Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A third way to travel: The place of Thai in motion event typology.

It has become almost impossible to consider motion-event descriptions, especially from a typological perspective, without starting from the seminal work of Talmy (1985, 1991, 2000), and its application to narrative and to the issue of linguistic relativity by Slobin (1996, 1997a, 1997b, 2000), as also testified by many of the contributions to this volume (cf. Galvan & Taub, Ibarretxe-Antunano, Brown, Ragnarsdottir & Stromqvist, Bavin, and Wilkins). To recapitulate very briefly, in order to avoid unnecessary repetition: holding the expression pole of the linguistic sign (cf. Saussure 1916) constant, languages can be divided into path-type, manner-type, and figure-type, depending on which semantic category is preferably lexicalized in the root of their motion verbs (Talmy 1985; Slobin & Hoiting 1994; Zlatev 1997). 1 On the other hand, starting from the semantic pole, and the highly abstract semantic-conceptual notion of core schema (“the association function that sets the figural entity into a particular relationship with the ground entity”, Talmy 2000b:218), which in the case of motion events corresponds above all to the category of Path, languages fall into one of only two categories depending on which form class preferably expresses this notion: the verb root, or the “satellite” – a verb prefix, verb particle, or some other kind of (subordinate) element in close association (“in a sister relation”) with the verb root. This distinction is supposed to cut a line through the world’s languages, as stated by Talmy:
Programming Techniques and Data Structures

The coalesced hashing method is one of the faster searching methods known today. This paper is a practical study of coalesced hashing for use by those who intend to implement or further study the algorithm. Techniques are developed for tuning an important parameter that relates the sizes of the address region and the cellar in order to optimize the average running times of different implementations. A value for the parameter is reported that works well in most cases. Detailed graphs explain how the parameter can be tuned further to meet specific needs. The resulting tuned algorithm outperforms several well-known methods including standard coalesced hashing, separate (or direct) chaining, linear probing, and double hashing. A variety of related methods are also analyzed including deletion algorithms, a new and improved insertion strategy called varied-insertion, and applications to external searching on secondary storage devices.
STEREOSCOPIC RECONSTRUCTION FROM STEREO/EUV IMAGERS DATA OF THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE AND EXPANSION OF AN ERUPTING PROMINENCE

On 2007 May 9, a prominence eruption was observed in the He ii λ304 filter by the two EUV Imagers (EUVI) telescopes aboard the STEREO A and B spacecrafts. The high spatial resolution (∼1.″5 pixel−1) EUVI images have been used to infer via triangulation the three-dimensional (3D) shape and orientation of the prominence ≃12 minutes after the beginning (13:40 UT) of the eruption. At this time, the prominence has the shape of a “hook” with the base anchored at the Sun. The “hook” prominence is highly inclined southward with respect to the radial direction, has an average thickness of 0.061 R☉, a length of 0.43 R☉, and lies in first approximation on a plane inclined by ∼54. °5 with respect to the line of sight. Thanks to the very high temporal cadence (∼37 s) of EUVI observations it has been possible also to infer the 3D early eruption trajectory. In the following ∼20 minutes the prominence rotates westward, undergoing a strong latitudinal acceleration, ∼3 times larger than the radial acceleration. In this time interval, the prominence expands in a direction mainly parallel to the plane of the sky; the total volume occupied by the plasma increases by a factor of ∼8, while the prominence thickness increases only by ∼12%. This is related to the fact that the early prominence expansion is anisotropic and occurs mainly on a plane parallel to the plane of the sky. Even if the small-scale spatial distribution of the erupting material observed in the He ii EUVI images is quite complex, both the approximately planar shape and the successive planar expansion suggest that on larger spatial scales the prominence can be globally approximated as a two-dimensional “ribbon-like” feature, instead of a 3D twisted flux tube.
Still on board configuration: SEC recommendations and the efficiency of adhering firms in Nigeria

