Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Who's that Girl: Television's Role in the Body Image Development of Young White and Black Women

Although findings indicate a connection between frequent media use and greater body dissatisfaction, little attention has focused on the role of race. Accordingly, this study investigates the relation between television viewing and body image among 87 Black and 584 White women. Participants reported monthly viewing amounts of mainstream and Black-oriented television programs as well as body attitudes as measured by the Eating Disorders Inventory, the Body Esteem Scale, and the Body Shape Questionnaire. Results suggest different patterns predicting body image for White and Black women. Among White women, viewing mainstream television predicted poorer body image, while viewing Black-oriented media was unrelated to body image. Among Black women, viewing Black-oriented television predicted healthier body image, while viewing mainstream television was unrelated to body image. Ethnic identity also predicted healthier body image among Black women, and appeared to moderate, to some extent, the contributions of viewing Black-oriented programming.
AR pen and hand gestures: a new tool for pen drawings

This paper explores the interaction possibilities when artists use their non-dominant hand, while drawing with a pen in their dominant hand. We propose a new interactive AR-based pen tool which can overlay virtual images onto a physical drawing in real time. This system allows artists to control the augmented images with gestures of a non-dominant hand while drawing. By interacting with the visually augmented contents using hand gestures and a pen bimanually, artists can draw pictures more creatively. We also made a standalone pen system integrated with a pico-projector and a camera, and suggest a set of useful scenarios for the conventional pen-and-paper drawing.
Sodium bicarbonate and alfalfa hay additions to wheat silage diets fed to lactating dairy cows.

Two experiments were conducted to examine dietary effects of . 8% sodium bicarbonate and 1.4 kg/d of alfalfa hay on performance and rumen metabolism of lactating dairy cows fed 50% wheat silage and 50% concentrate (dry basis). In Experiment 1 with 12 midlactation Holsteins in a 4 X 4 Latin square design, intake, milk production, and milk composition were not affected by treatment. Dietary sodium bicarbonate and alfalfa hay did not alter blood, rumen, or fecal pH. Rumen volatile fatty acid pattern was not affected by sodium bicarbonate, but addition of hay resulted in higher molar percentage propionate and lower acetate: propionate ratios. In Experiment 2 with 32 early lactation cows (20 Holsteins and 12 Jerseys) in a complete randomized block design, supplementation of sodium bicarbonate, alfalfa hay, or both did not affect intake, milk production, or milk composition in the first 8 wk of lactation. Blood, rumen, and fecal pH were not affected by treatment. Dietary sodium bicarbonate did not alter ruminal volatile fatty acid profile, whereas addition of hay increased molar proportion acetate and decreased molar proportion butyrate. A shift in rumen fermentation was observed across treatments from wk 1 through 8 postpartum with molar proportions of acetate and butyrate increasing and molar proportion of propionate decreasing.
Learning Fixation Point Strategy for Object Detection and Classification

We propose a novel recurrent attentional structure to localize and recognize objects jointly. The network can learn to extract a sequence of local observations with detailed appearance and rough context, instead of sliding windows or convolutions on the entire image. Meanwhile, those observations are fused to complete detection and classification tasks. On training, we present a hybrid loss function to learn the parameters of the multi-task network end-to-end. Particularly, the combination of stochastic and object-awareness strategy, named SA, can select more abundant context and ensure the last fixation close to the object. In addition, we build a real-world dataset to verify the capacity of our method in detecting the object of interest including those small ones. Our method can predict a precise bounding box on an image, and achieve high speed on large images. Experimental results indicate that the proposed method can mine effective context by several local observations. Moreover, the precision and speed are easily improved by changing the number of recurrent steps. Source code is available at https://github.com/jielyu/RADCN.
The Dialogical Self as a Society of Mind

The dialogical self works as a society with oppositions, conflicts, negotiations, cooperation and coalitions between positions. As society becomes more heterogeneous, more relatively autonomous spatial domains emerge in the self. Like a society, the self is based on two principles: intersubjective exchange and social domination. The article briefly discusses the different contributions in the light of the developing theory.
Two-year course of generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, and panic disorder with agoraphobia in a sample of Latino adults.

