Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Does Apparel Purchase Involve Joint Purchase Decision-Making? -Interpersonal Influences between Spouse or Significant Others-

Abstract This study examined factors that influenced susceptibility to dyadic influences between opposite-gender cou-ples on making apparel purchase decisions. This study focused on main effects of couple identity, product know-ledge, clothing involvement and gender, and the interaction effects of gender with other factors for normativeand informational influences. A survey was conducted on 155 males and 166 females currently married or in arelationship between the ages of 20 and 50 living in South Korea. For normative influence, the main effects ofjoint couple identity and clothing involvement (fashion interest, symbolism, and pleasure), and the interactionbetween gender and clothing involvement (fashion interest) were significant. The interaction between genderand other variables were insignificant. For informational influence, the main effects of partner's product know-ledge, pleasure, and gender as well as the interaction effects between fashion interest and gender, and betweenpleasure and gender were significant. Marketers may find implications from the study results on how couplesinfluence each other in making apparel purchase decisions.Key words: Joint purchase decision, Apparel purchase, Interpersonal influence, Couple identity
Generating solitons in lattices of nonlinear circuits

A lattice of nonlinear circuits is exploited in order to emulate the soliton phenomena. The Korteweg-de Vries equation, traditionally used to model unidirectional waves propagating in a dispersive energy conserving medium, has been arranged in a lattice form and mapped onto a one dimensional CNN structure. Several experimental results show that the waves revealed on the circuit present the same properties of solitons. In particular, they preserve their speed and shape after a collision.
Terminal I/O for massively parallel systems

To be useful, terminal I/O on massively parallel MIMD machines must be able to differentiate between the I/O streams from different tasks. This is done in the Vulcan terminal I/O facility by providing a special control panel, which allows an independent window to be opened for each task. The controls look like LEDs, being color coded to indicate status (e.g. output is available or the task is waiting for input). Additional LEDs are provided as a new form of output, allowing the application to report status visually rather than by using text output. This is useful during program development and debugging. A derivative of the devices reported has been incorporated in the AIX Parallel Environment on the new IBM SP1 multicomputer. <<ETX>>
Subfactors of oppositional defiant disorder: converging evidence from structural and latent class analyses.

BACKGROUND Structural models of oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) symptoms have gained empirical support but await greater empirical scrutiny on issues such as reconciliation between competing models, evidence for gender differences, and delineation of external correlates. More extensive validation evidence is particularly necessary in consideration of their incorporation in psychiatric nomenclature. METHODS We fitted previously proposed, but competing, models to ODD symptoms assessed with the Computerized Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children (Shaffer et al., 2000, J. Am. Acad. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry, 39, 28) in a community sample and then fitted the best-fitting model in a replication sample (combined N = 730, Mage = 9.89, SD = 0.75). Analyses also examined potential classes based on resulting subfactors, gender differences, longitudinal associations with later behavioral problems, and concurrent personality associations. RESULTS Burke's (2010) two-factor model composed of Irritability and Oppositionality subfactors best fit the data. Irritability and Oppositionality showed convergent and divergent patterns of association with personality traits at T1 and with externalizing and internalizing problems at T2. Latent class analyses revealed three classes (low severity, irritable/combined, and oppositional) which showed parallel divergence in externalizing and internalizing problem comorbidity. These findings were largely robust across gender and samples. CONCLUSIONS These findings support Irritability/Oppositionality subfactors of ODD in two mixed-gender samples, demonstrate strong evidence for a lack of gender differences in such subfactors, and demonstrate their convergent and divergent validity in emergent latent classes, later behavioral problems, and personality correlates.
SURFACE PARAMETERIZATION FOR MESHING BY TRIANGULATION FLATTENING

We propose a new method to compute planar triangulations of triangulated surfaces for surface parameterization. Our method computes a projection that minimizes the distortion of the surface metric structures (lengths, angles, etc.). It can handle any manifold surface, including surfaces with large curvature gradients and non-convex domain boundaries. We use only the necessary and suucient constraints for a valid two-dimensional triangulation. As a result, the existence of a theoretical solution to the minimization procedure is guaranteed.
Treatment algorithm for chronic lateral ankle instability.