This paper scrutinizes the effects of adherence to an encoded board configuration on firm efficiency in terms operational and financial performances using an integrated research framework that combines four distinct theories including agency, stewardship, stakeholders and resource dependency models. The research explores three main aspects of compliance outcomes; benefits accrued to conforming firms in terms of enhanced efficiency and market value, board level drivers as well as the external moderators of these benefits using a sample of 127 listed companies on the Nigerian Stock Exchange covering for the period of 1999-2010. Result show that board independence, directorsâ€™ cognitive competencies as measured in terms of their educational qualifications and professional experiences are positively associated with efficient management of assets (ROA) and firm stock marketability (Tobinâ€™s q). I find no substantive empirical evidence to suggest that either the adoption of specific leadership structure or directorsâ€™ ethnic representation affects firm performance. Moreover, country-level macroeconomic variables, especially the degree of economic openness play a significant role in determining the strength of association between board structure variables and firm performance measures.
Woman’s employment and union disruption in a changing socio-economic context: the case of Russia

Drawing on data from new Russian retrospective surveys, this study examines the relationship between women’s employment and the risk of union disruption within both the centrally planned economy and transition period. Our results show that within the two periods, the risk of union dissolution was similar among women who worked and women who did not work. In the transition period, however, differences in the dissolution risk among women existed and were related to the characteristics of the job conducted: occupational status, hours worked and income from side employment activities. Since the collapse of communism, the most discriminating factor between women is the type of ownership of a company, with those who worked for newly established private companies having elevated risk of union dissolution. The results obtained in this study are interpreted in light of the independence effect of women’s employment.
A PRELIMINARY KINEMATIC GAIT ANALYSIS OF A STRONGMAN EVENT: THE FARMERS WALK

This study sought to obtain some preliminary sagittal plane kinematic data on a common strongman event (and conditioning exercise) ‘the farmers walk’ and gain some insight into its kinematic determinants. Five experienced resistance trained males performed three, 20 m farmers walks at maximal speed while carrying 90.5 kg in each hand. Farmers walk average velocity was significantly greater in the middle (8.5–11.5 m) and latter (17–20 m) than initial stage (0–3 m), with this also associated with significant increases in stride length and stride rate and reductions in ground contact time. Comparisons between each subject’s fastest and slowest trials revealed virtually no significant differences. In contrast, the fastest three trials (irrespective of subject) had significantly greater stride length, stride rate and reduced ground contact time than the slowest three trials. Based on the impulse-momentum relationship, the production of high anterior-posterior and vertical impulses over short ground contact times may be crucial for farmers walk performance. Future studies should utilise larger samples and investigate the ground reaction and joint kinetics of the farmers walk and compare these values to other forms of bipedal gait and resistance training exercises to get a more complete understanding of the biomechanics of this exercise.
Investigation into the Relationship between Executive Compensation and Firm Performance

A vast amount of research has explored the relationship between executive pay and firm performance. But most of the research studies have been limited in the sense that it has had ignored other criteria that can be used to determine pay-performance linkage. The principal-agent theory cannot explain the other determining moderators of pay-performance linkage any more. The present study relies heavily on existing literature review to formulate a model taking into account all concomitant factors involved in explaining relationship between executive compensation and firm performance thereby depicting a comprehensive overview of the relationship between the two. The model has demonstrated a clear link between pay and performance with the help of different moderators. But due to time and logistical constraints the same has not been empirically tested. Hence, the findings of this study cannot be treated as conclusive, though the same can act as a guide for future research. The present paper is an effort to pave way to further research in the area which is few and far between.
Author ’ s Accepted Manuscript Amygdala reactivity and anterior cingulate habituation predict PTSD symptom maintenance after acute civilian traumaAmygdala predicts PTSD symptom maintenance

