Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Governing from the Grave: Vampire Burials and Social Order in Post-medieval Poland

Mortuary treatments are ways in which archaeologists can learn about the culture and lifestyle of past societies, in terms of how they view the dead. The dead, however, can continue to play a role in the lives of the living, which may also be reflected in funerary rites and burial treatments. This article explores the social agency of the dead, focusing on the ‘vampire burials’ of the post-medieval Polish site of Drawsko 1. These burials, identified through their grave goods, provide a unique opportunity to learn how vampire folklore and the deceased ‘vampires’ influenced the living, most notably as ways to encourage social order, as an explanation for the unknown, and as an economic commitment.
Congenital pouch colon in female subjects

Over a period of 5-year (May 2000 to April 2005) 29 patients of congenital pouch colon (CPC) were managed by single pediatric surgeon in the Department of Pediatric Surgery of a tertiary hospital. Of these, 11 were girls (M: F: 1.6:1). Detailed anatomy could be studied in nine patients, were included in this study. Age of presentation in female subjects ranged 1 day to 8 years. On examination, eight of the nine patients had single perineal opening suggesting a very high incidence of association of cloaca in female subjects with CPC. Four had short urogenital sinus with colonic pouch opening in the posterior wall of urinary bladder. In other two patients, CPC terminated in short cloaca. Anomalies of mullerian structures such as uterus didelphus and septate vagina ware commonly encountered. Proximal diversion with or without pouch excision was done as the initial preliminary treatment for all those patients who presented in early life. Of the nine girls, two died after the preliminary surgery. Only five patients have undergone definitive surgery. Definitive surgery included abdomino-perineal pull-through of proximal normal colon ( n =2), tubularization of pouch with abdomino- posterior sagittal- pull through ( n =2) and abdomino-posterior sagittal urethra-vaginoanorectoplasty with pull through of tapered pouch colon in one patient. Two of these patients had concomitant bowel vaginoplasty. Three patients with tubularized pouches had constipation and spurious diarrhea. However, good pseudo-continence of bowel was achieved on regular bowel washes. The cosmetic appearance of perineum in all these three patients was acceptable. The patients in whom pouch excision was done had diarrhea and severe perineal excoriation resistant to conservative management.
Efeito do tamoxifeno no perfil das proteínas plasmáticas em condição de diabetes mellitus tipo 1 1

Purpose: Considering that important scientific advances have been obtained through studies based on experimental Diabetes mellitus, and that tamoxifen action in humans remains unknown, the aim of the present work is to follow the modifications promoted by diabetes and tamoxifen in the electrophoretic profile of plasmatic proteins. Methods: It was used 27 Wistar female rats (180-250 body weight), randomicaly divided into five groups: C1 (n=3, received vehicle), C2 (n=3, no treatment), T (n=5, treated with tamoxifen, 0.3mg/Kg/day), D (n=8, experimental diabetes by estreptozotocin, 45mg/Kg and DT (n=8, diabetic treated with tamoxifen). The electrophoresis was accomplished in cellulose acetate. pH 8.6–8.8, TECNOW chamber, and the strains were stained by Ponceau S. The total proteins were determined by the Biuret method (Labtest). Proteinograms were obtained in densitometer BioSystems BTS-235. Results: Albumin decreased progressively in the groups T, D and DT; á1 fraction increased in groups T and DT; á2 fraction increased in groups T and D, including a synergic effect in group DT; â fraction increased in groups T and D; ã fraction increased in groups T, D and DT. Conclusions: The results indicate an acute phase resposta, with synergic effect of tamoxifen and diabetes, suggesting a probable hepatic lesion.
Thermal reactivation of a spent bleaching clay: kinetic and thermodynamic

Spent bleaching clay from the oil refining industry was subjected to heat regeneration in a box furnace with air. The heat reactivation was conducted without previous extraction of residual oil and with previous extraction of oil using organic solvent. The experimental temperature ranged from 723 at 873 K. A model for the kinetic of thermal reactivation of spent adsorbent has been proposed. The activation energy involved on the desorption phenomenon was determined
A new representation of the parameters of lifted systems

Lifting, i.e., discretization with built-in intersample behavior, is an emerging technique for the analysis and design of sampled-data systems. The applicability of the lifting technique, however, is severely limited owing to difficulties in dealing with the parameters of the lifted systems, which are operators over infinite-dimensional spaces rather than finite-dimensional matrices. In this paper, a new representation for the parameters of the lifted systems is proposed. The technical machinery developed in the paper based on this representation simplifies considerably algebraic manipulation over parameters of the lifted systems, thus extending the scope of applicability of the lifting technique. To illustrate the advantages of the proposed approach, the computational issues in the sampled-data H/sup /spl infin// problem are considered.
Responses of medical schools to institutional conflicts of interest.

