Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A Tensor Motion Descriptor Based on Multiple Gradient Estimators

This work presents a novel approach for motion description in videos using multiple band-pass filters which act as first order derivative estimators. The filters response on each frame are coded into individual histograms of gradients to reduce their dimensionality. They are combined using orientation tensors. No local features are extracted and no learning is performed, i.e., the descriptor depends uniquely on the input video. Motion description can be enhanced even using multiple filters with similar or overlapping frequency response. For the problem of human action recognition using the KTH database, our descriptor achieved the recognition rate of 93.3% using three Daubechies filters, one extra filter designed to correlate them, two-fold protocol and a SVM classifier. It is superior to most global descriptor approaches and fairly comparable to the state-of-the-art methods.
Ethyl 3,6-di-O-benzyl-2-deoxy-N-phthalimido-1-thio-β-d-glucopyranoside

In the title compound, C30H31NO6S, the plane of the N-phthalimido group is nearly orthogonal to the least-squares plane of the sugar ring (defined by atoms C2, C3, C5 and O5 using standard glucose nomenclature), making a dihedral angle of 72.8 (1)°. The thioethyl group has the exo-anomeric conformation. The hydroxy group forms an intermolecular hydrogen bond to the O atom in the sugar ring, generating [100] chains. There are four close π–π contacts with centroid–centroid distances less than 4.0 Å, all with dihedral angles between the interacting π systems of only ≃ 8°, supporting energetically favourable stacking interactions.
CKI1, a Histidine Kinase Homolog Implicated in Cytokinin Signal Transduction

Although cytokinin plays a central role in plant development, little is known about cytokinin signal transduction. Five Arabidopsis thaliana mutants that exhibit typical cytokinin responses, including rapid cell division and shoot formation in tissue culture in the absence of exogenous cytokinin, were isolated by activation transferred DNA tagging. A gene, CKI1, which was tagged in four of the five mutants and induced typical cytokinin responses after introduction and overexpression in plants, was cloned. CKI1 encodes a protein similar to the two-component regulators. These results suggest that CKI1 is involved in cytokinin signal transduction, possibly as a cytokinin receptor.
Psychological Problems in Christian and Moslem Primary Care Patients in Greece

Objective: Psychiatric problems are often expressed through, or coexist with, somatic symptoms. Cultural factors may influence this association. This study aims to 1) estimate the prevalence of mental health problems in a sample of primary care attendees in a rural area of Greece, and 2) investigate the differences in psychiatric symptomatology among patients from different religious/cultural backgrounds. Method: Over a three-month period, 300 consecutive adult patients (Christians and Moslems) at the rural Primary Care Health Centre of Iasmos in Thrace, Greece, were assessed with the 28-item General Health Questionnaire. Results: The probable prevalence of mental health problems was estimated at 32 percent. Only for a small minority of the patients (3.3 percent) psychological problems were the presenting complaint. Moslems scored significantly higher than Christians in the somatic complaints subscale (p < 0.001). Conclusions: Mental health problems are common in primary care although they rarely constitute a reason for consultation. Sociocultural background may affect the presentation of psychological distress. Primary health care staff have a significant role in identifying hidden psychiatric morbidity.
When Familiar Social Partners are Selected in Open-Ended Situations: Further Tests of the Socioemotional Selectivity Theory

ABSTRACT Socioemotional selectivity theory (SST; Carstensen, 1995, Current Directions in Psychological Science, 4, 151–156) predicts that novel social partners are preferred in open-ended situations, whereas familiar social partners are preferred in future-limited situations. The authors attempted to generalize past research to new familiar and novel partner options. Studies 1 (N = 144; undergraduates, community-dwelling adults ages 65 to 95) and 2 (N = 336 community-dwelling participants ages 11 to 89) indicated that young and older participants in a future-limited situation preferred familiar partners. However, with different social partner options than have been used in previous research, young participants in an open-ended situation also preferred a familiar partner, contrary to the predictions of SST.
Three leafed clover?: TQM, organisational excellence and business improvement

