Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Ontology-Driven Digital Preservation of Interactive Multimedia Performances

Interactive multimedia performances are rapidly gaining ground within performing arts communities nowadays, mainly due to breakthroughs in humancomputer interaction technologies, such as human motion capture and analysis. This has brought forward the issue of digital preservation of these performances, so that they can be reconstructed in the future. This paper presents an ontology-driven approach to the digital preservation of interactive multimedia performances. An ontology model is proposed for describing the complex relationships amongst different components of a performance, as well as their temporal aspects and evolution over time.
Synchronization Constraints With Inheritance: What Is Not Possible --- So What Is?

It has been pointed out that inheritance and synchronization constraints in concurrent object systems often con ict with each other. Several proposals have been made for resolving the con icts. We show that, however, for many of the proposals, one cannot avoid anomaly in inheritance where re-de nitions of all relevant parent methods are necessary. Our prime contribution is that we formally prove the occurrence of such an anomaly is not a minor problem in the language design, but is an inherent di culty in the general scheme for specifying the behavior of objects with respect to synchronization. This is more serious than the violation of class encapsulation that has been pointed out by Snyder, for NONE of the parent methods can be inherited except for trivial cases. We then propose an alternative scheme in which the anomaly does not occur, while e ciency is retained using program transformation. Since this transformation is invisible to the programmer, the full bene t of inheritance can be attained in OOCP without sacri ces in e ciency. Technical Report 90-010, Department of Information Science, the University of Tokyo y Physical mail address: 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan. Phone 03-3812-2111 (overseas +81-3-3812-2111) ex. 4108. E-mail: (Matsuoka) matsu@is.s. u-tokyo.ac. jp, (Wakita) kenny@is.s. u-tokyo.ac. jp, (Yonezawa) yonezawa@is.s. u-tokyo.ac. jp.
Discovering and synthesizing humanoid climbing movements

This paper addresses the problem of offline path and movement planning for wall climbing humanoid agents. We focus on simulating bouldering, i.e. climbing short routes with diverse moves, although we also demonstrate our system on a longer wall. Our approach combines a graph-based high-level path planner with low-level sampling-based optimization of climbing moves. Although the planning problem is complex, our system produces plausible solutions to bouldering problems (short climbing routes) in less than a minute. We further utilize a k-shortest paths approach, which enables the system to discover alternative paths - in climbing, alternative strategies often exist, and what might be optimal for one climber could be impossible for others due to individual differences in strength, flexibility, and reach. We envision our system could be used, e.g. in learning a climbing strategy, or as a test and evaluation tool for climbing route designers. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first paper to solve and simulate rich humanoid wall climbing, where more than one limb can move at the same time, and limbs can also hang free for balance or use wall friction in addition to predefined holds.
The Role of Leader Morality in the Interaction Effect of Procedural Justice and Outcome Favorability

The present research explored the role of leader morality in the interaction effect of procedural justice and outcome favorability, and attempted to connect justice and morality construct in a new direction. Two studies in different settings and using different designs (a scenario experiment and a survey) yielded convergent results. When leader morality was high, the interaction effect of procedural justice and outcome favorability was significant, and fair procedures mitigated the negative effect of low outcome favorability. When leader morality was low, however, the interaction between procedural justice and outcome favorability was absent.
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing): A Different Option in Psychotherapy

EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing): a different option in psychotherapy In recent years, there has been an interest in using the EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) therapy. One of the reasons for this interest may be its effectiveness shown by numerous studies, especially, conducted with individuals who suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The EMDR is known to be an innovative approach that accelerates information processing and facilitates the integration of fragmented traumatic memories. This process is stated to allow better integration of the information that a person has to handle in the future. Recent practice guidelines and meta-analyses have designated the EMDR as a first-line treatment for trauma. Although the prevalences of trauma and trauma related disorders are high in Turkey, there has been a limited number of published studies highlighting treatment options. The EMDR’s mechanism of action has not yet been fully explained. Shapiro has proposed an adaptive information processing model. Later, based on laboratory and neuroimaging methods, a number of neurobiological models have been suggested. The present study explained the EMDR and its eight-phases. A case example with session records was provided to show the application and operation of the technique. After that, leading neurobiological models which attempt to explain the mechanisms of action of the EMDR were summarized. Finally, few studies conducted in Turkey using the EMDR were reviewed. Given the effectiveness of the EMDR regarding trauma and related disorders, the utilization of the technique by a broad number of mental health professionals may not only increase the professionals’ competency on psychiatric disorders, but also may provide patients suffering from these
Rapid automatic index profiling of whole-fiber samples: Part I