Cite this article as: Jennifer S. Stevens, Ye Ji Kim, Isaac R. Galatzer-Levy, Renuka Reddy, Timothy D. Ely, Charles B. Nemeroff, Lauren A. Hudak, Tanja Jovanovic, Barbara O. Rothbaum and Kerry J. Ressler, Amygdala reactivity and anterior cingulate habituation predict PTSD symptom maintenance after acute civilian traumaAmygdala predicts PTSD symptom maintenance, Biological Psychiatry, http://dx.doi. org/10.1016/j.biopsych. 2016.11. 015
Accuracy of Tests for Antibodies Against Tissue-transglutaminase in Diagnosis of Celiac Disease, Without Biopsy

Werkstetter, Katharina Julia; Korponay-Szabo, Ilma Rita; Popp, Alina; Villanacci, Vincenzo; Salemme, Marianna; Heilig, Gabriele; Lillevang, Soren Thue; Mearin, Maria Luisa; Ribes-Koninckx, Carmen; Thomas, Adrian; Troncone, Riccardo; Filipiak, Birgit; Maki, Markku; Gyimesi, Judit; Najafi, Mehri; Dolinsek, Jernej; Sander, Stine Dydensborg; Auricchio, Renata; Papadopoulou, Alexandra; Vecsei, Andreas; Szitanyi, Peter; Donat, Ester; Nenna, Rafaella; Alliet, Philippe; Penagini, Francesca; Garnier-Lengline, Helene; Castillejo, Gemma; Kurppa, Kalle; Shamir, Raanan; Hauer, Almuthe Christine; Smets, Francoise; Corujeira, Susana; van Winckel, Myriam; Buderus, Stefan; Chong, Sonny; Husby, Steffen & Koletzko, Sibylle (2017) Accuracy in Diagnosis of Celiac Disease Without Biopsies in Clinical Practice. In: GASTROENTEROLOGY, 153(4), p. 924-935.
Assessment of age bias in site index equations

Abstract: The most widely accepted method of evaluating site productivity is site index. In spite of some important restrictions it is still a useful concept in both forest research and management. One of the most important challenges when using site index is an age trend manifested by a negative correlation between site index and stand age. Age trend may result from the inappropriateness of site index models. In this paper we develop a new approach for assessing age bias in site index models. Field data collected from 311 sample plots established in Norway spruce stands in the Polish region of the Carpathians formed the basis of this study. In the proposed approach the appropriateness of site index models is assessed by analyzing the existence of age trends in residuals of geocentric site index prediction models. Using the developed approach we demonstrated that when significant correlations exist between residuals of site index prediction models and stand age, it likely indicates the existence of an age trend and thus the inappropriateness of site index model. To remedy this situation, we demonstrated that the observed age trend can be quantified and utilized in new, non-biased, site index models.
LUNG CANCER Non – Small Cell Lung Cancer

Tumor uptake by 2-deoxy-2-[F]fluoro-D-glucose can be visualized by PET imaging, which provides staging information as well as volumetric data about the primary and regional sites of disease. Computed tomography (CT) simulation continues to be the standard for radiation treatment (RT) planning because of radiation dose computation. PET imaging provides primary and nodal information that is prognostic and should be incorporated in treatment planning for radiation therapy. There are idiosyncrasies associated with RT planning that are individual to each site and must be weighed in treatment planning using PET/CT.
The evolution of the disc variability along the hard state of the black hole transient GX 339-4

