Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The perception of emotional chimeric faces in patients with depression, mania and unilateral brain damage

Background. Judgements made on chimeric faces elicit reliably a perceptual bias to the left hemispace, presumed to be due to right hemisphere dominance for emotional processes. Major depressive illness has been shown to attenuate this bias. The aim of this work was to examine lateral perceptual bias in bipolar I and II patients in a hypomanic state and unipolar depressed patients and those with unilateral hemisphere damage following stroke. Method. Sixty patients with DSM-IV affective disorder (30 bipolar I or II, currently hypomanic, 30 unipolar depressives), 30 right brain-damaged patients, 30 left brain-damaged patients and 30 healthy controls were given the Happy–Sad Chimeric Faces Test. Results. Right hemisphere damaged and unipolar depressed patients both showed a significantly reduced left hemispatial bias (LHB) compared to controls, bipolars and left brain-damaged patients. No significant difference in mean LHB between controls and both hypomanics and left brain-damaged patients was found. There was no significant association between LHB and clinical variables. Conclusions. The results suggest a physiological distinction between bipolar and unipolar depression. The significantly diminished left hemifacial bias in depressed patients suggests right hemisphere dysfunction.
Dextrous stick coordination manipulation for 3D hydrogel assembly by dual-nanomanipulator

A novel dextrous stick coordination manipulation (DeSCom) system with dual-nanomanipulator was proposed for the assembly of three-dimensional (3D) structures. The coordination control between two dextrous sticks was realized based on the vision feedback and the manipulation resolution was around 30 nm. It was set up with hybrid motors to ensure the large operation range and operation precision. The dextrous stick was fabricated with glass pipette and the 2-dimensional (2D) unit was fabricated by UV illumination of the hydrogen named Poly (ethylene glycol) Diacrylate (PEGDA). The immobilization and assembly of 2D unit was achieved through the interaction of two sticks. The DeSCom system could realize the arbitrary 3D structure with the change of 2D unit shape through the different patterning with UV illumination. At last, the bottom-up integration of the 3D structure was performed based on the utilization of DeSCom strategies with image processing information. The preliminary assembly experiment was achieved.
Premenstrual symptomatology: role of prior knowledge about premenstrual syndrome.

OBJECTIVE Most women have some premenstrual symptoms that may be influenced by diverse environmental factors. The aim of this study was to determine the influence of knowledge about premenstrual syndrome (PMS) in the reports of women and their symptoms. METHOD We studied 86 healthy Mexican women whose highest level of education was sixth grade. Participants were assigned to one of two groups. The experimental group watched a videotape describing PMS and its negative consequences in daily life. The control group watched a videotape describing the menstrual cycle. The Menstrual Distress Questionnaire was administered to all women during the first week after menstruation, after which they were shown their designated videotape, and the questionnaire was administered again after the next menstruation. RESULTS In the control group, there were no significant differences in premenstrual symptoms reported both before and after the women watched the videotape. However, women in the experimental group reported more severe premenstrual symptoms after watching the videotape. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that after observing the videotape, women's expectancies of negative symptoms in the premenstrual phase increased. Thus, the symptoms reported by these women were enhanced.
Reduced hemoglobin after heart transplantation is no independent risk factor for survival but is associated closely with impaired renal function1

