Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Percepção de qualidade de um bar da orla de Aracaju-SE pelos frequentadores: estudo de caso

The increasing importance of services sector in the economic and the need for attract customers to ensure survival in the market, require the identification of criteria according to which customers evaluate service excellence. Therewith, this study fits in the customer psychology area and intend to identify how consumers of a particular bar in seafront of Aracaju-SE realize the quality of the enterprise. It was a survey, cross sectional, with convenience samples of 60 consumers of the establishment, in 2011, who were asked to fill out an electronic questionnaire after the experience in that bar. The results indicate that the attribute Products contributes more in the positive evaluation of a bar than attributes Infrastructure and Services. The indicators that collaborate in the positive evaluation of a bar are: Varied menu, beverage, variety of snacks, account closed properly, tasty food. The five indicators mentioned are present in a bar studied significant percentage of the sample. The items that most undermine the positive evaluation of a bar are: fragile chairs; Delay in delivery of the request; Loud sound; tables insufficient; busy waiters. It wasn’t mentioned the existence in the bar studied, of the items cited as detractors of the quality of bars in general, a fact that contributes to the positive evaluation of the property investigated. About Recommendability of the bar to another person, it has a good rating (M=7,56; DP=1,56), on a scale of 0 to 10. Subsequent research can assess not only the consumer experience as well as expectations.
A comparative analysis of synthetic genetic oscillators

Synthetic biology is a rapidly expanding discipline at the interface between engineering and biology. Much research in this area has focused on gene regulatory networks that function as biological switches and oscillators. Here we review the state of the art in the design and construction of oscillators, comparing the features of each of the main networks published to date, the models used for in silico design and validation and, where available, relevant experimental data. Trends are apparent in the ways that network topology constrains oscillator characteristics and dynamics. Also, noise and time delay within the network can both have constructive and destructive roles in generating oscillations, and stochastic coherence is commonplace. This review can be used to inform future work to design and implement new types of synthetic oscillators or to incorporate existing oscillators into new designs.
Identification of Novel Fluid Biomarkers for Alzheimer's Disease

OF THE DISSERTATION Identification of Novel Fluid Biomarkers for Alzheimer’s Disease by Rebecca June Craig-Schapiro Doctor of Philosophy in Biology and Biomedical Sciences Neurosciences Program Washington University in St. Louis, 2012 Dr. David M. Holtzman, Chairperson Clinicopathological studies suggest that Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathology begins to appear ~10-20 years before the resulting cognitive impairment draws medical attention. Biomarkers that can detect AD pathology in its early stages and predict dementia onset and progression would, therefore, be invaluable for patient care and efficient clinical trial design. To discover such biomarkers, we measured AD-associated changes in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) using an unbiased proteomics approach (twodimensional difference gel electrophoresis with liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry). From this, we identified 47 proteins that differed in abundance between cognitively normal (Clinical Dementia Rating [CDR] 0) and mildly demented (CDR 1) subjects. To validate these findings, we measured a subset of the identified candidate biomarkers by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA); promising candidates in this discovery cohort (N=47) were further evaluated by ELISA in a larger validation CSF cohort (N=292) that contained an additional very mildly demented (CDR 0.5) group. Levels of four novel biomarkers were significantly altered in AD, and Receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) analyses using a stepwise logistic regression model identified optimal panels containing these markers that distinguished CDR 0 from CDR>0 (tau, YKL-40, NCAM) and CDR 1 from CDR<1 (tau, chromogranin-A, carnosinase-I). Plasma
The Victorian Multiplot Novel: Studies in Dialogical Form by Peter K. Garrett (review)

Teaching and research on the Spanish American theater is still in its "infancy," although the Latin American Theatre Review and the work of a growing number of scholars have done much to bring study to a level of maturity reserved traditionally for the novel and poetry. (Interest is even less developed for the Brazilian theater, despite its impressive sophistication). This anthology is one of a number of recent publications that answer the call for more adequate materials, and complements admirably the bibliography published a few years ago by Woodyard and Lyday with the Institute of Latin American Studies at the University of Texas. Although there is a certain amount of overlap with Solorzano's Teatro hispanoamericano contemporáneo, it is with authors and not with works, and 9 dramaturgos wisely abandons Solorzano's guiding criterion of including one work for each Spanish American republic, with an inevitable distortion of the relative importance of certain countries and authors. The Girol collection, while less "Pan American," is more balanced in its representation of what constitutes a solid nucleus of "classic" works, and it is enough to say that the choice is irreproachable and reflects the texts that have been widely studied because they are touchstones. For each author there is a list of major references, which is a welcome adjunct to the text. In turn, this is destined to be accepted as the principal anthology for a good number of years to come.
The impact of NHS Health Checks on the prevalence of disease in general practices: a controlled study.

