Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Rapport Operationalized as a Humanitarian Interview in Investigative Interview Settings

This study describes and tests an empirical-based theoretical model of rapport in an investigative interview context. Essential in this study is whether rapport, operationalized as the humanitarian interview, in two interviews with a six-month retention interval, had any causal effects on the respective memory performance of 146 and 127 interviewees. Independent-samples t‑tests revealed, on both occasions, that a humanitarian rapport interview led to a larger amount of reported information altogether, with more central and peripheral information, than a dominant non-rapport interview did. Regardless of the interview approach, mixed between-within analysis of variance showed a substantially larger amount of reported information in the first interview than the second. The amount of false information reported in both interviews was statistically invariable, regardless of interviewing style.
Haptic patterns and older adults: To repeat or not to repeat?

Haptic technologies can open up new avenues for assisting older people in their daily activities, in particular in navigation and orientation tasks. A number of haptic wearables have already proven their usefulness for younger individuals. However, older adults' specific needs for a haptic navigation aid have seldom been investigated. The same is valid for the design of haptic patterns that would be both acceptable and efficient for the elderly. This paper is a contribution in this direction. It is focused on the design of a set of haptic patterns for and by the elderly. It presents the user evaluation that was conducted to assess the recognition rate of these patterns during a navigation task in an urban environment. Fourteen elderly participants took part in the study. The results showed that repetitions of a sequence within a pattern were not crucial for their discrimination and recall. On the contrary, they can cause memorization difficulties and confusion. We discuss these results and propose a number of recommendations for the design of haptic patterns adapted to the older adults' needs.
Computational Statistics and Data Analysis Principal Components for Multivariate Functional Data

A principal component method for multivariate functional data is proposed. Data can be arranged in a matrix whose elements are functions so that for each individual a vector of p functions is observed. This set of p curves is reduced to a small number of transformed functions, retaining as much information as possible. The criterion to measure the information loss is the integrated variance. Under mild regular conditions, it is proved that if the original functions are smooth this property is inherited by the principal components. A numerical procedure to obtain the smooth principal components is proposed and the goodness of the dimension reduction is assessed by two new measures of the proportion of explained variability. The method performs as expected in various controlled simulated data sets and provides interesting conclusions when it is applied to real data sets.
Assessment of Bacterial bph Gene in Amazonian Dark Earth and Their Adjacent Soils

Amazonian Anthrosols are known to harbour distinct and highly diverse microbial communities. As most of the current assessments of these communities are based on taxonomic profiles, the functional gene structure of these communities, such as those responsible for key steps in the carbon cycle, mostly remain elusive. To gain insights into the diversity of catabolic genes involved in the degradation of hydrocarbons in anthropogenic horizons, we analysed the bacterial bph gene community structure, composition and abundance using T-RFLP, 454-pyrosequencing and quantitative PCR essays, respectively. Soil samples were collected in two Brazilian Amazon Dark Earth (ADE) sites and at their corresponding non-anthropogenic adjacent soils (ADJ), under two different land use systems, secondary forest (SF) and manioc cultivation (M). Redundancy analysis of T-RFLP data revealed differences in bph gene structure according to both soil type and land use. Chemical properties of ADE soils, such as high organic carbon and organic matter, as well as effective cation exchange capacity and pH, were significantly correlated with the structure of bph communities. Also, the taxonomic affiliation of bph gene sequences revealed the segregation of community composition according to the soil type. Sequences at ADE sites were mostly affiliated to aromatic hydrocarbon degraders belonging to the genera Streptomyces, Sphingomonas, Rhodococcus, Mycobacterium, Conexibacter and Burkholderia. In both land use sites, shannon's diversity indices based on the bph gene data were higher in ADE than ADJ soils. Collectively, our findings provide evidence that specific properties in ADE soils shape the structure and composition of bph communities. These results provide a basis for further investigations focusing on the bio-exploration of novel enzymes with potential use in the biotechnology/biodegradation industry.
Differential trafficking of Kif5c on tyrosinated and detyrosinated microtubules in live cells

