Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Perceptions of More Complete Musical Compositions: An Exploratory Study

This study describes a methodology for documenting listeners' conceptions of musical structure. The method uses digital technologies that allows precise identification of musical structure, together with a word-processing feature that allows the researcher to capture listeners' interpretations of the piece. In the study, inexperienced listeners (N = 19) and experienced listeners (N = 13) were asked to identify structural events when listening to an intact musical example (last movement, Symphony No. 34 in C major, K. 338 by Mozart). The data collected using this method showed that inexperienced listeners were significantly poorer than the experienced listeners at recognising formal structural events. Most experienced listeners used perceptual attributes or musical labels to describe the structural units that they had identified; many of the inexperienced listeners did not. Eight inexperienced listeners reported psychoacoustic labels, two reported affective labels, four reported sporadic imagery and five reported sustained action involving imagined characters. Thus, this method demonstrated its ability to capture data at each of Umemoto's (1990) four dimensions for analysing compositions.
The Effects of Specific Learning Difficulties (Dyslexia) on the Learning of a Foreign Language in School

Twenty-five dyslexic school pupils aged between 11 years 6 months and 16 years 3 months were considered in relation to their achievements in learning French. These pupils were compared to a group of 25 non-dyslexic subjects of similar age, social background and French learning experience. Ten pupils in each year group between Primary 7 and Secondary 4 were considered. Although there were individual variations, dyslexic pupils performed poorly not only in the areas of reading and writing, but performance was also inferior in speaking and listening. Phonological ability was considered to be the most relevant variable affecting the dyslexic pupils' ability to process language. The difficulties which pupils had in processing English phonology affected their learning of French phonology. Dyslexic pupils also required more time to process phonological information. Results indicate that teaching methodology in modern languages for dyslexic pupils may require reconsideration. © 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
The role of coping in adjustment to multiple sclerosis-related adaptive demands

Abstract In general, coping research has failed to examine coping and specific illness-related stressors, and with respect to multiple sclerosis (MS), there is a lack of research into coping with this disease. In this study, stress and coping theory was used to evaluate the role of appraisal and coping strategies in the adjustment to illness-related stressors in MS patients. A total of 134 MS patients and their carers were interviewed and completed self-administered scales. Predictors included illness, MS problems, appraisal and coping variables. Adjustment outcomes included depression, global distress, social adjustment, and global health status. Hierarchical regression analyses indicated that illness variables were related to depression and social adjustment. Number of MS problems, appraisal and coping were related to most adjustment measures. Overall, findings supported the hypotheses that threat appraisals and emotion-focused coping would be related to poorer adjustment and that problem-focused coping.
Memory intrusions in young adults with and without language learning disability

This report investigated the various types of memory intrusion errors of adults with language learning disability (LLD) in comparison to age- and gender-matched typically developing (TD) adults using lists that are specifically designed to induce memory intrusions adapted from Roediger and McDermott (1995) and modified by Watson et al. (2001; 2003). The 28 participants between the ages of 18;9 – 24;3 listened to pre-recorded lists of twelve words that converged on a critical lure either semantically, phonologically, or dually with a hybrid list. This report tested the hypotheses that 1) hybrid lists would be more likely to induce memory intrusions of the critical lure than either semantic or phonological lists for each group; 2) adults with LLD would demonstrate more intrusion errors than their TD
The yeast SEN3 gene encodes a regulatory subunit of the 26S proteasome complex required for ubiquitin-dependent protein degradation in vivo