A new interferometric method not requiring any sample preparation is presented for determining the refractive-index profiles of optical fibers. The whole fiber is immersed in index-matching oil and placed transversely under an interference microscope. The determination of the refractive index distribution for an arbitrary, circularly symmetric fiber core requires the solution of an integral equation. In this first of two papers on the subject, we describe a method which accomplished its solution by assuming that the fiber core consists of a large number of concentric circular cylinders of step-wise constant refractive index. The index distribution can then be obtained by determining the index values of each layer successively. The method has been applied to double- and single-pass interferometric arrangements which are being compared here. The single-pass method is reproducible to about 1 percent and provides the complete index distribution within minutes with the help of a computer-controlled video-analysis system. The results of this method are in excellent agreement with profiles obtained from polished slabs of the same fiber.
The Role of Surfactant in Respiratory Distress Syndrome

The key feature of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) is the insufficient production of surfactant in the lungs of preterm infants. As a result, researchers have looked into the possibility of surfactant replacement therapy as a means of preventing and treating RDS. We sought to identify the role of surfactant in the prevention and management of RDS, comparing the various types, doses, and modes of administration, and the recent development. A PubMed search was carried out up to March 2012 using phrases: surfactant, respiratory distress syndrome, protein-containing surfactant, protein-free surfactant, natural surfactant, animal-derived surfactant, synthetic surfactant, lucinactant, surfaxin, surfactant protein-B, surfactant protein-C. Natural, or animal-derived, surfactant is currently the surfactant of choice in comparison to protein-free synthetic surfactant. However, it is hoped that the development of protein-containing synthetic surfactant, such as lucinactant, will rival the efficacy of natural surfactants, but without the risks of their possible side effects. Administration techniques have also been developed with nasal continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP) and selective surfactant administration now recommended; multiple surfactant doses have also reported better outcomes. An aerosolised form of surfactant is being trialled in the hope that surfactant can be administered in a non-invasive way. Overall, the advancement, concerning the structure of surfactant and its mode of administration, offers an encouraging future in the management of RDS.
EXPLAINING THE IMPACT OF WORKPLACE STRESS AND JOB SATISFACTION ON ORGANIZATION EFFECTIVENESS

The present study explains the workplace stress and job satisfaction on organizational effectiveness in electricity Distribution Company. The method of this research is a descriptive survey method (non-test) and correlation research design and data collection methods in the field and the library. The purpose of this research study is applied. The present study is in the field of organizational behavior management, because it has done in a given time interval in terms of the time horizon sectional and time domain, primitive3 month of the 2014 and in terms of domains of the Fars province Electricity Distribution Company and the population of mentioned company was 130 persons and total sample size was 100 persons. Instruments of this research included stress questionnaire of Cooper with Cronbach's alpha 0.728 and job satisfaction of Herzberg with Cronbach's alpha 0.79 and effectiveness of Parsons with Cronbach’s alpha 0/93. Related questionnaires were analyzed by using SPSS software and descriptive and inferential statistics. Research findings indicate a strong and positive correlation between job satisfaction and organizational effectiveness, while there is no significant relationship between mental stress and organizational effectiveness. It can also be due to the beta coefficient obtained through the direct impact of the variable job satisfaction and organization Indirect effect through job satisfaction and stress variables, predict simultaneous multiple regression in SPSS which is known as the Enter method.
Group Sparse Additive Models

We consider the problem of sparse variable selection in nonparametric additive models, with the prior knowledge of the structure among the covariates to encourage those variables within a group to be selected jointly. Previous works either study the group sparsity in the parametric setting (e.g., group lasso), or address the problem in the nonparametric setting without exploiting the structural information (e.g., sparse additive models). In this paper, we present a new method, called group sparse additive models (GroupSpAM), which can handle group sparsity in additive models. We generalize the ℓ1/ℓ2 norm to Hilbert spaces as the sparsity-inducing penalty in GroupSpAM. Moreover, we derive a novel thresholding condition for identifying the functional sparsity at the group level, and propose an efficient block coordinate descent algorithm for constructing the estimate. We demonstrate by simulation that GroupSpAM substantially outperforms the competing methods in terms of support recovery and prediction accuracy in additive models, and also conduct a comparative experiment on a real breast cancer dataset.
Immunosuppressant treatment adherence, barriers to adherence and quality of life in renal and liver transplant recipients in Spain

Morales JM, Varo E, Lázaro P. Immunosuppressant treatment adherence, barriers to adherence and quality of life in renal and liver transplant recipients in Spain. Clin Transplant 2011 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399‐0012.2011. 01544.x. © 2011 John Wiley & Sons A/S.
H-supermagic labelings for firecrackers, banana trees and flowers