We report on the analysis of hard-state power spectral density function (PSD) of GX 339-4 down to the soft X-ray band, where the disc significantly contributes to the total emission. At any luminosity probed, the disc in the hard state is intrinsically more variable than in the soft state. However, the fast decrease of disc variability as a function of luminosity, combined with the increase of disc intensity, causes a net drop of fractional variability at high luminosities and low energies, which reminds the well-known behaviour of disc-dominated energy bands in the soft state. The peak-frequency of the high-frequency Lorentzian (likely corresponding to the high-frequency break seen in active galactic nuclei, AGN) scales with luminosity, but we do not find evidence for a linear scaling. In addition, we observe that this characteristic frequency is energy-dependent. We find that the normalization of the PSD at the peak of the high-frequency Lorentzian decreases with luminosity at all energies, though in the soft band this trend is steeper. Together with the frequency shift, this yields quasi-constant high frequency (5-20 Hz) fractional rms at high energies, with less than 10 percent scatter. This reinforces previous claims suggesting that the high frequency PSD solely scales with BH mass. On the other hand, this constancy breaks down in the soft band (where the scatter increases to ~30 percent). This is a consequence of the additional contribution from the disc component, and resembles the behaviour of optical variability in AGN.
Sociotechnical Change and Institutional Adjustment in Paddy Rice Farming During Post Green Revolution in Indonesia

The development of rice field agriculture in Indonesia has entered the post green revolution phase. The sociotechnical changes occurred during the green revolution, the economic gap among farmers also ensued amid the increase in production while the social sustainability was maintained. The research purpose is to analyze the institutional adjustment conducted by the farmer society in facing the problems caused by green revolution in order to maintain the social sustainability. For the purpose mentioned above, the case study was carried out in a village in a center of green revolution. The result of the research shows that: (1) The sociotechnical changes had been taking place during the pre-green revolution era, green revolution, and post-green revolution in the form of land management, seeds procurement, planting and managing the crops, and harvest and post-harvest. The sociotechnical changes encouraged the increase in agricultural production in which created the gap between the affluent and the underprivileged in a village and had the potential to disturb the social sustainability of rice field agribusiness. (2) The institutional adjustment occurred in the sociotechnical changes in the forms of land ownership dynamics, employment dynamic and village’s new occupation dynamic. This institutional adjustment has the function to dampen the tension on the marginalized individual actor caused by the post green revolution new social structure. (3) The social sustainability in the rice field agriculture could be maintained because the social tension caused by the post green revolution social technical changes could be dampened by the institutional adjustment. The institutional adjustment by the village community contributed into the social sustainability of the rice field agribusiness.
Quantitative test of the cavity resonance explanation of plasmaspheric Pi2 frequencies

[1] A Pi2 wave event was observed by the CRRES satellite on day 48 (17 February) of 1991, 1220-1250 UT [Takahashi et al., 2001]. Using the electron density profile measured by CRRES on its outward pass (during which the wave event was observed), and assuming that the ions are all H + , we calculated the theoretical plasmaspheric cavity resonance frequencies using a two-dimensional MHD simulation in dipole geometry (azimuthal symmetry). Our theoretical frequencies are in good agreement with the observed frequencies, and this supports the cavity resonance mechanism as an explanation for the observations. The observed and theoretical harmonic frequency ratios f 2 /f 1 , and f 3 /f 1 were in rough agreement with earlier studies. Comparison of the outbound and inbound legs of the CRRES orbit on 17 February 1991 shows that the density on the outbound leg at magnetic local time (MLT) = 20-23.4 was different than that on the inbound leg at MLT = 23.4-4.5. On the outbound leg an enhanced density region beyond the region of the nominal plasmapause (which may have been part of a plasmaspheric tail [Sandel et al., 2001]) played an important role in determining the cavity resonance frequencies. Observations by the Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration (IMAGE) spacecraft have revealed that there is often a great deal of azimuthal structure in the plasmasphere (including such tails). Such structure may play an important role in determining observed Pi2 frequencies.
Students in a Rural Town of China Beliefs , Empathy , Self-Control , and Cooperation Skills Among Peer Physical Aggression and Its Association With Aggressive

