Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
USFD: Preliminary Exploration of Features and Classifiers for the TempEval-2007 Task

We describe the Sheffield system used in TempEval-2007. Our system takes a machine-learning (ML) based approach, treating temporal relation assignment as a simple classification task and using features easily derived from the TempEval data, i.e. which do not require 'deeper' NLP analysis. We aimed to explore three questions: (1) How well would a 'lite' approach of this kind perform? (2) Which features contribute positively to system performance? (3) Which ML algorithm is better suited for the TempEval tasks? We used the Weka ML workbench to facilitate experimenting with different ML algorithms. The paper describes our system and supplies preliminary answers to the above questions.
Defacement: Indigenous Patients' Experiences in Baja Verapaz, Guatemala

Communication between health care providers and patients is wrought with challenges and involves issues of face and facework. This ethnographic qualitative study explores the patient experiences of the Rabinal Achi people with government healthcare through participant observation, informal interviews, and thematic analysis. The existing face literature is inadequate to explicate the abundant occurrences of dehumanizing communication by government providers emergent in the narratives of the Achi patients. As a result, a new construct is proposed, defacement. Defacement extends beyond the failure to mitigate other-face threats to the destruction of other-face. Defacement devalues the humanity and dignity of a person. Four types of defacement with subthemes, each increasing in intensity and defacing content, emerged from the data: (a) disregarding, (b) degrading, (c) regaño-ing, and (d) abusing. The findings reveal that access to healthcare is more complex than simple issues of clinic location and numbers of providers. Improving health care for the Achi patients requires addressing not only issues of availability and physical accessibility but also issues of face including prejudice, abuse of power, and cultural respect.
Cellular Software Defined Network – a Framework

— Today’s mobile customers desire to remain connected anywhere, at any-time and using any device. This phenomenon has encouraged the mobile network operators to build complex network architectures by incorporating new features and extensions, which are harder to manage and operate. In this paper, we propose a novel and simplified architecture for mobile networks. The proposed architecture, which we term as CSDN (Cellular SDN), leverages on Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV). SDN abstracts the network and separates the control plane from the data plane and NFV decouples logical network functions from the underlying hardware, for dynamic resource orchestration. Furthermore, we argue that dynamic resource orchestration and optimal control need real-time context data analyses to make intelligent decisions. Thus, in the proposed architecture, we exploit the capability of the mobile edge networks to gather information related to the network as well as the users. This information can be used to optimize the network utilisation, application performance and to enhance the user experience. In addition, the gathered data can also be shared with third party service providers, enabling the realization of innovative services .
Relationshipbetweendepressivesymptoms andqualityoflifeinpatientswithcoronaryartery diseasebeforeandafterpercutaneuscoronary interventions

Summary Introduction: Studies have shown that successful percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) in coronary artery disease patients are associated with significant improvement in quality of life (QOL). However, this notion has been challenged by reports of some discrepancy between the cardiological outcome of PCI and QOL improvement. Aim: to assess the relationship between depressive symptoms and the QOL in CAD patients after success- ful PCI. Subjectsandmethods: Of 227 CAD patients, qualified for PCI, 156 with optimal PCI result were included. Patients were assessed one day prior, then 1 month, 6 months and 1 year after PCI, using the Polish version of the SF-36 questionnaire, the Beck Depression Inventory and the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale. Results: In the entire study group QOL as measured 1 month after PTCA indicated significant improve- ment. This tendency persisted in subsequent examinations. The presence of depressive disorders record- ed one day prior to PCI served as a basis to identify group I (n=75) - patients with depressive disorders before PCI and II (n=81) - patients without depressive symptoms. On each occasion QOL in group I was significantly poorer than in group II, both with respect to the total QOL and individual components meas- ured by 8 subscales of the SF-36. There was a significant correlation between QOL and severity of depres- sive symptoms. Conclusions: The present findings indicate that depressive disorders in patients with CAD - even after suc- cessful intervention - significantly affect the QOL. Successful intervention and restoration of coronary arter- ies are not the only determinants of satisfactory improvement in the QOL of cardiac patients. coronaryangioplasty� /�coronaryarterydisease� /�depression�/�qualityoflife
A PERCEPÇÃO DA RELAÇÃO SOFRIMENTO/PRAZER NO TRABALHO DE AUXILIARES E TÉCNICOS DE ENFERMAGEM EM INTERNAÇÃO DOMICILIÁRIA