A simple graph $G=(V,E)$ admits an $H$-covering if every edge in $E$ is contained in a subgraph $H'=(V',E')$ of $G$ which is isomorphic to $H$. In this case we say that $G$ is $H$-supermagic if there is a bijection $f:V\cup E\to\{1,\ldots\lvert V\rvert+\lvert E\rvert\}$ such that $f(V)=\{1,\ldots,\lvert V\rvert\}$ and $\sum_{v\in V(H')}f(v)+\sum_{e\in E(H')}f(e)$ is constant over all subgraphs $H'$ of $G$ which are isomorphic to $H$. In this paper, we show that for odd $n$ and arbitrary $k$, the firecracker $F_{k,n}$ is $F_{2,n}$-supermagic, the banana tree $B_{k,n}$ is $B_{1,n}$-supermagic and the flower $F_n$ is $C_3$-supermagic.
No Serological Evidence that Harbour Porpoises Are Additional Hosts of Influenza B Viruses

Influenza A and B viruses circulate among humans causing epidemics almost annually. While various hosts for influenza A viruses exist, influenza B viruses have been detected only in humans and seals. However, recurrent infections of seals in Dutch coastal waters with influenza B viruses that are antigenetically distinct from influenza B viruses circulating among humans suggest that influenza B viruses have been introduced into this seal population by another, non-human, host. Harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) are sympatric with seals in these waters and are also occasionally in close contact with humans after stranding and subsequent rehabilitation. In addition, virus attachment studies demonstrated that influenza B viruses can bind to cells of the respiratory tract of these animals. Therefore, we hypothesized that harbour porpoises might be a reservoir of influenza B viruses. In the present study, an unique set of serum samples from 79 harbour porpoises, stranded alive on the Dutch coast between 2003 and 2013, was tested for the presence of antibodies against influenza B viruses by use of the hemagglutination inhibition test and for antibodies against influenza A viruses by use of a competitive influenza A nucleoprotein ELISA. No antibodies were detected against either virus, suggesting that influenza A and B virus infections of harbour porpoises in Dutch coastal waters are not common, which was supported by statistical analysis of the dataset.
Third through Sixth Graders' Perceptions of High-Stakes Testing

This study examined elementary students' perceptions of high-stakes testing through the use of drawings and writings. On the day after students completed their high-stakes tests in the spring, 225 students were asked to “draw a picture about your recent testing experience. ” The same students then responded in writing to the prompt “tell me about your picture. ” During data analysis, nine categories were constructed from the themes in students' drawings and written descriptions: Emotions, Easy, Content Areas, Teacher Role, Student Metaphors, Fire, Power/Politics, Adult Language, and Culture of Testing. Each of these categories was supported by drawings and written descriptions. Two additional categories were compelling because of their prevalence in students' drawings: Accoutrements of Testing and Isolation. The researchers examine the prevailing negativity in students' responses and suggest ways to decrease students' overall test anxiety, including making changes in the overall testing culture and changing the role teachers play in test preparation.
A procedure for highly reproducible measurements of ADC spectral parameters

The evaluation of spectral parameters characterizing analog-to-digital converters (ADC) can be addressed by employing both parametric and non-parametric techniques. Whatever the adopted testing techniques, the IEEE standards 1057 and 1241, which list the most effective ADC testing procedure, recommend the use of coherent sampling. Such a condition can not be guaranteed a priori with respect to spurious tones eventually present in the ADC output spectrum and data windowing is usually employed to reduce these phenomena. However, standards do not provide clear criteria for choosing the window that assure the maximum parameter estimation accuracy. The European draft standard Dynad suggests the employment of one out of seven optimal windows, in accordance to the ADC resolution. However, each sequence is characterized by distinctive parameters. Thus test automation may be reduced. In this paper the use of a class of windows that are defined by setting the mainlobe width value and that can be easily calculated by employing standard computational tools is proposed. Such sequences maximize also the estimation accuracy for any given ADC resolution, thus improving both measurement reproducibility and test automation. Experimental results that validate the effectiveness of the proposed window class are presented.
Adhesion and activation of human platelets induced by convulxin involve glycoprotein VI and integrin alpha2beta1.

