Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
ARE TEAM SPORT GAMES MORE MOTIVATING THAN INDIVIDUAL EXERCISE FOR MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN? A COMPARISON OF LEVELS OF MOTIVATION ASSOCIATED WITH PARTICIPATING IN FLOORBALL AND SPINNING

The aim of this study was to investigate the levels of motivation associated with participation in floorball (indoor hockey) and spinning, and how levels of motivation predicted continuation. A sample of 66 middleaged women participated in a 12-week intervention of either floorball or spinning. They filled out the Sport Motivation Scale in week 2 and week 11 of the intervention, and data on their continuation six and 12 months after the intervention was also collected. A repeated measures MANOVA showed that participants in the floorball group had higher levels of intrinsic and self-determined extrinsic motivation for the activity during the intervention period, suggesting that floorball is a more motivating activity. In addition, extrinsic motivation the introjected regulation increased in both groups during the intervention period. Intrinsic motivation, as well as extrinsic motivation introjected regulation, predicted participants’ continuation six and 12 months after the intervention, suggesting that motivation as viewed in a Self-Determination Theory perspective is important for continuation.Key words: exercise, fitness, motivation, psychology, team sport
Convolutional Recurrent Neural Networks for Rare Sound Event Detection

Sound events possess certain temporal and spectral structure in their time-frequency representations. The spectral content for the samples of the same sound event class may exhibit small shifts due to intra-class acoustic variability. Convolutional layers can be used to learn high-level, shift invariant features from time-frequency representations of acoustic samples, while recurrent layers can be used to learn the longer term temporal context from the extracted high-level features. In this paper, we propose combining these two in a convolutional recurrent neural network (CRNN) for rare sound event detection. The proposed method is evaluated over DCASE 2017 challenge dataset of individual sound event samples mixed with everyday acoustic scene samples. CRNN provides significant performance improvement over two other deep learning based methods mainly due to its capability of longer term temporal modeling.
The Association with Cardiovascular Events and Residual Renal Function in Peritoneal Dialysis

Life expectancy among the patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), especially among the ones with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) has decreased that is significantly lower than the general population. The leading cause of morbidity and mortality among the dialysis patients with ESRD are cardiovascular disease (CVD) which are reported to be responsible of a 50% mortality rate in these patients [1].
Brief Papers

orthographic and phonological encoding of visual words were contrasted in a patient with letter-by-letter reading using a priming paradigm. Lower case primes displayed for 100 msec preceded upper case target words the subject had to name. Primes were the same word as the target, homophones to the target, or unrelated words. Relative to unrelated primes, same-word primes resulted in a significant reduction of naming times. In contrast, homphone primes had no effect. The results suggest that a crucial constraint on reading performance in letter-byletter reading is phonological access, not orthographic processing.
The role of dust storms in total atmospheric particle concentrations at two sites in the western U.S.

Mineral aerosols are produced during the erosion of soils by wind and are a common source of particles (dust) in arid and semiarid regions. The size of these particles varies widely from less than 2 µm to larger particles that can exceed 50 µm in diameter. In this study, we present two continuous records of total suspended particle (TSP) concentrations at sites in Mesa Verde and Canyonlands National Parks in Colorado and Utah, USA, respectively, and compare those values to measurements of fine and coarse particle concentrations made from nearby samplers. Average annual concentrations of TSP at Mesa Verde were 90 µg m−3 in 2011 and at Canyonlands were 171 µg m−3 in 2009, 113 µg m−3 in 2010, and 134 µg m−3 in 2011. In comparison, annual concentrations of fine (diameter of 2.5 µm and below) and coarse (2.5–10 µm diameter) particles at these sites were below 10 µg m−3 in all years. The high concentrations of TSP appear to be the result of regional dust storms with elevated concentrations of particles greater than 10 µm in diameter. These conditions regularly occur from spring through fall with 2 week mean TSP periodically in excess of 200 µg m−3. Measurement of particles on filters indicates that the median particle size varies between approximately 10 µm in winter and 40 µm during the spring. These persistently elevated concentrations of large particles indicate that regional dust emission as dust storms and events are important determinants of air quality in this region.
Profiling of Centella asiatica (L.) urban extract