BACKGROUND NHS Health Checks is a national case-finding and vascular risk assessment programme in England. No research has been published to assess the impact of NHS Health Checks on the prevalence of chronic disease in GP practices. AIM To examine the impact of NHS Health Checks on the prevalence of hypertension, coronary heart disease (CHD), chronic kidney disease (CKD), atrial fibrillation (AF), and diabetes within practices, and compare this with usual medical care. DESIGN AND SETTING A non-randomised controlled study in a mixed rural and urban county in England. METHOD Thirty-eight GP practices provided NHS Health Checks over a 3-year period. Forty-one practices that did not provide Health Checks acted as controls. t-tests and multiple linear regression were used to assess the difference in prevalence of disease between intervention group and control group practices, and the impact of NHS Health Checks on this. RESULTS Throughout the duration of the study, 1142 previously undiagnosed cases of disease were detected through a total of 16 669 NHS Health Checks. Despite this, there were no significant differences in the change to the prevalence of diabetes, hypertension, CHD, CKD, and AF in practices providing NHS Health Checks compared with control practices. Regression analysis did not demonstrate that there was any significant association between the proportion of the eligible population of a practice having completed NHS Health Checks and changes in the prevalence of the five conditions studied. CONCLUSION In practices providing NHS Health Checks, the change in the reported prevalence of diabetes, hypertension, CHD, CKD, and AF did not differ from that of practices providing usual care.
Double dissociations of word and number processing in auditory and written modalities: A case study

We report an individual with a massive left-hemisphere lesion, who showed reverse patterns of dissociations between word and number processing in two modalities (auditory comprehension and written production). His performance in auditory comprehension was perfect for words, but severely impaired for numbers. In written production, he performed significantly better at writing numbers (both Arabic numbers and word numbers) than writing words. His visual comprehension fell into normal range for words and numbers while his oral production was at floor for both. This case profile adds further evidence to the functional/neural segregation of word and number processing systems.
Composition of Functional Petri Nets

Functional Petri nets and subnets are introduced and studied for the purpose of speed-up of Petri nets analysis with algebraic methods. The authors show that any functional subnet may be generated by a composition of minimal functional subnets. They propose two ways to decompose a Petri net: via logical equations solution and with an ad-hoc algorithm, whose complexity is polynomial. Then properties of functional subnets are studied. The authors show that linear invariants of a Petri net may be computed from invariants of its functional subnets; similar results also hold for the fundamental equation of Petri nets. A technique for Petri nets analysis using composition of functional subnets is also introduced and studied. The authors show that composition-based calculation of invariants and solutions of fundamental equation provides a significant speed-up of computations. For an additional speed-up, they propose a sequential composition of functional subnets. Sequential composition is formalised in the terms of graph theory and was named the optimal collapse of a weighted graph. At last, the authors apply the introduced technique to the analysis of Petri net models of such well-known networking protocols as ECMA, TCP, BGP.
日本語版The Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS)20項目の信頼性と妥当性の検討

本研究は,日本語版The Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS)の20項目の信頼性と妥当性を検討することが目的であった。 大学生442名を対象に質問紙調査を実施した。 因子分析により,ポジティブ感情(10項目)とネガティブ感情(10項目)の2因子構造が示された。 妥当性は,人生に対する満足尺度,主観的幸福感尺度,自己記入式抑うつ性尺度,状態不安検査との相関を用いて検討した。 その結果,ポジティブ感情は,人生に対する満足尺度および主観的幸福感尺度との問に正の相関関係を示した。 他方,ネガティブ感情は,自己記入式抑うつ性尺度および状態不安検査との間に正の相関関係を示した。 信頼性は,内的整合性とI-T相関の結果から,信頼性の高さが示された。 以上から,日本語版PANAS20項目の信頼性と妥当性が確認された。
Safety Instrumented System reliability evaluation with Influencing Factors