INTRODUCTION ankle sprains are a common sports-related injury. A 20% of acute ankle sprains results in chronic ankle instability, requiring surgery. Aim of this paper is to report the results of a series of 38 patients treated for chronic lateral ankle instability with anatomic reconstruction. MATERIALS AND METHODS thirty-eight patients were enrolled in the study. Seventeen patients underwent a surgical repair using the Brostrom-modified technique, while the remaining underwent anatomic reconstruction with autologous or allogenic graft. RESULTS at a mean follow-up of 5 years the AOFAS score improved from 66.1 ± 5.3 to 92.2 ± 5.6. DISCUSSION the findings of this study confirm that anatomic reconstruction is an effective procedure with satisfactory subjective and objective results which persist at long-term follow-up along with a low complication rate. No differences, in term of clinical and functional outcomes, were observed between the Brostrom-modified repair and the anatomic reconstruction technique. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE level IV.
MIC as an Appropriate Method to Construct the Brain Functional Network

Using an effective method to measure the brain functional connectivity is an important step to study the brain functional network. The main methods for constructing an undirected brain functional network include correlation coefficient (CF), partial correlation coefficient (PCF), mutual information (MI), wavelet correlation coefficient (WCF), and coherence (CH). In this paper we demonstrate that the maximal information coefficient (MIC) proposed by Reshef et al. is relevant to constructing a brain functional network because it performs best in the comprehensive comparisons in consistency and robustness. Our work can be used to validate the possible new functional connection measures.
Theories of dreaming and lucid dreaming: An integrative review towards sleep, dreaming and consciousness

The present review gives an overview on common theories of dreaming with a specific emphasis on how they are able to explain lucid dreaming. The theories are grouped either to such that describe structural or biological processes of dreams or to such that describe evolutionary and adaptive functions of dreams. This overview shows that none of the theories outlined is fully capable of explaining neither non-lucid dreaming nor lucid dreaming. With respect to the first group, the concept of “protoconsciousness” is the theory that at best explains lucid dreaming. With respect to theories with an evolutionary and adaptive function of dreams, those theories, that stress the problem solving or simulation functions of dreams are more suited to explain lucid dreaming. Further, aspects that induce or amplify lucidity and the neural mechanisms that may be involved in lucid dreaming are described.
Stability Analysis of a Nuclear Reactor Control System with Multiple Transport-Lags and an Asymmetrical Nonlinearity

In this paper, the stability-equation method is applied to the analysis of a nuclear reactor control system with multiple transport-lags and an asymmetrical nonlinearity. The characteristics of limit-cycles can be defined easily, and the effects of adjustable parameters can be realized directly. Based upon the presented analyses, the considered system has asymmetrical oscillation. These are checked by computer simulations.
AmpC cephalosporinase hyperproduction in Acinetobacter baumannii clinical strains.

OBJECTIVE To compare the genetic environments of ampC genes in different Acinetobacter baumannii isolates showing different levels of beta-lactam resistance. METHODS The patterns of beta-lactam resistance and beta-lactamase production were investigated for 42 A. baumannii clinical strains. The MICs of various beta-lactams were determined in the presence or absence of the class C cephalosporinase inhibitor, cloxacillin (500 mg/L). The ampC gene and its 5' adjacent sequence were analysed by PCR and DNA sequencing. An RT-PCR method was developed to evaluate ampC transcript levels. RESULTS Strains fell into three resistance groups: first, strains with a ceftazidime MIC < or =8 mg/L (20 strains, 47.6%); secondly, strains with a ceftazidime MIC 32 mg/L, which was reduced four-fold in the presence of cloxacillin (eight strains, 19%); and thirdly, strains with a ceftazidime MIC > or =256 mg/L, which did not decrease in the presence of cloxacillin (14 strains, 33.4%). In all of the resistant isolates (groups II and III), but not in any of the ceftazidime-susceptible isolates (group I), a 1180 bp insert showing all the characteristics of an insertion sequence was detected upstream from the ampC gene. Isolates having this insert overexpress ampC, according to RT-PCR experiments. CONCLUSION Presence of an insertion sequence upstream of ampC in A. baumannii clinical isolates, possibly including a strong promoter, has the potential to cause over-expression of AmpC, resulting in high-level ceftazidime resistance.
Modifying antibiotic prescribing in primary care.