Background. Reduced hemoglobin (Hb) levels after heart transplantation (HTX) are common; however, there are only limited data on the association of posttransplant anemia with survival. Methods. In the present study, the effect of Hb levels determined 7 to 12 months after HTX on survival was investigated in 156 heart transplant recipients (129 men and 27 women; age at transplantation, 51.3±10.45 years; follow-up, 6.77±3.6 years) by univariate and multivariate analyses including a broad range of clinical and demographic patient characteristics. Results. Anemia by standard definition was found in 141 of 156 (91.6%) patients. According to Hb levels above or below the gender-specific median (men, 12.07 g/dL; women, 11.69 g/dL), patients were separated into a high- or low-Hb group, respectively. Kaplan-Meier analysis demonstrated significantly worse survival in the low-Hb group (P =0.033). Those patients showed significantly lower body weight, higher serum creatinine levels, and lower calculated creatinine clearance; the association of creatinine clearance and Hb levels was highly significant (P <0.0001). No differences were demonstrated between groups for age, preoperative cardiac diagnosis, diabetes, azathioprine, steroid or angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor medication, leukocyte and thrombocyte levels, rejection index, or cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection or serostatus. Multivariate Cox stepwise regression analysis demonstrated that CMV infection, diabetes, and female donor gender were significant risk factors for post-HTX survival. An Hb level below the median was, however, completely lost as a risk factor (P =0.44); instead, a strong trend for reduced creatinine clearance could be demonstrated (P =0.09). Subsequently, a significant association was demonstrated between low calculated creatinine clearance and impaired survival by separate Kaplan-Meier analysis (P =0.02). Conclusions. Low Hb levels after HTX do not represent an independent risk factor for reduced survival, but the demonstrated correlation appears to be primarily caused by concomitant functional renal impairment. Further studies will be required to investigate the role of post-HTX anemia as a sensitive indicator of functional renal impairment and the effects of anemia treatment on long-term survival.
Land-use change and costs to rural households: a case study in groundwater nitrate contamination

Loss of grassland from conversion to agriculture threatens water quality and other valuable ecosystem services. Here we estimate how land-use change affects the probability of groundwater contamination by nitrate in private drinking water wells. We find that conversion of grassland to agriculture from 2007 to 2012 in Southeastern Minnesota is expected to increase the future number of wells exceeding 10 ppm nitrate-nitrogen by 45% (from 888 to 1292 wells). We link outputs of the groundwater well contamination model to cost estimates for well remediation, well replacement, and avoidance behaviors to estimate the potential economic value lost due to nitrate contamination from observed land-use change. We estimate $0.7–12 million in costs (present values over a 20 year horizon) to address the increased risk of nitrate contamination of private wells. Our study demonstrates how biophysical models and economic valuation can be integrated to estimate the welfare consequences of land-use change.
Understanding mission command: a model for developing competitive advantage in a business context

Academic and business journals have extensively covered the requirements for the successful implementation of business strategies without arriving at a consensus as to how this objective should be achieved. In Nutt's (2002) 20-year research on the decision-making process he found that over 50% of the decisions made by corporate leaders failed. The author contends that failed or poor decisions are directly linked to the way those decisions are implemented and therefore implementation methodology has become a critical business issue. This paper critically reviews the British Army's implementation methodology which has shown extensive versatility in such circumstances as the Gulf War, the firemen's strike, the foot and mouth crisis and a host of unexpected support operations. This work examines the British Army's definition of mission command, its historical background, the underpinning concepts and the potential utility of such an approach for the private sector. The authors argue that despite the British Army's training and terms of reference it has shown the flexibility and adaptability to achieve success in a volatile and diverse spectrum of tasks. At the heart of the organization's implementation process is mission command. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Macroeconomic Shocks and the CAPM: Evidence from the UK Stockmarket

The UK stockmarket is tested for mean variance efficiency (MVE) in the sense that sectoral stock returns satisfy the restrictions implied by CAPM. There are two main innovations in the paper. One is the use of a model for excess returns in which the conditional covariance matrix of returns varies over time due to the simultaneous influence of four macroeconomic shocks. The other is the use of a likelihood ratio test for MVE calculated from analytical derivatives of the likelihood function in order to reduce the computational burden of these high parameter dimensional models. The model with macroeconomic shocks is compared with the multivariate ARCH-in-mean model. Although the macroeconomic shocks model is found to perform slightly better than the ARCH model, and both produce a significant and plausible estimate of the coefficient of risk aversion, the null hypothesis that the UK stockmarket is mean variance efficient is rejected for both models in favour of the alternative hypothesis that equity returns are an unrestricted linear function of asset shares. Another important finding is that the most important shocks affecting the UK stockmarket either have an international origin or are due to the bond market. Copyright @ 1998 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. All rights reserved.
Evolving the EAM pattern language