CONTEXT Institutional financial conflicts of interest may affect research results. No national data exist on the extent to which US medical schools have formally responded to challenges associated with institutional conflicts of interest (ICOI). OBJECTIVE To assess the current state of ICOI policies and practices in US medical schools using the recommendations issued by 2 national higher education and research organizations as the standard. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS National survey of deans of all 125 accredited allopathic medical schools in the United States, administered between February 2006 and December 2006. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The extent to which medical schools have adopted ICOI policies applicable to their institution and to their institutional officials; the scope of these policies in terms of those covered entities, offices, and financial relationships; the existence of recommended organizational structures as means to address ICOI; and the institutions' linkages between ICOI and their institutional review boards (IRBs). RESULTS Responses were received from a total of 86 (69%) of 125 US medical schools. Although only 30 (38%) respondents (not all overall respondents answered all questions) have adopted an ICOI policy applicable to financial interests held by the institutions, a much higher number have adopted ICOI policies applicable to the financial interests of the officials: 55 (71%) for senior officials, 55 (69%) for midlevel officials, 62 (81%) for IRB members, and 51 (66%) for governing board members. Most institutions treat as potential ICOI the financial interests held by an institutional research official for a research sponsor (43 [78%]) or for a product that is the subject of research (43 [78%]). The majority of institutions have adopted organizational structures that separate research responsibility from investment management and from technology transfer responsibility. Gaps exist in institutions informing their IRBs of potential ICOI in research projects under review. CONCLUSIONS This study provides the first national data on the existence and nature of policies and practices of US medical schools for addressing potential ICOI. The gaps identified suggest the need for continuing attention by the academic medical community to address the challenges presented by ICOI more consistently and comprehensively.
CD 4 + CD 25 high regulatory T cells and CD 4 + CD 69 + T cells in peripheral blood of patients with cutaneous lupus erythematosus

Lupus erythematosus (LE) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by functional alterations of T and B lymphocyte subsets. The cutaneous forms of lupus erythematosus comprise subacute cutaneous LE (SCLE) and discoid LE (DLE). Recent studies have shown that the activation process of lymphocytes in patients with systemic disease manifestations is disturbed. The aim of this study was to investigate the levels of CD4CD25 regulatory T cells and CD4CD69 cells in peripheral blood of patients with cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE). Using flow cytometry to determine cell populations, we characterized CD4CD25 cells and CD4CD69 cells in patients with CLE (DLE – 5 patients, SCLE – 5 patients), SLE (n = 5), and healthy controls (n = 15). We compared CD4CD25 cells and CD4CD69 cells from the patients with CLE versus SLE and healthy controls. CD4CD25 cells was significantly increased in patients with CLE when compared to the patients with SLE (p < 0.05 ). While the percentage of CD4CD25 cells in CLE patients was similar to that in the control subjects. CD4CD69 cells was decreased in the patients with CLE and control subjects when compared to the patients with SLE (p < 0.05). Our results indicate that patients with systemic disease manifestations had lower levels of circulating CD4CD25 cells and higher levels of CD4CD69 cells than patients with cutaneous forms of lupus erythematosus.
A course in mathematical logic

1. Beginning Mathematical Logic. 2. First-Order Logic. 3. First-Order Logic (continued). 4. Boolean Algebras. 5. Model Theory. 6. Recursion Theory. 7. Logic - Limitative Results. 8. Recursion Theory (continued). 9. Intuitionistic First-Order Logic. 10. Axiomatic Set Theory. 11. Nonstandard Analysis. Bibliography.
Is the Motherhood Penalty Larger for Low-Wage Women? A Comment on Quantile Regression