The yeast Sen1 protein was discovered by virtue of its role in tRNA splicing in vitro. To help determine the role of Sen1 in vivo, we attempted to overexpress the protein in yeast cells. However, cells with a high-copy SEN1-bearing plasmid, although expressing elevated amounts of SEN1 mRNA, show little increase in the level of the encoded protein, indicating that a posttranscriptional mechanism limits SEN1 expression. This control depends on an amino-terminal element of Sen1. Using a genetic selection for mutants with increased expression of Sen1-derived fusion proteins, we identified mutations in a novel gene, designated SEN3. SEN3 is essential and encodes a 945-residue protein with sequence similarity to a subunit of an activator of the 20S proteasome from bovine erythrocytes, called PA700. Earlier work indicated that the 20S proteasome associates with a multisubunit regulatory factor, resulting in a 26S proteasome complex that degrades substrates of the ubiquitin system. Mutant sen3-1 cells have severe defects in the degradation of such substrates and accumulate ubiquitin-protein conjugates. Most importantly, we show biochemically that Sen3 is a subunit of the 26S proteasome. These data provide evidence for the involvement of the 26S proteasome in the degradation of ubiquitinated proteins in vivo and for a close relationship between PA700 and the regulatory complexes within the 26S proteasome, and they directly demonstrate that Sen3 is a component of the yeast 26S proteasome.
Economic dispatch for optimal management of isolated microgrids

This work presents the modeling and simulation of the economic dispatch performed in a microgrid. A flexible algorithm is developed in order to get the optimal operation of a microgrid. The performed simulations use the load and generation profiles from an operative real microgrid. Due to this, the results are similar to the real operation of a microgrid. The performed simulations consider two types of topologies: a one node microgrid and radial multi-node microgrid. The battery storage model considers the efficiency coefficients for the charging and discharging and the auto-discharging coefficient. The multi-node model includes the maximum power flow constraints for the distribution lines, the formulation includes the estimation of power losses using DC power flow. The DC Power Flow is used to estimate the power losses in a multi-node microgrid, the results are compared with an AC Power flow. The economic dispatch is formulated as a mixed integer linear programming optimization problem.
Association BetweenDry Eye Symptoms andBody Fat : A Prospective , Cross-Sectional Preliminary Study

Objectives: To examine the relationship between dry eye symptoms and adiposity in a population study. Methods: A prospective cross-sectional single-visit preliminary study was designed to sample ocular symptoms and indices of adiposity in the general adult population. Patients recruited from the UNSW optometry clinic, the university campus and surrounding community, and overseas were invited to complete a survey composed of the short form Dry Eye Questionnaire (SFDEQ) (Dry Eye Questionnaire-5 or Contact Lens Dry Eye Questionnaire8) and the Ocular Comfort Index (OCI) via hardcopy or online. Participants self-measured their weight, height, waist circumference (WC), and body fat % (optional). Associations between measures of adiposity (Body mass index [BMI], WC, and body fat %) and ocular symptoms scores (SFDEQ and OCI) were determined using Spearman correlation coefficients. Group differences were compared using independent t test. Results: Three hundred and five participants including 52 contact lens wearers completed the study and 78 of them measured body fat %. There was a moderate correlation between body fat % and dry eye symptoms (SFDEQ r1⁄40.34, P1⁄40.003; OCI r1⁄40.32, P1⁄40.004). The interaction between body fat % and gender, wear of contact lenses, and older age were shown to be significant predictors of less ocular comfort in multivariate analysis (F(3,74)1⁄412.13, P,0.001). Conclusions: An association between adiposity measured by body fat % and symptoms of dry eye was demonstrated in the general adult population. Confirmation of these findings in a large study is required.
Analysis of rubella antibody distribution from newborn dried blood spots using finite mixture models

SUMMARY Eluted dried blood spot specimens from newborn screening, collected in 2004 in North Thames and anonymously linked to birth registration data, were tested for maternally acquired rubella IgG antibody as a proxy for maternal antibody concentration using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Finite mixture regression models were fitted to the antibody concentrations from 1964 specimens. The Bayesian Information Criterion (BIC) was used as a model selection criterion to avoid over-fitting the number of mixture model components. This allowed investigation of the independent effect of maternal age and maternal country of birth on rubella antibody concentration without dichotomizing the outcome variable using cut-off values set a priori. Mixture models are a highly useful method of analysis in seroprevalence studies of vaccine-preventable infections in which preset cut-off values may overestimate the size of the seronegative population.
Compressive Sampling for the Packet Loss Recovery in Audio Multimedia Streaming

