Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Oculomotor neurorehabilitation for reading in mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI): an integrative approach.

BACKGROUND Considering the extensive neural network of the oculomotor subsystems, traumatic brain injury (TBI) could affect oculomotor control and related reading dysfunction. OBJECTIVE To evaluate comprehensively the effect of oculomotor-based vision rehabilitation (OBVR) in individuals with mTBI. METHODS Twelve subjects with mTBI participated in a cross-over, interventional study involving oculomotor training (OMT) and sham training (ST). Each training was performed for 6 weeks, 2 sessions a week. During each training session, all three oculomotor subsystems (vergence/accommodation/version) were trained in a randomized order across sessions. All laboratory and clinical parameters were determined before and after OMT and ST. In addition, nearvision-related symptoms using the Convergence Insufficiency Symptom Survey (CISS) scale and subjective visual attention using the Visual Search and Attention Test (VSAT) were assessed. RESULTS Following the OMT, over 80% of the abnormal parameters significantly improved. Reading rate, along with the amplitudes of vergence and accommodation, improved markedly. Saccadic eye movements demonstrated enhanced rhythmicity and accuracy. The improved reading-related oculomotor behavior was reflected in reduced symptoms and increased visual attention. None of the parameters changed with ST. CONCLUSIONS OBVR had a strong positive effect on oculomotor control, reading rate, and overall reading ability. This oculomotor learning effect suggests considerable residual neuroplasticity following mTBI.
Markup Pricing in the Context of a Violent Conflict: Differentiated Apples in Hebron Wholesale Market

We investigate whether hostile international relations in the framework of the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict has an effect on pricing and consumption patterns of different varieties of apples marketed in Palestine. For this purpose, we employ a discrete choice equilibrium model with product differentiation. Results suggest that the intensity level of the conflict has a positive (negative) effect on demand (price elasticity and markups). It is plausible that in times of uncertainty transactions are larger as producers have higher incentive to sell their stock and consumers prefer to accumulate food to avoid risk that violence and security measures will impede trade.
Family Members as Partners in an After-School and Summer Literacy Program

If educators expect more children to be successful in literacy experiences at school, then they must strive to form lasting partnerships with parents (Fried, 2001). The educators working with the after-school and summer literacy program actively sought to form partnerships with family members at a small rural elementary school in a southern state. By collaborating with mothers and relatives of children at this low-income, African-American school we learned about the commitment and caring of families. Family members participating in the program explained they began to spend more time on literacy activities at home and were excited about reading with their children. These family members became better at (a) asking open-ended response questions, (b) encouraging children to tell what they think, and (c) reading with expression. Family Members as Partners in an After-School and Summer
Wage Labour and Capital

Introduction Preliminary What are wages? By what is the price of a commodity determined? By what are wages determined? The nature and growth of capital Relation of wage-labor to capital The general law that determines the rise and fall of wages and profit The interests of capital and wage-labor are diametrically opposed Effect of capitalist competition on the capitalist class, the middle class and the working class Wage Labour and Capital
Critical exponent for the density of percolating flux.

This paper is a study of some of the critical properties of a simple model for flux. The model is motivated by SU(2) gauge theory at nonzero temperature and is equivalent to the Ising model in three dimensions. The phase with condensed flux is studied. This is the ordered phase of the Ising model and the high temperature, deconfined phase of the gauge theory. The flux picture will be used in this phase. Near the transition, the density of flux is low enough so that flux variables remain useful. There is a finite density of finite flux clusters on both sides of the phase transition. In the deconfined phase, there is also an infinite, percolating network of flux with a density that vanishes as {ital T}{r_arrow}{ital T}{sub {ital c}}{sup +}. On both sides of the critical point, the nonanalyticity in the total flux density is characterized by the exponent (1{minus}{alpha}). The main result of this paper is a calculation of the critical exponent for the percolating network. The exponent for the density of the percolating cluster is {zeta}=(1{minus}{alpha}){minus}({ital cphi}{minus}1). The specific heat exponent {alpha} and the crossover exponent {ital cphi} can be computed in the {epsilon} expansion. Since {zeta}{lt}(1{minus}{alpha}), themore » variation in the separate densities is much more rapid than that of the total. Flux is moving from the infinite cluster to the finite clusters much more rapidly than the total density is decreasing. « less
Social Media in the Public Sector Field Guide: Designing and Implementing Strategies and Policies