In this comment, we offer a nontechnical discussion of conventional (conditional) multivariate quantile regression, with an emphasis on the appropriate interpretation of results. We discuss its distinction from unconditional quantile regression, an analytic method that can be used to estimate varying associations between predictors and outcome at different points of the outcome distribution. We argue that the research question posed by Budig and Hodges (2010)—whether the motherhood penalty is larger for low-wage women—cannot be answered with the authors’ conditional quantile regression models. Using more appropriate unconditional quantile regression models, we find, in contrast to Budig and Hodges’s claims, that the motherhood penalty is not largest for low-wage women.
Large interband second-order susceptibilities in InxGa1−xN/GaN quantum wells

We present measurements of second-harmonic generation in interband transitions of InxGa1−xN/GaN multiple quantum well samples. The second-order susceptibility χ(2) is studied as a function of pump wavelength and quantum well width. For the narrowest wells, we obtain χ(2)=1.3±0.4×10−10 m/V, which is an order of magnitude larger than the intrinsic value for bulk GaN. The corresponding power conversion efficiency was 6.3×10−7. An enhancement of the nonlinearity due to strong internal piezoelectric fields could not be observed.
Doing Psychology With a Cultural Lens: A Half-Century Journey

My first international publication started out with the following sentences: “Some findings of social psychology may refer to general panhuman relationships, others to relationships that hold only within specific socio-cultural settings. Only systematic cross-cultural comparison can separate these or identify the limits within which particular generalizations hold” (Kagitcibasi, 1970, p. 444). These words still reflect my orientation to psychology and have shaped my work over half a century.
Kv 7 . 5 Potassium Channel Subunits Are the Primary Targets for PKA-Dependent Enhancement of Vascular Smooth Muscle Kv 7 Currents

Kv7 (KCNQ) channels, formed as homoor heterotetramers of Kv7.4 and Kv7.5 a-subunits, are important regulators of vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) membrane voltage. Recent studies demonstrate that direct pharmacological modulation of VSMC Kv7 channel activity can influence blood vessel contractility and diameter. However, the physiologic regulation of Kv7 channel activity is still poorly understood. Here, we study the effect of cAMP/protein kinase A (PKA) activation on whole cell K currents through endogenous Kv7.5 channels in A7r5 rat aortic smooth muscle cells or through Kv7.4/Kv7.5 heteromeric channels natively expressed in rat mesenteric artery smooth muscle cells. The contributions of specific a-subunits are further dissected using exogenously expressed human Kv7.4 and Kv7.5 homoor heterotetrameric channels in A7r5 cells. Stimulation of Gascoupled b-adrenergic receptors with isoproterenol induced PKA-dependent activation of endogenous Kv7.5 currents in A7r5 cells. The receptor-mediated enhancement of Kv7.5 currents was mimicked by pharmacological agents that increase [cAMP] (forskolin, rolipram, 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine, and papaverine) or mimic cAMP (8-bromo-cAMP); the 2to 4-fold PKA-dependent enhancement of currents was also observed with exogenously expressed Kv7.5 channels. In contrast, exogenously-expressed heterotetrameric Kv7.4/7.5 channels in A7r5 cells or native mesenteric artery smooth muscle Kv7.4/7.5 channels were only modestly enhanced, and homo-tetrameric Kv7.4 channels were insensitive to this regulatory pathway. Correspondingly, proximity ligation assays indicated that isoproterenol induced PKAdependent phosphorylation of exogenously expressed Kv7.5 channel subunits, but not of Kv7.4 subunits. These results suggest that signal transduction-mediated responsiveness of vascular smooth muscle Kv7 channel subunits to cAMP/PKA activation follows the order of Kv7.5 . Kv7.4/Kv7.5 . Kv7.4.
Development and preliminary evaluation of a genomewide single nucleotide polymorphisms resource generated by RAD‐seq for the small yellow croaker (Larimichthys polyactis)

