Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Innovative psychotherapy techniques in child and adolescent therapy

EXPRESSIVE ARTS TECHNIQUES. Musical Interaction Therapy for Children with Autism (D. Wimpory & S. Nash). The Use of Dance Movement Therapy with Troubled Youth (H. Payne). Imagery--A Tool in Child Psychotherapy (M. Johnson). Programmed Distance Writing in Therapy with Acting--Out Adolescents (L. L'Abate). ADVENTURE--BASED TECHNIQUES. Wilderness Therapy for Adolescents (D. Berman & J. Davis--Berman). Rational--Emotive Adventure Challenge Therapy (S. Leeds). TECHNOLOGY--BASED TECHNIQUES. Biofeedback with Children and Adolescents (T. Culbert). Therapeutic Applications of Computers with Children (L. Aymard). Video Self Modeling and Related Procedures in Psychotherapy (P. Dowrick). OTHER TECHNIQUES. Hypnotic Techniques for the Treatment of Children with Anxiety Problems (R. Griffin). Focusing as a Therapeutic Technique with Children and Young Adolescents (B. Santen). Animal--Assisted Therapy Interventions with Children (G. Mallon). Touch Therapy for Infants, Children, and Adolescents (M. Hernandez--Reif & T. Field). Bibliotherapy: The Use of Children's Literature as a Therapeutic Tool (D. Ginns--Gruenberg & A. Zacks). Indexes.
Exploring gaze-adaptive features for interacting with multi-document visualizations

We present a preliminary design study for utilizing eye tracking to support interacting with a multi-document visualization. Complex information seeking tasks can involve collection and comparison of multiple documents, resulting in long and sustained search sessions. The sustained and evolving nature of the session also provides the search interface the opportunity to gather information on the user state and interaction history, which can be used to adapt the information content and representation. We designed a system to evaluate how eye tracking information can be used for adapting the visual salience of information entities. The interface features documents and related keywords that are arranged in a radial layout configuration called the intent radar. Reading history and visual attention, as registered by eye tracking data, are respectively used to trace read items and for visual cueing. We evaluated the interface with 16 participants to gather subjective feedback about specific components and features of the interface. The overall results show that the interface and gaze-related appearance of keywords was positively received by the users.
A general formulation and solvability of the global robust output regulation problem

While the output regulation problem for linear systems accommodates both bounded and unbounded exogenous signals, the existing formulation of the output regulation problem for nonlinear systems only allows bounded exogenous signals produced by an exosystem with a neurally stable equilibrium. In particular, when it comes to the robust output regulation problem, the only admissible exogenous signal is a finite combination of step and sinusoidal functions. In this paper, we will give a general formulation of the robust output regulation problem that admits unbounded exogenous signals, and contains the previous formulations as special cases when the system is linear or when the exogenous signals are bounded. Then we will give conditions under which the problem can be converted into a robust stabilization problem of an augmented system. Finally, we will present the solvability conditions of the general robust output regulation problem for the class of lower triangular nonlinear systems.
Identification of a Fragment-Based Scaffold that Inhibits the Glycosyltransferase WaaG from Escherichia coli †

WaaG is a glycosyltransferase that is involved in the biosynthesis of lipopolysaccharide in Gram-negative bacteria. Inhibitors of WaaG are highly sought after as they could be used to inhibit the biosynthesis of the core region of lipopolysaccharide, which would improve the uptake of antibiotics. Herein, we establish an activity assay for WaaG using 14C-labeled UDP-glucose and LPS purified from a ∆waaG strain of Escherichia coli. We noted that addition of the lipids phosphatidylglycerol (PG) and cardiolipin (CL), as well as the detergent 3-[(3-cholamidopropyl)dimethylammonio]-1-propanesulfonate (CHAPS) increased activity. We then use the assay to determine if three molecular scaffolds, which bind to WaaG, could inhibit its activity in vitro. We show that 4-(2-amino-1,3-thiazol-4-yl)phenol inhibits WaaG (IC50 1.0 mM), but that the other scaffolds do not. This study represents an important step towards an inhibitor of WaaG by fragment-based lead discovery.
A Low Power Frequency Synthesizer for 60-GHz Wireless Personal Area Networks