The aim of this paper is to introduce a new schema, based on a Compressive Sampling technique, for the recovery of lost data in multimedia streaming. The audio streaming data are encapsuled in different packets by using an interleaving technique. The Compressive Sampling technique is used to recover audio information in case of lost packets. Experimental results are presented on speech and musical audio signals to illustrate the performances and the capabilities of the proposed methodology.
A defect-tolerant accelerator for emerging high-performance applications

Due to the evolution of technology constraints, especially energy constraints which may lead to heterogeneous multi-cores, and the increasing number of defects, the design of defect-tolerant accelerators for heterogeneous multi-cores may become a major micro-architecture research issue. Most custom circuits are highly defect sensitive, a single transistor can wreck such circuits. On the contrary, artificial neural networks (ANNs) are inherently error tolerant algorithms. And the emergence of high-performance applications implementing recognition and mining tasks, for which competitive ANN-based algorithms exist, drastically expands the potential application scope of a hardware ANN accelerator. However, while the error tolerance of ANN algorithms is well documented, there are few in-depth attempts at demonstrating that an actual hardware ANN would be tolerant to faulty transistors. Most fault models are abstract and cannot demonstrate that the error tolerance of ANN algorithms can be translated into the defect tolerance of hardware ANN accelerators. In this article, we introduce a hardware ANN geared towards defect tolerance and energy efficiency, by spatially expanding the ANN. In order to precisely assess the defect tolerance capability of this hardware ANN, we introduce defects at the level of transistors, and then assess the impact of such defects on the hardware ANN functional behavior. We empirically show that the conceptual error tolerance of neural networks does translate into the defect tolerance of hardware neural networks, paving the way for their introduction in heterogeneous multi-cores as intrinsically defect-tolerant and energy-efficient accelerators.
Increased Myogenic Responses of Resistance-Sized Mesenteric Arteries After Reduced Uterine Perfusion Pressure in Pregnant Rats

Objective. A central component of preeclampsia is a reduction in utero-placental perfusion. We tested the hypothesis that vascular reactivity of second – order mesenteric arteries would be increased in a pregnant rat with reduced uterine perfusion pressure (RUPP). Methods. Pregnant 10–12 week old Sprague-Dawley rats underwent RUPP surgery on gestational day 14, and experiments were carried out on day 20. SHAM operated animals were used as controls. Resistance caliber mesenteric arteries (200–250 μm) were isolated, myogenic reactivity and responses to vasoconstrictor and vasodilator agonists were assessed utilizing a pressurized arteriograph system. Results. RUPP resulted in maternal hypertension and reductions in fetal number and weight. Resistance caliber mesenteric arteries (200–250 μm) were isolated, myogenic reactivity and responses to vasoconstrictor and vasodilator agonists were assessed utilizing a pressurized arteriograph system. Myogenic reactivity responses were normalized as a percent change in vessel diameter from an initial diameter at 20 mmHg. The mesenteric arteries from RUPP animals exhibited a significant increase in myogenic reactivity compared to SHAM controls (p < 0.05). This increased myogenicity was reversed with prostaglandin inhibition, suggesting a role for a vasoconstrictor prostaglandin. In addition to alterations in myogenic reactivity, resistance-sized arteries from RUPP animals have decreased responses to nitric oxide (NO) as evidenced by decreases in responses to methacholine (ME; P < 0.05) and no change in myogenic reactivity after NO synthase blockade. Conclusion. RUPP alters the behavior of resistance caliber arteries to favor a more contractile phenotype with decreased in NO responses, which is similar to what is seen in preeclampsia.
Lexical Pragmatic Adjustment and the Nature of Ad hoc Concepts

