Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
What Married Couples Want From Each Other During Conflicts: An Investigation of Underlying Concerns

Two studies investigated perceived threat and perceived neglect, which are two types of underlying adaptive concern that couples often experience during relationship conflicts. Presumably, underlying concerns provide a useful framework for understanding several aspects of conflict interaction. It was expected that these concerns would predict each partner's desired resolutions, that is, the things that partners wanted from each other to resolve conflicts. Results are reported from two studies of married or cohabitating people (total N = 953). All participants completed Internet-based assessments that included an established measure of underlying concerns. In addition, six types of desired resolution were identified from an open-response item in Study 1, and these desires were later assessed using a 28-item questionnaire that demonstrated acceptable factor validity in Study 2. Perceived threat predicted types of desired resolution that involved wanting a partner to passively disengage (stop adversarial beh.
Versión española del “Task and Ego Orientation in Sport Questionnaire (TEOSQ)” adaptado a Educación Física

Resumen El propósito de este trabajo es analizar las propiedades psicométricas del TEOSQ, en una muestra española, aplicado al contexto de la educación física escolar. Con ello se pretende determinar si constituye un instrumento válido y fiable para utilizar en futuras investigaciones en la Educación Física. Se administró a 6170 estudiantes representativos de las provincias de Almería, Granada y Murcia de ESO y ESPO, de edades comprendidas entre 12 y 19 años. El análisis factorial confirmatorio apoyó el modelo teórico hipotetizado de dos factores (orientación a la tarea y orientación al ego) para el TEOSQ-12EF. La baja correlación entre los factores demostró la independencia de los mismos y los coeficientes alfa mostraron una consistencia interna aceptable de las dos subescalas. Las pruebas indican que existen diferencias significativas por sexo, los alumnos presentan una mayor orientación al ego que las alumnas.
Between Trauma and Redemption

Many immigrants find immigration a stressful experience. Whereas some overcome the initial feeling of being overwhelmed, others are frustrated and disappointed years after their immigration. In this study, 22 people who emigrated from the former USSR to Israel in the early 1990s were interviewed regarding their immigration experiences and the resulting narratives analyzed. The immigrants chosen represented the extreme poles of the success experience— some felt that their immigration was very successful; others found it very unsuccessful. Analysis revealed differences in the form of the immigration stories. The narratives of the successful immigrants were coherent and well structured; narratives of the nonsuccessful immigrants were fragmented and lacked coherence. The results are discussed in terms of how people construct immigration stories and what these constructions stand for.
Sub-10-nm Fin-Width Self-Aligned InGaAs FinFETs

We study the scaling properties of self-aligned InGaAs FinFETs with sub-10-nm fin widths fabricated through a CMOS compatible front-end process. Working devices with fins as narrow as 7 nm, fin aspect ratios in excess of 5, and gate lengths as short as 20 nm have been fabricated using precision dry etching and digital etch. The devices feature self-aligned metal contacts that are 20-30 nm away from the edge of the gate. FinFETs with Lg = 30 nm, Wf = 7 nm, and channel height of 40 nm exhibit a transconductance of 900 μS/μm at VDS = 0.5 V. When normalized to Wf, this is a record value among all III-V FinFETs, indicating that our device architecture makes efficient use of conduction along the fin sidewalls.
Association of XRCC1 gene polymorphisms with breast cancer susceptibility in Saudi patients.

BACKGROUND X-ray repair cross-complementing group 1 (XRCC1) plays a key role in the base excision repair pathway, as a scaffold protein that brings together proteins of the DNA repair complex. XRCC1 is reported to be a candidate influence on cancer risk. The aim of our present study was to assess the association of rs1799782 (Arg194Trp) and rs25487 (Arg399Gln) XRCC1 gene polymorphisms with breast cancer in the Saudi population. MATERIALS AND METHODS The two SNP's were analyzed in breast cancer patients and healthy control subjects. Genotypes were determined by TaqMan SNP genotype analysis technique and data were analyzed using Chi- square or t test and logistic regression analysis by SPSS16.0 software. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS Results showed that rs1799782 significantly increased susceptibility to breast cancer with Arg/Trp, Arg/Trp+Trp/Trp genotypes and at Trp allele overall study. It also increased risk of breast cancer in older age patients (above 48) and with the ER positive category. XRCC1rs25487 (Arg399Gln) did not showed any significant association. In conclusion the XRCC1rs1799782 polymorphism may be involved in the etiology of breast cancer in the Saudi population. Confirmation of our findings in larger populations of different ethnicities is warranted.
Unbalanced Designs to Maximize Statistical Power in Psychotherapy Efficacy Studies