In this brief, a 60-GHz frequency synthesizer for wireless personal area networks is designed using 0.13- μm CMOS technology. The synthesizer operates at 60 GHz with phase noises of -98, -117, and -128 dBc/Hz at 1-, 10-, and 40-MHz frequency offsets, respectively. The 60-GHz clock is generated by combining a phase-locked loop (PLL) and an injection-locked oscillator. The PLL provides frequency tuning of the 60-GHz voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) using replica tuning. A pulse train is generated using a novel passive delay-locked loop and a CMOS pulse generator. This pulse train is then used for filtering the phase noise of 60-GHz VCO up to a high offset frequency. The total power consumption of the frequency synthesizer is 57 mW with a 1.2-V power supply.
Clausal parentheticals, intonational phrasing, and prosodic theory1

This paper investigates the intonational phrasing of three types of parenthetical insertions – non-restrictive relative clauses (NRRCs), full sentences, and comment clauses (CCs) – in actual spoken language. It draws on a large set of data from a corpus of spoken British English. Its aim is twofold: first, it evaluates the correctness of previous claims about the intonational phrasing of parentheticals, specifically the assumption that parentheticals are phrased in a separate intonation domain; second, it discusses the implications of the intonational phrasing of parentheticals for prosodic theory. The results of the data analysis are as follows. First, the longer types of interpolations but not CCs are by default phrased separately. Second, both the temporal and the tonal structure of the host may be affected by the parenthetical. Third, CCs lend themselves more readily to the restructuring of intonational phrases such that they are phrased in one domain together with material from the host. Fourth, the prosodic results cannot be explained in syntactic accounts which do not allow for a syntactic relation between parenthetical and host. Fifth, the interface constraints on intonational phrasing apply to parentheticals. Sixth, the intonational phrasing of parentheticals supports the assumption of a post-syntactic, phonological component of the grammar at which restructuring applies.
Beatscape , a Mixed Virtual-Physical Environment for Musical Ensembles

A mixed media tool was created that promotes ensemble virtuosity through tight coordination and interdepence in musical performance. Two dierent types of performers interact with a virtual space using Wii remote and tangible interfaces using the reacTIVision toolkit [11]. One group of performers uses a tangible tabletop interface to place and move sound objects in a virtual environment. The sound objects are represented by visual avatars and have audio samples associated with them. A second set of performers make use of Wii remotes to create triggering waves that can collide with those sound objects. Sound is only produced upon collision of the waves with the sound objects. What results is a performance in which users must negotiate through a physical and virtual space and are positioned to work together to create musical pieces.
Odd-chain fatty acids as a biomarker for dietary fiber intake: a novel pathway for endogenous production from propionate.

Background: The risk of type 2 diabetes is inversely correlated with plasma concentrations of odd-chain fatty acids [OCFAs; pentadecanoic acid (15:0) and heptadecanoic acid (17:0)], which are considered as biomarkers for dairy fat intake in humans. However, rodent studies suggest that OCFAs are synthesized endogenously from gut-derived propionate. Propionate increases with dietary fiber consumption and has been shown to improve insulin sensitivity.Objective: We hypothesized that OCFAs are produced in humans from dietary fibers by a novel endogenous pathway.Design: In a randomized, double-blind crossover study, 16 healthy individuals were supplemented with cellulose (30 g/d), inulin (30 g/d), or propionate (6 g/d) for 7 d. In addition, human hepatoma cells were incubated with different propionate concentrations. OCFAs were determined in plasma phospholipids and hepatoma cells by gas chromatography.Results: Cellulose did not affect plasma OCFA levels, whereas inulin and propionate increased pentadecanoic acid by ∼17% (P < 0.05) and 13% (P = 0.05), respectively. The effect on heptadecanoic acid was even more pronounced, because it was elevated in almost all participants by inulin (11%; P < 0.01) and propionate (13%; P < 0.001). Furthermore, cell culture experiments showed a positive association between propionate and OCFA levels (R2 = 0.99, P < 0.0001), whereas palmitate (16:0) was negatively correlated (R2 = 0.83, P = 0.004). Conclusions: Our data show that gut-derived propionate is used for the hepatic synthesis of OCFAs in humans. The association of OCFAs with a decreased risk of type 2 diabetes may therefore also relate to dietary fiber intake and not only dairy fat. This trial was registered at www.germanctr. de as DRKS00010121.
LAPACK Working Note 60 , UT CS-93-192 Parallel numerical linear algebra

