Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The feasibility and benefits of a 12‐week yoga intervention for pediatric cancer out‐patients

Increasing rates of survival present a new set of psychosocial and physical challenges for children undergoing treatment for cancer. Physical activity (PA) has been shown to be a safe and effective strategy to mitigate the significant burden of cancer and its treatments, with yoga increasingly gaining recognition as a gentle alternative. The purpose of this study was to determine the feasibility and benefits of a 12‐week community‐based yoga intervention on health‐related quality of life (HRQL), select physical fitness outcomes and PA levels (PAL).
Current burden and probable increasing incidence of ESRD in China.

AIMS To illustrate the incidence and prevalence of ESRD in mainland China, and estimate future trends. MATERIALS AND METHODS The Chinese Society of Blood Purification (CSBP) produced a survey form. The form was designed for use at the facility level, rather than at the patient level. The data were those prevailing at the end of 2008, i.e., the total number of patients at the end of 2007 and the number of new patients during the year 2008; numbers of males and females and each of the age groups; numbers of diabetes, hypertension, polycystic kidney disease, chronic interstitial nephritis, etc. as primary cause of ESRD; and numbers of cardiovascular disease, stroke, infection, etc. as primary cause of death. The forms were distributed to each dialysis facility, and returned to CSBP for analysis. The point prevalence of ESRD patients on maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) at the end of 2007 and 2008, and the annual incidence in 2008 were calculated. The primary cause of ESRD and primary cause of death were also reported. RESULTS Among 31 provinces and/or regions, 27 responded. At the end of 2007, there were totally 65,074 ESRD patients on MHD or PD; the point prevalence was estimated to be 51.7 per million population (pmp) around mainland China. The number increased to 102,863 at the end of 2008; point prevalence increased to 79.1 pmp. The annual increasing rate of prevalence was 52.9%. The number of new ESRD patients was 45,423; the annual incidence was 36.1 pmp in the year 2008. The main causes of ESRD were glomerulonephritis (45%), diabetes (19%), hypertension (13%), polycystic kidney disease (2%) and others or unknown (20%). The main cause of death was cardiovascular (31.0%), stroke (20.3%), infection (19.9%) and others (28.8%). CONCLUSIONS Although the prevalence was relatively low compared with other Asian regions, the incidence of MHD was high. Mainland China is anticipating an increasing burden of ESRD in the near future.
Probing the depth of infants' theory of mind: disunity in performance across paradigms.

There is currently a hot debate in the literature regarding whether or not infants have a true theory of mind (ToM) understanding. According to the mentalistic view, infants possess the same false belief understanding that older children have but their competence is masked by task demands. On the other hand, others have proposed that preverbal infants are incapable of mental state attribution and simply respond to superficial features of the events in spontaneous-responses tasks. In the current study, we aimed to clarify the nature of infants' performance in tasks designed to assess implicit theory of mind (ToM) by adopting a within-subject design that involved testing 18-month-old infants on two batteries of tasks measuring the same four ToM constructs (intention, desire, true belief, and false belief). One battery included tasks based on the violation-of- expectation (VOE) procedure, whereas the other set of tasks was based on the interactive, helping procedure. Replication of the original findings varied across tasks, due to methodological changes and the use of a within-subject design. Convergent validity was examined by comparing performance on VOE and interactive tasks that are considered to be measures of the same theory of mind concept. The results revealed no significant relations between performance on the pairs of tasks for any of the four ToM constructs measured. This pattern of results is discussed in terms of current conflicting accounts of infants' performance on implicit ToM tasks. A video abstract of this article can be viewed at: https://www.youtube. com/watch? v=U3vqfe_zdhA&feature=youtu.be.
The influence of social capital and financial capability on sustainable competitive advantage through entrepreneurial orientation: Empirical evidence from Small and Medium Industries in Indonesia using PLS-SEM

The inability of Small and Medium Industries (SMIs) to access external financial sources is an obstacle that must be considered. Social capital creates opportunities to get external financial access as financing industrial operations to be able to produce valuable products through entrepreneurial orientation, so SMIs can achieve a sustainable competitive advantage. This paper aims to examine how social capital and financial capability can be new factors to create sustainable competitive advantage through the process of entrepreneurial orientation on SMIs. The data was collected from 110 SMIs on Food Industries Clusters in Bandung, Indonesia. The process of analyzing data using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) through Partial Least Squares (PLS). The results showed that social capital has no significant effect on entrepreneurial orientation, but social capital will have a significant effect on entrepreneurial orientation if through financial capability, then entrepreneurial orientation has a significant effect on sustainable competitive advantage. This indicates that social capital cannot be directly converted into sustainable competitive advantage. The research findings are that social capital and financial capability will create sustainable competitive advantage if through the entrepreneurial orientation.
Forecasting Traditional vs Blended Retirement System for Individual Service Members