Since 2008, the documentation of Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM) patterns has drawn much interest from the academic as well as industrial community. Nowadays, more and more companies start EAM initiatives and the maturity of some early adopters has reached a high level. Therefore, it is now possible to extend the structure of EAM patterns to reflect and include the growing EAM knowledge in practice. For example, knowledge about typical stakeholders and external influence factors can guide the selection of EAM patterns. In addition, metrics and reports/documents are now commonly used for EAM and can also be included. Furthermore, the problem of collecting data needed to describe an enterprise architecture can also be documented by using the pattern format because practice-proven solutions already exist. Based on questioning 13 different companies new EAM patterns have been identified and documented using the extended structure presented in this article.
YtsJ Has the Major Physiological Role of the Four Paralogous Malic Enzyme Isoforms in Bacillus subtilis

ABSTRACT The Bacillus subtilis genome contains several sets of paralogs. An extreme case is the four putative malic enzyme genes maeA, malS, ytsJ, and mleA. maeA was demonstrated to encode malic enzyme activity, to be inducible by malate, but also to be dispensable for growth on malate. We report systematic experiments to test whether these four genes ensure backup or cover different functions. Analysis of single- and multiple-mutant strains demonstrated that ytsJ has a major physiological role in malate utilization for which none of the other three genes could compensate. In contrast, maeA, malS, and mleA had distinct roles in malate utilization for which they could compensate one another. The four proteins exhibited malic enzyme activity; MalS, MleA, and MaeA exhibited 4- to 90-fold higher activities with NAD+ than with NADP+. YtsJ activity, in contrast, was 70-fold higher with NADP+ than with NAD+, with Km values of 0.055 and 2.8 mM, respectively. lacZ fusions revealed strong transcription of ytsJ, twofold higher in malate than in glucose medium, but weak transcription of malS and mleA. In contrast, mleA was strongly transcribed in complex medium. Metabolic flux analysis confirmed the major role of YtsJ in malate-to-pyruvate interconversion. While overexpression of the NADP-dependent Escherichia coli malic enzyme MaeB did not suppress the growth defect of a ytsJ mutant on malate, overexpression of the transhydrogenase UdhA from E. coli partially suppressed it. These results suggest an additional physiological role of YtsJ beyond that of malate-to-pyruvate conversion.
Diode-MTJ Crossbar Memory Cell Using Voltage-Induced Unipolar Switching for High-Density MRAM

This letter presents a diode-magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) magnetic random access memory cell in a 65-nm complimentary metal-oxide-semiconductor compatible process. A voltage-controlled magnetic anisotropy switching mechanism, in addition to STT, allows for a unipolar set/reset write scheme, where voltage pulses of the same polarity, but different amplitudes, are used to switch the MTJs. A small crossbar array is constructed from 65-nm MTJs fabricated on a silicon wafer, with switching voltages ~ 1 V and thermal stability greater than 10 years, with discrete germanium diodes as access devices to allow for read/write operations. The crossbar architecture can be extended to multiple layers to create a 3-D stackable, nonvolatile memory with a sub-1F2 effective cell size.
Anatomic Description of the Naviculocuneiform Articulation