We survey general techniques and open problems in numerical linear algebra on parallel architectures. We rst discuss basic principles of parallel processing, describing the costs of basic operations on parallel machines, including general principles for constructing e cient algorithms. We illustrate these principles using current architectures and software systems, and by showing how one would implement matrix multiplication. Then, we present direct and iterative algorithms for solving linear systems of equations, linear least squares problems, the symmetric eigenvalue problem, the nonsymmetric eigenvalue problem, and the singular value decomposition. We consider dense, band and sparse matrices.
Positivity and Intrapreneurship: Positive Orientation and its Relation to Entrepreneurial Orientation and Performance

There is some evidence that positivity at organizational level is related to intrapreneurship. Based on extensive literature review we hypothesize that intrapreneurship and organizational positivity are related to each other and both play a role in achieving high organizational performance. Therefore, we ask a central research questions: Are positive organizations entrepreneurial? What matters more in achieving high performance: corporate entrepreneurship or positivity? The results confirm the existence of five dimensions of positive orientation. Moreover, they show weak relationships between positive orientation and intrapreneurship, high impact of positive orientation on firm’s performance and weak impact of entrepreneurial orientation on firm’s performance.
The role of colposcopy in the follow up of women treated for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia.

OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of colposcopy on the sensitivity and specificity of follow-up procedures in the detection of residual or recurrent disease after treatment for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN). DESIGN A retrospective study of information held in a colposcopy database. SETTING A teaching hospital colposcopy clinic. POPULATION A total of 2244 women treated in Hammersmith Hospital for histologically confirmed CIN between 1 January 1988 and 31 December 2002. METHODS Data from the records of women treated with some form of local conservative therapy for CIN1-CIN3 between January 1988 and December 2002 were extracted from the colposcopy database. Women with histological confirmation of post-treatment disease were identified. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The sensitivity and specificity of cytology alone was compared with the sensitivity and specificity of the combination of colposcopy and cytology. RESULTS Colposcopy improved the sensitivity of cytology for the detection of high-grade disease from 64 to 91% but reduced the specificity from 95 to 88%. With a 3% rate of post-treatment high-grade disease, colposcopy detected 8 extra cases per 1000 women but resulted in 88 more false alarms per 1000 women. Among women in whom the treatment margins were involved or uncertain, colposcopy detected 13 extra cases per 1000 women but resulted in 12 fewer false alarms per 1000 women because the prevalence of post-treatment disease was higher. CONCLUSIONS Colposcopy does improve the detection rate of post-treatment disease but at a cost of additional false alarms. The benefit of colposcopy will be greater in high-risk groups of women with higher rates of treatment failure.
Probabilistic latent preference analysis for collaborative filtering

A central goal of collaborative filtering (CF) is to rank items by their utilities with respect to individual users in order to make personalized recommendations. Traditionally, this is often formulated as a rating prediction problem. However, it is more desirable for CF algorithms to address the ranking problem directly without going through an extra rating prediction step. In this paper, we propose the probabilistic latent preference analysis (pLPA) model for ranking predictions by directly modeling user preferences with respect to a set of items rather than the rating scores on individual items. From a user's observed ratings, we extract his preferences in the form of pairwise comparisons of items which are modeled by a mixture distribution based on Bradley-Terry model. An EM algorithm for fitting the corresponding latent class model as well as a method for predicting the optimal ranking are described. Experimental results on real world data sets demonstrated the superiority of the proposed method over several existing CF algorithms based on rating predictions in terms of ranking performance measure NDCG.
Bilateral Comparison of Propulsion Mechanics During Single-Leg Vertical Jumping

