Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Hypnotizability, dissociation and trauma in patients with a conversion disorder: an exploratory study

Little research has been conducted on the assumed high hypnotizability of conversion patients and on their dissociative experiences. Moreover, a relation is described between trauma, dissociation, somatization, psychopathology and conversion disorder. One hundred and two patients with motor conversion symptoms were tested for hypnotizability, dissociative experiences, trauma, somatization, general level of psychopathology and physical impairment. Our sample did not have higher levels of hypnotizability but they reported more dissociative experiences than normals. The trauma subgroup had higher levels of hypnotizability and dissociative experiences, psychopathology, somatization, and physical impairment than the non-trauma subgroup. Uncorrected for general psychopathology, the trauma category 'otherwise' predicted 9.6% of the variance in the hypnotizability scores. After correction, only an additional 4.2%. The trauma category 'emotional abuse' contributed 18.9% to the prediction of the variance in the dissociation scores. After correction for general psychopathology, which explained 67.3% of the variance, only the sum score of the trauma categories contributed an additional 3.3%.
SocialKeyboard: Proofreading Everyday Writings in Mobile Phones

The flood tide of professional proofreading services has exceeded the market demand, but many pioneering competitors seem to be torn between quality and cost. Furthermore, proofreading of everyday writings has received little attention thus far, which is important for non-native speakers. In this paper, we propose SocialKeyboard that uses mobile crowd workers that can be contacted in a mobile environment. By embedding proofreading features into existing mobile keyboards, SocialKeyboard also achieves easy access anytime and everywhere in mobile environments. Moreover, it aims to induce faster responses by implementing 1) Push based task assignment to mobile crowd workers, 2) Real-time track changes, and 3) Synchronous task chaining of proofreading and verification. We present a first working prototype of SocialKeyboard and describe the interplay between Requester, Proofreader, and Verifier. Our preliminary evaluation showed promising results in terms of task speed, and we plan to perform a large-scale study in the near future.
The presence of several students with special educational needs in inclusive education and the functioning of students with special educational needs

Current research gives some indications about how inclusive education affects students with special educational needs (SEN), but there are too many different results to draw unequivocal conclusions. It is therefore important to focus on specific factors that could influence outcomes of inclusive education. In this study, we investigated whether there are differences between students with SEN who are included alone and students with SEN who are included in a class with other SEN students. A distinction was made between students with behavioural, cognitive and other problems. Data on 1839 primary school students with SEN in a Dutch cohort‐study were used. For the academic achievement of students with different types of SEN, it did not seem to matter whether they were the only student with SEN in their class, or whether they had a few or more classmates with SEN. For most measures of socio‐emotional functioning, no differences were found. For some other measures, however, differences were found. Because the results were not unequivocal, it would be important to try to replicate these findings in future research.
A MAC protocol for link maintenance in multichannel cognitive radio ad hoc networks

To provide an efficient link maintenance approach, we propose a cross layer medium access control (LM-MAC) protocol for multichannel cognitive radio ad hoc networks. Link establishment and reliable transmission are two key problems for a perfect link maintenance mechanism. Since the cognitive user (CU) pairs have to reestablish their links each frame, in the proposed MAC protocol, three different access modes are designed to guarantee transmission efficiency in continuous frames. To enhance the transmission reliability, each CU will create a father spectrum list (FSL) after joining in the network. FSL is divided into three groups of sub-channels with different functions to compensate the packet loss caused by the primary users' appearance and the deep fading. Meanwhile, since the transmitter and the receiver will share the same FSL, periodical cooperative sensing is adopted to further optimize the former problem. Finally, compared with the existing opportunistic multichannel (OMC)-MAC protocol, the proposed LM-MAC protocol achieves better system performance in terms of saturation throughput, continuity and access delay.
Evaluation of NeuroPage: a new memory aid

