Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
MULTIPLE RELATIONSHIPS: PERSPECTIVES FROM TRAINING FAMILY THERAPISTS AND CLIENTS

The purpose of this qualitative study was to bring greater clarity to the ethicality of therapist-client multiple relationships and the implications of these relationships on the therapeutic process. A phenomenological methodology guided the study and was used to structure co-research interviews between marriage and family therapy trainees from a COAMFTE program and their clients (N = 12). Interviews were centered on Subprinciple 1.3 (multiple relationships) of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Code of Ethics. Three themes related to the establishment of multiple relationships emerged from the data: (1) Situational, (2) Impact on Therapy, and (3) Open Sharing. The limitations of the study and the implications of the findings are presented.
Writes Wrought Right, and Other Adventures in File System Optimization

File systems that employ write-optimized dictionaries (WODs) can perform random-writes, metadata updates, and recursive directory traversals orders of magnitude faster than conventional file systems. However, previous WOD-based file systems have not obtained all of these performance gains without sacrificing performance on other operations, such as file deletion, file or directory renaming, or sequential writes. Using three techniques, late-binding journaling, zoning, and range deletion, we show that there is no fundamental trade-off in write-optimization. These dramatic improvements can be retained while matching conventional file systems on all other operations. BetrFS 0.2 delivers order-of-magnitude better performance than conventional file systems on directory scans and small random writes and matches the performance of conventional file systems on rename, delete, and sequential I/O. For example, BetrFS 0.2 performs directory scans 2.2 × faster, and small random writes over two orders of magnitude faster, than the fastest conventional file system. But unlike BetrFS 0.1, it renames and deletes files commensurate with conventional file systems and performs large sequential I/O at nearly disk bandwidth. The performance benefits of these techniques extend to applications as well. BetrFS 0.2 continues to outperform conventional file systems on many applications, such as as rsync, git-diff, and tar, but improves git-clone performance by 35% over BetrFS 0.1, yielding performance comparable to other file systems.
Selenium, Apoptosis, and Colorectal Adenomas

Background: Selenium is an essential trace element found in cereals, wheat, dairy products, meat, and fish. This micronutrient may prevent carcinogenesis through several biochemical pathways; one suggested pathway is enhanced apoptosis. Objectives: The relation between selenium and colorectal adenomas was evaluated because the colorectal adenoma is the established precursor lesion of most colorectal cancers. Apoptosis was a pathway of interest because decreased apoptosis has been associated with an increased prevalence of adenomas. Our objectives were as follows: to investigate the association between (a) selenium and colorectal adenomas and (b) selenium and apoptosis. Methods: The study population was assembled for the Diet and Health Study III (n = 803), a cross-sectional study conducted at the University of North Carolina Hospital (Chapel Hill, NC). There were 451 participants in the analysis of selenium and adenoma prevalence and 351 participants in the analysis of selenium and apoptosis. Selenium was measured from serum collected at the time of colonoscopy. Apoptosis was measured in biopsies from normal rectal epithelium obtained during the colonoscopy procedure. Results: Participants in the highest fifth of serum selenium were less likely to have adenomas in comparison with those in the lowest fifth (prevalence ratio, 0.6; 95% confidence interval, 0.4-1.1). Selenium and apoptosis (>2.76 cells per crypt) were not strongly related, but results collectively suggested a roughly inverse association. Conclusions: High selenium was associated with a reduced prevalence of colorectal adenomas. Apoptosis, however, did not seem to be the mechanism by which selenium was related to adenoma prevalence in our data. (Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006;15(3):486–93)
Long-lasting improvements in health-related quality of life among women with chronic pain, following multidisciplinary rehabilitation

