Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Mu Suppression as an Indicator of Activation of the Perceptual-Mu Suppression as an Indicator of Activation of the Perceptual-Motor System by Smoking-Related Cues in Smokers Motor System by Smoking-Related Cues in Smokers

The goal of the current study was to determine whether activation of the mirror neuron system, as measured by mu rhythm desynchronization, varied as a function of image content in smokers compared with nonsmokers. EEG activity was recorded while participants passively viewed images depicting smoking-related and nonsmoking-related stimuli. In half of the images, cues were depicted alone (inactive), while for the remaining images, cues were depicted with humans interacting with them (active). For the nonsmoking stimuli, smokers and nonsmokers showed greater mu suppression to the active cues compared to the inactive cues. However, for the smoking-related stimuli, active cues elicited greater perception-action coupling in smokers compared to nonsmokers as reflected in their enhanced mu suppression. The results of the current study support the involvement of the perceptual-motor system in the activation of motivated drug use behaviors.
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Background: Research is required to identify those psychiatric interventions with a protective effect against suicide. The overarching aim of the current study was to examine whether completed suicide in psychiatric patients in a Swedish population was associated with the quantity and nature of previous medical and psychosocial treatment interventions. Methods: This retrospective case-control study ( n = 308) compared a group of deceased psychiatric patients with matched controls. For every case of suicide, a control was found within psychiatry that matched according to sex, age, and primary psychiatric diagnosis. A stepwise forward logistic regression model with suicide as the dependent outcome variable was used. Results: Receiving pharmacotherapy combined with psychotherapy [OR: 0.44 (95% CI: 0.226 – 0.876), p = 0.019] and a higher number of outpatient visits in psychiatry [OR: 0.99 (95% CI: 0.982 – 0.999), p = 0.028] were negatively associated with suicide. These associations were still significant after controlling for previous serious suicide attempts and somatic comorbidity. Conclusions: Frequent visits and pharmacotherapy combined with psychotherapy seem to be important for preventing suicide in psychiatric patients. The reasons for not receiving such therapy are important issues for further study.
Adherence to Pre-exposure Prophylaxis intervention by transgender women: A systematic review

Background: The prevalence of HIV is higher in the transgender population. Recently, the preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) intervention has been proven successful in reducing HIV acquisition in trials among men who have sex with men (MSM), and heterosexual couples. This research aims to investigate the adherence to PrEP by HIV-negative transgender women (TW). Methods: Were followed the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions and the PRISMA Statement. Research in WoS, Ovid, Scopus, MEDLINE, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) electronic databases for studies that involved HIV-negative TW population and focused on their adherence to PrEP intervention and condom use after the treatment. Results: 11 studies were included. TW sample sizes were low in comparison to the total sample, which often included men who have sex with men (MSM) population. The participation and adherence to the intervention was low compared to MSM, and it was measured mainly by self-report (72.7%) or by Tenofovir-diphosphate (TFV-DP)/ Emtricitabine triphosphate (FTC-TP) dried blood spot (DBS) (45.5%). Conclusions: It is important to increase awareness and explain the effect of PrEP on feminizing hormone therapy at the beginning of the trials. Nevertheless, the low adherence may be affected by the interaction between drugs and the barriers faced to use the health services
Organic phase screening for in stream reactive extraction of bio- 1 based 3-hydroxypropionic acid: biocompatibility and extraction 2 performances

BACKGROUND: 3-Hydroxypropionic acid (3-HP) production through glycerol 13 bioconversion by Lactobacillus reuteri suffers from low yields and productivities due 14 to product inhibition. Reactive extraction assisted by a Hollow Fibre Membrane 15 Contactor (HFMC) is a promising strategy for process intensification. However, the 16 use of this integrated system is hindered by the extraction phase toxicity towards the 17 microorganism. This study describes a solvent selection strategy based on extraction 18 performance (extraction yield and viscosity, related to mass transfer), and a low solvent 19 toxicity, in order to find an extraction phase composition that allows continuous in 20 stream extraction of 3-HP. 21 RESULTS: Inert diluent addition to a trioctylamine (TOA)-decanol mixture decreased its toxicity and viscosity but decreased extraction yield. The linear and ramified long- 2 chain alcohols tested showed that increasing the number of carbon atoms decreased 3 extraction performance as well as toxicity. Ramified alcohols showed the lowest 4 extraction performance. Didodecylmethylamine (DDMA) gave higher extraction yield 5 and lower solvent toxicity than TOA. Flow cytometry with dual staining for cell 6 membrane integrity and enzymatic activity proved to give concordant and 7 complementary information with cells bioconversion ability, being an adequate and 8 quick method for solvent toxicity assessment. The selected organic phase consisted of 9 20% DDMA, 47% dodecanol and 33% dodecane by volume, and can be used for in 10 stream extraction of 3-HP produced by L. reuteri . 11 CONCLUSIONS: The integrated selection criteria proposed in this study - extraction 12 yield, solvent viscosity and toxicity - provide key information for choosing an organic 13 phase with the best trade-off between extraction performance and biocompatibility. 14 This study brings new insights into the implementation of a robust and intensified extractive bioconversion process for the production of biobased 3-HP. The proposed selection strategy is applicable for similar integrated bioprocesses.
The Eastern California Shear Zone as the northward extension of the southern San Andreas Fault