OBJECTIVE It is imperative to study the clinical course of anxiety disorders among Latinos, given the implications for culturally sensitive treatment in this population. The current study is the first prospective, observational, longitudinal study of anxiety disorders among Latinos. METHOD Data are reported on 139 adult Latinos (M age = 34.65 years, SD = 10.98, 70.5% female) diagnosed with social anxiety disorder (SAD; n = 86), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD; n = 90), or panic disorder with agoraphobia (PDA; n = 62). The participants were interviewed with standardized clinical interviews at intake and annually over 2 years of follow-up. Probabilities of recovery were calculated using standard survival analysis methods. RESULTS The 2-year recovery rates in this study were 0.07 for SAD, 0.14 for GAD, 0.03 for PDA, and 0.50 for major depressive disorder (MDD). Overall functioning, social adjustment, and life satisfaction in this sample were poor. CONCLUSIONS The recovery rates for anxiety disorders in this Latino sample were markedly low. Although caution must be used in comparing these data with prior longitudinal studies, these recovery rates seem to be much lower than in non-Latino White samples. However, the clinical course of MDD in this sample was similar to its course among non-Latino Whites, invoking the pressing question of whether there is something about the experience of anxiety disorders (but not MDD) among Latinos that makes them more impairing and persistent. The answer to that question should inform future treatment development for this population.
Grip Force Is Part of the Semantic Representation of Manual Action Verbs

Motor actions and action verbs activate similar cortical brain regions. A functional interference can be taken as evidence that there is a parallel treatment of these two types of information and would argue for the biological grounding of language in action. A novel approach examining the relationship between language and grip force is presented. With eyes closed and arm extended, subjects listened to words relating (verbs) or not relating (nouns) to a manual action while holding a cylinder with an integrated force sensor. There was a change in grip force when subjects heard verbs that related to manual action. Grip force increased from about 100 ms following the verb presentation, peaked at 380 ms and fell abruptly after 400 ms, signalling a possible inhibition of the motor simulation evoked by these words. These observations reveal the intimate relationship that exists between language and grasp and show that it is possible to elucidate online new aspects of sensorimotor interaction.
Integrating an Advanced Classifier in WEKA

In these days WEKA has become one of the most important data mining and machine learning tools. Despite the fact that it incorporates many algorithms, on the classification area there are still some unimplemented features. In this paper we cover some of the missing features that may be useful to researchers and developers when working with decision tree classifiers. The rest of the paper presents the design of a package compatible with the WEKA Package Manager, which is now under development. The functionalities provided by the tool include instance loading, successor/predecessor computation and an alternative visualization feature of an enhanced decision tree, using the J48 algorithm. The paper presents how a new data mining/machine learning classification algorithm can be adapted to be used integrated in the workbench of WEKA.
Positive Role of Promyelocytic Leukemia Protein in Type I Interferon Response and Its Regulation by Human Cytomegalovirus

Promyelocytic leukemia protein (PML), a major component of PML nuclear bodies (also known as nuclear domain 10), is involved in diverse cellular processes such as cell proliferation, apoptosis, gene regulation, and DNA damage response. PML also acts as a restriction factor that suppresses incoming viral genomes, therefore playing an important role in intrinsic defense. Here, we show that PML positively regulates type I interferon response by promoting transcription of interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs) and that this regulation by PML is counteracted by human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) IE1 protein. Small hairpin RNA-mediated PML knockdown in human fibroblasts reduced ISG induction by treatment of interferon-β or infection with UV-inactivated HCMV. PML was required for accumulation of activated STAT1 and STAT2, interacted with them and HDAC1 and HDAC2, and was associated with ISG promoters after HCMV infection. During HCMV infection, viral IE1 protein interacted with PML, STAT1, STAT2, and HDACs. Analysis of IE1 mutant viruses revealed that, in addition to the STAT2-binding domain, the PML-binding domain of IE1 was necessary for suppression of interferon-β-mediated ISG transcription, and that IE1 inhibited ISG transcription by sequestering interferon-stimulated gene factor 3 (ISGF3) in a manner requiring its binding of PML and STAT2, but not of HDACs. In conclusion, our results demonstrate that PML participates in type I interferon-induced ISG expression by regulating ISGF3, and that this regulation by PML is counteracted by HCMV IE1, highlighting a widely shared viral strategy targeting PML to evade intrinsic and innate defense mechanisms.
Usefulness of an in-vitro tuberculosis interferon-γ release assay (T-SPOT.TB) in the first-line check-up of uveitis patients