a result of inactive empirical antibiotic therapy as well as increasing economic costs for the community. Data on the association between the appropriateness of empirical antibiotic therapy and paitent outcomes is sparse for primary health care, compared with data from hospital settings, but anecdotal experience indicates that poor early antibiotic choice may be associated with progression of infection leading to hospitalization. In view of the above concerns, it appears reasonable that efforts be expended to improve the adequacy of antibiotic prescribing in the primary care setting. In this issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Rautakorpi et al. [7] describe a remarkable effort to improve antibiotic use in the Finnish primary health care setting. It has long been known that antibiotic prescribing is taken seriously in Scandinavia; indeed, almost one-third of all primary health care centers in Finland expressed a willingness to participate in this study. A multifaceted intervention was initiated over a 2-year period, primarily targeting physicians, although the authors hint at enhanced education for patients. One physician from each participating health care center spent 6.5 days in a “train the trainer” program. Their primary goal was to improve compliance among their colleagues with antibiotic prescribing guidelines for 6 common infections—otitis media, sinusitis, pharyngitis, acute bronchitis, bacterial skin infections, and urinary tract infections. Feedback on the study results, which acted as an important stimulus for ongoing adherence, was given to the physicians once a year. The intervention was successful on some, but not all, counts. There were significant improvements in compliance with first-line antibiotic treatment recommendations for sinusitis (from 35% to 51%; ), acute bronchitis (from 4% to P ! .001 9%; ), and urinary tract infec
Edge caching and Dynamic Vision Sensing for low delay access to visual medical information

A new system is proposed to reduce the transmission delay of visual and non-visual medical records by using edge caching and Dynamic Vision Sensing (DVS) technologies. The results of simulation show that the proposed scheme can decrease the transmission delay by 36.35% to 86.88% compared to a system with edge caching only.
Noteworthy Literature Published in 2016 for the Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologist

Clinical research and outcome studies dominated the publication spectrum for the cardiothoracic anesthesiologist in 2016. Echocardiography is an important tool in the armamentarium of the cardiothoracic anesthesiologist. Technology is advancing at a fast pace: A new method to quantify the regurgitant volume in mitral regurgitation has been described in an experimental model and been validated in humans. Interesting studies on key elements of our daily practice have been published: Does tranexamic acid decrease the transfusion requirements after cardiac surgery? Are patients with a postoperative cognitive deficit at risk for dementia 7.5 years after surgery? What is the best strategy for post–cardiac surgery atrial fibrillation? What is the mechanism of preconditioning with remifentanil? Large multicenter looked at the treatment strategies for moderate and severe ischemic mitral regurgitation and benefits of transcatheter aortic valve replacement versus the surgical approach. These studies may give us ideas on how to tailor treatment to optimize the patients’ outcome and to minimize the associated risks.
Journal of Enterprise Information Management MUDPY ontology : a tool for multimedia project planning , design and development

