Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
An Explorative Study on Crossmodal Congruence Between Visual and Tactile Icons Based on Emotional Responses

Tactile icons, brief tactile stimuli conveying abstract information, have found their use in various applications, and their use with visual elements is increasing on touchscreen user interfaces. However, effective design guidelines of tactile icons for crossmodal use have not been established. This paper addresses this problem by investigating the congruence between visual and tactile icons based on the hypothesis that emotional agreement between the icons improves congruence. The validity of this hypothesis was examined in three experiments. In Exp. I, we selected common visual icons and estimated their emotional responses using the circumplex model of affect. Tactile icons to be used as a pair were designed in Exp. II by varying their amplitude, frequency, and envelope (rhythm). Their emotional responses were also evaluated. In Exp. III, the congruence of 192 crossmodal icons made by combining the visual icons (8) and the tactile icons (24) was evaluated, and these congruence scores were compared with the valence and arousal scores of the two unimodal icons obtained in Exp. I and II. Experimental results suggested that the congruence of a crossmodal icon highly depends on the agreement in the emotional responses between its visual and tactile icons. This finding provides feasibility to the development of general design guidelines and heuristics for crossmodal icons that rely on the relationship between the emotional responses from the individual modalities. Our approach is expected to advance the current practice that associates the physical parameters between the different senses with better intuitiveness and simplicity.
The intention to become an expatriate: a multinational application of the theory of planned behaviour

The purpose of this study was to examine the utility of the theory of planned behaviour for understanding individuals' intention to accept an offer to work in a foreign country and to assess its generalisability across countries. Furthermore, we tested the direct effect of gender on expatriate intention and its determinants. To address these objectives, we used a survey sample of 896 business students in Croatia, Germany, Russia, Turkey and the USA. The theory of planned behaviour explained a substantial amount of variance in intentions to accept a foreign assignment. As proposed, attitude towards expatriation, subjective norms and perceived behavioural control significantly influence individuals' expatriation intention. Men showed stronger intentions to expatriate than women. Moreover, the theory of planned behaviour was shown to be an effective predictor of expatriation intention across countries. Implications of these results for theory and practice and directions for future research are discussed.
Health and meaningfulness of time use for unemployed individuals: associations with involvement in education

Unemployed people often experience poor health and frequently report unsatisfying leisure experiences. Previous literature has identified the importance of meaningful activities (such as education) in supporting the overall health of unemployed individuals. This exploratory study investigated the difference in health and access to elements of meaningful time use between two groups of unemployed 18‐ to 25‐year‐olds: those who were involved in educational activities (‘unemployed but in education’) and those who were not (‘unemployed’). Individuals in the ‘unemployed but in education’ group reported better health and more meaningfulness in their time use. For individuals in the ‘unemployed’ group, engaging in activities because ‘there was nothing else to do’ was correlated with poorer psychological health. For females in the ‘unemployed but in education’ group, engagement in personally valued activities was highly correlated with better psychological health. No significant correlations between access to elements of meaningful time use and psychological health were present for males in the ‘unemployed but in education group’. Results suggest that activity‐based interventions may be useful for supporting better health in unemployed individuals.
Boundary layer Viscous Flow of Nanofluids and Heat Transfer Over a Nonlinearly Isothermal Stretching Sheet in the Presence of Heat Generation/Absorption and Slip Boundary Conditions

The steady two-dimensional flow of a viscous nanofluid of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flow and heattransfer characteristics for the boundary layer flow over a nonlinear stretching sheet is considered. Theflow is caused by a nonlinear stretching sheet with effects of velocity, temperature and concentrationslips. Problem formulation is developed in the presence of heat generation/absorption andsuction/injection parameters on non-linear stretching sheet. The resulting governing equations areconverted into a system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations by applying a suitable similaritytransformation and then solved numerically using Keller-Box technique. Convergences of the derivedsolutions are studied. The effects of the different parameters on the velocity, temperature, andconcentration profiles are shown and discussed. Numerical values of local skin-friction coefficient, localNusselt number and Sherwood number are tabulated. It is found that the velocity profiles decreases,temperature and concentration profiles increases with increasing of velocity slip parameter, and thethermal boundary layer thickness increases with increasing of Brownian motion and thermophoresisparameters.
Experimental demonstration of a downlink multi-channel Hybrid Fiber-Radio using digitized RF-over-fiber technique

We propose an efficient transmission scheme for Hybrid Fiber-Radio (HFR) system using a digitized RF-over-fiber (DRoF) technique, which can simplify frequency translation functions and supports multiple wireless services. We experimentally demonstrate a DRoF-HFR downlink for the transmission of GSM, UMTS and WiMAX services, with a minimum sampling rate of 50 MHz and an overall optical data rate of 400 Mb/s. Experimental results show that the amount of amplification required for the image at the desired wireless carrier frequency becomes significant when the image resides in the 20th or higher order Nyquist zone.
The relationship between alcohol problems and dependence, conduct problems and diagnosis, and number of sex partners in a sample of young adults.

