Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The analysis of intuition: Processing fluency and affect in judgements of semantic coherence

In semantic coherence judgements individuals are able to intuitively discriminate whether a word triad has a common remote associate (coherent) or not (incoherent) without consciously retrieving the common associate. A processing-fluency account for these intuitions is proposed, which assumes that (a) coherent triads are processed more fluently than incoherent triads, (b) this high fluency triggers a subtle positive affect, and (c) this affect may be experienced as a cognitive feeling and used in explicit judgement. In line with this account, it was shown that coherent triads (a) are processed faster than incoherent triads (Study 1), (b) serve as positive affective primes (Study 2), and (c) are liked more than incoherent triads (Study 3). When participants were provided with an irrelevant source of their affective reactions, they lost the ability to intuitively discriminate between coherent and incoherent triads (Study 4). Finally, an item-based analysis found that triads that are processed faster are liked more and are more likely to be judged coherent, irrespective of their actual coherence (Study 5).
Mechanism of inactivation of human leukocyte elastase by a chloromethyl ketone: kinetic and solvent isotope effect studies.

The mechanism of inactivation of human leukocyte elastase (HLE) by the chloromethyl ketone MeOSuc-Ala-Ala-Pro-Val-CH2Cl was investigated. The dependence of the first-order rate constant for inactivation on concentration of chloromethyl ketone is hyperbolic and suggests formation of a reversible "Michaelis complex" prior to covalent interaction between the enzyme and inhibitor. However, the observed Ki value is 10 microM, at least 10-fold lower than dissociation constants for complexes formed from interaction of HLE with structurally related substrates or reversible inhibitors, and suggests that Ki is a complex kinetic constant, reflecting the formation and accumulation of both the Michaelis complex and a second complex. It is proposed that this second complex is a hemiketal formed from attack of the active site serine on the carbonyl carbon of the inhibitor. The accumulation of this intermediate may be a general feature of reactions of serine proteases and chloromethyl ketones derived from specific peptides and accounts for the very low Ki values observed for these reactions. The solvent deuterium isotope effect (SIE) on the inactivation step (ki) is 1.58 +/- 0.07 and is consistent with rate-limiting, general-catalyzed attack of the active site His on the methylene carbon of the inhibitor with displacement of chloride anion. The general catalyst is thought to be the active site Asp. In contrast, the SIE on the second-order rate constant for HLE inactivation, ki/Ki, is inverse and equals 0.64 +/- 0.05. (ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
What we talk about when we talk about education: the private and public educational talk of teachers in schools

One of the central challenges for a school is the creation of a public discourse which expresses the shared purpose of the school community, without losing the multiple and different voices within the teaching staff. In this article we report on the generative potential of educational conversation, when it is structured around questions which allow teachers to reflect on their best teaching selves in past practice and to project those selves into future situations. We suggest that within the staff, the public relating of teaching narratives, and the reflective conversation to which they give rise, constitutes a public and collective form of enquiry into teaching and learning. We argue that reflective conversation is dependent upon critical listening, where the listener is open to what is being said, but is also prepared to ask questions that open up the topic of teaching and learning in ways that are revelatory for both speaker and listener.
An Ordering Scheme Exploiting Modulation Information for Tree Search Based Detection in Interference-Limited MIMO Systems

The well-known vertical Bell Labs layered space-time (V-BLAST) ordering has been widely employed for tree search algorithms such as sphere decoder. The V-BLAST ordering was derived under the assumption that all transmitted symbols utilize the same modulation. In an interference-limited scenario, a cell-edge user probably receives serving and interfering signals with different modulations. In this case, the conventional V-BLAST ordering does not provide a satisfactory solution for complexity reduction. This letter shows how to incorporate the modulation information into the V-BLAST ordering to significantly reduce the complexity of the tree search algorithms. Simulation results show the new ordering based sphere decoder can provide a better trade-off between complexity (e.g., in terms of operations) and performance (e.g., in terms of throughput or error rate) in the interference-limited scenario.
Adverse Events during Bowel Preparation and Colonoscopy in Patients with Acute Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding Compared with Elective Non-Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Background There are limited data on the safety of colonoscopy in patients with lower gastrointestinal bleeding (LGIB). We examined the various adverse events associated with colonoscopy in acute LGIB compared with non-GIB patients. Methods Emergency hospitalized LGIB patients (n = 161) and age- and gender-matched non-GIB controls (n = 161) were selected. Primary outcomes were any adverse events during preparation and colonoscopy procedure. Secondary outcomes were five bowel preparation-related adverse events–hypotension, systolic blood pressure <100 mmHg, volume overload, vomiting, aspiration pneumonia and loss of consciousness–and four colonoscopy-related adverse events–including hypotension, perforation, cerebrocardiovascular events and sepsis. Results During bowel preparation, 16 (9%) LGIB patients experienced an adverse event. None of the LGIB patients experienced volume overload, aspiration pneumonia or loss of consciousness; however, 12 (7%) had hypotension and 4 (2%) vomited. There were no significant differences in the five bowel preparation-related adverse events between LGIB and non-GIB patients. During colonoscopy, 25 (15%) LGIB patients experienced an adverse event. None LGIB patient had perforation or sepsis; however, 23 (14%) had hypotension and 2 (1%) experienced a cerebrocardiovascular event. There was no significant difference in the four colonoscopy-related adverse events between LGIB and non-GIB patients. In addition, no significant difference in any of the nine adverse events was found among subgroups: patients aged ≥65 years, those with comorbidities, and those with antithrombotic drug use. Conclusions Adverse events in bowel preparation and colonoscopy among acute LGIB patients were low. No significant difference was found in adverse events between LGIB and non-GIB patients. These adverse events were also low in elderly LGIB patients, as well as in those with co-morbidities and antithrombotic drug use, suggesting that colonoscopy performed during acute LGIB did not increase adverse events.
Cooperative fuzzy games extended from ordinary cooperative games with restrictions on coalitions