Kinesin-1 is a molecular transporter that trafficks along microtubules. There is some evidence that kinesin-1 targets specific cellular sites, but it is unclear how this spatial regulation is achieved. To investigate this process, we used a combination of in vivo imaging of kinesin heavy-chain Kif5c (an isoform of kinesin-1) fused to GFP, in vitro analyses and mathematical modelling. GFP-Kif5c fluorescent puncta localised to a subset of microtubules in live cells. These puncta moved at speeds of up to 1 μm second–1 and exchanged into cortically labelled clusters at microtubule ends. This behaviour depended on the presence of a functional motor domain, because a rigor-mutant GFP-Kif5c bound to microtubules but did not move along them. Further analysis indicated that the microtubule subset decorated by GFP-Kif5c was highly stable and primarily composed of detyrosinated tubulin. In vitro motility assays showed that the motor domain of Kif5c moved detyrosinated microtubules at significantly lower velocities than tyrosinated (unmodified) microtubules. Mathematical modelling predicted that a small increase in detyrosination would bias kinesin-1 occupancy towards detyrosinated microtubules. These data suggest that kinesin-1 preferentially binds to and trafficks on detyrosinated microtubules in vivo, providing a potential basis for the spatial targeting of kinesin-1-based cargo transport.
Associations Between Intervertebral Disc Degeneration Grading Schemes and Measures of Disc Function

Disc degeneration is a major cause of spinal dysfunction and pain, but grading schemes concentrate on tissue changes rather than altered function. The aim of this study was to compare disc degeneration grading systems with each other, and with biomechanical measures of disc function. Sixty‐six motion segments (T8–9 to L5–S1) were dissected from cadavers aged 48–98 years. Disc function was assessed by measuring nucleus pressure (IDP) and maximum stresses in the annulus under 1 kN of compression. Detailed “scores” of disc degeneration were based on independent radiographic, macroscopic, and microscopic evaluations. For each evaluation, scores were used to assign a degeneration “grade” (I–IV), and functional measures were then correlated with degeneration scores and grades. Results showed that all measures were reliable (intraclass correlation coefficients: 0.82–0.99). Macroscopic and microscopic assessments were highly correlated with each other (r: 0.57–0.89, p < 0.001) but only weakly correlated with radiographic features. The overall macroscopic and microscopic scores of degeneration increased significantly with age and at lower spinal levels, although the influence of age was less marked in the case of the microscopic scores. IDP decreased with age and at lower spinal levels, but annulus stresses were more variable. Importantly, IDP and annulus stresses decreased consistently with all measures of disc degeneration, and these associations remained strong after controlling for age, gender, and spinal level. We conclude that radiographic and tissue‐based assessments of disc degeneration are consistent with each other, and are more closely related to mechanical (dys)function than to age or spinal level. © 2019 Orthopaedic Research Society. Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Orthop Res 37:1946–1955, 2019
An exploratory study of African American male college graduates responding to the developmental process and the social context of racism experiences in American society

The purpose of this study was to examine the perceived consequences of racism experiences on adult development and overall well-being of highly educated African American males. There were three objectives: to describe African American male responses to experienced racism in four social contexts: on the job, in academia, in the public realm, and statements in the media; to describe African American male social support networks for dealing with racism and to describe their level of satisfaction with those social support network; and to examine the relationship between racism experiences and other variables with two measures of psychological well-being, neuroticism and extraversion. The data used to address the study objectives were derived from a unique sample of responses to questionnaires submitted by 130 African American male college graduates. These men are very extraverted and score within average range on the neuroticism scales. The participants perceived frequent incidences of racism in all four social contexts: on the job, in academic settings, in the public realm, and racist statements in the media. At all developmental levels, the respondents’ acknowledged that incidences of racism experiences had occurred in both the “previous year” and “throughout their lifetime. The African American men are acknowledging performing additional tasks during their development that was heretofore never mentioned in developmental theory. The African American male college graduates were very satisfied with the African American supporters European Americans who were a part of their social support network. Results of several regression analyses that entered all independent variables, found that only two variables showed a small but significant negative predictor value for
Data Warehouse System Based on Iron & Steel Enterprise

This paper firstly reviews common construction of information system of iron & steel enterprise, and then detailedly introduces five-layer structure of data warehouse. It is made of data source layer, operation data storage layer, subject data set layer, data analysis layer and data display layer. Among all, the concept and building process of subject data set and the characteristics of various models in data analysis layer are explained detailedly. Lastly this paper gives an analysis example of important quality index of rolling coil which introduces the process of selecting data source, building subject data set, analyzing data by calling methods and models in data analysis layer. It is proved that by building data warehouse system, it can improve efficiency of production and support enterprise's decision.
Two bismuth oxalate hydrates and revision of their chemical formulae.