Abstract Objectives. The main objective of this 1.5-year prospective study was to evaluate the value of T-SPOT®. TB as compared to the tuberculin skin test (TST) for the first-line assessment of uveitis. Methods. A total of 108 consecutive non-immunocompromised patients with acute or chronic uveitis, including 92/108 (85.2%) with previous BCG vaccination, underwent a general examination, a TST, and a T-SPOT.TB test (Oxford Immunotec; Oxford, UK), blood and serological tests, and chest imaging. Concordance between tests was assessed using kappa coefficients. The performance of binary classification tests was evaluated with sensitivity, specificity, and likelihood ratios. Results. The results of the TST and the T-SPOT.TB test differed significantly (55.5% versus 29.6% positivity, P < 0.001), with a low concordance between the two tests (κ = 0.362, P = 0.001). The sensitivity of the TST was 100% (diagnosis of suspected tuberculous uveitis included a positive TST), but its specificity was only 53.3%. The sensitivity and the specificity of the T-SPOT.TB test were 94.4% and 83.3%, respectively. The positive and negative likelihood ratios of the T-SPOT.TB test were 5.67 and 0.07, respectively. Conclusion. In uveitis patients with frequent previous BCG vaccination, the T-SPOT.TB test is more specific than the TST and therefore allows more accurate selection of patients requiring extensive investigations to rule out TB diagnosis.
Constructing Synthetic Social Media Stimuli for an Emergency Preparedness Functional Exercise

This paper details the creation of a massive (over 32,000 messages) artificially constructed ‘Twitter’ microblog stream for a regional emergency preparedness functional exercise. By combining microblog conversion, manual production, and a control set, we created a web-based information stream providing valid, misleading, and irrelevant information to public information officers (PIOs) representing hospitals, fire departments, the local Red Cross, and city and county government officials. Addressing the challenges in constructing this corpus constitutes an important step in providing experimental evidence that complements observational study, necessary for designing effective social media tools for the emergency response setting. Preliminary results in the context of an emergency preparedness exercise suggest how social media can participate in the work practice of a PIO concerning the assessment of the disaster and the dissemination of information within the emergency response organization and to the public.
All Roads Do Not Lead to Rome

In commenting on Philip A. Ringstrom's paper I add a few caveats of my own regarding the comparison of intersubjective theories under consideration, then go on to take up some of the topics Ringstrom highlights including projective identification, mutual recognition, reified language, and analytic authority. The strength of Ringstrom's paper is to return us to the type of critical inquiry regarding comparative psychoanalysis that Mitchell made the hallmark of his own intellectual project.
The Impact of a Freshman Year Community- Based Service-Learning Experience on the Achievement of Standards Articulated for Teacher Candidates

The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of a university’s freshman year community-based service-learning experience on the achievement of standards articulated for teacher candidates. Standards assessed included knowledge of community-based resources, demonstration of reflective process es, and recognition of the importance of collaboration with community-based professionals. Findings indicated that this early field experience facilitated achievement of professional development goals related to service identification; participants also demonstrated reflection on practice. A challenge revealed by this investigation, however, was related to the facilitation of collaborative dispositions in preservice teachers.
Systematic review of the effects of fatigue on spatiotemporal gait parameters.