Centella Asiatica is one of those phytochemical that has been consume for hundreds years and it is claimed that the plant possess various healing effect and antioxidant properties. For many years, a lot of commercial and medicinal researches have been focusing their resources on this plant. Hence, the profiling of this plant is vital. This study was done to investigate the behaviour of active components in two different accessions commercially grown in Johore Bahru. Research procedures were carried out according to the modified method utilizing TLC and HPLC analysis method. The findings suggested that in different parts of Centella Asiatica contain different amount of phytochemicals. The highest concentration of phytochemicals was found in the second accession that was asiaticoside (2.56 ug/ml), madecasoside (5.30 ug/ml) and asiatic acids (3421.60 ug/ml). Leaves contain a higher concentration of those phytochemicals relative to the petioles and the roots.
Django : Unchaining the Power of Red-Black Planning

Red-black planning is a powerful method, allowing in principle to interpolate smoothly between fully delete relaxed planning, and real (completely unrelaxed) planning. Alas, the method has been chained to the use as a heuristic function, necessitating to compute a red-black plan on every search state, entailing an exclusive focus on tractable fragments. The Django system unleashes red-black planning on the problem of proving unsolvability within the red-black relaxation. We introduce red-black state space search that can solve arbitary red-black planning problems, and we prove unsolvability by iteratively painting more and more red variables black.
Physical and remineralization processes govern the cobalt distribution in the deep western Atlantic Ocean

The distributions of the bio-essential trace ele- ment dissolved cobalt (DCo) and the apparent particulate Co (P Co) are presented along the GEOTRACES-A02 deep section from 64 N to 50 S in the western Atlantic Ocean (longest section of international GEOTRACES marine en- vironment program). P Co was determined as the difference between total cobalt (T Co, unfiltered samples) and DCo. DCo concentrations ranged from 14.7 pM to 94.3 pM, and P Co concentrations from undetectable values to 18.8 pM. The lowest DCo concentrations were observed in the sub- tropical domains, and the highest in the low-oxygenated At- lantic Central Waters (ACW), which appears to be the ma- jor reservoir of DCo in the western Atlantic. In the Antarc- tic Bottom Waters, the enrichment in DCo with aging of the water mass can be related to suspension and redissolution of bottom sediments a well as diffusion of DCo from abyssal sediments. Mixing and dilution of deep water masses, rather than scavenging of DCo onto settling particles, generated the meridional decrease of DCo along the southward large-scale circulation in the deep western Atlantic. Furthermore, the ap- parent scavenged profile of DCo observed in the deep waters likely resulted from the persistence of relatively high concen- trations in intermediate waters and low DCo concentrations in underlaying bottom waters. We suggest that the 2010 Ice- landic volcanic eruption could have been a source of DCo that could have been transported into the core of the North- east Atlantic Deep Waters. At intermediate depths, the high concentrations of DCo recorded in the ACW linearly cor- related with the apparent utilization of oxygen (AOU), in- dicating that remineralization of DCo could be significant (representing up to 37 % of the DCo present). Furthermore, the preferential remineralization of phosphate (P) compared to Co in these low-oxygenated waters suggests a decoupling between the deep cycles of P and Co. The vertical diffusion of DCo from the ACW appears to be a significant source of DCo into the surface waters of the equatorial domain. Sum- marizing, the dilution due to mixing processes rather than scavenging of DCo and the above-mentioned remineraliza- tion could be the two major pathways controlling the cycling of DCo into the intermediate and deep western Atlantic.
In-Depth Field Investigations of Belt-Restrained Children in Farside Crashes