Cluster analysis offers an agnostic way to organize and explore features of the current GPS velocity field without reference to geologic information or physical models using information only contained in the velocity field itself. We have used cluster analysis of the Southern California Global Positioning System (GPS) velocity field to determine the partitioning of Pacific‐North America relative motion onto major regional faults. Our results indicate the large‐scale kinematics of the region is best described with two boundaries of high velocity gradient, one centered on the Coachella section of the San Andreas Fault and the Eastern California Shear Zone and the other defined by the San Jacinto Fault south of Cajon Pass and the San Andreas Fault farther north. The ~120 km long strand of the San Andreas between Cajon Pass and Coachella Valley (often termed the San Bernardino and San Gorgonio sections) is thus currently of secondary importance and carries lesser amounts of slip over most or all of its length. We show these first order results are present in maps of the smoothed GPS velocity field itself. They are also generally consistent with currently available, loosely bounded geologic and geodetic fault slip rate estimates that alone do not provide useful constraints on the large‐scale partitioning we show here. Our analysis does not preclude the existence of smaller blocks and more block boundaries in Southern California. However, attempts to identify smaller blocks along and adjacent to the San Gorgonio section were not successful.
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This paper introduces a novel approach to visual dialogue that is based on neuro-symbolic procedural semantics. The approach builds further on earlier work on procedural semantics for visual question answering and expands it on the one hand with neuro-symbolic reasoning operations, and on the other hand with mechanisms that handle the challenges that are inherent to dialogue, in particular the incremental nature of the information that is conveyed. Concretely, we introduce (i) the use of a conversation memory as a data structure that explicitly and incrementally represents the information that is expressed during the subsequent turns of a dialogue, and (ii) the design of a neuro-symbolic procedural semantic representation that is grounded in both visual input and the conversation memory. We validate the methodology using the reasoning-intensive MNIST Dialog and CLEVR-Dialog benchmark challenges and achieve a question-level accuracy of 99.8% and 99.2% respectively. The methodology presented in this paper responds to the growing interest in the ﬁeld of artiﬁcial intelligence in solving tasks that involve both low-level perception and high-level reasoning using a combination of neural and symbolic techniques.
A Practical Approach to Vector-acoustic Imaging of Primaries and Free-surface Multiples

Free-surface multiples travel different paths and illuminate different volumes of the subsurface than primaries. When used jointly with primaries to image the subsurface by means of forward and backward extrapolation of separated down- and up-going wave components respectively, free-surface multiples have been shown to improve the continuity of shallow parts of the subsurface image by suppressing acquisition related footprints. We show that by carefully combining the full pressure and particle velocity data by means of newly developed, vector-acoustic boundary conditions, wavefronts can be forward and backward propagated without ambiguity in their propagation direction. Wavefield decomposition is thus naturally incorporated within the extrapolation procedure. Moreover, ocean-bottom acquisition geometries generally present source coverage that is wider than the receiver array. A strategy is proposed to incorporate in our imaging scheme energy of primary events whose direct source illumination lies outside of the receiver aperture. This is achieved by combining a directly modelled source illumination with the recorded (down-going) data.
Novel codynamics of the HIV-1 / HTLV-I model involving humoral immune response and cellular outbreak: A new approach to probability density functions and fractional operators