Abstract The naviculocuneiform articulation is composed of the navicular proximally and the 3 cuneiforms distally. It is not uncommon to perform surgical interventions at this joint for multiple pathologic foot etiologies. To date, no detailed anatomic measurement is available for each cuneiform articulation on the navicular. The purpose of the present study was to present an anatomic description of this complex joint to aid in better surgical understanding and improve surgical outcomes. Ten fresh, frozen, and thawed below‐the‐knee cadaveric specimens were used for anatomic dissection of the navicular and associated cuneiforms. The height and width were recorded across the largest span of the entire navicular–cuneiform joint complex and each facet. The mean navicular height and width was 19.9 mm and 34.7 mm, respectively. The medial cuneiform facet mean height and width was 19.9 mm and 15.8 mm, respectively. The intermediate cuneiform facet mean height and width was 20.4 mm and 16.9 mm, respectively. The lateral cuneiform facet mean height and width was 17.5 mm and 14.7 mm, respectively. A detailed description of this joint complex will aid foot and ankle surgeons in screw placement and surgical decision‐making when performing complex medial column fusions. Advanced 3‐dimensional weightbearing computed tomography would give us a better idea of the motion that occurs within this complex joint. &NA; Level of Clinical Evidence: 5
Trends in Intergenerational Income Mobility in Sweden

The level of intergenerational income mobility is by now reasonably well understood across countries, but for many countries, including Sweden, little is known about its change over time. We exploit newly available data to extend existing estimates for Sweden using parental incomes starting in 1960 and offspring income up until 2007. This allows us to examine how the persistence of long-run income has changed for offspring cohorts born in 1945 to 1962 using a reasonably wide window to measure long-run incomes for both parents and offspring. By exploiting these longer time series, we are also able to study how sensitive estimated trends are to parts of the life-cycle relative to longer-run income measures. The paper thus aims to provide the first set of estimates for trends in intergenerational income persistence in Sweden, and explore their robustness to measurement problems that stem from variations in the income process across the life cycle.
Effects of the Five-Step Strategy with Videotape Modeling on Performance of the Tennis Serve

This study was designed to compare two methods of instructing Singer's Five-step Strategy and their effect on the learning and performance of a tennis serve. 63 university students classified as recreational tennis players were stratified by sex and then randomly assigned to one of three groups: Five-step Strategy with videotaped modeling, audiotape Five-step Strategy plus written transcript, or no strategy. Players performed seven blocks of 10 service attempts per block of serves. Points accumulated with each service attempt as well as the number of errors were the dependent measures. Separate 2-way analyses of variance were conducted for each phase of the study. No significant pretreatment differences were noted among groups. Further, all groups improved significantly across time on both dependent measures and maintained this improved performance on a subsequent retention test.
The Emotional Resources Group: Provisional outcome data for a pilot six‐session emotion regulation programme for secondary care

OBJECTIVE To examine the effectiveness of a new, six-session emotion regulation group intervention designed for the secondary care setting: The Emotional Resources Group (ERG). METHOD In this pilot study, participants were recruited by referral from secondary care mental health services. Forty-seven individuals participated in the study. Participants who attended the ERG were compared on measures of emotion regulation, well-being, and self-efficacy, pre- and post-intervention. RESULTS Intent-to-treat analyses indicated highly statistically significant improvements in measures of emotion regulation, well-being, and self-efficacy, accompanied by large effect sizes. In addition, improvements in emotion regulation produced good rates of both reliable and clinically significant change. CONCLUSIONS The ERG may be an effective, brief intervention to improve emotion regulation in the secondary care setting, worthy of further evaluation. PRACTITIONER POINTS Clinical implications Emotion regulation may be an appropriate treatment target to improve well-being and self-efficacy in a transdiagnostic population. The ERG may be effective as a brief emotion regulation intervention for secondary care mental health settings. Outcomes of the ERG appear to be equivalent to other more intensive group-based emotion regulation interventions. The ERG's tailored design may be responsible for positive outcomes. Limitations There was a small sample size. There was no control group. There was no follow-up data.
Whether ionizing radiation is a risk factor for schizophrenia spectrum disorders?

