Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
ASSESSMENT OF IMPULSIVITY IN BIPOLAR DISORDER (BD) IN COMORBIDITY WITH GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER (GAD): REVISITING THE HYPOTHESIS OF PROTECTIVE EFFECT

Objective: Bipolar Disorder is associated with many psychiatric comorbidities. Anxiety disorders, is diagnosed in about 50% of patients with Bipolar Disorder throughout life and contributes to a worse outcome. There are evidences that impulsivity may have an inverse relationship with anxiety and, therefore, that Anxiety Disorders could serve as a protective factor in relation to an impulsive behavior. Method: This study aims to evaluate the relationship between the presence of a diagnosis of GAD and the expression of different types of impulsivity in a sample of patients affected by BD. We assessed 95 subjects diagnosed with Bipolar disorder, euthymics during the evaluation. GAD was observed in 56.84% of the sample. The two groups of patients classified accordingly to the presence / absence of Generalized Anxiety Disorder were compared in a neuropsychological battery composed by Conner’s Continuous Performance Task (CPT-II) and Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) to assess motor, attentional and decision-making impulsivity. Results and conclusions: There were no significant differences between groups of Bipolar Patients in any measure of impulsivity, and therefore, our data does not support the hypothesis of protective effects of anxiety in impulsivity expression.
Pulsations powered by hydrogen shell burning in white dwarfs

In the absence of a third dredge-up episode during the asymptotic giant branch phase, white dwarf models evolved from low-metallicity progenitors have a thick hydrogen envelope, which makes hydrogen shell burning be the most important energy source. We investigate the pulsational stability of white dwarf models with thick envelopes to see whether nonradial $g$-mode pulsations are triggered by hydrogen burning, with the aim of placing constraints on hydrogen shell burning in cool white dwarfs and on a third dredge-up during the asymptotic giant branch evolution of their progenitor stars. We construct white-dwarf sequences from low-metallicity progenitors by means of full evolutionary calculations, and analyze their pulsation stability for the models in the range of effective temperatures $T_{\rm eff} \sim 15\,000\,-\, 8\,000$ K. We demonstrate that, for white dwarf models with masses $M_{\star} \lesssim 0.71\,\rm M_{\sun}$ and effective temperatures $8\,500 \lesssim T_{\rm eff} \lesssim 11\,600$ K that evolved from low-metallicity progenitors ($Z= 0.0001$, $0.0005$, and $0.001$) the dipole ($\ell= 1$) and quadrupole ($\ell=2$) $g_1$ modes are excited mostly due to the hydrogen-burning shell through the $\varepsilon$-mechanism, in addition to other $g$ modes driven by either the $\kappa-\gamma$ or the convective driving mechanism. However, the $\varepsilon$ mechanism is insufficient to drive these modes in white dwarfs evolved from solar-metallicity progenitors. We suggest that efforts should be made to observe the dipole $g_1$ mode in white dwarfs associated with low-metallicity environments, such as globular clusters and/or the galactic halo, to place constraints on hydrogen shell burning in cool white dwarfs and the third dredge-up episode during the preceding asymptotic giant branch phase.
Perceived Training Needs of Dairy Farmers Regarding Improved Dairy Farming Practices and its Relation with their Socio-economic Traits in Bundelkhand Region

The study was conducted in Bundelkhand region in 2010. Hamirpur district of Uttar Pradesh and Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh were selected purposively. 160 respondents were included for investigation. The data was collected by personal interview schedule and collected data was scored, tabulated and subjected to statistical analysis. It was found that marginal farmers shown maximum perceived training needs in fodder production (77.23%) followed by Small farmers reporting to have highest perceived training in management (76.17%), semi- medium farmers in the area of fodder production (73.10%), however Medium farmers had shown maximum perceived training needs in the area of management (71.68%), Large farmers had maximum perceived training needs in the area of health-care (78.33%). In case of all categories, farmers had maximum perceived training needs in healthcare followed by fodder production, management, feeding and breeding, respectively. Correlation test showed that social participation, extension contact, mass media exposure and knowledge of respondent were negatively significant with perceived training needs at 5% level of significance in relation to improved dairy farming practices. The results of the study will help the Extension agencies to develop suitable training programmes and strategies for the dairy farmers, livestock development department in planning the development programmes for livestock keepers in the area of Bundelkhand.
Open-Loop Nash Equilibrium in Erickson’s Oligopoly Model.