Figures and Tables xi Preface xiii Acknowledgments xvii The Authors xix PART ONE How Did We Get Here? 1 ONE What Are Social Media, and Why Should Government Pay Attention to Them? 3 TWO Social Media Versus Traditional Media 7 THREE Transformative Properties 13 FOUR The Social Media Ecosystem in the Public Sector 17 FIVE Social Media in Action 23 SIX What s Driving Social Media Adoption and Why Is All This Happening Now? 31 PART TWO The Tools: Where Do I Start? 35 SEVEN Social Networking Services 37 EIGHT Blogs 49 NINE Microblogging 59 TEN Wikis 71 ELEVEN Choosing the Tool That s Right for You 83 PART THREE Policy and Implementation 93 TWELVE Social Media Strategy 95 THIRTEEN Social Media Tactics 103 FOURTEEN Key Elements of a Social Media Policy 109 FIFTEEN Employee Social Media Use: Personal Versus Professional 129 SIXTEEN Implementation 141 PART FOUR Where Do We Go from Here? 147 SEVENTEEN The Future of Social Media in the Public Sector 149 Conclusion 165 Glossary 169 Additional Resources 175 Notes 179 Index 191
Fhit Delocalizes Annexin A4 from Plasma Membrane to Cytosol and Sensitizes Lung Cancer Cells to Paclitaxel

Fhit protein is lost or reduced in a large fraction of human tumors, and its restoration triggers apoptosis and suppresses tumor formation or progression in preclinical models. Here, we describe the identification of candidate Fhit-interacting proteins with cytosolic and plasma membrane localization. Among these, Annexin 4 (ANXA4) was validated by co-immunoprecipitation and confocal microscopy as a partner of this novel Fhit protein complex. Here we report that overexpression of Fhit prevents Annexin A4 translocation from cytosol to plasma membrane in A549 lung cancer cells treated with paclitaxel. Moreover, paclitaxel administration in combination with AdFHIT acts synergistically to increase the apoptotic rate of tumor cells both in vitro and in vivo experiments.
Standards compliance helps value creation in agile projects

Compliance with standards or levels in maturity models and agile approaches are two radically different ways to address and achieve software quality. There is a mixed understanding of the possibility for their co-existence within an organization. Outside of the dogmatic debate regarding their co-existence, however, voices have been raised recently to recognize that both approaches have their merits, and perhaps, can be combined. This paper presents the results of an interview-based exploratory case study on the practices that an agile-by-design organization has put in place in order to profit from the opportunities that compliance to a quality standard can offer in respect to value creation for clients. Our conclusions are (i) that being compliant with a standard helps an agile company achieve client satisfaction, improved product quality and waste reduction; and (ii) that standards compliance does not necessarily impose significant changes on the agile process of an organization. Implication for practice is twofold: our results indicate (1) that agile organizations should strive for becoming more mature as this brings additional benefits, and (2) that for organizations to get standards-compliant there is a need of guidelines to direct them in complementing their agile processes with standards-compliant practices.
BUAP: Polarity Classification of Short Texts

We report the results we obtained at the subtask B (Message Polarity Classification) of SemEval 2014 Task 9. The features used for representing the messages were basically trigrams of characters, trigrams of PoS and a number of words selected by means of a graph mining tool. Our approach performed slightly below the overall average, except when a corpus of tweets with sarcasm was evaluated, in which we performed quite well obtaining around 6% above the overall average.
A New Derivation of Centroid Defuzzi

We describe a new symmetry-based derivation of centroid defuzziication. The Need for Defuzziication. Fuzzy logic and fuzzy control start with the knowledge expressed by experts in terms of words from a natural language, and end up with control or decision recommendations; see, e.g., 1, 2, 4]. As a result of the standard fuzzy control methodology, we get a fuzzy set (membership function) (u) which describes, for each possible control value u, how reasonable it is to use this particular value. In automatic control applications, we want to transform this fuzzy recommendation into a single value u of the control that will actually be applied. This transformation from a fuzzy set to a (non-fuzzy) number is called a defuzziication. What defuzziication should we apply? The Main Idea Behind the Standard Choice of a Defuzziication. In order to nd out what defuzziication is the best, let us recall the meaning of the values (u). In fuzzy control, the values (u) are obtained indirectly, by processing the expert rules formulated for the general inputs. However, we could, in principle, have obtained them directly, by asking experts about the possible controls for this very situation, and then by applying known elicitation techniques to get the degrees of conndence (u). There are two major elicitation methods: estimating on a scale and polling (there also exist other, less frequently used methods such as methods based on betting). Estimation on a scale method does not explain why this or that number is chosen by an expert, so if we assume that (u) is obtained by this method, this does not help much in guring out how we can defuzzify this information. The second, polling method, as we will see, turns out to be much more helpful. According to this second elicitation method, to get a value (u), we poll several (N) experts and then deene (u) as the ratio M(u)=N, where M(u) is the total number of experts who believe that for this particular situation, u is a reasonable control value. The function (u) is usually diierent from 0 for innnitely many diierent values u. However, in reality, we can only ask experts about nitely many diierent values. So, to use this interpretation, let us assume that there are only nitely many possible control values.
Abstract—a Five-class Density Histogram with an Index Named