The relevance of reliability evaluation strongly depends on the quality of input data as failure rates. Reliability data handbooks give generic values which do not often fit system specificities. This paper deals with influencing factors in order to take into account some aspects as design, environment and use in reliability evaluations. Once a definition and a classification are proposed, a brief review of existing models is presented. This paper also introduces a new failure rate evaluation with influencing factors especially developed for safety instrumented systems. The seven-step methodology combines both qualitative and quantitative analyses to compensate for a potential lack of feedback knowledge. Some criteria are used to set a failure rate within a prior interval, according to system conditions. An application regarding safety pressure relief valves is included. The expected better argued and accurate results aim at leading to a more efficient risk management.
Isolation of Antimicrobial Compound Producing Bacterium from Pine Forest, Kodaikanal and Lake Water

Antibiotics are heterogeneous group of small organic molecules obtained from microbial origin. At low concentrations they are effective against most of the microbial pathogens that cause infections in animals and humans. Over past two decades numerous antibiotics, like acidophilin, bulgaricin, colicins, natamycin, reuterin etc. have been produced by bacteria. Certain members of bacteria can develop drug resistance, which has been a major drawback in the field. This has paved way for the present study on isolation of antimicrobial compound producing bacteria. The bacterial cultures were obtained from soil of pine forest, Western ghats (Kodaikanal) and lake water. The isolate VITRAS3 was effective against all the tested pathogens. The isolates were mass multiplied for the production of antimicrobial compounds. Further the compound produced by the isolate was extracted using polar and non-polar solvents. The compound was identified using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GCMS). The bacteria obtained were capable of producing antimicrobial compound and effectively inhibited bacterial pathogens.
A Design Expert System for Auto-Routing of Ship Pipes

Finding the optimum route of ship pipes is a complicated and time-consuming process. Experience of designers is the main tool in this process. To reduce design man-hours and human errors an expert system shell and a geometric modeling kernel are integrated to automate the design process. Existing algorithms for routing problems have been analyzed - most of them are to solve 2-D circuit routing problems. Design of the ship piping system, especially within the engine room, is a complicated, large-scale 3-D routing problem. Methods of expert systems have been implemented to find the routes of ship pipes on the main deck of a bulk carrier. A framework of the intelligent CAD system for pipe auto-routing is suggested The CADDS 5 of Computervision is used as the overall CAD environment, the Nexpert Object of Neuron Data is used as the expert system shell, and the CADDS 5 ISSM is used to build user interface through which geometric models of pipes are created and modified.
Quantitative genetics of ultrasonic advertisement signalling in the lesser waxmoth Achroia grisella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

Males of the lesser waxmoth Achroia grisella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) produce ultrasonic advertisement signals attractive to females within several metres. Previous studies showed that females prefer male signals that are louder, delivered at a faster rate, and have a greater asynchrony between pulses produced by the right and left wings. These three signal characters vary considerably within populations but are repeatable within individuals. Breeding experiments employing half-sib designs were conducted on both collectively and individually reared moths to determine genetic variance within and covariance among these signal characters. Heritabilities of all signal characters were significant among collectively reared moths. Heritabilities for signal rate and right–left wing asynchrony interval were not significant, however, among individually reared moths, suggesting the presence of significant nonadditive genetic variance or common environmental variation. Development time was also significantly heritable, but only under individual rearing. The only significant genetic correlation was between signal rate and length of the right–left wing asynchrony and this was negative. Our findings on heritability of signal characters are consistent with a coevolutionary sexual selection mechanism, but the absence of signal × development genetic correlation fails to support specifically a good-genes mechanism. The variation in heritability among conditions suggests that environmental variance may be high, and may render selection on signal characters by female choice ineffective. Thus, additive genetic variance for these characters may be maintained in the presence of directional female choice.
How valid are parents' questionnaire responses regarding building characteristics, mouldy odour, and signs of moisture problems in Swedish homes?