Abstract We deal with the oligopoly model introduced by Gary M. Erickson in 2009 to describe dynamic advertising competition. In the original article the feedback Nash equilibrium and the steady-state sales are characterized. Here, we analyze the same model under the open-loop information structure assumption, we obtain a Nash equilibrium and we prove that this is different than the feedback one. In the symmetric instance of the model we can compare the equilibria in the two information structures and we find that the open-loop Nash equilibrium requires greater advertising efforts and leads to higher steady-state sale levels.
Are you eating your emotions?: An investigation into perceived stress and trait anxiety as predictors of binge-eating behaviour

With the rising prevalence of eating disorders within the United Kingdom and the current equivocal findings regarding negative affect and disordered eating, the present research aimed to assess the predictive capacity of perceived stress and trait anxiety on binge-eating behaviours within the general population (N = 115). Via opportunity sampling, 32 males and 83 females took part in a questionnaire comprising of 3 separate well-established questionnaires, the Perceived Stress Scale, the IPIP HEXACO E:Anxi scale and the Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire. Pearson’s correlation coefficients and multiple regression analyses were computed. Findings indicated moderate significant positive correlations between the independent variables of perceived stress and trait anxiety and the dependent variable of disinhibition. However, multiple regression analyses did not replicate such results. Inconsistent with previous research, it can be concluded that perceived stress and trait anxiety are not significant predictors of binge-eating behaviour. The results are discussed regarding previous research and future research implications.
Improvement of soft soils using reinforced sand over stone columns

In the present study, a series of laboratory model tests have been developed to study the behavior of unreinforced and geogrid-reinforced sand bed resting on stone columns. It has been observed that the soft clay is improved with stone columns. The diameter of stone columns has been taken as 50 mm, three stone columns have been used in the study with spacing of 75mm, while the footing is represented by a plate of 350x250x10mm for all the model tests carried out. Load was applied to the soil bed through the footing until the total settlement reached at least 5% of footing length. The influence of the thickness of unreinforced as well as geogrid-reinforced sand bed and the number of geogrid reinforcement on the performance of stone columns have also been investigated. The inclusion of geogrid layer within sand bed also increases the load carrying capacity and decreases the settlement of the soil. However multilayer reinforcement system is effective to transfer the stress from soil to stone columns. Significant improvement in load- carrying capacity of soft soil is observed due to the placement of sand bed over stone columns. Single layer reinforcement with stone columns is very effective to reduce the total settlement as there is considerable reduction in the total settlement due to stone column itself . The inclusion of reinforcement in the sand bed decreases significantly the depth of sand layer. (Nagy Abdel Hamid El Mahallawy. Improvement of soft soils using reinforced sand over stone columns. Life Sci J
A CR-HYDRO-NEI MODEL OF THE STRUCTURE AND BROADBAND EMISSION FROM TYCHO'S SUPERNOVA REMNANT

Tycho's supernova remnant (SNR) is well-established as a source of particle acceleration to very high energies. Constraints from numerous studies indicate that the observed γ-ray emission results primarily from hadronic processes, providing direct evidence of highly relativistic ions that have been accelerated by the SNR. Here we present an investigation of the dynamical and spectral evolution of Tycho's SNR by carrying out hydrodynamical simulations that include diffusive shock acceleration of particles in the amplified magnetic field at the forward shock of the SNR. Our simulations provide a consistent view of the shock positions, the nonthermal emission, the thermal X-ray emission from the forward shock, and the brightness profiles of the radio and X-ray emission. We compare these with the observed properties of Tycho to determine the density of the ambient material, the particle acceleration efficiency and maximum energy, the accelerated electron-to-proton ratio, and the properties of the shocked gas downstream of the expanding SNR shell. We find that evolution of a typical Type Ia supernova in a low ambient density (n 0 ∼ 0.3 cm−3), with an upstream magnetic field of ∼5 μG, and with ∼16% of the SNR kinetic energy being converted into relativistic electrons and ions through diffusive shock acceleration, reproduces the observed properties of Tycho. Under such a scenario, the bulk of observed γ-ray emission at high energies is produced by π0-decay resulting from the collisions of energetic hadrons, while inverse-Compton emission is significant at lower energies, comprising roughly half of the flux between 1 and 10 GeV.
Treinamento de habilidades sociais para adolescentes: uma experiência no programa de atenção integral à família (PAIF)