cumulative density was proposed to analyze the short-term HRV. 150 subjects participated in the test, falling into three groups with equal numbers-the healthy young group (Young), the healthy old group (Old), and the group of patients with congestive heart failure (CHF). Results of multiple comparisons showed a significant differences of the cumulative density in the three groups, with values 0.0238 for Young, 0.0406 for Old and 0.0732 for CHF (p<0.001). After 7 days and 14 days, 46 subjects from the Young and Old groups were retested twice following the same test protocol. Results showed good-to-excellent interclass correlations (ICC=0.783, 95% confidence interval 0.676-0.864). The Bland-Altman plots were used to reexamine the test-retest reliability. In conclusion, the method proposed could be a valid and reliable method to the short-term HRV assessment.
Indirect Peer Aggression in Adolescence and Reproductive Behavior

Evolutionary psychologists have suggested that indirect aggression during adolescence is a strategy to compete with same-sex peer rivals for resources, status, and mating opportunities. We collected survey data on 143 young adults to determine retrospectively, the amount of indirect aggressive behavior they perpetrated and the amount of indirect victimization they experienced in middle school and high school. We also collected information about reproductive opportunities such as age at first sexual intercourse and number of lifetime sex partners to determine whether aggression or victimization could be used to predict measures of reproductive opportunity. We performed a principal components analysis to develop factors from 16 aggression and victimization variables. Results indicate that females who reported indirect aggression toward peers had earlier ages at first sexual intercourse and females who were more victimized in adolescence experienced later ages at first sexual intercourse. We discuss these results in terms of intrasexual competition and evolutionary theory.
Time-Discretization of Time Delayed Non-Affine System via Taylor-Lie Series Using Scaling and Squaring Technique

A new discretization method for calculating a sampled-data representation of a nonlinear continuous-time system is proposed. The proposed method is based on the well￢known Taylor series expansion and zero-order hold (ZOH) assumption. The mathematical structure of the new discretization method is analyzed. On the basis of this structure, a sampled-data representation of a nonlinear system with a time-delayed input is derived. This method is applied to obtain a sampled-data representation of a non-affine nonlinear system, with a constant input time delay. In particular, the effect of the time discretization method on key properties of nonlinear control systems, such as equilibrium properties and asymptotic stability, is examined. 'Hybrid' discretization schemes that result from a combination of the 'scaling and squaring' technique with the Taylor method are also proposed, especially under conditions of very low sampling rates. Practical issues associated with the selection of the method parameters to meet CPU time and accuracy requirements are examined as well. The performance of the proposed method is evaluated using a nonlinear system with a time-delayed non-affine input.
1 2 6 N ov 2 00 2 Entanglement-assisted capacity of constrained quantum channel ∗

In this paper we fill the gap in previous works by proving the formula for entanglement-assisted capacity of quantum channel with additive constraint (such as bosonic Gaussian channel). The main tools are the coding theorem for classical-quantum constrained channels and a finite dimensional approximation of the input density operators for entanglement-assisted capacity. The formula for the entanglement-assisted capacity of a noisy quantum channel , expressing it as the maximum of mutual information over input states, was obtained in [1], [2] for channels in finite dimensional Hilbert space. Alternative proof was given in [3]. In [2], [4] the appropriately modified formula was also applied to quantum Gaussian channels which are the most important example of constrained channels in infinite dimensions. In this paper we fill the gap in previous works by proving the conjectured formula (25). The main tools are the coding theorem for classical-quantum constrained channels and a finite dimensional approximation of the input density operators for entanglement-assisted capacity. 1. We first consider the case of classical-quantum (c-q) channel with discrete (possibly infinite) alphabet X. For every x ∈ X let S x be a density operator in a Hilbert space H (in general, infinite dimensional) with finite von Neumann entropy H(S x). The c-q channel is given by the mapping x → S x. Let f (x) be a nonnegative nonconstant function defined on the input alphabet. Passing to block coding, we put the additive constraint onto the input words w = where E is a positive constant. The classical capacity of such channels was defined and computed in [5] under a condition of uniform boundedness of the entropies H(S x). This condition is not suitable for our purpose here, and by using almost the same argument we can prove * Work partially supported by INTAS grant 00-738.
GREENFIELD INVESTMENT OR ACQUISITION? OPTIMAL FOREIGN ENTRY MODE WITH KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS IN A COURNOT GAME 1