This paper seeks to categorise the terminology currently in use within the quality management discourse. Aspirational definitions are studiously avoided, rather a critical perspective of the existing discourse is analysed. Three main terms are found to be most prominent in the current discourse, namely TQM, organisational excellence and business improvement. These terms are critiqued, compared and contrasted using a critical perspective and five point analysis framework. It is concluded that TQM has an established theoretical base on which enabling practice can be established. Dilution of this term could lead to yet more faddishness within the quality movement. Organisational excellence (OE) is currently a key stage on the TQM journey and is composed of contributions from various management discourses. There appears to be an emerging dynamic to develop OE beyond that of an aspirational stage point. Business improvement is considered to be a synonym for TQM, where omission of the word quality, especially in manufacturing circles, can be advantageous in that quality assurance connotations are avoided.
The governance of genetic information : who decides?

Introduction Heather Widdows and Caroline Mullen Section I. Problematising Governance of Genetic Information: 1. The medium and the message: tissue samples, genetic information and data protection legislation Neil C. Manson 2. Me, myself, I: against narcissism in the governance of genetic information Soren Holm 3. Decisions, consent and expectations of the individual Caroline Mullen Section II. Ethical Frameworks of Governance: 4. Constructing communal models of governance: collectives of individuals or distinct ethical loci? Heather Widdows 5. Rights, responsibility and stewardship: beyond consent Roger Brownsword 6. Who decides what? Relational ethics, genetics and well-being Sarah Wilson Section III. Redesigning Governance: 7. Involving publics in biobank governance: moving beyond existing approaches Kathryn G. Hunter and Graeme T. Laurie 8. Genetic information and public opinion Andrew Edgar 9. Harmonisation and standardisation in ethics and governance: Conceptual and practical challenges Ruth Chadwick and Heather Strange.
What Are the Economic and Labour Market Effects of an Income Tax Reduction Targeted at Older Workers

This paper explores the economic and labour market effects of implementing a tax reduction targeted at older workers. The analysis is conducted with a life-cycle computable general equilibrium model calibrated on Canadian data. The analysis shows that implementing a permanent income tax reduction for workers aged 60 and over has only small macroeconomic effects because the labour supply increase of older workers is partly offset by a reduction in the labour supply at core ages. This induced effect also discourages savings and generates crowding out through private investment but has a favourable impact on lifetime economic welfare. The macroeconomic impact is much larger when the income tax reduction is temporary because workers no longer reduce their hours at core ages and there is no reduction in savings. However, since only current middle-aged and older workers benefit from the tax cut, a temporary income tax cut reduces intergenerational equity.
Which knowledge? An examination of the knowledge at play in physiotherapy with children

ABSTRACT This article explores how knowledge is expressed and enacted in the practice of physiotherapy with children. The empirical material was generated through close observation of seven physiotherapy treatment sessions involving 7 children between 6 and 11 years old and 5 physiotherapists. Observations were undertaken by the first author, whose post-session written notes, along with comments and questions, constitute the database of this article. Through processing and analysis of data, we have written and present three experiential anecdotes as basis for further analysis and discussion. The article shows how children take initiative during therapy and display playful knowledge both of their body, moving capacity and of the equipment and tasks introduced. The physiotherapists seem to tend to emphasize physiological knowledge relating to the body, its functions and the “dangers” of pathological movement patterns. As a result, physiotherapists and child clients appear caught in a kind of stagnant co-existence where their connection and contact are at a standstill and there is little exchange of knowledge between them. We argue that, for therapy with children to develop along qualitative and creative lines, physiotherapists need to explicitly recognize children as humans of knowledge and embrace their playful contributions as significant to therapy.
Differential detection of type II methanotrophic bacteria in acidic peatlands using newly developed 16S rRNA-targeted fluorescent oligonucleotide probes.