Starting January 1, 2018, the Department of Defense new Blended Retirement System (BRS) will go into effect. Military members with less than twelve years of service will have the option to either remain in the current High 3 Retirement System or opt into the BRS. This decision will have a lasting impact on their lives well beyond their military careers. With this in mind, we have developed a Decision Support System that will enable service members to compare the two retirement choices in terms of annual and total lifetime expected value. There were three phases to the development of the decision support tool. First, we identified Simple Exponential Smoothing Method and Artificial Neural Networks as the most accurate forecasting techniques to predict the Thrift Savings Plan Funds’ rate of return. Next, we identified surrogate TSP portfolios based on minimizing downside risk. In the third phase, we identified risk tolerance and the continuation pay multiplier as the key drivers for differentiating between the two systems. Finally, the resulting Decision Support System leverages current time series forecasting techniques, behavioral economic theory, and Bayesian statistics to capture the complexity of this important decision while delivering relevant information to service members in a straightforward manner using an R Studio Shiny Application.
Functional imaging of emotional memory in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.

OBJECTIVES Although in current diagnostic criteria there exists a distinction between bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, many patients manifest features of both disorders, and it is unclear which aspects, if any, confer diagnostic specificity. In the present study, we investigate whether there are differences in medial temporal lobe (MTL) activation in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. We also investigate associations between activation levels and symptom severity across the disorders. METHODS Functional magnetic resonance imaging scans were conducted on 14 healthy controls, 14 patients with bipolar disorder, and 15 patients with schizophrenia undergoing an emotional memory paradigm. RESULTS All groups demonstrated the expected pattern of behavioural responses during encoding and retrieval, and there were no significant group differences in performance. Robust MTL activation was seen in all three groups during viewing of emotional scenes, which correlated significantly with recognition memory for emotional stimuli. The bipolar group demonstrated relatively greater increases in activation for emotional versus neutral scenes in the left hippocampus than both controls and patients with schizophrenia. There was a significant positive correlation between mania scores and activation in the anterior cingulate, and a significant negative correlation between depression scores and activation in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. CONCLUSION These results provide evidence that there are distinct patterns of activation in the MTL during an emotional memory task in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. They also demonstrate that different mood states are associated with different neurobiological responses to emotion across the patient groups.
Self-adaptive Method for sEMG Movement Classification Based on Continuous Optimal Electrode Assortment

Surface electromyography (sEMG) analysis is becoming increasingly popular in a broad variety of applications. Despite satisfactory classification rates are frequently obtained through the use of Computational Intelligence (CI) algorithms, there are some issues mostly related to the data acquisition which are not properly addressed in current studies. In this paper we aim to present a method capable of mitigate the noise in the sEMG acquisition caused mainly by loose or misplaced non-invasive electrodes. To address this issue we propose an auto-adaptive artificial neural network (AAANN) capable of identify this two anomalies in the signal and retrain itself discarding the causative channels. Once the AAANN is retrained it is possible to retrieve information of only the most significant channels which increase the accuracy rate of the CI method. The method was tested on a database containing five able-bodied subjects and four amputee subjects of both sex. The average classification accuracy for the adaptive input selection method was 83,96 ± 6,5% for the able-bodied subjects and 61,15 ± 7,7% for the amputees subjects against 72,06 ± 8,0% in able-bodied subjects and 39,77 ± 10,6% for the amputees subjects considering the non-adaptive approach. Both systems make use of the AAANN to classify 9 distinguish upper-limb movements with different degrees of freedom.
Time to Metamorphosis of Blue Crab Callinectes Sapidus Megalopae: Effects of Benthic Macroalgae

There is growing evidence that postlarvae (megalopae) of the blue crab Callinectes sapidus can slow the progression through the molt cycle while in offshore nursery grounds, and delay metamorphosis until reinvasion of coastal habitat occurs. However, the cues that trigger metamorphos ~ s of megalopae are not well known. Thls study tested the hypothesis that the time to metamorphosis (TTM) from the postlarval megalops stage to the first crab stage is shortened in the presence of 2 potential macroalgal settlement substrates, Ulva lactuca (Chlorophyta), and Gracilana spp. (Rhodophyta). Megalopae and test water were collected from 3 locations (offshore, at a coastal ~n le t , and inside a coastal lagoon) and tested in a completely crossed factorial experiment with algal type and location a s main effects. TTM was longest in offshore treatments (mean TTM 4.72 d ) and similar in the inshore treatments (mean inlet J T M 2.73 d , lagoon TTM 2.51 d) . TTM of offshore megalopae was reduced in the presence of Ulva lactuca, but macroalgae had little effect on the inshore treatment groups. The effect of algal cues may be masked once megalopae have initiated premolt prior to invading coastal lagoons.
Effect on Kidney Graft Survival of Reducing or Discontinuing Maintenance Immunosuppression After the First Year Posttransplant