: Both human immunodeﬁciency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) are retroviruses that a ﬄ ict CD4 + T cells. In this article, the codynamics of within-host HIV-1 and HTLV-I are presented via piecewise fractional di ﬀ erential equations by employing a stochastic system with an inﬂuential strategy for biological research. It is demonstrated that the scheme is mathematically and biologically feasible by illustrating that the framework has positive and bounded global ﬁndings. The necessary requirements are deduced, ensuring the virus’s extinction. In addition, the structure is evaluated for the occurrence of an ergodic stationary distribution and su ﬃ cient requirements are developed.
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The present study was particularly interested in identifying resilient trajectories of engagement, and analyzing their association with student’s motivation, specifically, their perceived control. In a longitudinal study following 391 students across three measurement points, encompassing the transition from 9th to 10th grade (from basic to secondary school), students’ beliefs (control, effort capacity, and ability capacity beliefs), engagement, and academic achievement were assessed. Consistent with previous research, an overall decline in levels of engagement was found over this time, associated with perceived control. To uncover alternative pathways, latent class growth analysis was used, and three groups of students were identified based on their distinct engagement trajectories: (1) students whose engagement started high but decreased (high-decreasing engagement), (2) students who started at average levels and declined (average-decreasing engagement), and (3) students whose engagement started low but then increased (low-increasing engagement). Comparison of the three groups demonstrated that control beliefs play a critical role in reducing the normative rate of decline in engagement. The recovery trajectory (low-increasing engagement), which is of particular interest, showed smaller declines in control beliefs. Findings also suggest that effort capacity beliefs seem to protect engagement in the face of the challenges this group of lower performing students are likely to encounter. The emergence of the three distinct engagement groups is of special interest as it shows positive, counter-normative changes in engagement trajectories. The observed changes in engagement, motivation, and achievement of the potentially at-risk students (low-increasing engagement group) suggest that these students may be especially sensitive to a supportive and engaging academic environment.
Subduction system and flat slab beneath the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia

Seismicity at the northern terminus of the Nazca subduction is diffused over a wide area containing the puzzling seismic feature known as the Bucaramanga nest. We relocate about 5000 earthquakes recorded by the Colombian national seismic network and produce the first 3‐D velocity model of the area to define the geometry of the lithosphere subducting below the Colombian Andes. We found lateral velocity heterogeneities and an abrupt offset of the Wadati‐Benioff zone at 5°N indicating that the Nazca plate is segmented by an E‐W slab tear, that separates a steeper Nazca segment to the south from a flat subduction to the north. The flat Nazca slab extends eastward for about 400 km, before dip increases to ∼50° beneath the Eastern Cordillera, where it yields the Bucaramanga nest. We explain this puzzling locus of intermediate‐depth seismicity located beneath the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia as due to a massive dehydration and eclogitization of a thickened oceanic crust. We relate the flat subducting geometry to the entrance at the trench at ca. 10 Ma of a thick ‐ buoyant oceanic crust, likely a volcanic ridge, producing a high coupling with the overriding plate. Sub‐horizontal plate subduction is consistent with the abrupt disappearance of volcanism in the Andes of South America at latitudes > 5°N.
Variationally consistent computational homogenization of chemomechanical problems with stabilized weakly periodic boundary

Summary This paper proposes the novel past-faults fault prediction algorithm Linespots, based on the Bugspots algorithm. We analyse the predictive performance and runtime of Linespots compared with Bugspots with an empirical study using the most significant self-built dataset as of now, including high-quality samples for validation. As a novelty in fault prediction, we use Bayesian data analysis and Directed Acyclic Graphs to model the effects. We found consistent improvements in the predictive performance of Linespots over Bugspots for all seven evaluation metrics. We conclude that Linespots should be used over Bugspots in all cases where no real-time performance is necessary.
FIRST DISCOVERY OF MIDDLE TOURNAISIAN CONODONTS IN THE GRIOTTE-TYPE NODULAR PELAGIC LIMESTONES, ISTANBUL AREA, NW TURKEY

The uppermost layers of the Ayineburnu member of the Buyukada Formation in the Istanbul-Gebze area are represented by Griotte-type pelagic nodular limestones. They yielded conodont elements (Bispathodus stabilis and Siphonodella lobata) that can iden- tify the interval from the upper part of the sandbergi Zone through the isosticha- Upper crenulata Zone - middle Tournaisian - Early Carbonif- erous. This is the first middle Tournaisian conodont record published from an autochthonous succession in the Istanbul Terrane, NW Tur- key. This level characterizes the very last carbonate deposition and is followed by lydites and black siliceous shales and finally by the accu- mulation of flysch-type deposits during the late Tournaisian and early Visean, that mark the onset of Variscan events to the north of the Is- tanbul Terrane. A correlation with the Lower Carboniferous succes- sions in the easterly-located Zonguldak area suggests that Istanbul and Zonguldak terranes were in quite different palaeogeographic positions during this time interval.
On the eﬀects of the reactive terms in the Boltzmann equation