Abstract Purpose: To determine whether observed health-related quality-of-life improvements after four-week traditional multidisciplinary pain management program and additional neuroscience education and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for chronic pain are sustained at six-month follow-up. Method: This observational longitudinal follow-up study, with complete follow-up of 75 women, 61.5% of initial traditional approach group (treated 2001–2005) and 56 (62.2%) receiving the new approach (treated 2006–2009). Pain intensity and quality of life were measured at baseline and six months after interventions. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) and paired samples t-tests were used for statistical analysis. Results: Both groups showed sustained improvements in pain intensity (traditional approach = −10.6 [p < 0.001]; new approach = −14.5 [p < 0.001]) and quality of life (traditional approach = 6.4 [p < 0.001]; new approach = 6.9 [p < 0.001]). Sleep was not sustained among traditional approach group (change = 2.4 [p = 0.066]), whereas all other domains among both groups were sustained. Significant decline was observed from discharge to six month among both groups with the exception of the sleep domain among the traditional approach group, pain intensity among the new approach and financial status among both groups. No baseline differences were revealed between responders and nonresponders. Conclusions: Multidisciplinary interventions for women with chronic pain conditions improved quality of life and pain intensity with lasting improvements observed half a year after treatment completion. Implications for rehabilitation Intensive multidisciplinary biopsychosocial rehabilitation is essential for chronic pain conditions. This follow-up study shows sustained improvement in health-related quality of life and pain intensity six months after such rehabilitation was completed. Emphasizing mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and neuroscience patient education may contribute to less decline in pain intensity from discharge to six-month follow-up compared with a more traditional approach.
French Children Start Their School Day with a Hydration Deficit

Background and Aims: Fluid requirements of children vary as a function of gender and age. To our knowledge, there is very little literature on the hydration status of French children. We assessed the morning hydration status in a large sample of 529 French schoolchildren aged 9–11 years. Methods: Recruited children completed a questionnaire on fluid and food intake at breakfast and collected a urine sample the very same day after breakfast. Breakfast food and fluid nutritional composition was analyzed and urine osmolality was measured using a cryoscopic osmometer. Results: More than a third of the children had a urine osmolality between 801 and 1,000 mosm/kg while 22.7% had a urine osmolality over 1,000 mosm/kg. This was more frequent in boys than in girls (p < 0.001). A majority of children (73.5%) drank less than 400 ml at breakfast. Total water intake at breakfast was significantly and inversely correlated with high osmolality values. Conclusions: Almost two thirds of the children in this large cohort had evidence of a hydration deficit when they went to school in the morning, despite breakfast intake. Children’s fluid intake at breakfast does not suffice to maintain an adequate hydration status for the whole morning.
An efficient congestion reduction algorithm based on contour plotting

Routing congestion is a critical issue in deep submicron technology and one of the most challenging problems in today's design flow. In this paper, a new congestion reduction algorithm is presented which is based on contour plotting. Our experiments show that our algorithm reduces congestion by about 28% on average. Furthermore, comparing our results with a recent approach shows that our reduction technique reduces congestion more by about 13%.
Synthesis of core/shell spinel ferrite/carbon nanoparticles with enhanced cycling stability for lithium ion battery anodes

Monodispersed core/shell spinel ferrite/carbon nanoparticles are formed by thermolysis of metal (Fe3+, Co2+) oleates followed by carbon coating. The phase and morphology of nanoparticles are characterized by x-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. Pure Fe3O4 and CoFe2O4 nanoparticles are initially prepared through thermal decomposition of metal–oleate precursors at 310 °C and they are found to exhibit poor electrochemical performance because of the easy aggregation of nanoparticles and the resulting increase in the interparticle contact resistance. In contrast, uniform carbon coating of Fe3O4 and CoFe2O4 nanoparticles by low-temperature (180 °C) decomposition of malic acid allowed each nanoparticle to be electrically wired to a current collector through a conducting percolative path. Core/shell Fe3O4/C and CoFe2O4/C nanocomposite electrodes show a high specific capacity that can exceed 700 mAh g−1 after 200 cycles, along with enhanced cycling stability.
Metrics for evaluation of age-related changes in erectile capacity in a rodent model.