Cooperative games are very useful in considering profit allocation among multiple decision makers who cooperate with each other. In order to deal with cooperative games in practical situations, however, we have to deal with two additional factors. One is some restrictions on coalitions. This first factor has been taken into consideration through feasibility of coalitions. The other is partial cooperation of players. In order to describe this second factor, we consider fuzzy coalitions which permit partial participation in a coalition to a player. In this paper we take both of these factors into account in cooperative games. Namely, we analyze and discuss cooperative fuzzy games extended from ordinary cooperative games with restrictions on coalitions in two approaches. For the purpose of comparison of these two approaches, we define two special classes of extensions called U-extensions which satisfy linearity and W-extensions which satisfy U-extensions and two additional conditions, restriction invariance and monotonicity. Finally, we show sufficient conditions under which these obtained games in two approaches coincide.
Towards Efficient Mobile Library Services

Nowadays, the mobile technology is growing up rapidly and most of students have Smartphone devices. It's the right time for university libraries to build new ways to distribute their services to Smartphone so their students can access them anytime anywhere. Accordingly, King Abdulaziz University library moves forwards allowing students to access library services through mobile. The digital library is very important for distance learners who interested in library resources. The research aims to recognize mobile library services from the context and outline. It analyzes the challenges that the current library services are facing such as, do distance learning student's familiar with library services offered? Do mobile user interface of the library provide students with services needed? The project evaluates the usability of the resulting of mobile services.
Omnidirectional texturing of human actors from multiple view video sequences

A tufting machine utilizing a plurality of yarn ends proceeding through a single needle cooperates with a yarn tension device which selectively applies a different tension to at least one of the plurality of yarn ends proceeding through the needle. Accordingly, a pattern or design can be provided in tufted fabric as the lower tension (higher speed) yarn ends will extend a higher distance from a fabric than lower tension yarn ends.
Measurement properties of the Motor Evaluation Scale for Upper Extremity in Stroke patients (MESUPES)

Purpose: To investigate inter-rater reliability of the Motor Evaluation Scale for Upper Extremity in Stroke patients (MESUPES), to provide estimates of the minimal detectable change (MDC) of the MESUPES and to investigate concurrent validity in relation to the arm scores of the Modified Motor Assessment Scale (M MAS). Methods: Forty-two stroke patients (mean age 56 ± 12 years) were independently assessed within a 48-hours window by two raters in different pairs (total available raters = 4). Results: Weighted κ analysis indicated good to very good agreement at item level (range 0.63–0.96). The relative and absolute reliability of the total score of MESUPES (maximum 58) was high according to the intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC = 0.98) and the standard error of measurement (SEM = 2.68). The MDC for three levels of confidence was calculated: A score change of 8, 7 and 5 is necessary for a MDC to have confidence of 95%, 90% and 80%, respectively, of a genuine change. Correlation between the MESUPES and M MAS was high (rs = 0.87). Conclusions: The MESUPES shows high inter-rater reliability, and our study provides useful estimates of MDC for different levels of certainty. Additional research to confirm concurrent validity and to examine other psychometric properties of the MESUPES such as sensitivity is needed. Implications for Rehabilitation This study shows that the Motor Evaluation Scale for Upper Extremity in Stroke patients (MESUPES) has high absolute and relative reliability. The MESUPES is suggested to be a useful tool to evaluate quality of movement in the upper extremity of stroke patients.
Cdc42 and noncanonical Wnt signal transduction pathways cooperate to promote cell polarity