The eﬀects of the production and loss mechanisms that aﬀect the Boltzmann equations are considered by the inclusion of a reactive term. The necessary elements to develop a proper form for this term are revised and the curent trends analyzed. Although no accurate theoretical treatment of the problem is possible due to the many body nature of it, important relations can be derived which, besides being representative of the quantitative aspects of the matter, are illustrative of the qualitative features of the phenomenon. The overall procedure is detailed in this revision.
INFLUENCE OF TILLAGE PRACTICES ON YIELD, WATER CONSERVATION AND SOIL LOSS: RESULTS OF FIELD EXPERIMENTS IN THE EASTERN LOESS PLATEAU (HENAN PROVINCE, CHINA)

In order to examine the effect of alternative tillage practices on crop yield, water conservation and soil loss, a field study was conducted over a period of 4 years. On field plots near Luoyang (Henan province, China) the following tillage practices were applied: reduced tillage, no-tillage, subsoiling and conventional tillage. Rainfall simulation experiments were done to examine the effect of tillage on runoff and soil losses. Negligible runoff amounts were observed on the no-tillage plot. Subsoiling reduced runoff and soil losses by more than 50, respectively more than 90 % compared to conventional tillage. Although soil losses under reduced tillage decreased by half compared to conventional tillage, the differences in runoff amounts were small. For every year of the field trial period, subsoiling was found to give the highest yields. On average, an increase of 11% was observed compared to conventional tillage. The average yield from the no-tillage plots was slightly higher than under conventional tillage, while a slightly lower yield was found under reduced tillage. Because yield is an important criterion in promoting alternative tillage practices towards farmers, subsoiling can be regarded as a promising measure to improve soil and water conservation in the Eastern Loess Plateau of China.
Immune Profile of COVID-19 Survivors and Contacts During 9 Months: A Cohort Study

Abstract Background Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes a multi-organ systemic damage that can lead to long-term consequences. Little is known about the possible long-term effects of COVID-19 on circulating leukocyte kinetics and functional T-cell activity after recovery. To investigate immune system changes, we designed a cohort study. Methods Volunteer screening and sample collection were performed at the Irkutsk Research Anti-Plague Institute of Rospotrebnadzor. Sixty-four volunteers who have had COVID-19 (recovered volunteers (RVs)) between May 2020 and May 2021, 33 volunteers who had been in contact with COVID-19 patients (contact volunteers (CVs)) within the family setting but had not become ill, and 47 healthy volunteers (HVs) participated in the study. We performed immunophenotyping of peripheral blood cells using flow cytometry. Serum was tested for SARS-CoV-2 anti-nucleocapsid immunoglobulin G antibodies by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (Ab(+), people with specific anti-N antibodies to SARS-CoV-2; Ab(−), people without specific antibodies). Results There were no serious disturbances in the internal environment of the body in RVs and CVs. In the evaluation of the general state of the immune system, the most informative indicator was the index of the ratio of neutrophils to blood monocytes – decreased on the 1st terms of observation (1 and 3 months post-symptom onset (PSO)/post-contact onset (PCO)), on average, 1.3 times compared with HVs (8.6% (7.5%–10.5%), P < 0.05), which recovered by the 6th month of observation. Redistribution of the cells responsible for the development of the adaptive immune response was noted only in RVs – increased B-lymphocyte content (HVs, 9.1% (6.4%–10.2%)) and immunoregulatory index ratio (HVs, 1.6% (1.2%–2.1%)) due to redistribution of T-helper and cytotoxic T cells throughout the follow-up period by an average of 1.2-fold compared with HVs (P < 0.05). However, CVs with specific antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 N-protein also had an increased proportion of CD3−CD19+ cells after 1 month PCO (Ab(+), 11.4% (10.2%–15.1%); Ab(−), 8.6% (5.7%–9.7%); P = 0.006). A significant difference between RVs and CVs is that the RVs showed significant activation of circulating T cells, which persisted up to the 6th month of the study, whereas in CVs, it persisted for 3 months PCO. The highest proportion of HLA-DR+ T-lymphocytes was recorded after 1 month PSO/PCO in Ab(+) RVs and CVs: Ab(+) volunteers, 8.1% (6.0%–11.2%) and 4.4% (2.7%–6.4%), respectively; Ab(−) volunteers, 4.2% (2.6%–5.4%) and 5.1% (3.7%–5.6%); and HVs, 3.5% (2.5%–4.7%) (P < 0.01). In CVs, natural killer cells also played a major role in preventing manifest infection (CVs, 10.8% ± 4.3%; HVs, 15.9% ± 7.6%; P < 0.05). Conclusion In this study, we demonstrated the dynamics of returning to the initial state of health in RVs and CVs. In CVs, we observed changes in the studied immunological parameters similar to those of RVs, but which are less intense and prolonged. Complete recovery of the studied immunological parameters occurs within 6 months.