INTRODUCTION Stimulation of the cavernous nerve elicits increases in intracavernosal pressure (ICP) and visible penile erection (VPE) in rats. The observed penile erection can be characterized by the change in ICP and the ratio of ICP over blood pressure (BP; systemic blood pressure). AIM We evaluated correlations between ICP, BP, ICP/BP, and VPE, and the magnitude of the nerve stimulation required to elicit those responses in order to evaluate age-related changes in erectile function in a rodent model. METHODS Nine young (3 months) and 10 old (18 months) rats were used. Under anesthesia cavernous nerve stimulation was performed at stimulation strengths ranging from 0.1 to 10 mA. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The ICP, BP, ICP/BP, and VPE responses to cavernous nerve stimulation were quantified and compared. RESULTS Significant correlations were observed between ICP and ICP/BP in both young (r(2) = 0.886) and old (r(2) = 0.962) rats. If the ratio ICP/BP was taken as a metric of VPE and non-erection, then the threshold value for observing a VPE in the majority of animals was > or =0.5 in both young and old rats. However, higher current stimulation was required in the old than in the young animals to achieve erections. Moreover, both the maximal ICP and ICP/BP ratios achieved during erection were also lower in the old (85 +/- 2 cmH(2)O and 0.6 +/- 0.02, respectively) than young (106 +/- 3 cmH(2)O and 0.75 +/- 0.02, respectively) rats (P < 0.0001). CONCLUSION Old rats without obvious comorbidities were capable of penile erections, but those erections were accompanied by reduced ICP responses to cavernous nerve stimulation, implying apparently reduced penile rigidity. Taken together our current observations indicate that ICP, ICP/BP, and VPE provide useful metrics/indices of erectile capacity/function, and, moreover, that improved understanding of the inter-relationships among these parameters provides a frame work for further exploration of the mechanistic basis for age-related erectile dysfunction.
How transformational leadership influences follower helping behavior: The role of trust and prosocial motivation

Summary We proposed and tested a moderated mediation model that jointly examines affect-based and cognition-based trust as the mediators and prosocial motivation as the moderator in relationships between transformational leadership and followers’ helping behavior towards coworkers. Data were collected from 348 sales and servicing employees and their supervisors in four private retail companies and five private manufacturing companies located in Southeast China. The results showed that both affect-based trust and cognition-based trust mediated the relationship between transformational leadership and followers’ helping behavior towards coworkers. Furthermore, moderated mediation analyses showed that affect-based trust mediated the relationship between transformational leadership and followers’ helping behavior towards coworkers only among employees with high prosocial motivation, whereas cognition-based trust mediated this relationship among only those with low prosocial motivation. Implications for the theory and practice of leadership are then discussed. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Psychometric Properties of the Mean Opinion Scale

The Mean Opinion Scale (MOS) is a seven-item questionnaire used to evaluate speech quality. Analysis of existing data revealed (1) two MOS factors (Intelligibility and Naturalness, plus a single independent Rate item), (2) good reliability for Overall MOS and for subscales based on the Intelligibility and Naturalness factors, (3) appropriate sensitivity of MOS factors, (4) validity of MOS factors related to paired comparisons, and (5) validity of MOS Intelligibility related to intelligibility scores. In conclusion, the current MOS has acceptable psychometric properties, but adding items to the Naturalness scale and increasing the number of scale steps from five to seven should improve its reliability.
Gait analysis in children with cerebral palsy