Aim: Questionnaires are a cheap means of studying large populations but the information obtained from them is seldom validated. Earlier studies have reported both high and low levels of agreements between inspectors' observations and occupants' reports regarding home environmental factors that included moisture problems. The aim of this study was to validate information received from a questionnaire survey regarding building characteristics, mouldy odour, and signs of moisture problems in 390 Swedish homes. Method: In a case control study on the association between home environmental factors and asthma/allergy among children, 390 homes were visited by trained inspectors for ocular inspection of visible moisture damage and perceptions of mouldy odour. Their observations were then compared with questionnaire reports collected 18—24 months earlier from the families. Results: A high level of agreement was found between the inspectors' observations and the occupants' questionnaire reports on technical parameters. This included type of house, type of ventilation system, and foundation, particularly in single-family houses. There was low agreement regarding vinyl or linoleum floor coverings and indications of dampness and mouldy odour. However, the stronger the mouldy odour experienced by the inspector, the higher the level of agreement. Conclusions: The questionnaire was a quite reliable source regarding technical parameters of the home but not for dampness problems. The questionnaire was better for predicting buildings without problems than detecting problems of mouldy odour and visible indications of moisture. To increase the validity of future questionnaires, simple drawings or information on critical spots for dampness could be used.
FA2H-dependent fatty acid 2-hydroxylation in postnatal mouse brain Published, JLR Papers in Press, September 23, 2006.

2-Hydroxy fatty acids are relatively minor species of membrane lipids found almost exclusively as N-acyl chains of sphingolipids. In mammals, 2-hydroxy sphingolipids are uniquely abundant in myelin galactosylceramide and sulfatide. Despite the well-documented abundance of 2-hydroxy galactolipids in the nervous system, the enzymatic process of the 2-hydroxylation is not fully understood. To fill this gap, we have identified a human fatty acid 2-hydroxylase gene (FA2H) that is highly expressed in brain. In this report, we test the hypothesis that FA2H is the major fatty acid 2-hydroxylase in mouse brain and that free 2-hydroxy fatty acids are formed as precursors of myelin 2-hydroxy galactolipids. The fatty acid compositions of galactolipids in neonatal mouse brain gradually changed during the course of myelination. The relative ratio of 2-hydroxy versus nonhydroxy galactolipids was very low at 2 days of age (∼8% of total galactolipids) and increased 6- to 8-fold by 30 days of age. During this period, free 2-hydroxy fatty acid levels in mouse brain increased 5- to 9-fold, and their composition was reflected in the fatty acids in galactolipids, consistent with a precursor-product relationship. The changes in free 2-hydroxy fatty acid levels coincided with fatty acid 2-hydroxylase activity and with the upregulation of FA2H expression. Furthermore, mouse brain fatty acid 2-hydroxylase activity was inhibited by anti-FA2H antibodies. Together, these data provide evidence that FA2H is the major fatty acid 2-hydroxylase in brain and that 2-hydroxylation of free fatty acids is the first step in the synthesis of 2-hydroxy galactolipids.
Right Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Activation during a Time Production Task: A Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Study

Accurate time estimation is crucial for many human activities and necessitates the use of working memory, in which the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) plays a critical role. We tested the hypothesis that the DLPFC is activated in participants attempting time estimations that require working memory. Specifically, we used functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) to investigate prefrontal cortical activity in the brains of individuals performing a prospective time production task. We measured cerebral hemodynamic responses in 26 healthy right-handed university students while they marked the passage of specified time intervals (3, 6, 9, 12, or 15 s) or performed a button-pressing (control) task. The behavioral results indicated that participants’ time estimations were accurate with minimal variability. The fNIRS data showed that activity was significantly higher in the right DLPFC during the time estimation task compared to the control task. Theoretical considerations and the results of this study suggest that DLPFC activation resulting from time estimation indicates that the working memory system is in use.
Consensus on Moving Neighborhood Model of Peterson Graph

In this paper, we study the consensus problem of multiple agents on a kind of famous graph, Peterson graph. It is an undirected graph with 10 vertices and 15 edges. Each agent randomly walks on this graph and communicates with each other if and only if they coincide on a node at the same time. We conduct numerical study on the consensus problem in this framework and show that global consensus can be achieved.
What's happening in coaching and mentoring? And what is the difference between them?

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a summary of the latest developments in the field of corporate coaching and mentoring.Design/methodology/approach – Provides a viewpoint on the coaching and mentoring field drawing on research from Europe and the US.Findings – Structured or supported coaching and mentoring within organisations is evolving rapidly and research is at last beginning to provide valuable insights into effective practices. Some strongly‐held assumptions are being challenged along the way. Greater definitional clarity, within specific contexts, contributes to efficacy. Increasing professionalisation with the coaching and mentoring sector is being helped by dialogue between the various bodies representing coaches and mentors and by the spread of supervision.Originality/value – The article provides a succinct overview of the current position of the corporate coaching and mentoring arena and offers insights into how the field will develop in the future.