Background. Data are scarce concerning the impact of maintenance immunosuppression dose reductions posttransplant. Methods. Graft survival according to dose reduction or discontinuation of calcineurin inhibitors or mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) after the first year posttransplant was evaluated in 25,045 patients undergoing kidney transplantation during 1996 to 2005. No patient in this analysis had experienced a rejection and all had good graft function before dose reduction. Results. Reduction of cyclosporine (CsA) dose to less than or equal to 150 mg/day, tacrolimus to less than or equal to 2 mg/day, or MMF to less than or equal to 1.0 g/day in patients on CsA or less than or equal to 0.5 g/day in patients on tacrolimus during the second year posttransplant was associated with a statistically significant reduction in graft survival (hazard ratios between 1.37 and 1.65). Withdrawal of CsA, tacrolimus, or MMF during year 2 was also associated with an increase in the risk of graft loss compared with continuing treatment (hazard ratio 1.52–1.73). Conclusions. This observational analysis indicates that in kidney transplant patients with good graft function, withdrawing maintenance CsA, tacrolimus or MMF, or reducing the dose of these agents below certain thresholds after the first year posttransplant is associated with a significant risk of graft loss.
Efficient minimum manoeuvre time optimisation of an oversteering vehicle at constant forward speed

A receding horizon steering controller is presented, capable of pushing an oversteering nonlinear vehicle model to its handling limit while travelling at constant forward speed. The controller is able to optimise the vehicle path, using a computationally efficient and robust technique, so that the vehicle progression along a track is maximised as a function of time. The resultant method forms part of the solution to the motor racing objective of minimising lap time.
Rapid turn-taking as a constant feature of signed conversations

Social interaction is the primary ecological niche for languages to evolve and to emerge (Levinson 2006). The spontaneous conversations that characterize our every-day interactions are remarkably rapid across a wide range of typologically diverse spoken languages with most turns timed ~200ms after the prior (Stivers et al. 2009). Corpus analysis of the Sign Language of the Netherlands (NGT) has shown that this main observation also holds in the visual-gestural language modality, when the different movement phases of the hands are taken into account (de Vos et al. 2015). The present study is the first to investigate whether turntiming is a constant pressure of conversation in language emergence by looking at different generations of the emergent signing variety Kata Kolok. Kata Kolok is a signed language that has emerged outside the influence of any other signed languages. It has been used by six subsequent generations of native signers in a village community of Bali. On a par with the Stivers et al. comparative study, I collected question-answer sequences from the Kata Kolok Corpus (de Vos 2016), which covers generations III-V of adult signers in dyadic and triadic settings, as well as the NGT Interactive Corpus (de Vos et al. 2015). Prior work on sign languages shows that signed turns at talk can be effectively delineated on the basis of the lexically-specified movement phases of signs as well as prosodic turn-boundary markers such as eye blinks and nods. Each question-answer sequence was therefore transcribed for their movement phases (preparation, stroke, hold, retraction) as well as prosodic cues marking questionhood and phrase boundaries (e.g. blinks, raised eyebrows, nods) (cf. Kita et al. 1999). Turn-timing was calculated stroke-to-stroke, i.e. as the floor transition offset (FTO) between the end of the question’s turn-final stroke and the start of the answer’s turn-initial stroke (cf. de Vos et al. 2015). I report on both overall means for stroke-to-stroke turn transitions as well as the “Optimal turntiming” measure, which subtracts the cross-linguistic default of 200ms off the original FTO and collapses them into an absolute value to assess how effective 522
Development of the method for the optimal management of occupational risks

Within the framework of this research, we analyzed international normative and legal documents on risk management in the field of occupational health and safety and identified the following shortcomings: – uncertainty of the aims of risk management; – complexity of performance of the appropriate procedure and its insufficient substantiation; – lack of available approaches to possibility of the optimal risk management, taking into consideration resource capacities of the business entity. It was noted that one of the main ways of occupational risks management is the reallocation of financial resources of an enterprise. However, based on the result of the analysis, the available methodological tools for implementation of this method were not detected. To solve this relevant problem, the method for optimal management of occupational risks was developed. The method was developed based on construction of the optimization models, based on the criteria of minimization of average estimated total costs of an enterprise for occupational safety and health. It was noted that harmful production factors operate with random intensity within the working zone over a period of time. And the risk is measured by the probability of exceeding permissible concentrations (levels) of certain factors, which operate in the workspace, as well as with relevant consequences. The variables of the developed models are costs of an enterprise for measures, related to ensuring safe and healthy working conditions. Direct and inverse optimization problems were stated that were reduced to certain problems of convex programming. The direct problem is to minimize probability of a risk event at the assigned constraint for total costs of occupational safety and health. The reverse problem is how to minimize the average costs for prevention and elimination of consequences of the risk of exceeding permissible concentration at constraint for probability of such excess. Calculation of the models identified dependence, which is expressed in a decrease in permissible probability of a risk event at an increase in costs of occupational safety and health. This makes it possible to recommend them for using by business entities in the international format.
The Effect of Corporate Tax Planning on Firm Value