O trabalho pode ser ao mesmo tempo gerador de prazer e de sofrimento, e e nas situacoes vivenciadas no cotidiano que o sofrimento e o prazer podem ser apreendidos. O objetivo desta pesquisa e identificar a percepcao da relacao sofrimento/prazer no trabalho de auxiliares e tecnicos de enfermagem que atuam ha 05 anos em prestadoras de servico de internacao domiciliaria no municipio de Sao Paulo. Trata-se de um estudo de caso em que os discursos foram obtidos por meio de entrevista semi-estruturada dos sujeitos tecnicos e auxiliares de enfermagem que trabalham em organizacoes estruturadas de assistencia domiciliaria. Para a apreensao das categorias empiricas da fala do individuo utilizou-se a analise de conteudo proposta por Bardin, A percepcao dos sujeitos foi agrupada em sete categorias empiricas: sofrimento e prazer, satisfacao no trabalho de assistencia domiciliaria, situacoes prazerosas, o nao reconhecimento pelo trabalho realizado, trabalho solitario, adaptacao ao paciente e a familia e estresse. As situacoes de sofrimento sao equilibradas pelo retorno imediato do reconhecimento e valorizacao de seu papel proporcionando-lhe prazer na realizacao de seu trabalho. O relacionamento profissional-pacientefamilia suscita satisfacao e sofrimento psiquico. The pleasure/suffering relation of nursing technician and auxiliary work: study of a home commitment situation Abstract This study aims to identify the pleasure/suffering relation of nursing technicians and auxiliaries who work in home commitment. Data collection was made by semi-structured interviews. The subjects were constituted of nursing technicians and auxiliaries who work for facilities structured in home care. Analysis of content referential was used for data analysis. The results showed that the professional-patient-family relationship arouses satisfaction and psychal suffering.
The contribution of anxiety and food restriction on physical activity levels in acute anorexia nervosa.

OBJECTIVE Excessive exercise is present in 40%-80% of anorexia nervosa (AN) patients. Hyperactivity often plays a role in developing and maintaining AN and represents an obstacle to weight gain in refeeding. Interconnections among caloric restriction, psychopathology, and physical activity in humans with AN are poorly investigated. METHODS Physical activity and food restriction during the last 3 months and status of body image/slimness ideal were assessed by the Structured Interview of Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa (SIAB) in 30 adolescent patients with acute AN at admission to inpatient treatment. Anxiety, depression, and obsessive-compulsiveness were assessed with the Symptom Check-List-90-Revised (SCL-90-R). A regression model based on the independent variables body mass index, food reduction, body image/slimness ideal, anxiety, depression, and obsessive-compulsiveness was calculated to determine the relevant prediction variables of physical activity. RESULTS The regression model explained 64% (R(2) = . 64, p = . 000) of the variance of physical activity. Only food restriction (p = .006) and anxiety (p = .004) contributed significantly to the variance. DISCUSSION Our results indicate that anxiety symptoms and food restriction synergistically contribute to increased levels of physical activity in the acute phase of AN.
Efficient computer-aided verification of parallel and distributed software systems

The society is becoming increasingly dependent on applications of distributed software systems, such as controller systems and wireless telecommunications. It is very difficult to guarantee the correct operation of this kind of systems with traditional software quality assurance methods, such as code reviews and testing. Formal methods, which are based on mathematical theories, have been suggested as a solution. Unfortunately, the vast complexity of the systems and the lack of competent personnel have prevented the adoption of sophisticated methods, such as theorem proving. Computerised tools for verifying finite state asynchronous systems exist, and they been successful on locating errors in relatively small software systems. However, a direct translation of software to low-level formal models may lead to unmanageably large models or complex behaviour. Abstract models and algorithms that operate on compact high-level designs are needed to analyse larger systems. This work introduces modelling formalisms and verification methods of distributed systems, presents efficient algorithms for verifying high-level models of large software systems, including an automated method for abstracting unneeded details from systems consisting of loosely connected components, and shows how the methods can be applied in the software development industry.
On the Complementarity of Phone Posterior Probabilities for Improved Speaker Recognition