Purpose – This paper seeks to describe the process used to develop the multimedia design and planning pyramid (MUDPY) ontology, and the role played by the MUDPY ontology as a planning, design and development tool in multimedia projects. Design/methodology/approach – The MUDPY model was implemented for the semantic web by developing an ontology for it. This ontology facilitates defining the concepts existing in that domain, their attributes and the relationships between them. Findings – The MUDPY ontology can guide developers through the various phases of a multimedia project in a systematic fashion by allowing them to create a project proposal, specify the functional requirements, decide on the navigational structure and create a storyboard, and thus create high-quality projects. Research limitations/implications – The current system is a prototype. This MUDPY ontology can be extended by adding more classes in order to increase its functionality; for example, one can develop special plug-in widgets to generate project reports required during multimedia project planning and design. Practical implications – By using the MUDPY ontology, developers can follow a systematic process for project development, and better manage the complexity of multimedia projects. Originality/value – The paper introduces the MUDPY model and its ontology, and shows a multimedia author the pathway to manage a multitude of concepts and assets required in a multimedia project.
High spontaneous mutation frequency in shuttle vector sequences recovered from mammalian cellular DNA

The recombinant shuttle vector pSV2gpt was introduced into V79 Chinese hamster cells, and stable transformants expressing the Escherichia coli gpt gene were selected. Two transformants carrying tandem duplications of the plasmid at a single site were identified and fused to simian COS-1 cells. Plasmid DNA recovered from the heterokaryons was used to transform a Gpt- derivative of E. coli HB101, and the relative frequency of plasmids carrying a mutation in the gpt gene was determined. The high frequency of Gpt- plasmids (ca. 1%) was similar to that observed when plasmid was recovered from COS-1 cells which had been transfected with pSV2gpt. Most of the mutant plasmids had rearrangements in the region containing the gpt gene.
solation of Arabidopsis ahg 11 , a weak ABA hypersensitive u ant defective in nad 4 RNA editing

In mammals, cadmium is widely considered as a non-genotoxic carcinogen acting through a methylation-dependent epigenetic mechanism. Here, the effects of Cd treatment on the DNA methylation patten are examined together with its effect on chromatin reconfiguration in Posidonia oceanica. DNA methylation level and pattern were analysed in actively growing organs, under short(6 h) and long(2 d or 4 d) term and low (10 mM) and high (50 mM) doses of Cd, through a Methylation-Sensitive Amplification Polymorphism technique and an immunocytological approach, respectively. The expression of one member of the CHROMOMETHYLASE (CMT) family, a DNA methyltransferase, was also assessed by qRT-PCR. Nuclear chromatin ultrastructure was investigated by transmission electron microscopy. Cd treatment induced a DNA hypermethylation, as well as an up-regulation of CMT, indicating that de novo methylation did indeed occur. Moreover, a high dose of Cd led to a progressive heterochromatinization of interphase nuclei and apoptotic figures were also observed after long-term treatment. The data demonstrate that Cd perturbs the DNA methylation status through the involvement of a specific methyltransferase. Such changes are linked to nuclear chromatin reconfiguration likely to establish a new balance of expressed/repressed chromatin. Overall, the data show an epigenetic basis to the mechanism underlying Cd toxicity in plants.
Research of spectrum preprocessing based on wavelet transform and principal component analysis

The accuracy of spectrum preprocessing, as the precondition of precise qualitative and quantitative spectrum analysis, performs importantly. This paper presents a new approach of combining wavelet transform (WT) with principal component analysis (PCA) in the preprocessing of spectrum analysis. The multi-scale characteristic of WT in time and frequency domain is utilized to extract useful signals and eliminate the noise and the baseline excursion from the spectrum; meanwhile, PCA method which can lower data dimension effectively and rapidly is adopted to deal with the overlapped, crossed and redundant information that exists in the spectrum. Application of the new approach in the analysis of samples is mainly discussed in this paper. The result of experiment shows that this method is suitable and advanced.
Frequency Dependence of Cerebrovascular Impedance in Preterm Neonates: A Different View on Critical Closing Pressure