Scratch-induced disruption of cultured monolayers induces polarity in front row cells that can be visualized by spatially localized polymerization of actin at the front of the cell and reorientation of the centrosome/Golgi to face the leading edge. We previously reported that centrosomal reorientation and microtubule polarization depend on a Cdc42-regulated signal transduction pathway involving activation of the Par6/aPKC complex followed by inhibition of GSK-3β and accumulation of the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) protein at the plus ends of leading-edge microtubules. Using monolayers of primary rodent embryo fibroblasts, we show here that dishevelled (Dvl) and axin, two major components of the Wnt signaling pathway are required for centrosome reorientation and that Wnt5a is required for activation of this pathway. We conclude that disruption of cell–cell contacts leads to the activation of a noncanonical Wnt/dishevelled signal transduction pathway that cooperates with Cdc42/Par6/aPKC to promote polarized reorganization of the microtubule cytoskeleton.
VERY LOW MASS STELLAR AND SUBSTELLAR COMPANIONS TO SOLAR-LIKE STARS FROM MARVELS. IV. A CANDIDATE BROWN DWARF OR LOW-MASS STELLAR COMPANION TO HIP 67526

We report the discovery of a candidate brown dwarf (BD) or a very low mass stellar companion (MARVELS-5b) to the star HIP 67526 from the Multi-object Apache point observatory Radial Velocity Exoplanet Large-area Survey (MARVELS). The radial velocity curve for this object contains 31 epochs spread over 2.5 yr. Our Keplerian fit, using a Markov Chain Monte Carlo approach, reveals that the companion has an orbital period of days, an eccentricity of 0.4375 ± 0.0040, and a semi-amplitude of m s−1. Using additional high-resolution spectroscopy, we find the host star has an effective temperature Teff = 6004 ± 34 K, a surface gravity log g (cgs) =4.55 ± 0.17, and a metallicity [Fe/H] =+0.04 ± 0.06. The stellar mass and radius determined through the empirical relationship of Torres et al. yields 1.10 ± 0.09 M☉ and 0.92 ± 0.19 R☉. The minimum mass of MARVELS-5b is 65.0 ± 2.9MJup, indicating that it is likely to be either a BD or a very low mass star, thus occupying a relatively sparsely populated region of the mass function of companions to solar-type stars. The distance to this system is 101 ± 10 pc from the astrometric measurements of Hipparcos. No stellar tertiary is detected in the high-contrast images taken by either FastCam lucky imaging or Keck adaptive optics imaging, ruling out any star with mass greater than 0.2 M☉ at a separation larger than 40 AU.
Microbes on the human vaginal epithelium

Using solely a gene-based procedure, PCR amplification of the 16S ribosomal RNA gene coupled with very deep sequencing of the amplified products, the microbes on 20 human vaginal epithelia of healthy women have been identified and quantitated. The Lactobacillus content on these 20 healthy vaginal epithelia was highly variable, ranging from 0% to 100%. For four subjects, Lactobacillus was (virtually) the only bacterium detected. However, that Lactobacillus was far from clonal and was a mixture of species and strains. Eight subjects presented complex mixtures of Lactobacillus and other microbes. The remaining eight subjects had no Lactobacillus. Instead, Bifidobacterium, Gardnerella, Prevotella, Pseudomonas, or Streptococcus predominated.
Paradoxical Motor Recovery From a First Stroke After Induction of a Second Stroke

Background and objective. Prior studies have suggested that after stroke there is a time-limited period of increased responsiveness to training as a result of heightened plasticity—a sensitive period thought to be induced by ischemia itself. Using a mouse model, we have previously shown that most training-associated recovery after a caudal forelimb area (CFA) stroke occurs in the first week and is attributable to reorganization in a medial premotor area (AGm). The existence of a stroke-induced sensitive period leads to the counterintuitive prediction that a second stroke should reopen this window and promote full recovery from the first stroke. To test this prediction, we induced a second stroke in the AGm of mice with incomplete recovery after a first stroke in CFA. Methods. Mice were trained to perform a skilled prehension (reach-to-grasp) task to an asymptotic level of performance, after which they underwent photocoagulation-induced stroke in CFA. After a 7-day poststroke delay, the mice were then retrained to asymptote. We then induced a second stroke in the AGm, and after only a 1-day delay, retrained the mice. Results. Recovery of prehension was incomplete when training was started after a 7-day poststroke delay and continued for 19 days. However, a second focal stroke in the AGm led to a dramatic response to 9 days of training, with full recovery to normal levels of performance. Conclusions. New ischemia can reopen a sensitive period of heightened responsiveness to training and mediate full recovery from a previous stroke.
Market competition and media performance examining primetime series in Taiwan