Recent attention has focused on adults in farside crashes but little attention has been given to children in farside crashes. Thus, we sought to elucidate Injury Causation Scenarios (ICS's) in children in center and farside seat positions. Crash investigation cases were drawn from the Partners for Child Passenger Safety Crash Investigation database, and the Crash Injury Research and Engineering Network database. Included in the study were children aged 4 to 15 years, involved in a side impact crash, seated on the center or farside in the rear rows, restrained by a seat belt alone (no booster seats or side airbags) and who received an AIS 2+ injury. Excluded cases were those where the only documented AIS 2+ injury was an altered state of consciousness (concussion, amnesia, or brief loss of consciousness). Seventeen cases met the inclusion criteria for this study. The three most frequently injured body regions to receive an AIS 2+ injury were: head, abdomen, and thorax, with thoracic injuries being quite rare. Intracranial injuries included cerebral contusions, subarachnoid hematoma/hemorrhage, edema, and extradural/epidural hematoma. Skull and facial injuries consisted of vault, orbit and maxillary fractures. Eight occupants had torso injuries: lung contusion, clavicle fracture, spleen laceration or rupture, liver laceration or contusion, and laceration or contusion to the digestive tract organs of the lower abdomen. Our results indicate that injury patterns and mechanisms are unique to children, and thus require a mitigation approach different than the adult. Of note, thoracic injuries, which are common in adult farside crashes, are relatively rare in pediatric farside crashes. Farside abdominal injury patterns suggest a lap belt submarining mechanism in children, injuring primarily the intestinal viscera. These findings further support that children require a different approach to injury mitigation than the adult, and have abdominal injuries in farside crashes that may be addressed by injury mitigation solutions for frontal impact. The full text of this paper may be found at: http://www-nrd.nhtsa. dot.gov/pdf/esv/esv21/09-0218.pdf For the covering abstract see ITRD E145407.
O riginal A rticle A Comparative Prospective Study of Intrathecal Dexmedetomidine-Fentanyl for Labor Analgesia

Background: Pain relief during maternal labor is one of the main goals of maternity care. Combined spinal epidural analgesia is an accepted technique to alleviate labor pain with minimal side-effects to mother and fetus. Aims: To evaluate the effect of combination of intrathecal dexmedetomidine and fentanyl on maternal and neonatal outcomes during labor in comparison to dexmedetomidine or fentanyl alone. Materials and Methods: We carried out a prospective study on 120 consecutive parturients over a period of 1-year from June 2017 to December 2017 at a tertiary care hospital. Patients were randomly divided to three groups of 40 each: Group D (n=40): Patients received 5 μg intrathecal dexmedetomidine in 1 ml of normal saline; Group F (n=40): Patients received IT 20 μg fentanyl in 1 ml of normal saline and Group DF (n=40): Patients received IT 5 μg dexmedetomidine plus 10 μg fentanyl in 1 ml of normal saline. Maternal heart rate and non invasive blood pressure were recorded every 5 minutes following the intrathecal injection. Other side effects such as pruritus, nausea and vomiting and respiratory depression were recorded. Results: Demographic findings were comparable in all the groups. Onset of analgesia was faster and duration of analgesia was longer in group DF than in the two other groups. There was no statistical difference between the three groups as regard the mode of delivery. Regarding to maternal side-effects; hypotension and bradycardia were recorded in group D (6 patients (15%), 5 patients (12.5%) respectively) more than the two other groups; the fentanyl group showed significant increase in pruritus 10 patients (25%); lastly nausea and vomiting were detected only in DF group one patient (2.5%). Conclusion: Addition of 5 μg intrathecal dexmedetomidine to 10 μg fentanyl prolonged the duration of analgesia. The combination decreases the incidence of side effects in comparison to IT 10 μg dexmedetomidine or IT 20 μg fentanyl alone.
Guidance for the Clinician in Rendering Pediatric Care