In treatment efficacy studies, imbalance (unequal n's) has generally been viewed as a cause of loss of power of statistical tests of differences between group means. However when the total cost (measured in terms of dollars, time, effort, etc.) of a study is limited, and when the cost-per-subject is not constant across groups, optimally unbalanced designs are more powerful than balanced designs. This article demonstrates how optimally unbalanced allocation plans proposed by Cochran (1963) and Nam (1973) can be used to increase the power of tests used in psychotherapy efficacy studies. In general, modest gains in power can be achieved with these plans, at no additional cost, for typical effect sizes reported in meta-analyses of these studies.
A High-Linearity $X$-Band Four-Element Phased-Array Receiver: CMOS Chip and Packaging

This paper presents the design and chip-on-board packaging of a high-linearity four-element phased-array receiver for 9-10-GHz applications. The phased-array is built using 0.13-μm CMOS with a single-ended design, and it results in a measured gain of 10.1 dB, an input P1dB of - 12.5dBm, an input IP3 of -4 dBm, and a noise figure of 3.4 dB at 9.5 GHz. An rms gain error of <;0.4 dB and phase error of <;8° are obtained at 9-10 GHz using an integrated variable gain amplifier and an 11° phase trim bit. The chip occupies an area of 2.5 × 2.9 mm2 with a power consumption of 36 mW per channel from a 1.8-V supply (144-mW total). The phased array is packaged using chip-on-board techniques and the channel-to-channel coupling is determined either by the chip-to-ground inductance or by coupling between the input bond-wires. Measurements and simulations on channel 1 show that, with well isolated input bond-wires, one can obtain <; -31-dB coupling between the channels, and an rms amplitude and phase error of ~0.2 dB and ~1°, respectively, at 9.5 GHz, when the phase of channels 2-4 are changed. To our knowledge, this is the first in-depth study of coupling in a phased-array chip with packaging considerations.
Maternal and fetal outcomes of taxane chemotherapy in breast and ovarian cancer during pregnancy: case series and review of the literature.

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of taxane chemotherapy during pregnancy and compare maternal and neonatal outcomes with those in women who did not receive taxanes during pregnancy, and review current existing data. STUDY DESIGN This is a retrospective cohort study in which women were identified from the Cancer and Pregnancy Registry at Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center. A retrospective chart analysis and an independent t-test were carried out comparing patient outcomes. A literature search in Ovid, Medline and PubMed was then carried out using the terms 'breast or ovarian cancer', 'pregnancy', 'paclitaxel', 'docetaxel', 'taxanes' and 'chemotherapy'. RESULTS Twelve of 129 women with breast cancer were exposed to taxanes during pregnancy. Three of nine women with ovarian cancer received taxane-based treatment during pregnancy. Birth weight, gestational age at delivery, rate of growth restriction, congenital anomalies and incidence of maternal and neonatal neutropenia were not statistically different between the two groups. CONCLUSIONS Taxane-based chemotherapy does not appear to increase the risk of fetal or maternal complications when compared with conventional chemotherapy in the small cohort of women in our Registry.
Endoglin is a suitable target for efficient imaging of solid tumors: in vivo evidence in a canine mammary carcinoma model.