This paper presents a process evaluation of a social skills program for adolescents from the Comprehensive Attention to the Family Program. The intervention consisted of 11 psychoeducational group sessions, with cognitive behavioral techniques. The results revealed satisfaction toward the intervention, mainly about the freedom to self-expression and the positive effects of the intervention. The most frequent adherence indicators to the group were to report problems, to report feelings, to explain the causes of their own behavior and to offer support to their colleagues. The data indicate that the intervention had a successful process, which results and impact may be verified in future studies.
Growth performance and haematology of broiler chickens fed diets with graded sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) leaf meals

A total of 60 Russ 2011 two weeks old broiler chicks with an average weight of 215.33+4.55g were fed with diets compounded with sweet potato leaves (SPL) for 56 days. The diets consist of T1 (0% SPL), T2 (5% SPL), T3 (10% SPL) and T4 (15% SPL). The proximate composition of the SPL was determined in the laboratory. The birds were randomly allocated to four treatments using completely randomized design (CRD). Each treatment was subdivided into three replicates of five chicks each. At the end of the experiment, all data collected were subjected to one way analysis of variance and difference in means was separated using Duncan’s New Multiple Range Test. The results showed no significant difference (p>0.05) in the average body weight gain, feed intake, feed conversion ratio (FCR) and protein efficiency ratio (PER). However, birds on T2 (32.77g) had the best daily body weight gain followed by T4 (30.36g), T3 (30.06g) and T1 (29.21g) while in terms of daily feed intake, T4 (98.20g) consumed most followed by T2 (98.17g) and T3 (96.59g) whereas, T1 (92.38g) consumed the least feed. The birds on T2 (3.00) demonstrated the best FCR followed by T1 (3.16), T3 (3.21) and T4 (3.23). Also T1 (1.59) showed the best PER closely followed by T1 (1.53), T3 (1.46) and T4 (1.43). There was, however, a significant difference (p<0.05) in Hb concentration when T2 (11.62g/dl) and T3 (12.48g/dl) were compared with T1 (10.34g/dl) and T4 (10.21g/dl). In the PCV, a statistical difference (p<0.05) also was observed between T1 (24.73%) and others (T2 (28.18%), T3 (28.97%)and T4 (27.14%)) while similar trend (p<0.05) was seen in the RBC count when T4 (9.72x10 6 /ul) was compared with T1 (10.21 x10 6 /ul), T2 (10.81x10 6 /ul) and T3 (11.43x10 6 /ul) and no significant difference (p>0.05) among all the treatments with respect to WBC (T1 (21.23x10 3 /ul), T2 (19.18x10 3 /ul), T3 (21.26x10 3 /ul) and T4 (22.63x10 3 /ul)). Although the haematological parameters fell within normal physiological ranges, there was a gradual increase in these values as the inclusion levels World Scientific News 56 (2016) 45-55 -46progressed till T3 (10% inclusion) and then a decrease. It is therefore recommended that inclusion of SPL up to 5% in the diet of broilers is good for enhanced body weight gain, FCR and PER and up to 10% for enhanced haematological parameters.
Pathogenesis and future treatments of systemic lupus erythematosus : the role of cytokines and anti-cytokines? : peer reviewed review

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic multisystem autoimmune connective tissue disorder, which has variable clinical manifestations that range from mild to life-threatening. These can be characterised by multiple organ damage, very high titres of autoantibodies and immune complex deposition. Interestingly the former of these characteristics may precede the clinical manifestations of SLE by many years.
The Convertible Arbitrage Strategy Analyzed