BACKGROUND Heavy drinking is associated with an increased number of sexual partners. This study examined the extent to which alcohol dependence and conduct disorder are associated with the number of sexual partners and membership in a risk group of having a high number of sexual partners (10 or more). METHODS Data were obtained by personal interview from 601 relatives (aged 18 to 25 years) of alcohol-dependent probands who participated in the Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism (COGA) project. Analyses examined the independent contribution of problem drinking (defined as having at least one symptom of DSM-IV alcohol dependence) and alcohol dependence, some conduct problems (defined as having at least one symptom of DSM-IV conduct disorder), conduct disorder, family status (defined as whether participant lived with both biological parents during childhood), educational attainment, gender, race, age at first intercourse, and age at time of interview to the number of sexual partners and to having 10 or more sexual partners. RESULTS After controlling for other variables, alcohol dependence, problem drinking, race, age at first intercourse, and age at time of interview were significantly associated with number of sexual partners. The risk for having 10 or more sexual partners rose substantially for those who were alcohol dependent (OR = 2.5, 1.3-4.5, p = 0.004) and those with conduct disorder (OR = 1.8, 1.0-3.3, p = 0.041) after controlling for other variables. There is also a trend toward problem drinking and some conduct problems being associated with the risk of having 10 or more sexual partners though this did not reach statistical significance. CONCLUSIONS These analyses demonstrate that alcohol-dependent individuals and those with conduct disorder are at risk for increased number of sexual partners (10 or more). Sexually transmitted disease prevention efforts should target individuals with these two conditions to help decrease high risk sexual behaviors.
GEAR : A Game Based on E-learning and Augmented Reality Concepts

This paper describes the design and evaluation of a prototype GEAR, an educational game that uses augmented reality for enhancing the learning process. GEAR is a tool specifically designed to develop students learning model. It is based on the fact that students can visualize principles and test their learning in virtual scenarios while they are enjoying it. GEAR’s unique focus on alternative modes of doing laboratories exercises yields particularly interesting results. The presentation of GEAR is taken as an opportunity for proposing a uniform platform of practicing any course material using augmented reality and taking into considerations the pedagogical issues. Experiments were performed with one class of students. Results suggest that enjoyment and excitement are important factors in motivating students, and also that GEAR produces interesting new opportunities for social interaction and exchanging knowledge.
Positive and negative face as descriptive categories in the history of English

Studies in the history of politeness in English have generally relied on the notions of positive and negative face. While earlier work argued that a general trend from positive politeness to negative politeness can be observed, more recent work has shown that in Old English and in Middle English face concerns were not as important as in Modern English and that, in certain contexts, there are also opposing tendencies from negative to positive politeness. In this paper, I focus in more detail on the notions of positive and negative face and follow up earlier suggestions that for negative face a clear distinction must be made between deference politeness and non-imposition politeness. On this basis, I assess the usefulness of the notions of positive and negative face for the development of politeness in the history of English.
A Study in Modeling Low-Conservation Protein Superfamilies

We present several algorithms for identification of new proteins in superfamilies with low primary sequence conservation. The low conservation of primary sequence in protein superfamilies such as Thioredoxin-fold (Trx-fold) makes conventional methods such as hidden Markov models (HMMs) difficult to use. Therefore, we use structural properties to build our classifiers. These structural properties include secondary structure patterns as well as various properties of the residues in the protein sequences. We use this information to model proteins via hidden Markov models, support vector machines and algorithms in the multiple-instance learning model. In 20-fold jack-knife tests, some of our models performed well, with relatively high true positive and true negative rates. We can identify 75% of the Trx-fold proteins in this jack-knife test (compared to only 5% for HMMs on primary sequence) while maintaining a 75% true negative rate. Since our techniques are general, they should be applicable to other superfamilies with low primary sequence conservation.
Determinants of Depressive Symptoms Among Elderly Chinese Living Alone

ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to identify determinants of depressive symptoms among elderly Chinese people living alone in Hong Kong. The respondents were 1,106 people aged 60 years or older from a cross-sectional survey of a representative community sample of the elderly population in Hong Kong. Of these respondents, 105 lived alone, and data analysis was performed on this sample in the current study. Bivariate correlation indicated that depressive symptoms were associated with age, education, variables related to physical health, variables related to social support, frequency of exercise, and financial strain. Multiple regression analysis revealed that elderly people living alone who had poorer self-rated health, more IADL, less frequent contact with relatives, and higher levels of financial strain, reported more depressive symptoms.
Angiogenesis without Functional Outcome after Mononuclear Stem Cell Transplant in a Doxorubicin-Induced Dilated Myocardiopathy Murine Model