This report is designed to assist the pediatrician in caring for the child in whom the diagnosis of Turner syndrome has been confirmed by karyotyping. The report is meant to serve as a supplement to the American Academy of Pediatrics’ “Recommendations for Preventive Pediatric Care” and emphasizes the importance of continuity of care and the need to avoid its fragmentation by ensuring a medical home for every girl with Turner syndrome. The pediatrician’s first contact with a child with Turner syndrome may occur during infancy or childhood. This report also discusses interactions with expectant parents who have been given the prenatal diagnosis of Turner syndrome and have been referred for advice. ABBREVIATIONS. GH, growth hormone; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; FSH, follicle-stimulating hormone; LH, luteinizing hormone.
DOCUMENT DE RECHERCHE EPEE

The famous theorem of Savage is based on the richness of the states space, by assuming a continuum nature for this set. In order to fill the gap, this article considers Savage’s theorem with discrete state space. The article points out the importance the existence of pair event in the existence of utility function and the subjective probability. Under the discrete states space, this can be ensured by the intuitive atom swarming condition. Applications for the establishment of an inter-temporal evaluation à la Koopman [16], [17], and for the configuration under unlikely atoms of Mackenzie [24] are provided.
GL-EQUIVARIANT MODULES OVER POLYNOMIAL RINGS IN INFINITELY MANY VARIABLES. II

Twisted commutative algebras (tca’s) have played an important role in the nascent field of representation stability. Let $A_{d}$ be the tca freely generated by $d$ indeterminates of degree 1. In a previous paper, we determined the structure of the category of $A_{1}$ -modules (which is equivalent to the category of $\mathbf{FI}$ -modules). In this paper, we establish analogous results for the category of $A_{d}$ -modules, for any $d$ . Modules over $A_{d}$ are closely related to the structures used by the authors in previous works studying syzygies of Segre and Veronese embeddings, and we hope the results of this paper will eventually lead to improvements on those works. Our results also have implications in asymptotic commutative algebra.
Usefulness of Virtual Chromoendoscopy with Optical Enhancement in Everyday Clinical Practice

Optical Enhancement (OE) is a novel endoscopic technology, which combines digital and optical dye-less chromoendoscopy to improve the visualization of both the mucosal surface and vascular pattern in real time. Whether this advanced endoscopic imaging technique may improve the detection and the endoscopic definition of inflammatory, dysplastic and pre-neoplastic lesions is still unknown. Hereby, we evaluated for the first time the impact of OE technology in every-day clinical practice based on a consecutive series of unselected patients referring for esophagogastro-duodeno-scopy or colonoscopy at a tertiary referring center either for inflammatory or oncologic gastro-intestinal disorders. Each patient received an endoscopic inspection using high-definition and i-scan digital chromoendoscopy. Subsequently, each segment has been further evaluated employing the OE technology using either the OE-mode 1, or the OE-mode 2. An experienced gastrointestinal pathologist reviewed all biopsy specimens placed in separate vials (i.e., OE-targeted, i-scan-targeted, random biopsies) in a blind fashion. Twenty endoscopic procedures were consecutively performed for several indications, as part of a routine diagnostic work-up. In four cases (20%), the use of OE technology improved the endoscopic visualization of subtle lesions, thereby leading to a different clinical management in three patients (15%) affected by mucosa-associated T lymphoma, systemic vasculitis and Barrett’s oesophagus. This initial experience suggests that the OE technology improves the endoscopic visualization and characterization of inflammatory, neoplastic and pre-neoplastic digestive disorders in everyday clinical practice. Large studies addressing a formal comparison between this novel endoscopic technology and previous dye-less chromoendoscopic techniques are required.
Dynamics with State-Dependent Susceptibility to Influence