McElveen, MT, Riemann BL, and Davies GJ. Bilateral comparison of propulsion mechanics during single-leg vertical jumping. J Strength Cond Res 24(2): 375-381, 2010. The primary purpose of this investigation was to compare single leg vertical jump performance and several performance characteristics derived from vertical ground reaction forces (vGRF) between the dominant (DOM) and nondominant (NDOM) legs. Secondary purposes included determining the relationship between the kinetic and temporal characteristics and single leg vertical jump performance and establishing the intrasession and intersession reliability of the characteristics considered. After a standardized warm-up, 20 physically active young adults (10 men, 10 women) performed three single leg DOM and three single leg NDOM vertical jumps in a random order during two sessions separated by three days. vGRF collected during each trial were used to calculate jump height, peak vertical power, peak vGRF, vGRF impulse, ratio between negative to positive vGRF impulse, time between maximum peak power to takeoff and countermovement depth. There were no significant differences between DOM and NDOM for jump height (p = .145) as well as the six characteristics considered (p > .05). There was a strong, direct relationship between jump height and peak vertical power for both DOM (r = .915, p < .001) and NDOM (r = .944, p < .001). With the exception of vGRF negative/positive impulse ratio, all dependent variables demonstrated moderate to high intrasession and intersession reliability. These results support using a single leg vertical jump protocol for conducting bilateral lower extremity functional assessments. With the exception of impulse ratio, the reliability results support using the protocol for serial assessments. In conclusion, healthy individuals can be expected to exhibit near equal single leg vertical jumping performance bilaterally, providing practitioners with a basis to interpret performance.
The rich somatic life of Wolbachia

Wolbachia is an intracellular endosymbiont infecting most arthropod and some filarial nematode species that is vertically transmitted through the maternal lineage. Due to this primary mechanism of transmission, most studies have focused on Wolbachia interactions with the host germline. However, over the last decade many studies have emerged highlighting the prominence of Wolbachia in somatic tissues, implicating somatic tissue tropism as an important aspect of the life history of this endosymbiont. Here, we review our current understanding of Wolbachia–host interactions at both the cellular and organismal level, with a focus on Wolbachia in somatic tissues.
Phase diversity techniques for coherent optical receivers

In the present state of the art, coherent optical receivers most often operate in the heterodyne mode. Here a photodiode-amplifier combination having bandwidth greater than twice the bit rate ( B ) is needed: indeed bandwidths considerably greater than 2B are preferably employed to ease design of the bandpass filter needed for noise limitation, and to avoid demodulator penalties in some modulation schemes. For the high bit rate systems now coming into service (560 Mbit/s-2.4 Gbit/s), the optical receiver design requirements become more stringent for coherent heterodyne operation. The various modes of "zero IF" operation, however, require only baseband receiver module bandwidth. The options available are either homodyne (phase locked) operation, or phase diversity (multiport) techniques. In this paper, we compare these options, and show that phase diversity techniques are capable of good performance for high bit rate coherent receivers. In phase diversity operation, not only is phase locking avoided, but also the necessary frequency locking does not have high stability requirements. Furthermore, there are advantages in operating with a small frequency offset from zero (of the order of 1 percent of the bit rate). An experimental receiver has been operated at 320 and 680 Mbit/s, demodulating both amplitude shift keying (ASK) and differential phase shift keying (DPSK). Operation with FSK is also possible. Sensitivities so far achieved of -47.5 dBm (320-Mbit/s ASK) and -42 dBm (680- Mbit/s ASK) with limited local oscillator power are capable of substantial improvement when higher power local oscillators and lower noise receive modules become available. Demodulation of DPSK at 320 Mbit/s has also been achieved and shows a measured receiver sensitivity improvement of over 4 dB over ASK at the same bit rate and local oscillator power. These practical results show clearly that phase diversity is a very realistic option for high bit rate systems.
The use of dental radiographs: update and recommendations.