According to truth-conditional pragmatics, a word may contribute an ad hoc concept to the proposition expressed, that is, something that differs from the concept the word encodes (the lexicalized concept). In relevance-theoretic lexical pragmatics, ad hoc concepts are treated like a species of concepts proper. Concepts as well as ad hoc concepts are taken to be atomic. Lexical pragmatic adjustment is conceived as the formation of an ad hoc concept that is narrower or broader in extension (or both) than the lexicalized concept involved. We argue that difference in extension should not be taken as the crucial feature of lexical pragmatics, since ad hoc concepts can have the same extension as the lexicalized concept. In contrast, we propose a positive view of ad hoc concepts as clusters of information poised to be used in inference. (Surprisingly, ad hoc concepts turn out not to be concepts at all.) The cluster account drops the assumption that ad hoc concepts are atomic and can therefore provide a satisfactory explanation of lexical pragmatic adjustment.
The Effectiveness of Life Skills Training on Enhancing the Social Skills of Children With Hearing Impairments in Inclusive Schools

School is not only the place where children learn the knowledge, skills, and competencies to access workforce opportunities later in life, but also where they learn social skills and ways of being in the world. In school, children practice forming and maintaining relationships with teachers and other students. They learn independence, and how to prepare for assessments and take in new and potentially challenging information. Students with special needs may require additional support and instruction in these interpersonal interactions. As classrooms worldwide become more inclusive of students of varying strengths and abilities, teachers and education officials must respect diverse needs and ways of learning. In this article, the authors recognize the increased need for life skills instruction for Iranian students with hearing impairments, and explore ways of helping them better integrate into school and community life.
The Effects of a Teaching Methods Course on Early Childhood Preservice Teachers' Beliefs

This study examines the effectiveness of an educational methods course for changing early childhood preservice teachers' instructional beliefs. The teaching methods course emphasized constructivist teaching principles. Seventy-eight of the early childhood education preservice teachers who were enrolled in this course filled out the Teacher Belief Survey at the beginning and end of the 15-week course. The results of both quantitative and qualitative data analysis indicated that participation in the teaching methods course had significantly changed preservice teachers' beliefs. As a result of the course, preservice teachers' constructivist beliefs increased, and these beliefs became more concrete and coherent. Results are discussed in relation to the literature, and the implications of examining early childhood education programs are explored.
Constructing Arab Female Leadership Lessons from the Moroccan Media

How the Arab media construct Middle Eastern women as political actors, frame their leadership roles, and narrate their activities to the public are important questions largely ignored in the growing scholarship on women’s political participation in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Drawing on Nancy Fraser’s reflections on the politics of recognition and distribution (2007), I examine the construction of women’s leadership in Morocco during the four-month period leading to the local elections of June 2009. Analysis of 1,738 news items from five print media sources reveals that the “symbolic annihilation” of political women, a thesis traditionally applied to Western contexts, is disturbingly robust in Morocco. The Moroccan case alerts us that institutional mechanisms supporting women’s leadership might begin to address gender biases in the distribution of political power, but they do not guarantee the recognition of gender equality in the cultural sphere of knowledge production and opinion formation. Struggles over gender equity in Morocco and elsewhere in MENA should engage more fully with the politics of recognition given the disjuncture between women’s leadership competences and achievements and the dominant ideological frames constructing women’s leadership.
The Sibling Relationship in Young Adulthood

The relationship between sibling pair type (i.e., sister-sister, sister-brother, brother-brother, brother-sister) and performance of sibling functions (i.e., services that siblings perform for each other) was investigated using a sample of 224 college students. Also examined was the relationship between perceived sibling functions and perceptions of closeness. As hypothesized, sister pairs were more likely to report performing certain sibling functions than were other sibling pair types. The expectation that sibling functions and sibling closeness would be related was partially supported, particularly for women responding about either a sister or a brother.
Predicting onset of depression: the Vulnerability to Depression Questionnaire.