This report describes NeuroPage, a simple and portable paging system, developed in California by the engineer father of a son with head injury working together with a neuropsychologist. Using an ABA single case experimental design, the efficacy of NeuroPage was evaluated with 15 neurologically impaired subjects all of whom had significant everyday memory problems because of organic memory impairment or because of problems with planning and organisation consequent on frontal lobe damage. Data were analysed with an odds ratio test which takes into account different underlying success rates for each target and calculates an average improvement factor. This test showed a significant improvement between the baseline and the treatment phases for each subject (P<0.05).
DETECTION OF POWERFUL MID-IR H2 EMISSION IN THE BRIDGE BETWEEN THE TAFFY GALAXIES

We report the detection of strong, resolved emission from warm H2 in the Taffy galaxies and bridge. Relative to the continuum and faint polyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) emission, the H2 emission is the strongest in the connecting bridge, approaching L(H2)/L(PAH 8 μm) = 0.1 between the two galaxies, where the purely rotational lines of H2 dominate the mid-infrared spectrum in a way very reminiscent of the group-wide shock in the interacting group Stephan's Quintet (SQ). The surface brightness in the 0–0 S(0) and S(1) H2 lines in the bridge is more than twice that observed at the center of the SQ shock. We observe a warm H2 mass of 4.2 × 108 M☉ in the bridge, but taking into account the unobserved bridge area, the total warm mass is likely to be twice this value. We use excitation diagrams to characterize the warm molecular gas, finding an average surface mass of ∼5 × 106 M☉ kpc−2 and typical excitation temperatures of 150–175 K. H2 emission is also seen in the galaxy disks, although there the emission is more consistent with normal star-forming galaxies. We investigate several possible heating mechanisms for the bridge gas but favor the conversion of kinetic energy from the head-on collision via turbulence and shocks as the main heating source. Since the cooling time for the warm H2 is short (∼5000 yr), shocks must be permeating the molecular gas in the bridge region in order to continue heating the H2.
Carotenoid oxidation products are stress signals that mediate gene responses to singlet oxygen in plants

1O2 (singlet oxygen) is a reactive O2 species produced from triplet excited chlorophylls in the chloroplasts, especially when plants are exposed to excess light energy. Similarly to other active O2 species, 1O2 has a dual effect: It is toxic, causing oxidation of biomolecules, and it can act as a signal molecule that leads to cell death or to acclimation. Carotenoids are considered to be the main 1O2 quenchers in chloroplasts, and we show here that light stress induces the oxidation of the carotenoid β-carotene in Arabidopsis plants, leading to the accumulation of different volatile derivatives. One such compound, β-cyclocitral, was found to induce changes in the expression of a large set of genes that have been identified as 1O2 responsive genes. In contrast, β-cyclocitral had little effect on the expression of H2O2 gene markers. β-Cyclocitral–induced reprogramming of gene expression was associated with an increased tolerance to photooxidative stress. The results indicate that β-cyclocitral is a stress signal produced in high light that is able to induce defense mechanisms and represents a likely messenger involved in the 1O2 signaling pathway in plants.
Archaeal type IV pili and their involvement in biofilm formation

Type IV pili are ancient proteinaceous structures present on the cell surface of species in nearly all bacterial and archaeal phyla. These filaments, which are required for a diverse array of important cellular processes, are assembled employing a conserved set of core components. While type IV pilins, the structural subunits of pili, share little sequence homology, their signal peptides are structurally conserved allowing for in silico prediction. Recently, in vivo studies in model archaea representing the euryarchaeal and crenarchaeal kingdoms confirmed that several of these pilins are incorporated into type IV adhesion pili. In addition to facilitating surface adhesion, these in vivo studies also showed that several predicted pilins are required for additional functions that are critical to biofilm formation. Examples include the subunits of Sulfolobus acidocaldarius Ups pili, which are induced by exposure to UV light and promote cell aggregation and conjugation, and a subset of the Haloferax volcanii adhesion pilins, which play a critical role in microcolony formation while other pilins inhibit this process. The recent discovery of novel pilin functions such as the ability of haloarchaeal adhesion pilins to regulate swimming motility may point to novel regulatory pathways conserved across prokaryotic domains. In this review, we will discuss recent advances in our understanding of the functional roles played by archaeal type IV adhesion pili and their subunits, with particular emphasis on their involvement in biofilm formation.
ROBUST BUILDING OUTLINE REPRESENTATION AND EXTRACTION