This study explored the prevalence of peer physical aggression (PPA) and its association with aggressive beliefs, empathy, self-control, and cooperation skills among 1,719 7th-to-9th-grade students in a rural town in the central China province of Henan. The data were collected by the self-administered questionnaire anonymously. Results showed that 17.9% of the students reported that they had one or more times of physical aggressive behaviors toward their peers in the past 12 months. The reported rate of PPA was significantly higher in boys (24.7%) than in girls (10.7%). After adjusting the factors of gender and grade, result of logistic regression analysis showed that having a higher level of aggressive beliefs was PPA risk factor; a higher level of self-control was protective factor, but there were no significant association between PPA and the factors of empathy and cooperation skills. These Article at UNIV OF CONNECTICUT on October 31, 2014 jiv.sagepub. com Downloaded from
Automatic computation of moment magnitudes for small earthquakes and the scaling of local to moment magnitude

SUMMARY Moment magnitudes (M W) are computed for small and moderate earthquakes using a spectral fitting method. 40 of the resulting values are compared with those from broadband moment tensor solutions and found to match with negligible offset and scatter for available M W values of between 2.8 and 5.0. Using the presented method, M W are computed for 679 earthquakes in Switzerland with a minimum M L = 1.3. A combined bootstrap and orthogonal L1 minimization is then used to produce a scaling relation between M L and M W. The scaling relation has a polynomial form and is shown to reduce the dependence of the predicted M W residual on magnitude relative to an existing linear scaling relation. The computation of M W using the presented spectral technique is fully automated at the Swiss Seismological Service, providing real-time solutions within 10 minutes of an event through a web-based XML database. The scaling between M L and M W is explored using synthetic data computed with a stochastic simulation method. It is shown that the scaling relation can be explained by the interaction of attenuation, the stress-drop and the Wood–Anderson filter. For instance, it is shown that the stress-drop controls the saturation of the M L scale, with low-stress drops (e.g. 0.1–1.0 MPa) leading to saturation at magnitudes as low as M L = 4.
Type : Original Research Validity and reliability analysis of the planned behaviour theory scale related to the testicular self-examination in a Turkish context Short title : The planned behaviour theory scale

Objective: This study aimed to determine the validity and reliability levels of the Planned Behaviour Theory Scale as related to a testicular self-examination. Methods: The study was carried out in a health-profession higher-education school in Ankara, Turkey, from April to June 2012. The study participants comprised 215 male students. Study data were collected by using a questionnaire, a planned behaviour theory scale related to testicular self-examination, and Champion’s Health Belief Model Scale (CHBMS). Results: The sub-dimensions of the planned behaviour theory scale, namely those of intention, attitude, subjective norms and self-efficacy, were found to have Cronbach’s alpha values of between 0.81 and 0.89. Exploratory factor analysis showed that items of the scale had five factors that accounted for 75% of the variance. Of these, the sub-dimension of intention was found to have the highest level of contribution. A significant correlation was found between the sub-dimensions of the testicular self-examination planned behaviour theory scale and those of CHBMS (p < 0.05). Conclusion: The findings suggest that the Turkish version of the testicular self-examination Planned Behaviour Theory Scale is a valid and reliable measurement for Turkish society.
The influence of nest size on heat loss of Penduline Tit eggs

The size and quality of nest influence mate choice and parental behaviour in several birds. Previous works in Penduline Tits showed that females prefer to mate with males that build large nests, and females desert small nests whereas they incubate eggs in large nests. We tested whether female preference may be related to the benefits of having large nests by investigating the influence of nest size (height, volume and thickness) on cooling rates of eggs and terminal egg temperatures in the laboratory using two ambient temperatures (10 degrees C and 25 degrees C), and clutch sizes (3 and 9 dummy eggs). Cooling rate of eggs was slower at 25\degrees C than at 10 degrees C, and 9 eggs cooled slower than 3 eggs. In addition, cooling rates decreased with nest thickness, although they were unrelated to nest height and volume. The influence of nest thickness on egg cooling rates was stronger at 10 degrees C than at 25 degrees C indicating that nest thickness is particularly important to insulate the eggs in relatively cold environment. Our results are thus consistent with a previous field study that showed a stronger female preference for large nests early in the breeding season, when ambient temperatures are low, than late in the season.