Abstract Based on an extensive 16S rRNA sequence database for type II methanotrophic bacteria, a set of 16S rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes was developed for differential detection of specific phylogenetic groups of these bacteria by fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH). This set of oligonucleotides included a genus-specific probe for Methylocystis (Mcyst-1432) and three species-specific probes for Methylosinus sporium (Msins-647), Methylosinus trichosporium (Msint-1268) and the recently described acidophilic methanotroph Methylocapsa acidiphila (Mcaps-1032). These novel probes were applied to further characterise the type II methanotroph community that was detected in an acidic Sphagnum peat from West Siberia in a previous study (Dedysh et al. (2001) Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67, 4850-4857). The largest detectable population of indigenous methanotrophs simultaneously hybridised with a group-specific probe targeting all currently known Methylosinus/Methylocystis spp. (M-450), with a genus-specific probe for Methylocystis spp. (Mcyst-1432), and with an additional probe (Mcyst-1261) that had been designed to target a defined phylogenetic subgroup of Methylocystis spp. The same subgroup of Methylocystis was also detected in acidic peat sampled from Sphagnum-dominated wetland in northern Germany. The population size of this peat-inhabiting Methylocystis subgroup was 2.0+/-0.1x10(6) cells g(-1) (wet weight) of peat from Siberia and 5.5+/-0.5x10(6) cells g(-1) of peat from northern Germany. This represented 60 and 95%, respectively, of the total number of methanotroph cells detected by FISH in these two wetland sites. Other major methanotroph populations were M. acidiphila and Methylocella palustris. Type I methanotrophs accounted for not more than 1% of total methanotroph cells. Neither M. trichosporium nor M. sporium were detected in acidic Sphagnum peat.
BATH TREATMENT OF CHANNEL CATFISH WITH THREE BROAD-SPECTRUM ANTIBIOTICS

Serum drug levels were measured in channel catfish following bath exposure to kanamycin, gentamicin and chloramphenicol. Kanamycin was absorbed at a rate sufficient to attain therapeutic blood levels in several treatment schedules. Therapeutic blood concentrations could not be attained with gentamicin or chloramphenicol following 24 hrs exposure at 80 and 100 μg/ml water concentrations, respectively.
Comparison of glycine and GABA actions on the zebrafish homomeric glycine receptor

1 Glycine and GABA can be co‐released from the same presynaptic terminals and in lower vertebrates they can activate the same glycine receptors (GlyRs). Thus we examined the effects of these two inhibitory transmitters on the homomeric GlyRs formed by the αZ1 subunit, of the zebrafish using two expression systems: Xenopus oocytes and the human BOSC 23 cell line. 2 The apparent affinity (EC50) of αZ1 for these neurotransmitters was highly variable. In Xenopus oocytes the EC50 ranged from 37 to 360 μm (mean ± s.d. EC50 116 ± 75 μm, n= 83) for glycine and from 8 to 120 mM (mean EC50 40 ± 30 mM, n= 37) for GABA. 3 In BOSC cells the EC50 varied from 9 to 92 μm (mean EC50 33 ± 17 μm, n= 19) and from 0.7 to 19.1 mM (mean EC50 4.9 ± 4.7 mM, n= 29) for glycine and GABA, respectively. 4 GABA activated αZ1 GlyRs either as a weak or full agonist: its efficacy (defined as Imax, GABA/Imax, Gly) was related to EC50 by an exponential relationship. A linear relationship was observed between EC50 values for GABA and glycine. 5 In outside‐out patches, GABA and glycine activated αZ1 with identical single‐channel conductances (85‐100 pS), but with different kinetics and marked effect of concentration on burst duration for glycine only. 6 In outside‐out patches deactivation time constants were concentration dependent for glycine, but not for GABA. 7 Our data demonstrate that the kinetics of glycine and GABA interactions with αZ1 are different and that they determine the properties of these neurotransmitter actions on the GlyR.
Everyone's a 'winner': problematising the discourse of regional competitiveness

Since the early 1990s, the concept of regional competitiveness has become a hegemonic discourse within public policy circles in developed countries. However, it is a somewhat chaotic and ill-defined discourse based on a relatively narrow conception of how regions compete, prosper and grow. This paper seeks to problematise the discourse with reference to theory, and to explain how and why it has assumed such significance in policy circles. It is argued that the answer lies within the policy process and the imperative of legitimating certain courses of policy action. Copyright 2005, Oxford University Press.
Eastern Germany on the brink of closing the productivity gap? Firm level evidence from manufacturing