This paper presents an efficient and robust strategy for building description and extraction from high resolution aerial image. This approach is different from traditional techniques in shape formation. Traditionally, extraction methods usually rest purely on edges or regions. However, this proposed approach integrates edges and regions in an excellent manner. Firstly, region grow method in RGB space is used to obtain the approximate shape of the building. Secondly, Hough transformation is used to derive the two perpendicular line sets corresponding to building edges. Thirdly, the intersectional nodes can be utilized to construct a structural graph of building after analysis of each line segments. Finally, cycle detection algorithm is implemented to obtain cycles in the graph. With this cycles, the exact building boundary can be easily attained. * Corresponding author. gisyong@126.com
Functional interplay between Mediator and TFIIB in preinitiation complex assembly in relation to promoter architecture

Here, Eychenne et al. analyzed how Mediator acts in preinitiation complex (PIC) assembly using in vivo, in vitro, and in silico approaches, and their data suggest a key interaction between Mediator and TFIIB in this process. This study provides novel mechanistic insights into the coordinated function of Mediator and TFIIB in PIC assembly in different chromatin contexts.
Knockdown of AMPKα2 Promotes Pulmonary Arterial Smooth Muscle Cells Proliferation via mTOR/Skp2/p27Kip1 Signaling Pathway

It has been shown that activation of adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) suppresses proliferation of a variety of tumor cells as well as nonmalignant cells. In this study, we used post-transcriptional gene silencing with small interfering RNA (siRNA) to specifically examine the effect of AMPK on pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells (PASMCs) proliferation and to further elucidate its underlying molecular mechanisms. Our results showed that knockdown of AMPKα2 promoted primary cultured PASMCs proliferation; this was accompanied with the elevation of phosphorylation of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) and S-phase kinase-associated protein 2 (Skp2) protein level and reduction of p27Kip1. Importantly, prior silencing of mTOR with siRNA abolished AMPKα2 knockdown-induced Skp2 upregulation, p27Kip1 reduction as well as PASMCs proliferation. Furthermore, pre-depletion of Skp2 by siRNA also eliminated p27Kip1 downregulation and PASMCs proliferation caused by AMPKα2 knockdown. Taken together, our study indicates that AMPKα2 isoform plays an important role in regulation of PASMCs proliferation by modulating mTOR/Skp2/p27Kip1 axis, and suggests that activation of AMPKα2 might have potential value in the prevention and treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Modelling interaction with economic models of search

Understanding how people interact when searching is central to the study of Interactive Information Retrieval (IIR). Most of the prior work has either been conceptual, observational or empirical. While this has led to numerous insights and findings regarding the interaction between users and systems, the theory has lagged behind. In this paper, we extend the recently proposed search economic theory to make the model more realistic. We then derive eight interaction based hypotheses regarding search behaviour. To validate the model, we explore whether the search behaviour of thirty-six participants from a lab based study is consistent with the theory. Our analysis shows that observed search behaviours are in line with predicted search behaviours and that it is possible to provide credible explanations for such behaviours. This work describes a concise and compact representation of search behaviour providing a strong theoretical basis for future IIR research.
Multi-View Hierarchical Semi-supervised Learning by Optimal Assignment of Sets of Labels to Instances

In multiclass semi-supervised learning, sometimes the information about datapoints is present in multiple views. In this paper we propose an optimization based method to tackle semi-supervised learning in the presence of multiple views. Our techniques make use of linear programming and mixed integer linear programming formulations along with the EM framework to find consistent class assignments given the scores in each data view. We compare our techniques against existing baselines on a number of multi-view datasets. Our proposed techniques give state-of-the-art performance in terms of F1 score, outperforming a well-studied SSL method based on co-training. Further, we show that our techniques can be easily extended to multi-view learning in the presence of hierarchical class constraints. These extensions improve the macro-averaged F1 score on a hierarchical multi-view dataset.
Risk factors for central line-associated bloodstream infection in a pediatric cardiac intensive care unit