Objectives Cell transplantation is considered a novel approach in the treatment of myocardiopathy. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of autologous mononuclear stem cell therapy in doxorubicin-induced dilated myocardiopathy by conducting both functional and histopathologic analysis. Methods Seventy male rats were doxorubicin injected intraperitoneally for 2 weeks. At 1 month, the animals that had demonstrated left ventricular ejection fractions less than 40% were randomly divided into a mononuclear stem cell group and controls. Mononuclear stem cells were isolated. All animals underwent echocardiographic study: baseline, pre-cell therapy, and at 1 month post-cell therapy, and analyzed by the nonparametric Mann-Whitney test. Transplants were performed by subepicardial injections. Standard staining was performed. Results Twenty-three animals were randomly treated: mononuclear stem cell and control groups, with 11 rats completing the study. Cell viability was 85%. Mononuclear stem cells (n=5; 5×106 cells /300 μL medium) and control (n=6; 300 μL medium) were used. The resulting left ventricular ejection fraction in the cell therapy group was not significantly different compared with controls (p=0.54). New vessels were demonstrated in the subepicardial region. Conclusions Autologous mononuclear stem cell therapy was not functionally effective in doxorubicin-induced dilated myocardiopathy in the animal model under study with the experimental conditions, despite occurrence of angiogenic activity.
Physics-Based Hot-Carrier Degradation Models

We present a thorough analysis of physics-based hot-carrier degradation (HCD) models. We discuss the main features of HCD such as its strong localization at the drain side of the device, the weakening of the degradation at higher temperatures, and the change of the worst-case condition in small devices. The first feature is related to “hot” carriers, while the second is controlled by the fraction of “colder” particles. The latter feature is related to the change of the silicon-hydrogen bondbreakage mechanism from the singleto multiple-carrier process. All these findings suggest that the interface state creation process is controlled by the manner how the carriers are distributed over energy, that is, by the carrier energy distribution function. We distinguish between three main aspects of the physical picture behind hot-carrier degradation: carrier transport, microscopic mechanisms of defect creation and simulation of degraded devices. Therefore, we analyze and classify the existing HCD models in this context. Finally we present our hot-carrier degradation model based on a thorough evaluation of this distribution function by means of a full-band Monte-Carlo device simulator. Our approach tries to address the whole hierarchy of physical phenomena in order to capture all the essential aspects of hot-carrier
Variation of corneal refractive index with hydration

We report the effect of changes in the corneal hydration on the refractive index of the cornea. Using optical coherence tomography (OCT), the geometrical thickness and the group refractive index of the bovine cornea were derived simultaneously as the corneal hydration was varied. The corneal hydration was then calculated from the corneal thickness. The group refractive index of the cornea increased non-linearly as the cornea dehydrated. In addition, a simple mathematical model was developed, based on the assumption that changes in corneal hydration occur only in the interfibrilar space with constant water content within the collagen fibrils. Good agreement between the experimental results and the mathematical model supports the assumption. The results also demonstrate that the measurement of refractive index is a quantitative indicator of corneal hydration.
The neuropsychology of conduct disorder

Abstract This article reviews evidence from neuropsychological tests that brain dysfunction is a correlate of conduct disorder. Most studies report consistent findings of differential neuropsychological deficits for antisocial samples in verbal and “executive” functions. Neuropsychological measures are related to some of the best indicators of poor outcome for children with conduct symptoms, such as early onset, stability across time, hyperactive symptoms, and aggressiveness. Neuropsychological tests statistically predict variance in antisocial behavior independently of appropriate control variables. This article argues that neuropsychological variables warrant further study as possible causal factors for conduct disorder and presents one developmental perspective on how neuropsychological problems might contribute risk for conduct disorder.
ASYMMETRIC INTROGRESSION OF MITOCHONDRIAL DNA AMONG EUROPEAN POPULATIONS OF BLUE MUSSELS (MYTILUS SPP.)