A general discrete-time opinion dynamics model is studied in this paper. It is proposed that each individual has a susceptibility to being influenced by his/her neighbours, and that this susceptibility depends on the individual’s current opinion value. This precept is captured by a state-dependent susceptibility function. Two different susceptibility functions are proposed to describe individuals who are stubborn conformists and stubborn extremists. Stubborn conformists are individuals who become more closed to influence when they have an opinion similar to the network average, while stubborn extremists are less susceptible when they hold opinions at either end of the opinion interval. Convergence results are established for networks where all individuals are stubborn conformists, or all individuals are stubborn extremists. Simulations are provided to illustrate the results. Key conclusions, consistent with sociology literature and exemplified by the simulations are that (i) stubborn conformists typify observed phenomenon whereby it takes a long time for people to agree on social norms, and an equally difficult time breaking them, and (ii) existence of stubborn extremists can pull individuals with an initial neutral opinion to the extremes.
Semantic Density and Past-Tense Formation in Three Germanic Languages

It is widely believed that the difference between regular and irregular verbs is restricted to form. This study questions that belief. We report a series of lexical statistics showing that irregular verbs cluster in denser regions in semantic space. Compared to regular verbs, irregular verbs tend to have more semantic neighbors that in turn have relatively many other semantic neighbors that are morphologically irregular. We show that this greater semantic density for irregulars is reflected in association norms, familiarity ratings, visual lexical-decision latencies, and word-naming latencies. Meta-analyses of the materials of two neuroimaging studies show that in these studies, regularity is confounded with differences in semantic density. Our results challenge the hypothesis of the supposed formal encapsulation of rules of inflection and support lines of research in which sensitivity to probability is recognized as intrinsic to human language.
The Impact of Brand Equity and Innovation on the Long-Term Effectiveness of Promotions

Although managers often hope to obtain long-term benefits with temporary marketing actions, academic studies imply that their chances are slim. Extant research has implicitly assumed that the brand itself carries no influence over whether marketing promotions have the power to lift sales permanently. Using panel data for seven years from 100 brands across seven product categories, the authors employ a two-stage approach in which long-term promotional effectiveness is first estimated with persistence modeling and then these effectiveness estimates are related to brand equity and new product introductions. By examining a broad range of brands in each category, the authors find that positive sales evolution from promotional efforts is fairly common, especially for small brands. Moreover, the authors find that both permanent and cumulative sales effects from marketing promotions are greater for brands with higher equity and more product introductions, whereas brands with low equity gain greater benefits from product introductions. These results offer new research and managerial insights into the presence and conditions for persistent benefits from marketing promotions.
Exogenous diethyl aminoethyl hexanoate enhanced growth of corn and soybean seedlings through altered photosynthesis and phytohormone

Diethyl aminoethyl hexanoate (DTA6) is an artificial tertiary amine with low molecular weight and high bioactive regulators. This study was conducted to investigate the effect of exogenous DTA6 on the plant growth, gas exchange, PSII photochemistry, and phytohormone in corn and soybean seedlings. To achieve this objective, a pot experiment was carried out in growth chamber to determine the response of corn and soybean plants to foliar treated with different concentrations of DTA6 at the V 3 stage. DTA6 treatments increased the plant height, root length and leaf areas, promoted dry matter accumulation, and improved root to shoot ratio in corn and soybean seedlings. DTA6 treated plants had greater chlorophyll content, photosynthetic rate, and Rubisco and PEPCase activity than those of control, but no difference in Chl a/b ratio was observed between DTA6-treated and controlled plants. DTA6 treatments increased efficiency of PS II photochemical reactions, photochemical quenching coefficient and electron transport rates, but decreased non-photochemical quenching coefficient compared with control in corn and soybean seedlings. Also, DTA6 treatments markedly enhanced IAA, zeatin riboside and GA 3 content, but decreased ABA content. Moreover, the greatest values of photosynthetic rate, Rubisco and PEPCase activities, and electron transport rates were shown at 9th day after DTA6 treatments in corn seedlings and at 12th day after DTA6 treatments in soybean seedlings. Optimal concentration of DTA6 sprayed on corn and soybean seedlings at V 3 stage were 20 mg L-1 and 10 mg L-1 , respectively. Our results suggest that exogenous DTA6 application can promote plant growth by enhancing photosynthesis, improving PS II photochemical reaction, increasing activities of photosynthetic key enzymes, and regulating hormonal balance.