Objective: To identify risk factors for central line-associated bloodstream infection (BSI) in patients receiving care in a pediatric cardiac intensive care unit. Design: Matched case-control study. Setting: CICU at Children's Hospital Boston. Patients: Central line-associated BSI cases were identified between April 2004 and December 2006. We identified two randomly selected control patients who had a central vascular catheter and were admitted within 7 days of each index case. Measurements and Main Results: Univariate and multivariate conditional logistic regression analyses were used to identify risk factors for central line-associated BSI. In a secondary analysis, risk factors for central line-associated BSI in those cases who underwent cardiac surgery were sought. During the study period, 67 central line-associated BSIs occurred in 61 patients. Independent risk factors for central line-associated BSI were nonelective admission for medical management (odds ratio [OR] = 6.51 [1.58–26.78]), the presence of noncardiac comorbidities (OR = 4.95 [1.49–16.49]), initial absolute neutrophil count <5000 cells/uL (OR = 6.17 [1.39–27.48]), blood product exposure ≥3 units (OR = 5.56 [1.35–22.87]), central line days ≥7 (OR = 6.06 [1.65–21.83]), and use of hydrocortisone (OR = 28.94 [2.55–330.37]). In those patients who underwent cardiac surgery (n = 37 cases and 108 controls), independent risk factors for central line-associated BSI were admission weight ≤5 kg (OR = 3.13 [1.01–9.68]), Pediatric Risk of Mortality III score ≥15 (OR = 3.44 [1.19–9.92]), blood product exposure ≥3 units (OR = 3.38 [1.28–11.76]), and mechanical ventilation for ≥7 days (OR = 4.06 [1.33–12.40]). Conclusions: Unscheduled medical admissions, presence of noncardiac comorbidities, extended device utilization, and specific medical therapies are independent risk factors for central line-associated BSI in patients receiving care in a pediatric cardiac intensive care unit.
Battery Charge Depletion Prediction on an Electric Aircraft

Validation of prognostic technologies through ground and flight tests is an important step in maturing these novel technologies and deploying them on real-world systems. To this end, a series of flight tests have been conducted using an un- manned electric vehicle during which the motor system batteries were monitored by a prognostic algorithm. The research presented here endeavors to produce and validate a technology for predicting the remaining time until end-of- discharge of the batteries on an electric aircraft as a function of an expected future flight and online estimates of the charge contained in the batteries. Flight data and flight experiment results are presented along with an assessment of model and algorithm performance.
Effect of the Synthetic Retinoid Fenretinide on Circulating Free Prostate-Specific Antigen, Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I, and Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein-3 Levels in Men with Superficial Bladder Cancer

Purpose: Fenretinide (4-HPR) is a synthetic retinoid that has shown a preventive activity in prostate cancer animal models. Experimental Design: We measured the changes in total and free prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and its association with insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) and IGFBP-3 levels after 1 year of treatment in 24 subjects given 4-HPR and 24 control subjects enrolled in a randomized bladder cancer prevention trial. Results: No significant effect of 4-HPR was observed on total and free fraction of PSA levels. The median percentage [95 confidence interval (95% CI)] change for % free PSA and total PSA in the 4-HPR and the control group were, respectively, 7.6 (95% CI, −4.0 to 69.3) versus 5.1 (95% CI, −21.4 to 59.8) and −7.8 (95% CI, −18.2 to 52.5) versus −12.3 (95% CI, −44.6 to 9.6). However, in patients ages <60 years, there was a trend to an increase of total free PSA and % free PSA after treatment with 4-HPR that was different from a trend to a decrease in the control group (P = 0.002 and 0.052, respectively). The interaction between age and treatment was statistically significant on free PSA (P = 0.001). A similar pattern was noted with smoking status (P = 0.011 for the interaction on free PSA). No association was observed between PSA levels and IGF-I or IGFBP-3 levels. Conclusions: We conclude that 4-HPR has no significant effect on circulating PSA, but it increases significantly free PSA levels in subjects younger than 60 years and in nonsmokers. These effects might support an activity in prostate cancer prevention but further studies are required.
A performance indicator of teaching quality in higher education: The Course Experience Questionnaire