Recent advances in high‐throughput sequencing technologies have offered the possibility to generate genomewide sequence data to delineate previously unidentified genetic structure, obtain more accurate estimates of demographic parameters and to evaluate potential adaptive divergence. Here, we identified 27 556 single nucleotide polymorphisms for the small yellow croaker (Larimichthys polyactis) using restriction‐site‐associated DNA (RAD) sequencing of 24 individuals from two populations. Significant sources of genetic variation were identified, with an average nucleotide diversity (π) of 0.00105 ± 0.000425 across individuals, and long‐term effective population size was thus estimated to range between 26 172 and 261 716. According to the results, no differentiation between the two populations was detected based on the SNP data set of top quality score per contig or neutral loci. However, the two analysed populations were highly differentiated based on SNP data set of both top FST value per contig and the outlier SNPs. Moreover, local adaptation was highlighted by an FST‐based outlier tests implemented in LOSITAN and a total of 538 potentially locally selected SNPs were identified. blast2go annotation of contigs containing the outlier SNPs yielded hits for 37 (66%) of 56 significant blastx matches. Candidate genes for local adaptation constituted a wide array of biological functions, including cellular response to oxidative stress, actin filament binding, ion transmembrane transport and synapse assembly. The generated SNP resources in this study provided a valuable tool for future population genetics and genomics studies of L. polyactis.
ICT acceptance among Malaysian urbanites: A study of additional variables in user acceptance of the new media

The dawn of the internet has brought about many implications to the already existing media and the way we communicate to one another and do things. Several scholars have conducted studies to understand the factors responsible for technology acceptance. The Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) is one of the much referred models for technology acceptance where perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness are recognised as the two main factors that influence computer usage behaviour. Subsequently, there have been several studies aiming at extending and modifying the TAM by proposing additional variables believed to contribute to technological innovation acceptance. This study aims at exploring and testing other factors that have not been explained by Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) in deteremining the acceptance of communication and information technology (ICT) by focussing on factors which may be unique to Malaysia. A survey was conducted to obtain the necessary primary data from 300 respondents in the Klang Valley, a metropolis consisting of the federal territory of Kuala Lumpur and the state of Selangor. Using SPSS 20.0. , both desriptive and inferential statistical analysis were used to analyse the data. For the inferential statistics, multiple regressions were adopted to test the variables. The findings reveal that in the case of effects and influence on actual usage, beside the TAM’s perceived usefulness, additional variables, in particular, personal factors, communication channels and behavioural intentions have indeed contributed to the variations in the actual usage and acceptance of the internet. The findings thus have added more knowledge to the literature of technology acceptance while rendering practical implications to policy makers and technology providers, especially the new media, with regard to acceptance. Keywords: ICT actual usage, ICT acceptance variables, internet, new media, TAM, technology acceptance
Final Laurentide icesheet deglaciation and Holocene climate-sea level change

Despite elevated summer insolation forcing during the early Holocene, global ice sheets retained nearly half of their volume from the Last Glacial Maximum, as indicated by deglacial records of global mean sea level (GMSL). Partitioning the GMSL rise among potential sources requires accurate dating of ice-sheet extent to estimate ice-sheet volume. Here, we date the final retreat of the Laurentide Ice Sheet with 10Be surface exposure ages for the Labrador Dome, the largest of the remnant Laurentide ice domes during the Holocene. We show that the Labrador Dome deposited moraines during North Atlantic cold events at ~10.3 ka, 9.3 ka and 8.2 ka, suggesting that these regional climate events helped stabilize the retreating Labrador Dome in the early Holocene. After Hudson Bay became seasonally ice free at ~8.2 ka, the majority of Laurentide ice-sheet melted abruptly within a few centuries. We demonstrate through high-resolution regional climate model simulations that the thermal properties of a seasonally ice-free Hudson Bay would have increased Laurentide ice-sheet ablation and thus contributed to the subsequent rapid Labrador Dome retreat. Finally, our new 10Be chronology indicates full Laurentide ice-sheet had completely deglaciated by 6.7 ± 0.4 ka, which re quires that Antarctic ice sheets contributed 3.6 e6.5 m to GMSL rise since 6.3e7. 1 ka. © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Paternal Occupation and Risk of Birth Defects in Offspring