OBJECTIVES The development of a self-report questionnaire capable of assessing cognitive and interpersonal vulnerability factors for clinical depression is described. The Vulnerability to Depression Questionnaire (VDQ) was developed to provide a brief, economical alternative to the Self-Evaluation and Social Support interview (SESS; O'Connor & Brown, 1984), assessing negative evaluation of self, negative interaction with partner or child and lack of a support figure. DESIGN The VDQ was tested in a prospective study of community-based women who were contacted on three occasions over the course of approximately 1 year, to: (i) compare the VDQ's capacity to categorize vulnerability compared with the SESS interview, and (ii) to test the VDQ's prediction of onset of clinical depression during the follow-up. METHOD Selected nondepressed respondents completed the VDQ and were interviewed to determine their vulnerability using the SESS. They were re-interviewed on two further occasions during the follow-up period, and the VDQ was also re-administered at the time of first follow-up. Onset of clinical depression during the follow-up was assessed by interview at each contact. RESULTS Comparison of VDQ and SESS interview classification of participants' vulnerability at first contact indicated that the questionnaire had good sensitivity and specificity. Test-retest scores for the VDQ indicated satisfactory levels of reliability. VDQ scores also predicted onset of clinical depression in the follow-up period. CONCLUSIONS Results suggest that the VDQ is an economical and effective means of screening large populations for the purposes of risk assessment, to aid future research into clinical depression and to facilitate the implementation of intervention strategies.
THE PHYSICAL PARAMETERS OF THE RETIRED A STAR HD 185351

We report here an analysis of the physical stellar parameters of the giant star HD 185351 using Kepler short-cadence photometry, optical and near infrared interferometry from CHARA, and high-resolution spectroscopy. Asteroseismic oscillations detected in the Kepler short-cadence photometry combined with an effective temperature calculated from the interferometric angular diameter and bolometric flux yield a mean density ρ⋆ = 0.0130 ± 0.0003 ρ☉ and surface gravity log g = 3.280 ± 0.011. Combining the gravity and density we find R⋆ = 5.35 ± 0.20 R☉ and M⋆ = 1.99 ± 0.23 M☉. The trigonometric parallax and CHARA angular diameter give a radius R⋆ = 4.97 ± 0.07 R☉. This smaller radius, when combined with the mean stellar density, corresponds to a stellar mass 1.60 ± 0.08 M☉, which is smaller than the asteroseismic mass by 1. 6σ. We find that a larger mass is supported by the observation of mixed modes in our high-precision photometry, the spacing of which is consistent only for M⋆ ≳ 1.8 M☉. Our various and independent mass measurements can be compared to the mass measured from interpolating the spectroscopic parameters onto stellar evolution models, which yields a model-based mass M⋆, model = 1.87 ± 0.07 M☉. This mass agrees well with the asteroseismic value, but is 2. 6σ higher than the mass from the combination of asteroseismology and interferometry. The discrepancy motivates future studies with a larger sample of giant stars. However, all of our mass measurements are consistent with HD 185351 having a mass in excess of 1.5 M☉.
Sikh-ing online: the role of the Internet in the religious lives of young British Sikhs

Set in the context of a wider study of processes of religious transmission, this article examines the role of the Internet in the religious lives of young British Sikhs. Having explored the emergence of the presence of Sikhism online, data gathered through interviews, focus groups and a large scale online survey is analysed to understand how and why young British Sikhs use the Internet to learn about Sikhism and how the online environment may or may not impact on their ideas of religious tradition and authority. Using Campbell's [2007. “Who's Got the Power? Religious Authority and the Internet. ” Journal of Computer Mediated Communication 12 (3): 1043–1062] recommendation that any examination of the impact of the Internet on religious authority needs to be sufficiently contextualised, I argue that the effects of the online environment on traditional sources of religious authority are not as stark as scholars studying the early impact of the Internet suggest. Given that ‘going online’ has become an everyday practice for many young people living in Britain, this article contributes to understanding the online religious lives of young people in general, and young British Sikhs in particular.