This paper analyzes convertible bond arbitrage on the Canadian market for the period 1998 to 2004.Convertible bond arbitrage is the combination of a long position in convertible bonds and a short position in the underlying stocks. Convertible arbitrage has been one of the most successful strategies of hedge funds.This paper shows that the convertible arbitrage strategy has considerable effects on capital markets.First, there is a downward pressure on cumulative average abnormal returns of the underlying stocks between the announcement and the issuance dates of convertible bonds.Second, short sales of the underlying equity around the issuance dates strongly increase for equity-like convertibles. Third, convertible bonds are underpriced at the issuance dates.All effects are stronger for equity-like than for debt-like convertible bonds.Finally, we find that over a one-year period following the issue, equity-like convertibles earn a return that is more than 23 percentage points higher than the return of debt-like convertibles.In the last years of our sample, convertible arbitrage returns have strongly decreased.This seems to be related to a shift from equity-like to debt-like convertibles by the issuing companies.
SANTERI LAMPINEN FORCE-REFLECTED BILATERAL TELEOPERATION OF A HYDRAULIC MANIPULATOR

SANTERI LAMPINEN: Force-Reflected Bilateral Teleoperation of a Hydraulic Manipulator Tampere University of Technology Master of Science thesis, 62 pages, 14 Appendix pages November 2017 Master’s Degree Programme in Automation Technology Major: Fluid Power Automation Examiners: Prof. Jouni Mattila and D. Sc. Janne Koivumäki
Changing trends and emissions of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) and their hydrofluorocarbon (HFCs) replacements

Abstract. High-frequency, in situ global observations of HCFC-22 (CHClF2), HCFC-141b (CH3CCl2F), HCFC-142b (CH3CClF2) and HCFC-124 (CHClFCF3) and their main HFC replacements, HFC-134a (CH2FCF3), HFC-125 (CHF2CF3), HFC-143a (CH3CF3) and HFC-32 (CH2F2), have been used to determine their changing global growth rates and emissions in response to the Montreal Protocol and its recent amendments. Global mean mole fractions of HCFC-22, -141b, and -142b have increased throughout the observation period, reaching 234, 24.3 and 22.4 pmol mol−1, respectively, in 2015. HCFC-124 reached a maximum global mean mole fraction of 1.48 pmol mol−1 in 2007 and has since declined by 23 % to 1.14 pmol mol−1 in 2015. The HFCs all show increasing global mean mole fractions. In 2015 the global mean mole fractions (pmol mol−1) were 83.3 (HFC-134a), 18.4 (HFC-125), 17.7 (HFC-143a) and 10.5 (HFC-32). The 2007 adjustment to the Montreal Protocol required the accelerated phase-out of emissive uses of HCFCs with global production and consumption capped in 2013 to mitigate their environmental impact as both ozone-depleting substances and important greenhouse gases. We find that this change has coincided with a stabilisation, or moderate reduction, in global emissions of the four HCFCs with aggregated global emissions in 2015 of 449 ± 75 Gg yr−1, in CO2 equivalent units (CO2 eq.) 0.76 ± 0.1 Gt yr−1, compared with 483 ± 70 Gg yr−1 (0.82 ± 0.1 Gt yr−1 CO2 eq.) in 2010 (uncertainties are 1σ throughout this paper). About 79 % of the total HCFC atmospheric burden in 2015 is HCFC-22, where global emissions appear to have been relatively similar since 2011, in spite of the 2013 cap on emissive uses. We attribute this to a probable increase in production and consumption of HCFC-22 in Montreal Protocol Article 5 (developing) countries and the continuing release of HCFC-22 from the large banks which dominate HCFC global emissions. Conversely, the four HFCs all show increasing mole fraction growth rates with aggregated global HFC emissions of 327 ± 70 Gg yr−1 (0.65 ± 0.12 Gt yr−1 CO2 eq.) in 2015 compared to 240 ± 50 Gg yr−1 (0.47 ± 0.08 Gt yr−1 CO2 eq.) in 2010. We also note that emissions of HFC-125 and HFC-32 appear to have increased more rapidly averaged over the 5-year period 2011–2015, compared to 2006–2010. As noted by Lunt et al. (2015) this may reflect a change to refrigerant blends, such as R-410A, which contain HFC-32 and -125 as a 50 : 50 blend.
Seasonal abundance of Diaretiella rapae (M'Intosh) (Braconidae: Aphidiinae) parasitizing Lipaphis erysimi (Kaltenbach) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in Brassica juncea variety Pusa bold. Munis.