Several epidemiologic studies indicate that some paternal occupations are associated with an increased risk of birth defects in offspring. We evaluated this relation using data from a population-based case-control study. Cases are infants with a major birth defect registered with the Metropolitan Atlanta Congenital Detects Program between 1968 and 1980. We selected controls from livebirths in the Atlanta area using frequency matching for race, year, and hospital of birth. Case and control parents were interviewed to solicit information on several factors, including occupation. We classified paternal occupation according to the job held during the time from 6 months before until 1 month after the estimated date of conception. We compared fathers in one occupational category with fathers in all other categories combined. We identified a number of associations including: firemen with cleft lip [odds ratio (OR) = 13.3; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 4.0–44.4]; painters with atrial septal defect (OR = 2.7; 95% CI = 1.0–7.4); and farmers with cleft lip and palate (OR = 3.3; 95% CI = 0.9–11.9). This study, however, did not corroborate several associations found in previous studies, such as painters and neural tube defects. We identified several additional occupations as potential risk factors for some defects, including printers, electronic equipment operators, and vehicle manufacturers.
Risk factors for postoperative bleeding after gastric endoscopic submucosal dissection in patients under antithrombotics.

AIM To evaluate the risk factors for postoperative bleeding after gastric endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) based on the latest guidelines. METHODS A total of 262 gastric neoplasms were treated by ESD at our center during a 2-year period from October 2012. We analyzed the data of these cases retrospectively to identify the risk factors for post-ESD bleeding. RESULTS Of the 48 (18.3%) cases on antithrombotic treatment, 10 were still receiving antiplatelet drugs perioperatively, 13 were on heparin replacement after oral anticoagulant withdrawal, and the antithrombotic therapy was discontinued perioperatively in 25 cases. Postoperative bleeding occurred in 23 cases (8.8%). The postoperative bleeding rate in the heparin replacement group was 61.5%, significantly higher than that in the non-antithrombotic therapy group (6.1%). Univariate analysis identified history of antithrombotic drug use, heparin replacement, hemodialysis, cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, elevated prothrombin time-international normalized ratio, and low hemoglobin level on admission as risk factors for post ESD bleeding. Multivariate analysis identified only heparin replacement (OR = 13.7, 95%CI: 1.2-151.3, P = 0.0329) as a significant risk factor for post-ESD bleeding. CONCLUSION Continued administration of antiplatelet agents, based on the guidelines, was not a risk factor for postoperative bleeding after gastric ESD; however, heparin replacement, which is recommended after withdrawal of oral anticoagulants, was identified as a significant risk factor.
HfO2-based In0.53Ga0.47As MOSFETs (EOT≈10Å) using various interfacial dielectric layers

This work compares device performance for In<inf>0.53</inf>Ga<inf>0.47</inf>As M OSFETs using single HfO<inf>2</inf> gate dielectric with stacked gate dielectrics using various interfacial layers between HfO<inf>2</inf> and In<inf>0.53</inf>Ga<inf>0.47</inf>As substrate including Al<inf>2</inf>O<inf>3</inf>, HfAlO<inf>x</inf>, LaAlO<inf>x</inf>, and LaHfO<inf>x</inf>. Of the gate stacks studied, Al<inf>2</inf>O<inf>3</inf>/HfO<inf>2</inf>, HfAlO<inf>x</inf>/HfO<inf>2</inf>, and LaAlO<inf>x</inf>/HfO<inf>2</inf> bilayer gate dielectrics exhibit lower subthreshold swing, higher drive current and transconductance compared to single HfO<inf>2</inf> with similar equivalent oxide thickness (EOT) of about 10Å. This is believed t o be due to better interface quality between interfacial dielectrics and substrate, and confirmed by frequency dispersion and interface state density measurements.
THE EFFECTS OF LOSARTAN AND IMMOBILIZATION STRESS ON HEART RATE VARIABILITY AND PLASMA CORTICOSTERONE LEVELS IN RATS

In this study, the effects of losartan, an angiotensin II receptor antagonist, on heart rate variability and the changes of plasma corticosterone levels caused by immobilization stress were investigated. Losartan (3 mg/kg, p.o.) significantly prevented increases in plasma corticosterone levels in both losartan+acute stress and losartan+chronic stress groups. But, losartan did not prevent the diminution of the power of heart rate variability caused by stress. Our results supported the idea that the renin-angiotensin system is also involved in the stress--induced cardiovascular response, besides the autonomic nervous system. But, the effects of losartan on heart rate variability remained controversial