The theoretical literature on FDI and knowledge spillovers has predominantly focused on the firms’ choice between greenfield investment and exports. This is somewhat surprising since almost 80% of all FDI relates to M&As. The few studies that investigate the choice between greenfield investment and M&A with knowledge spillovers almost exclusively focus on North-South issues where knowledge only runs one way and firms from the developed countries are the only ones that expand abroad. However, since most M&As are conducted in a North-North setting, we find good reasons to develop a model that allows foreign entry running both ways. In this paper, we identify the optimal foreign entry mode in a two country, two firm Cournot model with asymmetric technology levels and country sizes. If a firm enters the foreign market through greenfield investment, it has to pay a fixed investment cost and its technology level is reduced in the foreign market due to knowledge transfer costs. If a firm enters through acquisition, it must offer the other firm a sufficiently high acquisition price in order to get an acceptance. If the bid is accepted through a bargaining process, the acquirer becomes a monopolist in both markets using the best technological practice adjusted for transfer costs. Our model does not include exports as a strategic option, thus the model is best suited for studies of firms operating in service sectors or sectors where there are high fixed export costs.
Design of a Compact UWB Antenna Integrated with GSM/Wcdma/WLAN Bands

In this research, a compact printed antenna design operating on ultra-wideband (UWB) and three extra wireless communication bands is proposed. An ellipse-shaped monopole is utilized to realize UWB application (3.1{10.6GHz). The modifled ground employs three folded Capacitive Loaded Line Resonators (CLLRs) to obtain triple relatively lower communication bands, including parts of global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) band at the centre frequency of 1.78GHz, Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) band at the centre frequency of 2.15GHz, and Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN) band at the centre frequency of 2.4GHz. The CLLRs are designed with quarter- wavelength to control the corresponding frequencies independently. Good agreement is achieved between the simulation and measurement to verify our presented design. The basic, dual-, triple-band UWB antennas are also simulated and good results are obtained. Small group delay variations across UWB frequencies are obtained for the presented antenna and reference antennas, with some level of distortion observed.
Estimating low-altitude atmospheric refractivity structure from multi-frequency radar returns

An estimation model for atmospheric refractivity structure based on multi-frequency radar sea returns is introduced in this paper. The model was assessed using evaporation duct inversion processes with a two-parameter environmental model employed. Through comparisons of RMS evaporation duct height and strength errors predicted by multi-frequency and single-frequency estimation model, it is illustrated that this multi-frequency model is more robust in atmospheric refractivity structure inversion.
The Smarter Planet: Built on Informatics and Cybernetics

IBM’s Smarter Planet initiative is a multi-disciplined approach that integrates the key tenets of the IMSCI 2014 (The 8 th International Multi-Conference on Society, Cybernetics, and Informatics) conference [1]. Industry has seen a tremendous explosion of data growth. Organizations that dealt with Terabytes (TB) and Petabytes (PB) just a couple of years ago are now faced with the challenge of dealing with Exabytes (EB) of data. An Exabyte is 10 18 Bytes – a million times a billion bytes! The amount of information available today is truly remarkable; so much that it is considered by many in industry as a new “natural resource. ” Computing has similarly grown and made major advances. Today’s fastest supercomputer is a 33.8 PFLOPS machine (33.8 x 10 15 floating point operations per second) and applies analytics to predict weather to a degree that was unimaginable ten years ago. The Smarter Planet approach goes beyond the traditional data sources to include a plethora of sensor data (e.g., utility readings, concrete pressure sensors on a bridge, etc.) and applies analytics to provide new Informatics, which in turn can be used to advance new Cybernetics (e.g., Smarter Buildings, Smarter Cities) to address Societal needs in new, innovative ways. [2]
Effect of different maternal metabolic characteristics on fetal growth in women with gestational diabetes mellitus

Background: Fetal growth in diabetic pregnancies is a complex process and probably abnormalities in other metabolic pathways such as protein and lipid, as well as carbohydrate are responsible for delivering of macrosomic newborn. Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between fetal growth and different maternal metabolic parameters in women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in comparison to control group. Materials and Methods: This was a prospective cohort study conducted between March 2011 and May 2012, on 112 pregnant women with GDM and 159 healthy pregnant women. In order to determine of lipids or lipoproteins changes during pregnancy and to investigate any possible effects on fetal growth, lipid components, glucose and insulin levels were obtained in maternal serum three times in third trimester. Results: Maternal serum glucose, total cholesterol (TC), low and high density lipoprotein (LDL-c, HDL-c) levels did not show any significant difference between two groups. While insulin, homeostasis model assessment-insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) and triglyceride (TG) values were detected to be significantly higher in the GDM cases especially after 32 weeks of gestation (p<0.001). After adjustment for confounding variables, maternal hypertriglyceridemia remained as a significant risk factor for delivering large for gestational age (LGA) newborns (p=0.04); and according to spearman test the increase of TG level was correlated with increase of insulin resistance and HOMA-IR (p<0.001, CI: 0.312). Conclusion: Due to positive correlation of hypertriglyceridemia and hyperinsulinemia with newborn weight, it is possible to assume that elevated TGs levels in GDM cases is a reflection of variation in maternal insulin levels.