The crystal structures of two bismuth(III) oxalate hydrates, previously described as 'Bi(2)(C(2)O(4))(3). H(2)C(2)O(4)' and 'Bi(2)(C(2)O(4))(3). 7H(2)O', were solved and refined from single-crystal X-ray diffraction data. The results led to the revised chemical formulae Bi(2)(C(2)O(4))(3). 6H(2)O and Bi(2)(C(2)O(4))(3). 8H(2)O, respectively. Both dibismuth(III) trioxalate hexahydrate (tetraaquatri-micro-oxalato-dibismuth(III) dihydrate, [[Bi(2)(C(2)O(4))(3)(H(2)O)(4)]. 2H(2)O](n)) and dibismuth(III) trioxalate octahydrate (tetraaquatri-micro-oxalato-dibismuth(III) tetrahydrate [[Bi(2)(C(2)O(4))(3)(H(2)O)(4)]. 4H(2)O](n)) are characterized by a three-dimensional network of Bi atoms connected by tetradentate oxalate groups. All ligand and 'free' water molecules are located in channels and voids. The mean Bi-O bond lengths are approximately 2.51 A. The lone electron pairs on all Bi(3+) cations are stereochemically inactive.
Matrix structures and performance: the search for optimal adjustment to organizational objectives

Matrix structures continue to be utilized at high-tech companies despite considerable evidence about the many shortcomings of the method. Empirical research among companies employing matrix structures revealed three different resource allocation policies: (1) profit and cost centers; (2) direct priorities; and (3) comprehensive allocation planning. In order to evaluate organizational performance for each policy, a simulation was constructed to ascertain the optimal distribution of influence for managers under different work parameters and for various organizational objectives. The simulation provided answers for when organizational and market conditions necessitate increases or reductions in the influence of project managers in order to reach optimum performance. Based on the organizational objectives selected for this study, different patterns were found to characterize decision-making. Patterns varied considerably. At one extreme, the distribution of influence for reaching a specific objective remained stable despite changes in work parameters. In contrast, another pattern involved a high dependence between a specific work profile and the optimization of performance, with changes in each work parameter leading to quite different decisions about whether to increase, decrease, or maintain influence.
FODEX -- Towards Generic Data Extraction from Web Forums

The web is a large source for valuable data. Today, this data is not only provided by professional publishers, but everyone in the form of user-generated content. A large part of such content is located in web forums. As platforms to share knowledge, they are easily accessible for everyone. However, their vast amount makes it hard to find discussions on a specific topic. Automatic systems can filter and point to relevant information. Unfortunately, the content is presented in a human-readable layout and is not intended to be processed by automatic systems. Therefore, it is necessary to separate the content in a web forum discussion from the layout before doing any further information mining. This paper presents FODEX - a system for automatic forum data extraction. It extracts data from any forum and matches it to a unified data schema.
The injured mind in the UK Armed Forces

The mental health of the UK Armed Forces is a topic much debated by healthcare professionals, politicians and the media. While the current operations in Afghanistan, and the recent conflict in Iraq, are relevant to this debate, much of what is known about the effects of war upon the psyche still derives from the two World Wars. This paper will examine the historical and contemporary evidence about why it is that some Service personnel suffer psychological injuries during their military service and others do not. The paper will also consider some of the strategies that today's Armed Forces have put in place to mitigate the effects of sending military personnel into danger.
Mathematical model for a temporal-bounded classifier in security environments

Security is a major concern when web applications are implemented. This has led to the proposal of a variety of specifications and approaches to provide the necessary security for these environments. SQL injection attacks on web applications have become one of the most important information security concerns over the past few years. The purpose of this article is to present an adaptive and intelligent mechanism that can handle SQL injection attacks taking into account a controlled time response. Our approach is based on a soft real-time classifier agent that incorporates a mixture of experts based on soft computing to choose a specific classification technique depending on the attack and the time available to solve the classification. A case study to evaluate the effectiveness of the approach and the preliminary results obtained with an initial prototype are also presented.
DP-01 / 05 An Evaluation of the Impacts of Economic Reform on Performance of Agriculture in Ethiopia by Adane

In an effort to boost agricultural productivity the Ethiopian government has embarked on implementing policy reforms since 1991. Assessing the performance of this sector after the introduction of these policies can help to evaluate the real impact of the reforms on agricultural productivity and to design future policy reforms or take corrective measures. In this paper we employ the stochastic frontier production function to examine technical, allocative and economic efficiency in crop production using farm level data from 1993/94 and 2000/01 production years in post-reform Ethiopia. In addition, we decompose the growth in agricultural production to examine the contributions of the changes in efficiency, technology and inputs to the total factor productivity (TFP) in agriculture. Results show that there are inefficiencies attributable to household and farm characteristics and the policy environment. There was a decline in TFP, allocative and economic efficiency during the period resulting in poor performance of the sub-sector and indicating an adverse impact of the reform. There was no significant change in technical efficiency.
Test–Retest Reliability of Lower Extremity Functional Instability Measures