PURPOSE This systematic review aimed to assess changes on spatiotemporal gait parameters due to fatigue. MATERIAL AND METHOD A search was carried out in literature published from 1950 to December 2010 and retrieved 771 articles using terms referring to walking and fatigue in the title, abstract or keywords. Two researchers assessed the selection and quality of each article independently. RESULTS Seven studies were selected for this systematic review, two of which reported on the same data set. Several spatiotemporal parameters were reported to change with fatigue, but the few variables studied in multiple studies, gait speed and stride or step length and stride time, were affected only in single studies. Fatigue appears to modulate spatiotemporal gait parameters, but the effects of fatigue appear to be dependent on the muscles that were fatigued, and age that appears to be a moderator of the effects of fatigue on gait.
Plagiarism: prevention, practice and policy

Whilst plagiarism is not a new problem for education providers in the UK and worldwide, widespread access to the World Wide Web and its wealth of resources is changing the nature and extent of the problem. Academics are increasingly concerned that what was once a case of manageable infringements of academic regulations is in danger of becoming a problem of epidemic proportions. Underwood and Szabo (2003, p. 2) noted recently that ‘the Internet has changed the dynamics of academic dishonest practice; access is no longer for the knowing few but is there for the majority’. Whilst Carroll (2002, p. 14) comments that ‘when academics worry about plagiarism arising from fraud rather than misunderstanding, most of the worries are about electronic resources’. The first recorded study of student cheating, (p. 161) including plagiarism, in the UK was conducted by Franklyn-Stokes and Newstead in 1995, before access to electronic resources became commonplace in Higher Education institutions. Students in the study were ‘asked to estimate how frequently they thought cheating occurred in their year group’. In addition, the student participants were also asked to rate the severity of a range of cheating behaviours. The results highlighted that the students ranked behaviour such as fabricating references, paraphrasing without references and copying without references as amongst the least serious of cheating behaviours and, perhaps unsurprisingly therefore, also estimated the frequency of these behaviours to be particularly high, 52%, 60% and 54% respectively (Franklyn-Stokes & Newstead, 1995, p. 164). A more recent study (Dordoy, 2002, p. 2) found that 74% of the student respondents believed that ‘copying a few paragraphs of an essay from a book/ Internet uncited’ was a common activity amongst their peers. The students in Dordoy’s study (2002) also ranked submitting work containing uncited text as the least serious form of cheating. Surveys of academic staff corroborate these findings of a perceived increase in the incidence of student plagiarism (Dordoy 2002; Bull et al.,
AN ANALYSIS OF THE COMPANIES’ ECONOMIC GROWTH CAPACITY

The sustainable economic growth of companies constitutes a strategic management objective as it is of general interest. The companies’ accrued net worth and their capacity to generate profit result in increased competitiveness. This paper presents a general model to analyze the companies’ economic growth grounded on the invested capital profitability that is illustrated in an adequate case study. The described model highlights the major factors influencing economic growth at a microeconomic level as well as the direction they act, providing the possibility to better substantiate decisions that serve this purpose.
Characterization of Energy Expenditure in Rodents by Indirect Calorimetry

The need for treatment of obesity and obesity‐related diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, has been intensified by the epidemic rise of obesity. Recent advances make possible continuous monitoring of metabolically relevant functions in animals to identify novel thermogenic and anorectic compounds. This unit describes non‐invasive in vivo calorimetric assessment of energy expenditure using measurements of oxygen consumption and carbon dioxide production, complemented by telemetric monitoring of body core temperature and locomotor activity in mice and rats. Reference compounds are used to illustrate the determination of substance‐specific parameters, such as the dose that produces the half‐maximal effect (ED50), the maximal effect, as well as the time of onset and duration of compound action. Indirect calorimetry performed at different temperatures provides information on several other well‐defined parameters, including resting metabolic rate, basal metabolic rate, lower critical temperature, temperature sensitivity, defended body temperature, and respiratory quotient.
Multiplex Real-Time PCR for Detection of an Epidemic KPC-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae ST258 Clone