Cerebral palsy (CP) children present complex and heterogeneous motor disorders that cause gait deviations. Clinical gait analysis (CGA) is needed to identify, understand and support the management of gait deviations in CP. CGA assesses a large amount of quantitative data concerning patients’ gait characteristics, such as video, kinematics, kinetics, electromyography and plantar pressure data. Common gait deviations in CP can be grouped into the gait patterns of spastic hemiplegia (drop foot, equinus with different knee positions) and spastic diplegia (true equinus, jump, apparent equinus and crouch) to facilitate communication. However, gait deviations in CP tend to be a continuum of deviations rather than well delineated groups. To interpret CGA, it is necessary to link gait deviations to clinical impairments and to distinguish primary gait deviations from compensatory strategies. CGA does not tell us how to treat a CP patient, but can provide objective identification of gait deviations and further the understanding of gait deviations. Numerous treatment options are available to manage gait deviations in CP. Generally, treatments strive to limit secondary deformations, re-establish the lever arm function and preserve muscle strength. Additional roles of CGA are to better understand the effects of treatments on gait deviations. Cite this article: Armand S, Decoulon G, Bonnefoy-Mazure A. Gait analysis in children with cerebral palsy. EFORT Open Rev 2016;1:448-460. DOI: 10.1302/2058-5241.1. 000052.
Cultural literacy: How hidden is it in the Hong Kong Professional and Vocational Education (PVE) curriculum?

In response to the early Education Reform Proposal's recommendation to provide more diverse opportunities for lifelong learning at the senior secondary level and beyond, there has been a considerable expansion in the post-secondary education sector – Professional and Vocational Education (PVE) – in Hong Kong over the past ten years. The curriculum intention underlying these PVE programmes is straightforward: to equip youth with the necessary knowledge and skills to face future work challenges and continue their studies. However, this ideal is being challenged with regard to the extent to which students are ‘culturally literate'. This paper reports 214 Hong Kong PVE students' views about how important it is for people to possess the knowledge and skills for cultural literacy, and how well they think they are performing in relation to the corresponding indicators. Supported by qualitative interviews, the results indicated that the proposed eight constructs are critical to understanding cultural literacy in the Hong Kong PVE context. Also, while students agreed that these sets of knowledge and skills were important, they were not performing them well. A paired samples t-test suggested a significant difference between their perceptions and performance, and large values of Cohen's d confirmed the size of the effect was medium to large. Among the measured eight constructs, nurturing students for ‘social and civic responsibility' was found to be critical. This paper will contribute to the discussion about how to better position the PVE curriculum in Hong Kong to nurture students' cultural literacy.
Semantic Web Development with WSDM

Currently, one of the important focal points of the evolution of the World Wide Web is the semantic web: a web in which the semantics of the available content and functionality is made explicit. Web Design Methods, originally aimed at offering the designer a well-structured, systematic approach to web design, now face new opportunities and challenges: on one hand, semantic web technology can be used internally in web design methods to make the semantics of the different design models explicit, on the other hand, a major challenge for existing design methods is to (semi-) automatically generate the semantic annotations, effectively enabling the semantic web. In this paper, we describe how WSDM, one of the first web design methods, was adapted to (internally) use semantic web technology. In addition to its existing strengths (i.e. solid design support for website structure and presentation) as a traditional web design method, we show how the internal use of semantic web technology can be exploited to support the generation of semantically annotated websites.
Characteristics of the methodology used to describe students' conceptions

In a paper published elsewhere (Jiménez Gómez et al. 1997), we compared research carried out on students' conceptions of force in the decade 1975-85 with later research in the period 1985-95. Only a slight progression was found in the results offered by different authors. In this contribution we analyse the research objectives of selected investigations into students' conceptions of force, their methodological characteristics and their most widely used theoretical foundations, in an attempt to explain the lack of progress made in this research line. Some suggestions are made which may help the science teaching profession to understand students' conceptions better.
Application of fuzzy c-means clustering in power system model reduction for controller design

This paper presents the application of fuzzy c-means (FCM) clustering in the order reduction of dynamic models for controller design in a power system. Based on the fuzzy c-means algorithm, a method is proposed for clustering the poles and zeros of the original power system model into new clusters from which a reduced-order model can be obtained. Then the reduced-order model is used to design a proportional-integral type power system stabilizer to improve the damping in system oscillation after a system disturbance. The reduced-order model can contain the critical dynamic characteristics of the original model, but let it easier to design the controller. Results from a sample power system are presented to show the validity of the proposed method. The electromechanical mode of the power system can be improved by the designed power system stabilier from pole assignment.
Deep API learning