Objectives1) To evaluate the test–retest reliability of lower extremity functional instability measures involving testing situations of varying complexity, and 2) To evaluate the interrelationships among performances observed during these tests and a maximal single-limb forward hop for distance. DesignA repeated measures design, repeated on two occasions. SettingPostural control laboratory. ParticipantsThirty young healthy subjects (23.5 ± 2.0 years). Main Outcome MeasuresSubjects performed single-limb standing balance and forward hop tests on two occasions completed within 1 week and at least 24 hours apart. Standing balance was assessed using a force platform and the following four progressively complex test situations: 1) standing on the stable platform with eyes open, 2) standing on a foam mat placed over the platform with eyes open, 3) standing on the stable platform with eyes closed, and 4) standing on the stable platform after landing from a maximal single-limb forward hop. Results and ConclusionsIntraclass correlation coefficients were moderate to excellent (0.41 to 0.91) suggesting that the standing balance tests are appropriate for distinguishing among group performances. Standard errors of measurement and associated 95% confidence intervals suggested that a change in an individual's standing balance performance of approximately 10–30% would be necessary in order to confidently state that a true change had occurred. Stronger relationships were observed between hop distance and standing balance tests performed with eyes closed (r = −0.63, p < 0.001) and after landing from a maximal hop (r = −0.53, p = 0.003), suggesting that tests that challenge postural control to a greater extent are more representative of functional performance.
Loop instruction caching for energy-efficient embedded multitasking processors

With the exponential increase of power consumption in processor generations, energy dissipation has become one of the most critical constraints in system design. Cache memories are usually the most energy consuming components on the processor chip due to their large die size occupation and frequent access operations. Furthermore, in step with the increased complexity of modern embedded applications, microprocessors are increasingly executing multitasking applications. In multitasking processors, the conventional L1 instruction cache (I-cache) is usually shared by multiple tasks and thereby suffering a highly intensive read/write operations, which can be even more energy-consuming than used in a single-task based system. This paper presents an energy-efficient shared multitasking loop instruction cache (SMLIC), which is designed to address the tasks sharing and context switch issues so that it can be efficiently utilized to reduce the I-cache accesses for energy savings in multitasking processors. Experiments on a set of multitasking applications demonstrate that the proposed SMLIC design scheme can reduce I-cache accesses by 12∼86% and energy consumption in instruction supply by 11∼79% for multitasking system, depending on various frequencies of context switch.
All-Optical Networking

A survey of recent literature on all optical networking is presented. Starting from multiplexing techniques and topological features, network design and performance issues are reviewed. Particular attention is devoted to Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) networks. Static and dynamic solutions of the routing and wavelength assignment (RWA) problem are considered. Issues of current research are summarized.
Nanocarrier based transdermal formulation of NSAID : Optimization of drug loading and analysis of permeation characteristics

Arthritis is a major cause of disability and morbidity, particularly in older individuals. The symptoms and signs of arthritis and related conditions include pain, stiffness, swelling, muscle weakness, and limitation of movement of the joints. The objective of the present work was to provide a dosage form for localized action of drugs used in treatment of arthritis to the affected tissues for prolonged period and to avoid side effects in non-target organs. To achieve this, drug loaded liposomes and transferosomes were prepared for Nonsteroidal anti inflammatory drugs and further incorporated in transdermal gel formulation. The formulations were prepared by Experimental design using screened factors and their levels and by optimized process parameters. The transdermal drug permeation was found to be highest for transferosomal gel, whereas drug was found to be slightly retained in skin during permeation from liposomal gel formulation. The reason may be fusion of Phospholipids during diffusion through skin. Both the Transferosomal gel formulation and Liposomal gel formulation showed sustained release of drug for more than 6 hrs. Based on the pharmacokinetic studies, both the liposomal gel and transferosomal gel were found to have better bioavailability as compared to plain gel of Aceclofenac. Both the transferosomal and liposomal gel showed better anti-inflammatory action and analgesic action than marketed gel of Aceclofenac (Marketed gel).
A new set of Mu DNA transposition intermediates: alternate pathways of target capture preceding strand transfer

Mu DNA transposition occurs within the context of higher order nucleoprotein structures or transpososomes. We describe a new set of transpososomes in which Mu B‐bound target DNA interacts non‐covalently with previously characterized intermediates prior to the actual strand transfer. This interaction can occur at several points along the reaction pathway: with the LER, the Type 0 or the Type 1 complexes. The formation of these target capture complexes, which rapidly undergo the strand transfer chemistry, is the rate‐limiting step in the overall reaction. These complexes provide alternate pathways to strand transfer, thereby maximizing transposition potential. This versatility is in contrast to other characterized transposons, which normally capture target DNA only at a single point in their respective reaction pathways.