The occurrence of Diaretiella rapae parasitizing Lipaphis erysimi in Mustard variety Pusa bold (Brassica juncea) was evaluated. Successful parasitism was 75.46% and 68.96% during 2006-07, 2007-08 respectively. Correlation coefficient of average per cent relative humidity with both aphid (r=-0.52) and parasitoid (r=-0.59) were negatively significant whereas day (r=0.65) and the night temperature (r=0.61) had significant positive correlations with the parasitoid population only. The best fitted polynomial regression equation indicated that 30-60% variability of the aphid population could be explained by the different weather parameters, while 11-50% variability of the parasitoid population could be explained by weather parameters.
Identification and Characterization of MYC Regulatory Elements: Links to Prostate Cancer

Abstract : Prostate cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in males in the developed world. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have greatly helped in the identification of common risk variants associated with complex diseases such as cancer; routinely, these associated polymorphisms are located within gene deserts and other type of non-coding DNA. A striking example of GWAS implicating non-coding variants in the etiology of cancer can be seen on chromosome 8q24, where numerous studies have reported associations between prostate (and other) cancer and variants concentrated within a 1.2Mb gene desert. Although there are no genes within the interval, the proto-oncogene MYC lies just downstream of the gene desert, raising the possibility that the associated risk regions may harbor long-range cis-regulatory elements such as enhancers involved in the tissue-specific transcriptional regulation of MYC. To date, we have located and characterized an in vivo prostate enhancer encompassing the prostate cancer associated SNP rs6983267. Furthermore, we demonstrated that this enhancer exhibits allelespecific activity in developing and mature mouse prostates, mimicking MYC expression. Our findings help advance the field s understanding of the mechanistic reason for the overwhelming association seen between this 8q24 gene desert and prostate cancer.
Factors Affecting Participation of Italian Farmers in Rural Development Policy

In this paper a (micro)econometric approach is developed by considering the farmer likelihood to participate in different policy programs as linked to the objective of farmer to maximize their welfare. In this way we model farmers participation in policy support scheme by using a new institutional economics approach and conceptualizing the decision to entry as a contractual choice between two rural development types of policy. Different discrete choice modelling approaches are used to analyze the complementarity/ substitutability of different policy programs such as environmental-related measures and farm investment supports policy schemes and the main driving factors behind them. We use an extensive cross-sectional database related to the Italian FADN 2006. Results indicate that social capital and institutional factors should be taken much more into account in order to understand farmers likelihood to entry in policy support schemes. Location and farm(er) socio-economic features are also relevant factors. Moreover complementarity has been found between different policy schemes.
Lithospheric anisotropy on the Kerguelen hotspot track inferred from Rayleigh wave polarisation anomalies

SUMMARY Rayleigh waves recorded at the Geoscope station PAF on the Kerguelen Isles in the Indian Ocean, show strong polarisation anomalies in the period range 20‐50 s, as demonstrated by dispersion analysis of 3-component recordings. The largest and most consistent anomalies are observed for events located in the southern part of the Java Trench. At 25 s the Rayleigh waves present transverse components with an amplitude of up to 55 per cent of the amplitude of the longitudinal components. The particle motion in the horizontal plane is largely elliptical. By comparison, very few and mostly small polarisation anomalies are detected at the nearby Geoscope stations AIS and CRZF on the Amsterdam and Crozet Isles, respectively. Wave path deviations from the epicentre‐receiver great circle, as calculated in tomographic models of the Indian Ocean, cannot explain the polarisation anomalies. Using a multiple-scattering scheme for modelling surface waves in 3-D heterogeneous and anisotropic structures, we show that wavefield distortion due to the geometrical structure of the Kerguelen Plateau in the vicinity of the station cannot explain the anomalies either, but that anisotropy can. We infer the presence of an anisotropic structure in the lithosphere to the north of the Kerguelen Isles, containing 40 per cent oriented pyrolite, with fast axis tilting downwards in a north-north-east direction. The anisotropy may be caused by deformation of the lithosphere related to the Kerguelen hotspot.