The nonproportional relationship between instantaneous arterial blood pressure (BP) and cerebral blood flow velocity (CBFv) is well explained by the concept of critical closing pressure (CCP). We aimed to determine the frequency response of the neonatal cerebrovascular system, and to establish the exact mathematical relationship between cerebrovascular impedance and CCP under physiologic conditions. In 10 preterm neonates (gestational age, 25–32 weeks; birth weight, 685–1,730 g; age 1–7 days) we Doppler-traced CBFv of the internal carotid artery. Blood pressure was traced simultaneously. Critical closing pressure was graphically determined. Cerebrovascular impedance was calculated as the square root of the ratio of the corresponding peaks in the power spectra of BP and CBFv at zero frequency, and at heart rate (H) and harmonics (xH). Uniformly, the impedance between H and 3H (2 to 6 Hz) was reduced about fivefold, compared with the impedance at zero frequency. The cerebrovascular system behaves like a high-pass filter, leading to a reduction of the DC (direct current) component of CBFv (analogous to current) relative to that of the driving force BP (analogous to voltage). The frequency response of cerebrovascular impedance reflects the ratio of CCP and DC BP. A mathematical derivation of this relationship is given matching the observed results. Thus, both the CCP and the impedance approach are valid.
Unintentional Interpersonal Synchronization Represented as a Reciprocal Visuo-Postural Feedback System: A Multivariate Autoregressive Modeling Approach

People’s behaviors synchronize. It is difficult, however, to determine whether synchronized behaviors occur in a mutual direction—two individuals influencing one another—or in one direction—one individual leading the other, and what the underlying mechanism for synchronization is. To answer these questions, we hypothesized a non-leader-follower postural sway synchronization, caused by a reciprocal visuo-postural feedback system operating on pairs of individuals, and tested that hypothesis both experimentally and via simulation. In the behavioral experiment, 22 participant pairs stood face to face either 20 or 70 cm away from each other wearing glasses with or without vision blocking lenses. The existence and direction of visual information exchanged between pairs of participants were systematically manipulated. The time series data for the postural sway of these pairs were recorded and analyzed with cross correlation and causality. Results of cross correlation showed that postural sway of paired participants was synchronized, with a shorter time lag when participant pairs could see one another’s head motion than when one of the participants was blindfolded. In addition, there was less of a time lag in the observed synchronization when the distance between participant pairs was smaller. As for the causality analysis, noise contribution ratio (NCR), the measure of influence using a multivariate autoregressive model, was also computed to identify the degree to which one’s postural sway is explained by that of the other’s and how visual information (sighted vs. blindfolded) interacts with paired participants’ postural sway. It was found that for synchronization to take place, it is crucial that paired participants be sighted and exert equal influence on one another by simultaneously exchanging visual information. Furthermore, a simulation for the proposed system with a wider range of visual input showed a pattern of results similar to the behavioral results.
On Harmonic Elements for Semi-simple Lie Algebras

Abstract Let g be a semi-simple complex Lie algebra and g = n −⊕ h ⊕ n its triangular decomposition. Let U( g ), resp. Uq( g ), be its enveloping algebra, resp. its quantized enveloping algebra. This article gives a quantum approach to the combinatorics of (classical) harmonic elements and Kostant's generalized exponents for g . A quantum analogue of the space of harmonic elements has been given by A. Joseph and G. Letzter (1994, Amer. J. Math.116, 127–177). On the one hand, we give specialization results concerning harmonic elements, central elements of Uq( g ), and the decomposition of Joseph and Letzter (cited above). For g = s l n+1, we describe the specialization of quantum harmonic space in the N -filtered algebra U( s l n+1) as the materialization of a theorem of A. Lascoux et al. (1995, Lett. Math. Phys.35, 359–374). This enables us to study a Joseph–Letzter decomposition in the algebra U( s l n+1). On the other hand, we prove that highest weight harmonic elements can be calculated in terms of the dual of Lusztig's canonical basis. In the simply laced case, we parametrize a basis of n -invariants of minimal primitive quotients by the set C 0 of integral points of a convex cone.