After 20 years of transition, productivity in Eastern Germany is still considerably below the Western level. We study the development of the East–West productivity gap at the firm level and link it to firms’ product policy. Redesigning their product range was a major challenge for Eastern enterprises as they sought their place in the international division of labour. Based on data from manufacturing we apply a non-parametric extension of the widely used Oaxaca–Blinder method to decompose the average East–West productivity difference. By running separate decompositions for modifiers and non-modifiers of the product range we study the impact of product policy on the productivity gap. We find that the time span 1995–2004 has two component periods: a period of adaptation from 1995 to 2001 and a period of branding from 2002 to 2004. The initial period is characterised by a smaller share of Eastern firms that modify their product range and by a large productivity gap between Eastern and Western non-modifiers of comparable size and sector. The evidence for the second period, however, points to a more active and established role of Eastern German manufacturers: more of them alter their product range and step up their productivity performance.
Reconstructing macroeconomics : a perspective from statistical physics and combinatorial stochastic processes

Preface 1 Masanao Aoki Preface 2 Hiroshi Yoshikawa 1. Introduction - a new approach to macroeconomics 2. The methods - jump Markov processes and random partitions 3. Equilibrium as distribution - the role of demand in macroeconomics 4. Uncertainty trap - policy ineffectiveness and long stagnation of the macroeconomy 5. Slow dynamics of the macro system - no mystery of inflexible prices 6. Business cycles - an endogenous stochastic approach 7. Labor market dynamics - a new look at natural unemployment and Okun's law 8. Demand saturation - creation and economic growth 9. The types of investors and volatility in financial markets - analyzing clusters of heterogeneous agents 10. Stock prices and the real macroeconomy - power-law versus exponential distributions.
Experimental Research on Catalytic Esterification of Bio-Oil Volatile Fraction

Carboxylic acids were attributed to the corrosivity of bio-oil and catalytic esterification was carried out to convert carboxylic acids and reduce the bio-oil corrosivity. After upgrading by esterification with propanol on a developed catalyst, the upgraded bio-oil had a higher heating value and lower carboxylic acids content. The carboxylic acids content in the Volatile fraction of Bio-Oil (VBO) was 28.81%, while that in the Upgraded Bio-Oil (UBO) declined to 2.43%. A carboxylic acids conversion of 91.57% was achieved though there was 71.42 wt% water content in VBO. It meant that this modified catalyst had a high catalytic activity and it was also hydrothermal resistant. To demonstrate the superior catalytic activity of the modified catalyst, BET, FT-IR and XRD were performed for catalysts characterization.
Looking at the whole picture in performance improvement programmes

A rapidly changing landscape of business competition has produced heated discussions about the effectiveness of popular management approaches to address today's organizational challenges. Companies that embarked on implementing one or more of these (total quality management, process re-engineering, time-based management and learning organizations) have reported limited or no success. One of the key reasons has been a deficiency in these approaches to address an organization as a complex living entity. Managers need a holistic view of their organization. This means a fuller understanding of both the visible parts, which involve processes for materials or information flows, and for the less visible ones, which involve human interactions and conversations needed to achieve effective co-ordination. Humans or animals co-ordinate their actions with relative ease. By comparison an organization's sense of co-ordination is often awkward or spasmodic. It is almost like comparing the movements of a ballet dancer with those of a robot. A much needed holistic view must integrate the interactions of the 'hard' and the 'soft' processes. The study of conversations-for-action as the means to achieve better co-ordination takes into account the human emotions expressed in language data and complements conventional approaches for improving well-defined processes evaluated only with numerical data.
Light and electron microscopic studies on Myxobolus egyptica sp. nov. (Myxozoa, Myxosporea), infecting the hornlip mullet Oedalechilus labiosus from the Red Sea