Increasing evidence suggests that endoglin (CD105) is a new powerful marker of neovascularization in solid malignancies; thus, using breast cancer as a model, we investigated whether targeting of CD105 by monoclonal antibody (mAb) MAEND3 can be used for in vivo imaging of solid tumors. Immunohistochemistry and flow cytometry identified differential expression of CD105 on breast cancer and endothelial cells; in fact, neoplastic cells were weakly and rarely stained by mAb MAEND3, which in contrast, strongly and invariably stained blood vessel endothelia within the breast adenocarcinomas investigated and cultured endothelial cells. Moreover, in contrast to CD31, which currently represents the reference marker to assess angiogenetic activity, CD105 expression was highest in semiconfluent and actively proliferating endothelial cells, and it progressively decreased as cells reached tight confluency and low [3H]thymidine uptake. i.v. administration of 18 MBq of 125I-labeled mAb MAEND3 efficiently imaged spontaneous mammary adenocarcinomas in two dogs; the uptake of radiolabeled mAb was rapid and intense because tumor: background ratios of 8.2:1 and 9.3:1 were reached 8 h after mAb administration, in the absence of immediate and/or long-term clinical side effects. Altogether, our present data suggest that targeting of CD105 on tumor-associated blood vessels may represent a new strategy for in vivo imaging of solid malignancies, regardless of their histological origin.
The diagnosis of lung cancer using 1064-nm excited near-infrared multichannel Raman spectroscopy.

PURPOSE Raman spectroscopy is based on Raman scattering of light from molecules. Because the wavelength of Raman scattered light depends on molecular composition, Raman spectra provide highly useful information about molecular composition. It has already been shown that Raman spectroscopy is potentially useful for the clinical diagnosis of malignant tumors. However, this technique had never been applied to the diagnosis of lung cancers, primarily because of interference from the strong fluorescence emitted from lung tissues. Our purpose was to examine the effectiveness of near-infrared Raman spectroscopy for the diagnosis of lung cancers. METHODS We constructed a new near-infrared multichannel Raman system that is capable of measuring high signal-to-noise ratio, fluorescence-free Raman spectra of lung tissues within a measurement time of 1 second. Using this system, we collected a total of 210 Raman spectra from cancerous and non-cancerous lung tissues and analyzed these spectra by a least-squares fitting procedure for cancer diagnosis. RESULTS The resultant sensitivity of cancer prediction was as high as 91%, with 97% specificity and an error margin of p<0.0001 according to Fisher's exact test. CONCLUSIONS A method of diagnosing lung cancer efficiently and objectively using Raman spectroscopy has thus been established.
Employee commitment and organizational policies

Purpose – To propose new commitment construct‐policy commitment, and to examine the influence of attitude, role clarity, and role conflict on policy commitment, as well as the influence of policy commitment on citizenship behavior.Design/methodology/approach – Using a self‐report questionnaire and a sample of 148 workers in a rural manufacturing plant, we use structural equation modeling (SEM) techniques to examine the effects of attitude, role clarity, and role conflict on policy commitment, as well as the effect of policy commitment on the conscientiousness and civic virtue dimensions of citizenship behavior.Findings – SEM revealed that attitudes and role clarity positively influenced policy commitment, and that policy commitment positively influenced conscientiousness and civic virtue.Research limitations/implications – Our sample is relatively small (N=148) and largely homogeneous, which may limit its generalizability. A number of additional research opportunities are suggested in the study, including.
The galla[1]ferrocenophane {[dimethyl(2-pyridyl)silyl]bis(trimethylsilyl)methyl-κ2 C,N}(ferrocene-1,1′-diyl)gallium(III)

The title compound, [GaFe(C5H4)2(C14H28NSi3)] or [{(2-H4C5N)Me2Si}(Me3Si)2C]Ga(C5H4)2Fe, a galla[1]ferrocenophane, crystallizes with two independent molecules in the asymmetric unit. In these strained sandwich compounds, the angles between the planes of the two π-ligands are 15.4 (2) and 16.4 (2)°, with gallium in a distorted tetrahedral coordination environment.
Web-based collaborative inquiry learning

This study proposes a web-based collaborative inquiry learning system. This system uses the World-wide web (WWW) as a source of knowledge exploration, and provides exploratory problems to guide students to think and explore. A concept map is used as a tool of anchoring and representing knowledge during inquiry process. In the process of learning, learners are allowed to exchange the evidence they have collected, their personal opinions, and the concept maps that they have built. In order to effectively integrate the inquiry learning, collaborative learning, and concept map in the system, this study proposes a collaborative inquiry learning model and related learning activities. Two studies were constructed based on the collaborative inquiry learning model to investigate students' learning processes in the collaborative inquiry learning on the web.
(Un)funny women: TV comedy audiences and the gendering of humour:

Based on data from an empirical study of TV comedy audiences in Britain and Norway, this article examines the ways in which focus group participants constructed gendered distinctions in relation to comedy. Analysing talk about two sketch shows dominated by female performers, it argues that both male and female participants represented such ‘women’s comedy’ as having limited appeal for male viewers. The article explores the assumptions underlying this perspective, and highlights a perceived conflict between femininity and comedic performance. Focusing in on the minority of participants who explicitly devalued female comedy performers, it examines how these viewers employed discursive strategies to promote this view while negotiating the focus group setting. The article draws on feminist work on humour and comedy, as well as studies of taste and television audiences.
A novel method for mitigating the effects of dynamic coexistence on the operation of IEEE 802.15.4-based mobile WSNs

Wireless networks dynamically coexist when their transmission ranges overlap as a result of mobility. Mobile wireless sensor networks WSNs may suffer from significant degradation of performance due to the interference caused by dynamic coexistence, which is particularly critical for health monitoring WSNs. In this paper, we propose a novel method to detect and mitigate the harmful effects of dynamic coexistence on the operation of IEEE 802.15. 4-based mobile health monitoring WSNs. IEEE 802.15. 4 uses the guaranteed time slots GTS mechanism to eliminate contention; however, successful transmissions cannot be guaranteed for coexisting WSNs. We show that using limited clear channel assessments at the beginning of the GTS enables the mobile WSNs to avoid collisions with minimum overhead. This method can also be used in combination with the previously proposed mechanisms for coexistence management. We analytically investigate the effects of using this method on the performance of the dynamically coexisting WSNs. We use OPNET simulation to investigate the coexistence of health monitoring WSNs and also to validate the proposed method. Our results indicate that using the proposed mechanism, 2-10 coexisting mobile WSNs with relatively high transmission rates 20-30% of maximum throughput can achieve 20-90% higher rates of successful transmissions, with less than 10% increase in power consumption. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Nearly Optimal Binary Index Tree in Mobile Real Time Environment

Indexing technology is hardly studied when data access is skew in real time system. On one hand indexing considers the probability of data accessed, on the other hand indexing needs to satisfy data real-time constraints, and meanwhile, the time complexity of arithmetic computing for indexing must be low. The nearly optimal binary index tree NOBIT is based on the idea of static optimal search tree. We introduce real-time weight when it deals with nodes probabilities weight so as to quickly construct a binary index tree with nearly optimal performance. The search process of NOBIT is similar to binary search, and its average time complexity is O(logN). The NOBIT considers the probability of accessed data and data which are accessed frequently are put into the front part of broadcast sequence so that average tuning time is shortened. Meanwhile, the NOBIT takes the real-time constraints of accessed data into account and data with rigid time constraints also are put into the front part of broadcast sequence so that success rate of data requested is improved.
Young Stars and Nonstellar Emission in the Aligned Radio Galaxy 3C 256

We present ground-based images of the z = 1.824 radio galaxy 3C 256 in the standard BVRIJHK filters and an interference filter centered at 8800 Å, a Hubble Space Telescope image in a filter dominated by Lyα emission (F336W), and spectra covering rest-frame wavelengths from Lyα to [O III] λ5007. Together with published polarimetry observations, we use these to decompose the overall spectral energy distribution into nebular continuum emission, scattered quasar light, and stellar emission. The nebular continuum and scattered light together comprise half (one-third) of the V-band (K-band) light within a 4'' aperture and are responsible for the strong alignment between the optical/near-infrared light and the radio emission. The stellar emission is dominated by a population estimated to be 100-200 Myr old (assuming a Salpeter IMF) and formed in a short burst with a peak star formation rate of 1-4 × 103 M☉ yr-1. The total stellar mass is estimated to be no more than 2 × 1011 M☉, which is far less than other luminous radio galaxies at similar redshifts, and suggests that 3C 256 will undergo further star formation or mergers.
C-terminal Domain (CTD) Small Phosphatase-like 2 Modulates the Canonical Bone Morphogenetic Protein (BMP) Signaling and Mesenchymal Differentiation via Smad Dephosphorylation*

