Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A verbal-semantic category-specific recognition impairment

Abstract The paper reports a patient with a category-specific recognition deficit following herpes simplex encephalitis infection. The patient, SB, has greater difficulty identifying animals and foodstuffs than inanimate objects. We show that for the impaired categories, SB has intact structural knowledge when accessed visually. However, she was poor at retrieving this knowledge from other input modalities, and she had impaired verbal-semantic knowledge concerning the affected categories. She also showed item-specific consistency across time and modalities. SB's deficit is attributed to a loss of verbal-semantic knowledge. A contrast is drawn between SB and other patients in the literature, and it is suggested that category-specific problems can be linked to a number of different functional impairments. Problems emerge according to the similarity between items at a particular processing level, and to the use of cross-modality associations in differentiating within object classes.
The Cascading of Contrast Effects on Auditors' Judgments in Multiple Client Audit Environments

Accounting decisions often involve similar types of judgments regarding different clients, projects, or employees. These tasks may use similar information items and be performed within the same work session. While independent consideration of the information for each respective decision may be desired, psychology research on contrast effects suggests that the information from a previous decision may be retained and compared to the information provided for a current judgment. Such contrast effects are potentially critical to accounting judgments because they suggest that the information associated with a given decision task will be evaluated differently depending on the nature of the prior contextual information. Using a multi‐client audit context, we find that auditors are susceptible to contrast effects such that their judgments on a current client are influenced by their exposure to similar judgment information on a prior client. We also extend prior psychology and accounting research by examining and f.
Polymorphic microsatellite DNA markers in the penduline tit, Remiz pendulinus

To describe the exceptional mating system of the penduline tit, Remiz pendulinus, we aim to combine field observation records with DNA analysis based on polymorphic microsatellite DNA markers. Here we describe features of nine loci and their corresponding polymerase chain reaction primers. The observed number of alleles varied from four to seven and the observed heterozygosity ranged from 0.419 to 0.802. Neither of the loci is sex‐linked and as linkage disequilibrium analysis showed they assort independently. Seven of the nine loci were polymorphic in the Cape penduline tit, Anthoscopus minutus.
Spatial PixelCNN: Generating Images from Patches

In this paper we propose Spatial PixelCNN, a conditional autoregressive model that generates images from small patches. By conditioning on a grid of pixel coordinates and global features extracted from a Variational Autoencoder (VAE), we are able to train on patches of images, and reproduce the full-sized image. We show that it not only allows for generating high quality samples at the same resolution as the underlying dataset, but is also capable of upscaling images to arbitrary resolutions (tested at resolutions up to $50\times$) on the MNIST dataset. Compared to a PixelCNN++ baseline, Spatial PixelCNN quantitatively and qualitatively achieves similar performance on the MNIST dataset.
Resilience and personality in social work students and social workers

The goal of the study was to explore the relationship between personality characteristics and the development of resilience in the context of social work. To do this, combining the transverse and longitudinal approaches, we investigated 479 students and professional social workers. For students, the within-subject analysis shows that this group, while pursuing a university degree, are reaching greater openness, accountability, extraversion and kindness and, by contrast, are reducing their levels of neuroticism, which is the personality trait that acquires smaller presence on the professional stage. The regression results also confirmed the influence and predictive ability of personality traits on the resilience of students and social workers.
A GRADE Working Group approach for rating the quality of treatment effect estimates from network meta-analysis

Network meta-analysis (NMA), combining direct and indirect comparisons, is increasingly being used to examine the comparative effectiveness of medical interventions. Minimal guidance exists on how to rate the quality of evidence supporting treatment effect estimates obtained from NMA. We present a four-step approach to rate the quality of evidence in each of the direct, indirect, and NMA estimates based on methods developed by the GRADE working group. Using an example of a published NMA, we show that the quality of evidence supporting NMA estimates varies from high to very low across comparisons, and that quality ratings given to a whole network are uninformative and likely to mislead.
Effect of combination of pollutants on the performance of the bushing

Transmission plays a major role in the field of electricity. The structure used in the transmission should be taken care from the particles that affects the performance. This paper reveals the effect of combination of pollutants such as sand and salt, sugar and ash in the characteristics of the bushing. The parameters considered to expose the characteristics are Breakdown voltage (BDV) and the Leakage current (LC). On comparing the parameters with the normal bushing parameters we can infer the effects of pollutants over the performance of the bushing. When the pollution severity exceeds, it has the adverse effects over the performance of the bushing.
Belief Function Propagation in Directed Evidential Networks