BACKGROUND AND OVERVIEW The National Council on Radiation Protection & Measurements updated its recommendations on radiation protection in dentistry in 2003, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published its Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health-Care Settings in 2003, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration updated its selection criteria for dental radiographs in 2004. This report summarizes the recommendations presented in these documents and addresses additional topics such as patient selection criteria, film selection for conventional radiographs, collimation, beam filtration, patient protective equipment, film holders, operator protection, film exposure and processing, infection control, quality assurance, image viewing, direct digital radiography and continuing education of dental health care workers who expose radiographs. CONCLUSIONS This report discusses implementation of proper radiographic practices. In addition to these guidelines, dentists should be aware of, and comply with, applicable federal and state regulations. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS Dentists should weigh the benefits of dental radiographs against the consequences of increasing a patient's exposure to radiation and implement appropriate radiation control procedures.
Alabama Parenting Questionnaire의 한국판 표준화 연구

본 연구는 APQ척도의 한국판 표준화를 위한 것이다. 경남 김해시에 위치한 ‘M’ 어린이집과 ‘Y’ 유치원에 재원중인 만5세, 6세 유아 104명과 부산광역시와 경남 김해시에 위치한 ‘S’ 초 등학교와 ‘N’초등학교 1,2,3학년에 재학 중인 아동 315명의 부모를 대상으로 자료를 수집하였 다. 번역된 42개의 문항에 대한 신뢰도는 Cronbach의 α계수값이 . 648이었으며, 각 하위요인별 Cronbach의 α계수값은 ‘관여’가 . 686, ‘긍정적 부모역할’이 . 759, ‘비일관적 훈육’이 . 579, ‘허술 한 관찰/감독’이 . 810, ‘체벌’이 . 510, ‘기타 훈육 사례’가 . 590으로 비교적 낮았다. 문항의 심층 적 분석을 위해 계층적군집분석(Hierarchical Cluster Analysis)과 다차원척도분석(Multidimensional Scaling; MDS analysis)을 실시하였으며 그 결과를 토대로 하여 42개 문항, 6개의 하위영역으로 이루어진 원 질문지의 구조를 ‘12’번과 ‘35’번 문항 등 2개를 제외 한 40개의 문항을 4개의 하위영역으로 재구성하여 신뢰도 분석을 실시하였으며 비교적 만족스러운 신뢰도(‘보상’, ‘벌’, ‘관여’, ‘불관여’의 Cronbach는 각 각 .810, .744, .613, .773)를 산출하였다. 4개 하위요인에 대한 타당도를 검증하기 위해 확인적 요인분석을 실시하여 양호한 결과를 얻었다. 4개 하위 영속에 내재된 2개의 차원은 보상-처벌 차원 및 관여-불관여 차원으로 명명하였으며, 이 척도 의 활용에 대해 논의하였다.
Coordinating Mobile Actors in Pervasive and Mobile Scenarios: An AI-Based Approach

Process management systems (PMSs) can be used not only in classical business scenarios, but also in highly dynamic and uncertain environments, for example, in supporting operators during emergency management for coordinating their activities. In such challenging situations, processes should be adapted in order to cope with anomalous situations, including connection anomalies and task faults. This requires the provision of intelligent support for the planning and enactment of complex processes, that allows to capture the knowledge about the dynamic context of a process. In this paper, we show how this knowledge, together with information about the capabilities of the available actors, may be specified and used to not only to support the selection of an appropriate set of agents to fill the roles in a given task, but also to solve the problem of adaptivity. The paper describes a first prototype of a PMS based on well-known artificial intelligence techniques and how it can be extended to tackle adaptation.
A Type-2 Fuzzy Logic Ensemble SVM Classifier based on Feature Weighting

Support vector machine (SVM) has been gaining popularity in classification, for its structural risk minimization principle and the usage of kernel function. Traditional SVM as well as many improved algorithms treats all features in training data with equal weights, even though different features may have different impacts on the final classification. To overcome this issue, a new method which combined feature weighting with classification was proposed in this paper. Compared with other similar research, the major advantage of this method is that it brings no change to the algorithm structure. To further improve the performance of SVM classifier, a type-2 fuzzy logic based ensemble SVM was proposed. Type-2 fuzzy logic outperforms type-1 fuzzy logic greatly in terms of handling uncertainty in the ensemble process. Experiment results validated the effectiveness of proposed methods.