In this letter, we apply Phone Log-Likelihood Ratio (PLLR) features to the task of speaker recognition. PLLRs, which are computed on the phone posterior probabilities provided by phone decoders, convey acoustic-phonetic information in a sequence of frame-level vectors, and therefore can be easily plugged into traditional acoustic systems, just by replacing the Mel-Frequency Cepstral Coefficients (MFCC) or an alternate representation. To study the performance of the proposed features, MFCC-based and PLLR-based systems are trained under an i-vector-PLDA approach. Results on the NIST 2010 and 2012 Speaker Recognition Evaluation databases show that, despite yielding lower performance than the acoustic system, the system based on PLLR features does provide significant gains when both systems are fused, which reveals a complementarity among features, and provides a suitable and effective way of using higher level phonetic information in speaker recognition systems.
Finding a Longest Alternating Cycle in a 2-edge-coloured Complete Graph is in RP

Jackson [10] gave a polynomial sufficient condition for a bipartite tournament to contain a cycle of a given length. The question arises as to whether deciding on the maximum length of a cycle in a bipartite tournament is polynomial. The problem was considered by Manoussakis [12] in the slightly more general setting of 2-edge coloured complete graphs: is it polynomial to find a longest alternating cycle in such coloured graphs? In this paper, strong evidence is given that such an algorithm exists. In fact, using a reduction to the well known exact matching problem, we prove that the problem is random polynomial.
Attitudes of Selected Rehabilitation Workers and other Hospital Employees toward the Physically Disabled

As part of [he research program being carried out at Abilities, Inc., Albertson, New York, the Arcitude Toward Disabled Persons Scale (ATDP) was developed as a research tool to measure attitudes toward the handicapped (Yuker, et al., 1960). There is a dual purpose in its design, namely, to measure the attitudes of nondisabled people toward the disabled and to measure the attitudes of disabled persons toward themselves. Underlying the rationale of the ATDP is the assumption that there are at least two views which are held in our culture toward the physically disabled. One of these views is chat the disabled person is "different from" the nondisabled person, suggesting that the disabling effects of the handicapped person pervade the total personality somehow and influence certain characteristics which are separate from the disabiliry. The other view is thac although the disabled person may be limited in certain aspects, in general he does not differ significzntly from the nondisabled. Implicit in the design of the ATDP is the assumed direct relationship between attitudes of "acceptance" of the disabled and attitudes that the disabled person does not differ significantly from the nondisabled persor, (represented by a high score on the ATDP) ; or, in a negative sense, an assumed direct relationship between attitudes of "nonacceptance" of or prejudice toward the disabled and attitudes that the disabled person is different from the nondisabled (represented by a low score on the ATDP). In an attempt to validate the ATDP Scale, Yuker administered the Scale to both a disabled and a nondisabled population. He hypothesized that ( a ) "Disabled persons would tend to have higher scores on the test than physically normal college students" and ( b ) "Among the (physically normal) college students, those with close personal concact with the disabled person would be more accepting of the handicapped and would tend to earn higher scores. " Mean differences were found to be significant at the ,001 level and in the predicted direction, hence both of these hypotheses were supported. Since Yuker found thac nondisabled college students, who have had "close personal concact" with the disabled, obtained significantly higher scores on the ATDP than those who have not had "close personal contact,"
Using Spectral Peaks to Detect Seasonality

Peaks in the spectrum of a stationary time series indicate the presence of periodic phenomena, such as seasonal and cyclical components. Extending the approach of McElroy and Holan (2009), this paper constructs nonparametric peak-estimators via windowing the periodogram with the same sinusoidal function used to define seasonal autocovariances. We also utilize a multiple testing procedure that controls the familywise error rate, as in Hochberg (1988) and McElroy and Holan (2009). The application of these methods is exceedingly simple, requiring only a few lines of computer code; therefore the method can be used to quickly evaluate series for residual seasonality. Simulation studies demonstrate the good size and power of the procedure, and an extensive data study further illustrates the method.
The Investment Model Scale (IMS): Further Studies on Construct Validation and Development of a Shorter Version (IMS-S)