In this paper, we propose a computational data structure based on the binary join tree where the independence relations of the original directed evidential networks (DEVN) are maintained. The proposed solution uses disjunctive rule of combination (DRC) and generalized Bayesian theorem (GBT), which make possible the use of the conditional belief functions directly for reasoning in the DEVN.
Review of discrete x-ray sources in the Small Magellanic Cloud: Summary of the ASCA results and implication on the recent star forming activity

We made 22 observations on the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) and covered full regions by the end of the ASCA mission. We detected 106 discrete sources with a criterion of S/N > 5 and performed systematic analyses on all of the sources. We determined the source positions with an ~40'' error radius (90% confidence) for sources detected in the central 20' radius of the GIS. We detected coherent pulsations from 17 sources. Among them, eight were newly discovered during this study. We classified most of these pulsars as X-ray binary pulsars (XBPs) based on their properties, such as the flux variability and the existence of an optical counterpart. We detected X-ray emission from eight supernova remnants (SNRs). Among them, five SNRs showed emission lines in their spectra, hence we regarded the five as thermal SNRs. We found that XBPs and thermal SNRs in the SMC can be clearly separated by their spectral hardness ratio. Applying this empirical law to faint (thus unclassified) sources, we found 19 XBP candidates and four thermal SNR candidates. We also found several tens of candidates for active galactic nuclei, both from the hardness ratio and the logN--logS relation of extragalactic sources. Based on these ASCA results and further information from other sattelites, we compiled comprehensive catalogues of discrete X-ray sources in the Small Magellanic Cloud. Using the catalogues, we derived the spatial distributions of XBPs and SNRs. XBPs and SNRs were found to be concentrated in the main body and eastern wing, which resembles the distribution of young stars with ages of ~2e7yr. By comparing the source populations in the SMC and our Galaxy, we suggest that the star-forming rate (per unit mass) in the SMC was much higher than the Galaxy 1e7yr ago. We also discuss the recent change of the star-forming rate in the SMC.
An in-depth analysis of domestically adopted children with special needs and their biological mothers

• Summary: In 2001, federal research funding (#90-CO-0960) was awarded to conduct an in-depth study of one agency’s experience with domestic special needs adoption placements (US Department of Health and Human Services, 2001). This private Ohio agency has been involved in the placement of special needs children since the beginning of the US special needs adoption movement in 1976. A rigorous and comprehensive chart review was conducted profiling 362 consecutively referred special needs adoption cases from 1997 to 2005, providing one of the most accurate and in-depth profiles of both special needs adoption children and their biological mothers to date. • Findings: In summing the major child and biological mother risk factors reported in this study (i.e. child neglect + child physical abuse + child sexual abuse + child prenatal drug exposure + child positive toxicology screen at birth + maternal mental illness + maternal substance abuse + maternal homelessness + maternal history of domestic violence + parental incarceration + and death of a significant person), youth averaged 4.7 (SD = 1.61) cumulative risk factors, not including poverty, multiple placement disruptions, and other undocumented risk factors. • Applications: Accurate and comprehensive profiling of child and biological parent characteristics are required to inform the service needs of at-risk families, domestic special needs adopted children, and adoptive parents. Implications for adoptive parent recruitment, training, and support, as well child monitoring and treatment are discussed.
The experiences of AIDS orphans living in a township

An overwhelming challenge to health-care professionals today, is the rendering of care services to AIDS orphans. This article is based on a study that explored and described the lived experiences of AIDS orphans in a township in order to understand their ‘life world’ as AIDS orphans. A further purpose was to provide information to primary health-care nurses (PHCNs), related professionals and partners involved in the care of these children, so that they could plan a care response to meet the orphans’ unique needs. A qualitative research design that used an explorative, descriptive, contextual and phenomenological strategy of inquiry was employed. Data were collected by means of in-depth interviews from a purposively selected sample, and were analysed according to the steps of qualitative data analysis proposed by Tesch (Creswell 1994). Guba’s model was used to ensure the trustworthiness of the qualitative data. Two main themes and their sub-themes were identified. The first theme was that children experience devastating changes in their life circumstances when they become AIDS orphans. The second theme highlighted how the participants rediscovered hope to persevere. Recommendations directed at nursing practice, education and research, were made based upon the findings. Opsomming ‘n Uitdaging wat professionele gesondheidswerkers huidiglik oorweldig, is dienslewering aan VIGS weeskinders. Die doel van die studie was om die geleefde ervaring van kinders wat in dorpsgebiede woon en VIGS weeskinders geword het, te verken en te beskryf ten einde hul leefwereld te verstaan. Hierdie inligting kan deur Primere Gesondheidsorg Verpleegkundiges (PVGs), verwante beroepslui en vennote betrokke by die versorging van hierdie kinders, gebruik word as basis om versorging te beplan wat in die kinders se unieke behoeftes sal voorsien. ‘n Kwalitatiewe navorsingsontwerp met verkennende, beskrywende, kontekstuele en fenomologiese strategiee van ondersoek, is gebruik. Data is versamel deur middel van in-diepte onderhoude met ‘n doelbewus geselekteerde steekproef. Data is geanaliseer ooreenkomstig die stappe van kwalitatiewe data analise volgens Tesch (in Creswell 1994). Guba se model was gebruik om die betroubaarheid van data te bepaal. Twee hooftemas en hul subtemas is geidentifiseer. Die eerste tema was dat kinders dramatiese veranderinge in hulle lewensomstandighede ervaar wanneer hulle VIGS weeskinders word. Die tweede tema wat na vore gekom het, was hoe die deelnemers die hoop om voort te gaan met die lewe, herontdek het. Aanbevelings, gebaseer op die bevindinge, is gemaak wat verpleegpraktyk, onderrig en navorsing sal rig.
A conversation-analytic hermeneutic rating protocol to assess L2 oral pragmatic competence