Background: Dephosphorylation of R-Smads in the nucleus shuts off TGF-β superfamily signaling. Results: SCP4 specifically dephosphorylates BMP-activated Smad1/5/8, but not TGF-β-activated Smad2/3, and ectopic expression of SCP4 inhibits BMP signaling, whereas SCP4 depletion enhances BMP signaling. Conclusion: SCP4 is a nuclear phosphatase terminating BMP signaling. Significance: Identification of SCP4 may suggest its physiological functions in BMP-induced cellular processes and relevant diseases. The bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling pathway regulates a wide range of cellular responses in metazoans. A key step in the canonical BMP signaling is the phosphorylation and activation of transcription factors Smad1, Smad5, and Smad8 (collectively Smad1/5/8) by the type I BMP receptors. We previously identified PPM1A as a phosphatase toward dephosphorylation of all receptor-regulated Smads (R-Smads), including Smad1/5/8. Here we report another nuclear phosphatase named SCP4/CTDSPL2, belonging to the FCP/SCP family, as a novel Smad phosphatase in the nucleus. SCP4 physically interacts with and specifically dephosphorylates Smad1/5/8, and as a result attenuates BMP-induced transcriptional responses. Knockdown of SCP4 in multipotent mesenchymal C2C12 cells leads to increased expression of BMP target genes and consequently promotes BMP-induced osteogenic differentiation. Collectively, our results demonstrate that SCP4, as a Smad phosphatase, plays a critical role in BMP-induced signaling and cellular functions.
Is younger really better? Anxiety about learning a foreign language in Turkish children

As one of the outcomes of globalization, learning a foreign language has gained importance. In many countries this situation has led to the lowering of the age for starting to learn a foreign language as part of the restructuring of the education system. Success in foreign language learning (FLL) depends on many factors. Affective factors are 1 facet of achieving success in FLL and these factors have long been a concern of language educators. However, most research on this topic has been conducted with adolescents and adults. Thus, in the present case study our aim was to investigate the relationship between age and FLL anxiety with children aged between 10 to 14 years. We used both qualitative and quantitative research methods for triangulation. We collected data via a questionnaire (Cronbach’s alpha .876), adapted from Horwitz, Horwitz, and Cope (1986) and via interviews with 84 children at a state primary school in Turkey. In addition to calculating means and standard deviations, we used Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney U tests for dual and multiple comparisons. The results suggested that there were no statistically significant differences according to gender and that the younger children in the study were less anxious than the older children about FLL. Examinations were found to be the activity that caused the most anxiety for the children.
Investigating brain community structure abnormalities in bipolar disorder using path length associated community estimation

In this article, we present path length associated community estimation (PLACE), a comprehensive framework for studying node‐level community structure. Instead of the well‐known Q modularity metric, PLACE utilizes a novel metric, ΨPL, which measures the difference between intercommunity versus intracommunity path lengths. We compared community structures in human healthy brain networks generated using these two metrics and argued that ΨPL may have theoretical advantages. PLACE consists of the following: (1) extracting community structure using top‐down hierarchical binary trees, where a branch at each bifurcation denotes a collection of nodes that form a community at that level, (2) constructing and assessing mean group community structure, and (3) detecting node‐level changes in community between groups. We applied PLACE and investigated the structural brain networks obtained from a sample of 25 euthymic bipolar I subjects versus 25 gender‐ and age‐matched healthy controls. Results showed community structural differences in posterior default mode network regions, with the bipolar group exhibiting left‐right decoupling. Hum Brain Mapp 35:2253–2264, 2014. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
MATCASC: A tool to analyse cascading line outages in power grids

Blackouts in power grids typically result from cascading failures. The key importance of the electric power grid to society encourages further research into sustaining power system reliability and developing new methods to manage the risks of cascading blackouts. Adequate software tools are required to better analyse, understand, and assess the consequences of the cascading failures. This paper presents MATCASC, an open source MATLAB based tool to analyse cascading failures in power grids. Cascading effects due to line overload outages are considered. The applicability of the MATCASC tool is demonstrated by assessing the robustness of IEEE test systems and real-world power grids with respect to cascading failures.