ABSTRACT We describe a multiplex real-time PCR assay capable of identifying both the epidemic Klebsiella pneumoniae ST258 clone and blaKPC carbapenemase genes in a single reaction. The assay displayed excellent sensitivity (100%) and specificity (100%) for identification of ST258 clone and blaKPC in a collection of 75 K. pneumoniae isolates comprising 41 sequence types. Our results suggest that this assay is an effective tool for surveillance of this clone among carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae clinical isolates.
Competencies of small group facilitators: what practitioners view as important

The purpose of this study was to examine the facilitator competencies viewed as important by experienced small group facilitators. Participants were provided with a literature‐generated list of facilitator competencies and asked to rate each competency on frequency of use and importance and to add other competencies believed important. Results and implications are discussed.
Coarse, but not finely ground, dietary fibre increases intestinal Firmicutes:Bacteroidetes ratio and reduces diarrhoea induced by experimental infection in piglets

Using dietary fibre to control childhood diarrhoea has rarely been discussed. However, dietary fibre is being proposed to prevent diarrhoea in piglets. The present study aimed to study the effects of introducing fibre in the post-weaning piglet diet and its particle size on the intestinal ecosystem before and after an experimental infection with Escherichia coli. A total of thirty-six post-weaning piglets were assigned to four experimental diets: a negative control (NC) diet, the same diet with 4 % wheat bran coarse (WBc) particle size or finely milled (WBF) and a positive control (PC) diet with an antibiotic. On day 9, animals were challenged with E. coli. Faecal and digesta samples were obtained before and after the experimental infection and changes in the microbial ecosystem were measured. Animals fed the WBc and the PC diets showed a significant reduction in the faecal score compared with the NC diet. The inclusion of WBc in the diet increased total volatile fatty acid concentration, reduced Bacteroidetes in the faeces before and after the experimental infection compared with the NC diet and increased Firmicutes at the end of the experiment. Based on the results, diarrhoea scours and the composition of the pig gut microbial community are modified by the inclusion of a relatively small amount of wheat bran in the diet, being the physical presentation of the fibre a determinant of that difference.
The Global Linear Convergence of a Noninterior Path-Following Algorithm for Linear Complementarity Problems

A noninterior path-following algorithm is proposed for the linear complementarity problem. The method employs smoothing techniques introduced by Kanzow. If the LCP is P0 + R0 and satisfies a nondegeneracy condition due to Fukushima, Luo, and Pang, then the algorithm is globally linearly convergent. As with interior point path-following methods, the convergence theory relies on the notion of a neighborhood for the central path. However, the choice of neighborhood differs significantly from that which appears in the interior point literature. Numerical experiments are presented that illustrate the significance of the neighborhood concept for this class of methods.
Modeling the impact of heavy ion on FDSOI NanoCMOS

This paper shows a study about the heavy ion impacts effects on 28nm Fully Depleted Silicon On Isolator transistors (FDSOI). The use of an Hydrodynamic Charge Transport Model and a 3D TCAD simulation is detailed, with emphasis in Electron Density on FDSOI and total source current. The sensibility of drain region against this issues is shown. The simulation results shows an initial approach for future mixed-mode simulations in digital circuits at device level.
Examining Hardiness, Coping and Stress-Related Growth Following Sport Injury

This study aimed to explain how injured athletes high in hardiness experienced stress-related growth and why athletes low in hardiness are less likely to derive such benefits. Twenty participants were theoretically sampled into high (n = 10) and low (n = 10) hardiness groups. Semistructured interviews were used for data collection. Findings revealed that athletes high in hardiness experienced stress-related growth from having an emotional outlet, which enabled them to reframe their injury and experience positive affect. In contrast, athletes low in hardiness had no emotional outlet, which led to suboptimal outcomes. These findings have important implications for practitioners working with injured athletes.