ABSTRACT The Investment Model (IM; Rusbult, 1980, 1983) has been widely used to study the development and maintenance of romantic relationships. Its components—satisfaction, quality of alternatives, investment size and commitment—are operationalized in the Investment Model Scale (IMS; Rusbult, Martz, & Agnew, 1998). Given its importance for personal relationships literature, this article presents the adaptation and validation of the IMS to Portugal, and the development and validation of a shorter version, the IMS-S. A confirmatory factor analysis replicates the IMS's original four factors structure. A similar structure was found for the IMS-S. For both versions, results show the instruments to have validity and good reliability. Results are discussed considering the scales’ importance for studying romantic relationships.
Inverse Relationship of the CMKLR1 Relative Expression and Chemerin Serum Levels in Obesity with Dysmetabolic Phenotype and Insulin Resistance

Background. In obesity there is a subclinical chronic low-grade inflammatory response where insulin resistance (IR) may develop. Chemerin is secreted in white adipose tissue and promotes low-grade inflammatory process, where it expressed CMKLR1 receptor. The role of chemerin and CMKLR1 in inflammatory process secondary to obesity is not defined yet. Methods. Cross-sectional study with 134 individuals classified as with and without obesity by body mass index (BMI) and IR. Body fat storage measurements and metabolic and inflammatory markers were measured by routine methods. Soluble chemerin and basal levels of insulin by ELISA and relative expression of CMKLR1 were evaluated with qPCR and 2−ΔΔCT method. Results. Differences (P < 0.05) were observed between obesity and lean individuals in body fat storage measurements and metabolic-inflammatory markers. Both CMKLR1 expression and chemerin levels were increased in obesity without IR. Soluble chemerin levels correlate with adiposity and metabolic markers (r = 8.8% to 38.5%), P < 0.05. Conclusion. The increment of CMKLR1 expression was associated with insulin production. Increased serum levels of chemerin in obesity were observed, favoring a dysmetabolic response. The results observed in this study suggest that both chemerin and CMKLR1 have opposite expression in the context of low-grade inflammatory response manifested in the development of IR.
A high-performance low-power nanophotonic on-chip network

On-chip communication, including short, often-multicast, latency-critical coherence and synchronization messages, and long, unicast, throughput-sensitive data transfer, limits the power efficiency and performance scalability of many-core chip-multiprocessor systems. This article presents Iris, a CMOS-compatible high-performance low-power nanophotonic on-chip network. Iris' linear-waveguide-based throughput-optimized circuit-switched subnetwork supports throughput-sensitive data transfer. Iris' planar-waveguide-based WDM broadcast-multicast subnetwork optimizes latency-critical traffic and supports the circuit setup of circuit-switched communication. Overall, the proposed design delivers an on-chip communication backplane with high power efficiency, low latency, and excellent throughput.
A new hyperspectral camera concept for space-borne application

A novel technology to implement Hyperspectral Imaging with a simple and compact optronic instrument has been developed at INRIM. In this paper we explain the principle of the technique, summarize the results obtained so far and present a project to improve the technology Readiness Level TRL of the prototype with the aim to realize a Hyperspectral camera for Earth observation from Space.
Asset and Derivative Pricing with Incomplete Markets

This paper presents a model where uninsurable income shocks and credit constraints generate a demand for liquidity. Infinitely lived agents purchase a risky asset to self insure themselves against their individual risk. They also trade call options to diversify the aggregate risk they face. In this economy, options are not redundant but complete the market for aggregate risk. We are able to characterize analytically both equilibrium prices and quantities of the underlying asset and associated options. The underlying asset volatility affects the prices and the traded volume of options, consistently with empirical findings. In addition, the introduction of options completing the market increases the ex ante welfare and decreases inequalities across agents.
A new function for glycine GlyT2 transporters: Stimulation of γ‐aminobutyric acid release from cerebellar nerve terminals through GAT1 transporter reversal and Ca2+‐dependent anion channels

