoenidae) in the Black Sea

The present study summarized information on the morphometric characteristics and weight-length relationships (WLRs) of pregnant females, non-pregnant females and males of harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) along the Rize coast in the Black Sea, Turkey. A total of 68 harbour porpoises (31 males, 22 non-pregnant females and 15 pregnant females) were obtained as bycatch in the turbot gill net fisheries from April 2010 to July 2011. A total of 16 external morphological characteristics of the harbour porpoises were examined by Principal Component Analysis (PCA). The PCA results clearly showed that there is sexual dimorphism mainly in the general size between non-pregnant females and males and also pregnant females and males. The greatest body length in the sample was 142.0 cm for females and 128.0 cm for males. Weight length relationships (WLRs) of harbour porpoise showed negative allometric growth characteristics (Pauly’ t test, P<0.05). The slopes of the regression lines for males, non-pregnant females and pregnant females were significantly different from the isometric growth curve slope of 3 (Pauly’ t test, P<0.001). Correlation coefficient (r) was significant for both sexes (P<0.05). These results will enable researchers, fishermen and fisheries management authorities to enhance the knowledge of harbour porpoises life history and ecology.
Trilobites of the Middle Ordovician Elnes Formation of the Oslo Region, Norway

The highly fossiliferous upper Darriwilian to lower Sandbian Elnes Formation of Norway presents an interesting insight into the general responses and preferences of Lower Palaeozoic faunas belonging to a stable, mud dominated middle to outer shelf environment in connection with a major transgressive to regressive system tract. The rich trilobite fauna consisting of nearly 100 taxa is closely linked to the changes in the environment, being most abundant in a muddy and siliciclastic dominated environment just above storm wave base. The fauna is highly endemic for the region and the remainder of Baltoscania. This monograph presents a taxonomic description of the total trilobite fauna, including a new genus and seven hitherto unknown species. New and extensive biostratigraphical data is presented on the trilobites together with a study on the biogeographical and ecological aspects of the faunas.
A case-control study of support / opposition to wind turbines : Perceptions of health risk , economic bene fi ts , and community con fl ict

Despite considerable quantitative case study research on communities living with turbines, few have studied the roles played by the perceptions of: health risk, economic benefits/fairness, and intracommunity conflict. We report the findings from a case-control survey which compares residents living with/without turbines in their community to understand the relative importance of these variables as predictors of turbine support. Ontario is the context for this study as it is a place where the pace of turbine installations is both very high and extremely politicized. As expected 69% of residents in the case community would vote in favour of local turbines yet surprisingly, only 25% would do so in the control community. Though the literature suggests that aesthetic preferences best predict turbine support the key predictors in this study are: health risk perception, community benefits, general community enhancement, and a preference for turbine-generated electricity. Concern about intra-community conflict is high in both the case (83%) and control (85%) communities as is concern about the fairness of local economic benefits (56% and 62%, respectively); yet neither is significant in the models. We discuss the implications of these findings particularly in terms of the consequences of a technocratic decide-announce-defend model of renewable facility siting. & 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Analysis of wind turbine control and performance based on time series data of the wind farm monitoring system

Zusammenfassung: Windenergieanlagen zeichnen im allgemeinen alle 10 Minuten einen Datensatz aller relevanten Betriebsgrößen und –messwerte auf. Oftmals wird diesen Daten nur wenig Aufmerksamkeit geschenkt. Detaillierte Analysen zeigen nun aber, dass sich hieraus sehr wertvolle Aussagen ableiten lassen.Die Genauigkeit der Messungen ist meist nicht bekannt oder sehr niedrig. Insbesondere die direkte Messung der Windgeschwindigkeit über das Gondelanemometer galt als nicht aussagekräftig. Unter der Verwendung geeigneter Verfahren lassen sich jedoch aus diesen Daten belastbare Aussagen ableiten, welche oft eine Optimierung des Betriebsverhaltens und damit teilweise erhebliche Ertragsteigerungen ermöglichen. Die Ursachen für teilweise Projekt-bedrohende Abweichungen zwischen den realen und prognostizierten Energieerträgen liegen in ungünstigen technischen Betriebseigenschaften, ungenügenden technischen Verfügbarkeiten oder Mängeln bzw. Unsicherheiten in der der wirtschaftlichen Planung zugrunde gelegten Ertragsprognose. Eine Betriebsdatenanalyse erlaubt es zu beurteilen, aus welchen Ursachen eine solche Abweichung herrührt und wo Optimierungspotential besteht.
Efficient Construction of Rigid Matrices Using an NP Oracle

For a matrix H over a field F, its rank-r rigidity, denoted R_H (r), is the minimum Hamming distance from H to a matrix of rank at most r over F. A central open challenge in complexity theory is to give explicit constructions of rigid matrices for a variety of parameter settings. In this work, building on Williams' seminal connection between circuit-analysis algorithms and lower bounds [Williams, J. ACM 2014], we give a construction of rigid matrices in P^NP. Letting q = p^r be a prime power, we show: • There is an absolute constant δ>0 such that, for all constants ε >0, there is a P^NP machine M such that, for infinitely many N's, M(1^N) outputs a matrix H_N ∊ {0,1}^N×N with R_H_N (2^ (log N)^ 1/4-ε) ≥ δ ⋅ N^2 over F_q. Using known connections between matrix rigidity and other topics in complexity theory, we derive several consequences of our constructions, including: • There is a function f ∊ TIME [2^ (log n)^ ω(1)]^ NP such that f ∉ PH^cc. Previously, it was open whether E^NP ⊂ PH^cc. • For all ε >0, there is a P^NP machine M such that, for infinitely many N's, M(1^N) outputs an N × N matrix H_N ∊ {0,1}^N×N whose linear transformation requires depth-2 F_q-linear circuits of size Ω(N ⋅ 2^ (log N)^ 1/4 - ε). The previous best lower bound for an explicit family of N × N matrices over F_q was only Ω(N log^2 N / (log log N)^2), for asymptotically good error-correcting codes.