Developers often wonder how to implement a certain functionality (e.g., how to parse XML files) using APIs. Obtaining an API usage sequence based on an API-related natural language query is very helpful in this regard. Given a query, existing approaches utilize information retrieval models to search for matching API sequences. These approaches treat queries and APIs as bags-of-words and lack a deep understanding of the semantics of the query. We propose DeepAPI, a deep learning based approach to generate API usage sequences for a given natural language query. Instead of a bag-of-words assumption, it learns the sequence of words in a query and the sequence of associated APIs. DeepAPI adapts a neural language model named RNN Encoder-Decoder. It encodes a word sequence (user query) into a fixed-length context vector, and generates an API sequence based on the context vector. We also augment the RNN Encoder-Decoder by considering the importance of individual APIs. We empirically evaluate our approach with more than 7 million annotated code snippets collected from GitHub. The results show that our approach generates largely accurate API sequences and outperforms the related approaches.
DEMAND TRANSITIONS IN VIGILANCE: EFFECTS ON PERFORMANCE EFFICIENCY AND STRESS

The National Research Council (Huey & Wickens, 1993) has identified transitions in task demand as an important dimension of human operator response. The effects of such demand transitions on vigilance performance have been explored in only two published studies (Krulewitz, Warm, & Wohl, 1975; Gluckman, Warm, Dember, & Rosa, 1993). The results of the first study suggested that the effects of transitions in task demand are characterized by simple psychophysical contrast. However, the latter study failed to confirm these results. The present study was designed to further explore whether demand transitions can be adequately described by a psychophysical contrast model. With that goal in mind, observers were shifted from a high salience (low demand) to a low salience (high demand) condition and vice-versa. Results failed to confirm the psychophysical contrast model. However, they did show that transitions in task demand have important implications for task-induced stress.
Lexical influences on nonword repetition

ABSTRACT The present investigation explores the hypothesis that lexical information influences performance on nonword repetition tasks. The subjects – 30 normally achieving, school-aged boys – repeated multisyllabic nonword pairs, constructed to vary only in the lexicality of their constituent stressed syllables. Nonwords with stressed syllables corresponding to real words were repeated significantly more accurately than nonwords with non-lexical stressed syllables; stressed syllable lexicality primarily influenced repetition of the remaining unstressed syllables. Subsequent analyses revealed that the overwhelming majority of repetition errors operated to transform non-lexical sequences into real words, even when doing so violated both strong acoustic cues and articulatory ease. We conclude that lexical long-term memory information intrudes on nonword repetition performance, including stimuli that are within the limits of immediate memory span. These results suggest a number of caveats concerning the construction and interpretation of nonword repetition tasks and raise questions about the role of such tasks in assessing phonological working memory.
Adapting LEARN-SQL to database computer supported cooperative learning

LEARN-SQL is a tool that we are using since three years ago in several database courses, and that has shown its positive effects in the learning of different database issues. This tool allows proposing remote questionnaires to students, which are automatically corrected giving them a feed-back and promoting their self-learning and self-assessment of their work. However, this tool as it is currently used does not has the possibility to propose structured exercises to teams that promote their cooperative learning. In this paper, we present our adaptation of the LEARN-SQL tool for allowing some Computer-Supported Collaboration Learning techniques.
El Tratamiento Del Duelo, Asesoramiento Psicologico Y Terapia

Entre las consecuencias del duelo en la salud encontramos el duelo enmascarado. El superviviente puede desarrollar síntomas como los que experimentó la persona querida antes de morir. Los médicos que tratan a personas en proceso de duelo que presentan síntomas somáticos harían bien solicitando información sobre los síntomas del fallecido y evaluando la posibilidad de que el trastorno del paciente entre dentro de esta categoría.