A new myxosporean, Myxobolus egyptica sp. nov., was described from the gills of the hornlip mullet Oedalechilus labiosus, collected from the Red Sea at Al-Quseir city, Egypt. The prevalence of infection was 12/72 (16.66%). Myxobolus egyptica was identified on the basis of spore morphometry, histology and transmission electron microscopy. It was distinguished from all previously reported Myxobolus spp. by its shape, dimensions of the mature spore 10.0 ± 0.6 (9.5–10.5) μm in length, 8.5 ± 0.4 (8.0–9.0) μm in width and 8.7 ± 0.5 (8.4–9.2) μm in thickness, polar capsules, locality and host. The parasite formed intrafilamental cyst-like plasmodia. These plasmodia caused curling and atrophy of the gill lamellae. The ultrastructural analysis revealed a double-unit plasmodial membrane which was in direct contact with the host cells and had numerous vesicles. Some mitochondria were found below this membrane. The disporic pansporoblast was earliest recognizable stage of sporogenesis. Advanced developmental stages of spores and mature spores were reported.
How Efficient is Dhaka Stock Exchange in Terms of Weak Form of Market Efficiency

Weak form of market efficiency is quite a buzzword among the academicians of financial arena. Part of thestatistics dominated methodology of this study had used inputs of the previous studies – studies back in days of1960’s. By using monthly market return series data, the researchers had tried to check whether DSE - DhakaStock Exchange had been efficient in the weak form or not. Evidence of weak form of efficiency had been alsotested across time slabs, across share category and across industries. Both parametric and non-parametric testswere used to find out evidence of random walk behavior. To add variations in the study daily return series andunsmoothed return series were used. The researchers had not found any evidence of weak form of marketefficiency for Dhaka Stock Exchange on the whole, even though there was a sign of improvement in terms ofweak form of market efficiency across time. The returns of stocks and market portfolio were found to be autocorrelatedand market generally overreacted to information. The effectiveness of two-market anomaly basedtrading strategy (momentum and weekend effect) was tested based on ex-post return series but these strategiesfailed to garner sustainable abnormal profit. But still the researchers cannot refute the possibility of a trading ruleor a few trading rules extracting abnormal return in an inefficient market like Bangladesh. There was no real signof weak form of market efficiency across share categories and across industries. Inefficiency in the weak formwas an expected result, but whether the sign of improvement (in terms of weak form of market efficiency for therecent time slab) is sustainable in the long run or not is a big question.Keywords: Market efficiency, market anomalies, trading rule
Attachment relationships and psychosomatic development of the child in families with a preterm baby. A study in DMM perspective.

The aim o f t his st udy is t o assess at t achment and t he ro le o f Mot her -Fat herChild relat io nship in t he family wit h pret er m born child ( 2500 gr). 20 preterm and 20 term couples with their babies were studied (120 subjects). Mother-Child and Father-Child couples were subjected to CARE-Index and both parents to AAI, Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS), CES-D and STAI Y-2. The child’s ps ycho mot or development was assessed by t he Bayley Scales of I nfant Develo pment (BSID II). Att achment assessment fo llowed t he DMM cr it er ia. Pret erm mot hers pr esent ed high r isk int eract ive behavior s at CARE -I ndex ( low scores at Dyadic S ensibilit y Scale , p <.002) and high anxiet y (p <.01). Pret erm fat hers pr esent ed lo w sco res at Dyadic S ensibilit y Scale (p<.004) and depr essive sympt oms (p<.009). I n int er act ion, at t achment forerunners suggest an insecure att achment in pret er m mot hers (p<.008) and fat her s (p<.006) and in pret er m children in t he int eract ion wit h t he mot her (p <.05). These r isk fact ors were correlat ed, in bot h parent s, wit h lo w per for mance o f t he child at Bayle y S cales (p<.04). Pret erm mot her s present ed r isk fact ors as difficult ies wit h t he ir orig inal family and a high anxiet y fo r t he deat h of t he child. Fat hers o f p ret er m children frequent ly have a negat ive per cept io n of t he child and unco mfort able feeling s wit h it, st ressful event s in t he last year and a n unsat isfied percept io n of t he hospit a l care. The r esult s show in t he pret er m family insecure forerunners o f at t achment and high r isk int eract ive behavior s wit h t he baby. I n part icular, mot hers and fat hers wit h insecur e at t achment and psycho logical difficult ies (unr eso lved lo sses or t raumas, anxiet y, depr essio n), could influence t he ps ycho mot or development of t he pret er m child. T hese dat a will be useful for t he organizat io n of specific programs for prevent io n and t reat ment of psycho logical difficult ies in t he pret er m child and in it s family.