The neural diathesis-stressor hypothesis of schizophrenia, where neurobiological genetic predisposition to schizophrenia can be provoked by environmental stressors is considered as a model of the effects of exposure to ionizing radiation. Analysis of information from electronic databases (MEDLINE, PsycINFO, EMBASE, Current Contents, Elsevier BIOBASE) and hand-made search was carried out. There are comparable reports on increases in schizophrenia spectrum disorders following exposure to ionizing radiation as a result of atomic bombing, nuclear weapons testing, the Chernobyl accident, environmental contamination by radioactive waste, radiotherapy, and also in areas with high natural radioactive background. The results of experimental radioneurobiological studies support the hypothesis of schizophrenia as a neurodegenerative disease. Exposure to ionizing radiation causes brain damage with limbic (cortical–limbic) system dysfunction and impairment of informative processes at the molecular level that can trigger schizophrenia in predisposed individuals or cause schizophrenia-like disorders. It is supposed that ionizing radiation can be proposed as a risk factor for schizophrenia spectrum disorders. The hypothesis that ionizing radiation is a risk factor for schizophrenia spectrum disorders can be tested using data from the Chernobyl accident aftermath. Implementation of a study on schizophrenia spectrum disorders in Chernobyl accident victims is of significance for both clinical medicine and neuroscience.
Time distances and labor market integration

Abstract. This article investigates how time distances within and between municipalities determine the spatial extent of local and regional labor markets. As time distances change, the extent of the labor market will also change. Diminishing time distances will bring about increases in labor market size by integrating formerly spatially separate markets. We analyze such processes using accessibility measures derived from a random choice preference function approach. Accessibility is measured in terms of number of jobs, labor supply and supply of service functions. The aim of the work is to illustrate the usefulness of the purpose-specific accessibility measure we introduce.
Non-Parametric Learning for Monocular Visual Odometry

Vitor Campanholo Guizilini Doctor of Philosophy The University of Sydney March 2013 Non-Parametric Learning for Monocular Visual Odometry This thesis addresses the problem of incremental localization from visual information, a scenario commonly known as visual odometry. Accurate localization is a fundamental aspect in autonomous navigation, where a vehicle should be able to position itself on the surrounding environment in order to perform tasks such as mapping, obstacle avoidance and path planning. Current visual odometry algorithms are heavily dependent on camera calibration, using a pre-established geometric model to provide the transformation between input (optical ow estimates) and output (vehicle motion estimates) information. A novel approach to visual odometry is proposed in this thesis where the need for camera calibration, or even for a geometric model, is circumvented by the use of machine learning principles and techniques. A non-parametric Bayesian regression technique, the Gaussian Process (GP), is used to elect the most probable transformation function hypothesis from input to output, based on training data collected prior and during navigation. Other than eliminating the need for a geometric model and traditional camera calibration, this approach also allows for scale recovery even in a monocular con guration by exploring similarities in optical ow, and provides a natural treatment of uncertainties due to the probabilistic nature of GPs. Several extensions to the traditional GP framework are introduced and discussed at depth, and they constitute the core of the contributions of this thesis to the machine learning and robotics community. Initially, the standard GP derivation is modi ed to address a multiple-output scenario (MOGP), and the standard MOGP derivation is further extended to allow the
TRANSPORT PROPERTIES OF PENTACENE, HEXACENE AND THEIR BN ANALOGUES

We have investigated transport properties of higher acenes pentacene and hexacene and compared it with the transport properties of their BN analogues. Charge hopping from one structure to another was investigated through calculations of reorganization energies based on DFT and Marcus semiempiric approach, while the investigation of charge transport along the investigated structures was based on DFT calculations and non-equilibrium Green's function (NEGF) method. Attention was also paid to the energy separation between the lowest excited singlet (S1) and triplet (T1) state, which is quantity that is important for the field of thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF). The obtained results indicate that both groups of investigated structures have certain advantages and drawbacks. According to the reorganization energies and I-V characteristics, pentacene and hexacene have better properties, while from the aspect of TADF, BN analogues of pentacene and hexacene have better properties.