Objective - This research aims to empirically examine the effect of tax planning on firm value. The population of this research consists of manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange (IDX) from 2014 to 2016. Methodology/Technique - This research uses 3 recent years and uses variables not used in previous research. The 43 respondents were chosen using purposive sampling. The hypotheses were tested using multiple regressions with Eviews program to determine the relationship between each independent variable to firm value. Findings - The empirical results show that tax planning that is measured by the cash effective tax rate has a negative effect on firm value, while tax planning measured by effective cash rate and tax savings has no effect on firm value. Novelty - The study recommends the need for firms to institute more robust tax planning practices that will help reduce their effective tax liabilities and therefore improve their overall value. Firms that engage in better tax planning practices are likely to get higher firm value. Type of Paper Empirical. Keywords: Firm Performance; Tax Planning; Effective Tax Rate; Cash Effective Tax Rate; Tax Saving. JEL Classification: M40, M42, M49. DOI: https://doi.org/10.35609/afr.2019. 4.1(1)
HYBRIDIZATION, POLYPLOIDY, AND THE EVOLUTION OF SEXUAL SYSTEMS IN MERCURIALIS (EUPHORBIACEAE)

Abstract Hybridization and polyploidy are widely believed to be important sources of evolutionary novelty in plant evolution. Both can lead to novel gene combinations and/or novel patterns of gene expression, which in turn provide the variation on which natural selection can act. Here, we use nuclear and plastid gene trees, in conjunction with morphological data and genome size measurements, to show that both processes have been important in shaping the evolution of the angiosperm genus Mercurialis, particularly a clade of annual lineages that shows exceptional variation in the sexual system. Our results indicate that hexaploid populations of M. annua, in which the rare sexual system androdioecy is common (the occurrence of males and hermaphrodites) is of allopolyploid origin involving hybridization between an autotetraploid lineage of M. annua and the related diploid species M. huetii. We discuss the possibility that androdioecy may have evolved as a result of hybridization between dioecious M. huetii and monoecious tetraploid M. annua, an event that brought together the genes for specialist males with those for hermaphrodites.
Phenomena and Mechanisms of Tree Inception in Epoxy Resins

The inception of ac treeing has been investigated in various cast epoxy resins, using a needle-plane test configuration. Mechanical stress due to shrinkage in the curing process is present at the needle tip, and in some cases causes micro-cracks. Lower tree inception voltages were observed in mechanically stressed specimens indicating that the micro-cracks act as weak points. In less stressed samples which have higher tree inception voltages light emission, probably electroluminescence, was observed at a voltage much lower than that of tree inception. In those cases, a small discolored area (about 10 ¿) appeared prior to tree inception as the ac applied voltage was increased.
Diaqua(2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline-κ2 N,N′)(4-hydroxybenzoato-κ2 O,O′)cobalt(II) nitrate dihydrate

In the title compound, [Co(C7H5O3)(C14H12N2)(H2O)2]NO3·2H2O, the CoII ion is six-coordinated by two N atoms of a 2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline (dmphen) ligand, two carboxylate O atoms of one 4-hydroxybenzoate anion and two O atoms of two water molecules, in a distorted octahedral environment; the two water molecules occupy the apical positions. In the crystal structure, the ionic units and water molecules are linked through O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, leading to the formation of a three-dimensional network. In addition, π–π interactions between a pyridine ring of the dmphen ligand and the benzene ring of the hydroxybenzoate anion [centroid–centroid separation = 3.6861 (3) Å] are observed.
Location and resource management for quality of service provisioning in wireless/mobile networks

Location and Resource M anagem ent for Quality of Service Provisioning in W ireless/M obile Networks by Jun Zheng Dr. Emma Regentova, Examination Committee Chair Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Nevada, Las Vegas Wireless communication has been seen unprecedented growth in recent years. As the wireless network migrates from 2 0 to 2 . 50 and 3 0 , more and more highbandwidth services have to be provided to wireless users. However, existing radio resources are limited, thus quality-of-service (QoS) provisioning is extremely impor­ tan t for high performance networking. In this dissertation, we focus on two problems crucial for QoS provisioning in wireless networks. They are location and resource management. Our research is aimed to develop efficient location management and resource allocation techniques to provide qualitative services in the future genera­ tions of wireless/mobile networks. First, the hybrid location update m ethod (HLU) is proposed based on both the moving distance and the moving direction of mobile terminals. The signaling cost for location management is analyzed using a 2D Markov