Abstract. —Mytilus edulis and M. galloprovincialis are two blue mussel species that coexist in western Europe. Previously, we reported that M. galloprovincialis populations contain female and male haplotypes that are fixed in M. edulis populations as well as unique haplotypes. This study assesses whether paraphyly for these species is due to introgression or incomplete lineage extinction. The lineage extinction hypothesis predicts that the shared mtDNA haplotypes in M. galloprovincialis will be significantly diverged from those in M. edulis and form distinct sequence clades. In contrast, the introgression hypothesis proposes that M. edulis haplotypes have only recently been introduced into M. galloprovincialis through hybridization with relatively little divergence accumulating between the shared RFLP haplotypes. We examined 80 mtl6S gene sequences for both the maternal and paternal mtDNA lineages from mussels sampled from various European populations and found strong support for the introgression hypothesis. In addition, we found that M. edulis mtDNA haplotypes appear to be introgressing into mussel populations in the Baltic Sea, which have predominantly M. trossulus nuclear genotypes, indicating that introgressive hybridization is prevalent among European mussel populations.
Metal selectivity determinants in a family of transition metal transporters.

DOI 10.1074/jbc.AAC117. 001146 Metal selectivity determinants in a family of transition metal transporters. Dorina Podar, Judith Scherer, Zeenat Noordally, Pawel Herzyk, Dietrich Nies, and Dale Sanders PAGES 3192 and 3193: In Fig. 5A, the control image and the cobalt image in the yeast complementation assay for the T208A site-directed mutant was inadvertently replicated for the H212 mutant. Additionally, an incorrect image was used for the control in the yeast complementation assay for the I135F site-directed mutant in Figs. 5A and 6. These errors have now been corrected and do not affect the results or conclusions of this work. ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS
The Study of Teachers’ General Cynicism Inclinations in Terms of Life Satisfaction and Other Variables

This research aims to examine teachers’ general cynicism inclinations in respect to some variables and life satisfaction level and the relevance of these inclinations with gender, relationship status and membership of a union. Research is carried out using relational inquiry module and the study group of it constituted of 395 primary school teachers who are working in Ankara during academic year of 2012-2013 and selected with the help of modeling of inordinate set. The data are collected with “The Scale of Life Satisfaction” and tested by making use of multiple regression technique. Whether the differentiation levels of teachers’ general cynicism inclinations are related with their genders, relationship status and their membership of a union are analyzed using T test. As a result, male teachers have higher degree of cynicism in cognitive dimension than female teachers. Moreover, these general cynicism inclinations in cognitive, affective and behavioral dimensions do not differ greatly according to teachers’ membership of a union and relationship status. It is observed that the cognitive and affective dimensions of general cynicism inclinations have negative-sided relation with teachers’ life satisfaction rates.
How do changes in lifestyle complement medical treatment in heart failure?

Heart failure not only has a poor prognosis but impairs the quality of life. Research on pharmacological treatments continues to try to improve the prognosis and symptoms of patients with heart failure. However, nonpharmacological measures such as rest and dietary salt restriction have been used to treat heart failure since the time when available drug treatment was limited to digitalis or some rudimentary type of diuretic. Despite dramatic advances in drug treatment, advice on modifying lifestyle still plays an important part in the treatment of a condition which itself influences lifestyle so much. Modifications of the lifestyle of patients with heart failure may take three different and sometimes conflicting directions: (a) avoidance of harmful habits (excess sodium intake, smoking, alcohol consumption), (b) enhancement of wellbeing (limitation of symptom provoking activity, psychological education for a better acceptance of untreatable limitation), and (c) promotion of favourable changes in neuroautonomic function, muscular status, and peripheral circulation through physical training. The relative emphasis to be laid on the second or third approaches depends on the patient's condition and overall prognosis. There are patients who, at best, can hope to be free of only the most severe discomfort whereas, in others, to achieve a fairly good or even virtually normal quality of life is a realistic goal. The areas where lifestyle modification has been advocated for the management of heart failure include diet; the avoidance of toxic habits; physical activity; and psychological adjustment. The evidence on which advice should be given is variable in quality and quantity, and clinicians may be left with little more than common sense for guidance. As in other "common sense" medical approaches, however, experimental research sometimes contradicts what seems obvious for example, physical activity.
Network Traffic Modeling and Prediction with ARIMA / GARCH

The predictability of network traffic is a significant interest in many domains such as congestion control, admission control, and network management. An accurate traffic prediction model should have the ability to capture prominent traffic characteristics, such as long-range dependence (LRD) and self-similarity in the large time scale, multifractal in small time scale. In this paper we propose a new network traffic prediction model based on non-linear time series ARIMA/GARCH. This model combines linear time series ARIMA model with non-linear GARCH model. We provide a parameters estimation procedure for our proposed ARIMA/GARCH model. We then evaluate a scheme for our models’ prediction. We show that our model can capture prominent traffic characteristics, not only in large time scale but also in small time scale. Compare with existing FARIMA model, our model have better prediction accuracy.