We analyzed the interaction of convulxin (Cvx), a 72-kDa protein isolated from the venom of Crotalus durissus terrificus, with human platelets. Cvx is a potent platelet agonist that induces an increase in the intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i), granule exocytosis and aggregation. 125I-Labeled Cvx binds specifically and rapidly to platelets at binding sites of high and moderate affinity. Platelets adhere to immobilized Cvx in a time-dependent but cation-independent manner. Platelet exocytosis and aggregation induced by Cvx were inhibited by an anti-integrin alpha2beta1 monoclonal antibody (6F1) and by the Fab fragments of a polyclonal anti-glycoprotein VI (GPVI) antibody. Both the adhesion of platelets to Cvx and the Cvx-induced increase in [Ca2+]i were inhibited by anti-GPVI Fab fragments but not by 6F1. Ligand blotting assay showed that 125I-Cvx binds to a 57-kDa platelet protein with an electrophoretic mobility identical to that of GPVI. In addition, we observed the following: (i) 125I-Cvx binds to GPVI immunoprecipitated by the anti-GPVI antibody from a platelet lysate, and (ii) Cvx inhibits the binding of anti-GPVI IgG to GPVI. Taken together, these results demonstrate that GPVI behaves as a Cvx receptor and that the alpha2beta1 integrin appears to be involved in the later stages of Cvx-induced platelet activation, i.e. exocytosis and aggregation.
Intelligent High-Security Access Control

Access control is an important security issue in particular because of terrorist threats. Access points are increasingly becoming equipped with advanced input sensors often based on biometrics, and with advanced intelligent methods that learn from experience. We have designed a flexible modular system based on integration of arbitrary access sensors and an arbitrary number of stand-alone modules. The system was tested with four sensors (a door sensor, an identity card reader, a fingerprint reader and a camera) and four independent modules (expert-defined rules, micro learning, macro learning and visual learning). Preliminary tests of the designed prototype are encouraging. Povzetek: Clanek opisuje vgradnjo inteligentnih metod v sistem za nadzor vstopa.
Standardization and Validation of Medical Decision-Support Systems: The CSE Project

Science is served and stimulated by the free exchange of ideas and methods. This, of course, also applies to medical informatics. It is quite understandable, however, that the freedom of exchange of methods, let alone of software, is much hampered once such methods have been implemented into industrial instruments and systems that are offered to customers on a competitive market. Such is the case when systems no longer remain in the hands of research groups that are aware that real progress can only be made when there is an open atmosphere and publications of methods, techniques and even algorithms. Computerized ECG interpretation is amongst the oldest applications of computers in medicine and at the same time it is probably the earliest illustration of a medical decision-support system. Besides, ECG interpretation systems are nowadays widely used for routine applications and as such represent a great accomplishment of research and developmental efforts by investigators in universities and biomedical industries. Although systems for the computer interpretation of the ECG have for a long time been offered by the biomedical industry, ECG interpretation still remains an area different from, e. g. , computer tomography or laboratory automation that are completely dominated by industry. In the area of
Decision Tree based Learning Approach for Identification of Operating System Processes

In present scenario various tools like firewalls, anti-virus tool, network security tools, malware removal tools, monitoring tools etc, are being used for providing security to computer systems. Computer security tools available in present era need to be updated and monitored regularly. If any computer users do not regularly update the security tools, such systems will be vulnerable to virus and other attacks. Through this paper a learning system is being proposed to identify the operating system processes as Self and Non-Self, using the concepts of Decision Tree Learning. ID3 algorithm has been used to construct a Decision Tree after calculating the Entropy and Information Gain. Initially Decision Trees are generated using training examples and then these constructed Decision Trees are tested with test data. Further, it has been inferred through experimental results that the Decision Tree Learning approach will provide better security through effective identification of Self and Non-Self
Angiographic Correlation and Synergistic Effect of Coronary Artery Stenosis and Cerebral Artery Stenosis: A Retrospective Study

Background Comorbidity of coronary artery stenosis (CoAS) and cerebral artery stenosis (CeAS) is relatively common, but little is known about their angiographic correlation and synergistic effect. Material/Methods A total of 66 patients with CoAS were divided into 2 groups: 30 patients with mild CoAS in group A and 36 patients with severe CoAS in group B. Patients were subdivided further into 4 groups: 20 patients with multiple CeAS in group B1, 16 patients with non-multiple CeAS in group B2, 22 patients with multiple CeAS in group A1, and 8 patients with non-multiple CeAS in group A2. Then, the morbidity rates for myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke before angiography were analyzed. Results Overall, the incidence and extent of CoAS were positively related to those of CeAS (p=0.004 and p=0.008, respectively). After stratification, the incidences of stenotic vessels in the intracranial arteries (EA) and carotid artery system (CAS) in group B were significantly higher than those in group A (p=0.011 and p=0.007, respectively). Additionally, the morbidity rates for ischemic stroke in groups B1 and A1 showed a weak trend toward a significant difference (p=0.060). Conclusions This study indicates, for the first time, that severe CoAS might be a predictive marker for stenotic vessels of the EA and CAS and for severe CeAS. Furthermore, this study is the first to report that the synergistic effect of CoAS and CeAS might increase the risk of ischemic stroke, which must be confirmed in a large-scale prospective study.