ABSTRACT Performance indicators (PIs) in higher education have focused chiefly on research outputs. They have largely ignored the teaching function of universities and colleges. This article outlines the development of a student evaluation instrument designed to measure the teaching performance of academic organisational units. The theory of teaching and learning that underlies the Course Experience Questionnaire (CEQ) is described. The instrument's statistical qualities and its ability to discriminate intelligibly between different courses are discussed in the context of results from national trials in Australian higher education. The principal conclusion reached is that the CEQ offers a reliable, verifiable and useful means of determining the perceived teaching quality of academic units in systems of higher education that are based on British models. Several technical and political issues remain unresolved in its application as a PI.
Built-In Hardware for Analog Circuitry Testing

Testing analog circuits is a challenging endeavor. The subject paper investigates the oscillation-based built-in self-test (OBIST) technique for testing the analog circuits. An analog circuit-testing environment based on the OBIST method is considered and implemented.Experimental results show that OBIST is a promising testing method for analog circuits which neither requires a stimulus generator nor a complex result analyzer.
Pazih Dictionary (review)

The language formerly known as Pazeh is reportedly down to its last 3uent speaker, Mrs. Pan Jin-yu, born in 1914. The work under review is thus an extremely welcome contribution to the documentation of one of the most seriously under-described and endangered aboriginal languages of Taiwan.1 Both authors (hereafter L&T) have worked intermittently on Pazeh over a period of many years. A manuscript vocabulary compiled by Tsuchida in 1969 has been available to interested researchers on a personal basis for several decades, and was previously the most extensive source of lexical information available on this language. The present work represents a collaboration in which Li has added his own 2eldnotes to the manuscript vocabulary of Tsuchida, and the two then worked together with Mrs. Pan to complete their analysis. Following four pages of “Notes on the use of the dictionary” in English and Chinese, the book is divided into the following sections: 1. General remarks (two pages summarizing the documented history of the Pazeh people beginning in the late Ching Dynasty, the dialect situation, and previous research on the language), 2. Phonology (seven pages of general remarks on the phoneme inventory, phonological alternations, and syllable patterns, together with a summary of the re3exes of PAn phonemes), 3. Morphology (fourteen and one half pages listing the known pre2xes, in2xes, and suf2xes, together with a brief discussion of reduplication), 4. Syntax (thirty and one half pages discussing the focus system, case markers, personal pronouns, aspect, imperatives, interrogatives, negatives, causative constructions, nominalization, ligatures, and relative clause formation), 5. The position of Pazeh (one and one half pages on the linguistic position of Pazeh). The dictionary proper contains a Pazeh-Chinese-English section of 278 pages (about 1,950 bases, plus many other af2xed forms), an English-Pazeh index of 31 pages, a page of addenda, two short texts totaling 16 pages, and a list of linguistic publications (not restricted to Pazeh) by the pioneering Japanese Formosanist Naoyoshi Ogawa (1869– 1947), to whom the volume is dedicated. A separate one-page errata sheet is inserted.2 Because neither Li nor Tsuchida is a native speaker of English, the task of writing a volume of this size with English as the language of elucidation was a formidable one. Problems with the English are rare and relatively minor, and the authors are to
HPV vaccination mandates--lawmaking amid political and scientific controversy.

In 2006 and 2007, legislation to include the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine among the vaccines required for school entry was introduced in 24 states; only two bills were adopted. The factors that impeded the adoption of mandates included the newness of the vaccine, the sexually transmitted nature of HPV, the manufacturer's involvement in policymaking, and antivaccination activism.