Speech act theory-based, second language pragmatics testing (SLPT) poses problems for validation due to a lack of correspondence with empirical conversational data. Since conversation analysis (CA) provides a richer and more accurate account of language behavior, it may be preferred as a basis for SLPT development. However, applying CA methodology in turn poses epistemological and practical challenges to psychometrics-driven language testing. The present pilot study, attempting to resolve this seeming conflict, focuses on the behavior of two CA-trained raters applying a holistic rubric to responses on a test of ESL oral pragmatic competence. Results showed that CA-informed testing (CAIT) could be practical, though statistical reliability was not achieved. However, post-rating hermeneutic dialogues between the raters provided evidence that valid inferences of examinee oral ESL pragmatic ability could be made through iterative, rater recourse to empirical data in a conversation-analytic mode. A model for iterative, CA-informed SLPT development is offered.
Civic and social integration

English New Zealand research into social work experience with immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers supports international claims that a new field of practice is emerging. Migration across frontiers for social, political and economic reasons brings local social workers into contact with clients from all over the world as they struggle to settle into their new communities. Social workers in this field need to be skilled in work at all levels, micro, meso and macro. French Les recherches conduites en Nouvelle Zélande portant sur les expériences de travail social auprès des immigrants, des réfugiés et des demandeurs d'asile supportent les affirmations internationales à savoir qu'un nouveau champ de pratique est en émergence. Les migrations par-delà les frontières nationales pour des raisons sociales, politiques et économiques entraînent des contacts entre des travailleurs sociaux locaux et des clients en provenance du monde entier lorsque ceux-ci tentent de s'établir dans leurs nouvelles communautés. Les travailleurs sociaux dans ce champ de pratique doivent Átre outillés pour travailler à tous les niveaux car les cas qu'ils auront à traiter impliquent du travail à niveaux micro, méso et macro. Spanish La investigación en Nueva Zelanda sobre la experiencia del trabajo social con inmigrantes, refugiados y solicitantes de asilo apoya la creencia internacional que éste es un nuevo campo de práctica. Los movimientos migratorios por razones sociales, políticas, y económicas ponen a los trabajadores sociales locales en contacto con clientes provenientes de todo el mundo mientras éstos luchan por asentarse en sus nuevas comunidades. Los trabajadores sociales en este campo necesitan destrezas en todos los niveles, puesto que los casos frecuentemente necesitarán intervenciones en niveles micro, meso y macro.
Análise de crédito bancário por meio de redes neurais e árvores de decisão: uma aplicação simples de data mining

RESUMO Na area de credito bancario, a posse e o uso de ferramentas que auxiliem na tarefa de classificacao de clientes em provaveis solventes ou insolventes em relacao a tomada de credito podem tornar-se um fator-chave, resultando em uma grande vantagem competitiva. Dentro da imensa quantidade de dados disponiveis nos bancos de dados das empresas existe muito conhecimento util e importante que esta escondido. Com a metodologia de Data Mining, pode-se transformar esses dados em informacoes valiosas para auxiliar no processo decisorio. Neste trabalho sao analisados registros historicos de 339 clientes (pessoas juridicas) de uma agencia bancaria, por meio de duas das ferramentas de Data Mining: Redes Neurais e Arvores de Decisao. Essas tecnicas permitem fazer o reconhecimento de padroes e tambem classificar novos casos. Os resultados foram bastante satisfatorios, mostrando que, para esse problema especifico, as Redes Neurais apresentaram uma taxa de classificacao correta maior do que aquela das Arvores de Decisao.
Selecting queries from sample to crawl deep web data sources