Glycine GlyT2 transporters are localized on glycine‐storing nerve endings. Their main function is to accumulate glycine to replenish synaptic vesicles. Glycine was reported to be costored with γ‐aminobutyric acid (GABA) in cerebellar interneurons that may coexpress glycine and GABA transporters, and this is confirmed here by confocal microscopy analysis showing coexpression of GAT1 and GlyT2 transporters on microtubule‐associated protein‐2‐positive synaptosomes. It was found that GABA uptake elicited glycine release from cerebellar nerve endings by various mechanisms. We investigated whether and by what mechanisms activation of glycine transporters could mediate release of GABA. Nerve endings purified from cerebellum were prelabeled with [3H]GABA and exposed to glycine. Glycine stimulated [3H]GABA release in a concentration‐dependent manner. The glycine effect was insensitive to strychnine or to 5,7‐dichlorokynurenate but it was abolished when GlyT2 transporters were blocked. About 20% of the evoked release was dependent on external Ca2+ entered by reversal of plasmalemmal Na+/Ca2+exchangers. A significant portion of the GlyT2‐mediated release of [3H]GABA (about 50% of the external Ca2+‐independent release) occurred by reversal of GABA GAT1 transporters. Na+ ions, reaching the cytosol during glycine uptake through GlyT2, activated mitochondrial Na+/Ca2+ exchangers, causing an increase in cytosolic Ca2+, which in turn triggered a Ca2+‐induced Ca2+ release process at inositoltrisphosphate receptors. Finally, the increased availability of Ca2+ in the cytosol allowed the opening of anion channels permeable to GABA. In conclusion, GlyT2 transporters not only take up glycine to replenish synaptic vesicles but can also mediate release of GABA by reversal of GAT1 and permeation through anion channels. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Quantitative analysis of SR-BI-dependent HDL retroendocytosis in hepatocytes and fibroblasts Published, JLR Papers in Press, May 16, 2006.

Previous studies have suggested that HDL retroendocytosis may play a role in scavenger receptor class B type I (SR-BI)-dependent selective lipid uptake in a cell-specific manner. To investigate this possibility, we developed methods to quantitatively measure HDL uptake and resecretion in fibroblast (COS-7) and hepatocyte (HepG2) cells expressing exogenous SR-BI. Approximately 17% and 24% of HDL associated in an SR-BI-dependent manner with COS-7 and HepG2 cells, respectively, accumulates intracellularly after a 10 min incubation. To determine whether this intracellular HDL undergoes retroendocytosis, we developed a pulse-chase assay whereby internalized biotinylated 125I-HDL3 secreted from cells is quantitatively precipitated from cell supernatants using immobilized streptavidin. Our results show a rapid secretion of a portion of intracellular HDL from both cell types (representing 4–7% of the total cell-associated HDL) that is almost complete within 30 min (half-life ∼ 10 min). In COS-7 cells, the calculated rate of HDL secretion (∼0.5 ng HDL/mg/min) was >30-fold slower than the rate of SR-BI-dependent selective cholesteryl ester (CE) uptake (∼17 ng HDL/mg/min), whereas the rate of release of HDL from the cell surface (∼19 ng HDL/mg/min) was similar to the rate of selective CE uptake. Notably, the rate of SR-BI-dependent HDL resecretion in COS-7 and HepG2 cells was similar. BLT1, a compound that inhibits selective CE uptake, does not alter the amount of SR-BI-mediated HDL retroendocytosis in COS-7 cells. From these data, we conclude that HDL retroendocytosis in COS-7 and HepG2 cells is similar and that the vast majority of SR-BI-dependent selective uptake occurs at the cell surface in both cell types.
A way to improve results for the stabilization of continuous-time fuzzy descriptor models

This paper presents a new fuzzy Lyapunov function approach for stabilization and Hinfin performance of a class of continuous-time Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy control systems in the descriptor form. The relaxation here provided includes and outperforms the existent quadratic approach. In addition, it renders in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) and does not deal with time-derivatives of membership functions. Two examples are here provided to illustrate these advantages.