This paper studies the problem of selecting queries to efficiently crawl a deep web data source using a set of sample documents. Crawling deep web is the process of collecting data from search interfaces by issuing queries. One of the major challenges in crawling deep web is the selection of the queries so that most of the data can be retrieved at a low cost. We propose to learn a set of queries from a sample of the data source. To verify that the queries selected from a sample also produce a good result for the entire data source, we carried out a set of experiments on large corpora including Gov2, newsgroups, wikipedia and Reuters. We show that our sampling-based method is effective by empirically proving that 1 The queries selected from samples can harvest most of the data in the original database; 2 The queries with low overlapping rate in samples will also result in a low overlapping rate in the original database; and 3 The size of the sample and the size of the terms from where to select the queries do not need to be very large. Compared with other query selection methods, our method obtains the queries by analyzing a small set of sample documents, instead of learning the next best query incrementally from all the documents matched with previous queries.
Regulating the formation of DNA double-strand breaks in meiosis.

During meiosis, cells deliberately form numerous DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) in order to initiate homologous recombination, which exchanges genetic information between homologous chromosomes and promotes accurate chromosome segregation. DSB formation is restricted to a narrow window of time in meiosis, both for proper execution of the functions of recombination and to prevent production of toxic DNA lesions at inappropriate times. Two studies in this issue of Genes & Development provide important insight into the poorly understood mechanisms that ensure proper timing of DSB formation.
Bayesian color constancy revisited

Computational color constancy is the task of estimating the true reflectances of visible surfaces in an image. In this paper we follow a line of research that assumes uniform illumination of a scene, and that the principal step in estimating reflectances is the estimation of the scene illuminant. We review recent approaches to illuminant estimation, firstly those based on formulae for normalisation of the reflectance distribution in an image - so-called grey-world algorithms, and those based on a Bayesian formulation of image formation. In evaluating these previous approaches we introduce a new tool in the form of a database of 568 high-quality, indoor and outdoor images, accurately labelled with illuminant, and preserved in their raw form, free of correction or normalisation. This has enabled us to establish several properties experimentally. Firstly automatic selection of grey-world algorithms according to image properties is not nearly so effective as has been thought. Secondly, it is shown that Bayesian illuminant estimation is significantly improved by the improved accuracy of priors for illuminant and reflectance that are obtained from the new dataset.
Utility estimates of job performance as related to the Data, People, and Things parameters of work

Summary The purpose of this study was to investigate the applicability of the Schmidt-Hunter global estimation method of assessing utility across a broad range of jobs. Ninety-five industrial/organizational psychologists estimated the utility of performance in 24 carefully selected jobs. The utility estimates were compared to the Data, People, and Things worker function parameters from the Dictionary of Occupational Titles. The majority of jobs (62.5 per cent) produced significantly positively skewed distributions of dollarvalued job performance. The Data, People, and Things parameters accounted for 46 per cent of the variance in the non-symmetry of the utility distributions and 33 per cent of the variance in the inter-rater reliability of the utility estimates. The implications of the results were discussed for utility assessment, and explained from a decision theoretic perspective. 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
The Promise of New Learning Environments for Students With Disabilities

With fixed, uniform learning materials, teachers are left with the burden of individualizing instruction by providing supplementary adaptations or accommodations for students with special learning needs. Unfortunately, few teachers have either the time or expertise to adequately adapt the curriculum materials to meet the diverse needs of their students. The new view of curriculum and instruction that is a key feature of Universal Design has the potential to improve outcomes for all learners. For the first time in the history of federal special education legislation, the appropriateness of core instructional textbooks to meet the needs of students with disabilities is being addressed. This initiative creates the foundation for expanding learning alternatives to every student with a disability, and even to those students who might simply prefer to work with more flexible and supportive materials.
Impact of active power curtailment of wind turbines connected to residential feeders for overvoltage prevention

Overvoltage is a major limiting factor for the integration of distributed generation in distribution systems. Among various solutions to the overvoltage problem, active power curtailment is an attractive solution since only small adjustments in the controllers are necessary for implementing this technique. Furthermore, it is activated only when needed. In wind energy systems, this can be achieved by adjusting the pitch angle of a wind turbine. The objective of this paper is to develop an active power curtailment strategy for small wind turbines to prevent overvoltage by controlling the pitch angle of the turbine blades. The required blade pitch angle was calculated by using the voltage droop method. The developed control strategy was validated by a real time simulation of a rural feeder model developed using RT-Lab software. The feeder is based upon a North American rural distribution network consisting of 96 small wind turbines of 20 kW, a 30 MVA distribution substation with an On-Load Tap-Changing transformer, a rural feeder with 288 houses, a 120 kV/25 kV LV transformer, and rural loads. The results show the effectiveness of the method in keeping the voltage within acceptable limits and a reduction in network losses.