This paper studies the relationship between market competition and media performance in Taiwan. A close examination of the existing literature reveals that no conclusive findings have been published; some studies discovered positive relationships and others discovered contradictory ones. Using content diversity of TV programmes to represent media performance, this study analyzed the diversity among primetime series ran by the three TV stations in Taiwan. Three indicators were employed to measure diversity: duration of series, diversity of vertical programming, and the numbers of actors.
Grouping Product Features Using Semi-Supervised Learning with Soft-Constraints

In opinion mining of product reviews, one often wants to produce a summary of opinions based on product features/attributes. However, for the same feature, people can express it with different words and phrases. To produce a meaningful summary, these words and phrases, which are domain synonyms, need to be grouped under the same feature group. This paper proposes a constrained semi-supervised learning method to solve the problem. Experimental results using reviews from five different domains show that the proposed method is competent for the task. It outperforms the original EM and the state-of-the-art existing methods by a large margin.
A Rich Feature-based Kernel Approach for Drug- Drug Interaction Extraction

Discovering drug-drug interactions (DDIs) is a crucial issue for both patient safety and health care cost control. Developing text mining techniques for identifying DDIs has attracted a great deal of attention in the last few years. Unfortunately, state-of-the-art results didn't exceed the threshold of 0.7 F1 score, which calls for more efforts. In this work, we propose a new feature-based kernel method to extract and classify DDIs. Our approach consists of two steps: identifying DDIs and assigning one of four different DDI types to the predicted drug pairs. We demonstrate that by using new groups of features non-linear kernels can achieve the best performance. When evaluated on the DDIExtraction 2013 challenge corpus, our system achieved an F1-score of 71.79%, as compared to 69.75% and 68.4% reported by the top two state-of-the-art systems.
Improving WFA k-means technique for demand response programs applications

There are several pattern-based clustering methods which are used for different applications such as pattern recognition, data mining, etc. In recent years, some of these methods are implemented in power system studies, especially for clustering load curves for designing suitable tariffs, demand response programs selection, etc. Choice of the best clustering method for certain application is one of the most important issues which is case dependent and should be considered in using of clustering load curves. Demand response programs are widely used in power system for different applications such as peak clipping, demand reduction, etc. since demand response programs are featured with different characteristics. Therefore, selection of suitable programs for different customer classes is of great importance. In this paper, an improved weighted fuzzy average (WFA) K-means for the purpose of demand response programs applications is developed. This method is implemented on 316 load curves of Tehran distribution network and the results are investigated.
Cytokine Response to Infection with Bacillus anthracis Spores

ABSTRACT Bacillus anthracis, the etiological agent of anthrax, is a gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium. The inhalational form of anthrax is the most severe and is associated with rapid progression of the disease and the outcome is frequently fatal. Transfer from the respiratory epithelium to regional lymph nodes appears to be an essential early step in the establishment of infection. This transfer is believed to occur by means of carriage within alveolar macrophages following phagocytosis. Therefore, the ability of B. anthracis to transit through the host macrophage or dendritic cell appears to be an early and critical step in B. anthracis pathogenesis. In this work, we examined the cytokine responses to spore infection in mouse primary peritoneal macrophages, in primary human dendritic cells, and during a spore aerosol infection model utilizing the susceptible A/J mouse strain. We demonstrated that both mouse peritoneal macrophages and human dendritic cells exhibited significant intracellular bactericidal activity during the first hours following uptake, providing the necessary time to mount a cytokine response prior to cell lysis. Strong tumor necrosis factor (TNF-α) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) responses were seen in mouse peritoneal macrophages. In addition to TNF-α and IL-6, human dendritic cells produced the cytokines IL-1β, IL-8, and IL-12. A mixture of Th1 and Th2 cytokines were detected in sera obtained from infected animals. In this study, we provide further evidence of an acute cytokine response when cells in culture and mice are infected with B. anthracis spores.
Kognitiv-verhaltenstherapeutische Behandlung von Patienten mit Zwangsstörungen: Ein stationäres Gruppentherapieprogramm

Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: An Inpatient Group Treatment Program Background: While group behavioral treatments have proven effective in treating anxiety-disordered patients such as social phobics, studies that investigate standardized group treatment programs for OCD are rare. This study presents the development and evaluation of an cognitive-behavioral inpatient group treatment program for OCD. Method: 23 inpatients, meeting the DSM-IV criteria for OCD, completed apart from the regular therapeutic program a 7–2-h session manualized group therapy on the basis of self management as well as cognitivebehavioral concepts. Results: Assessments were conducted before treatment, at admission, at the end of treatment and at 3-month follow-up. Y-BOCS scores did not change in the pretreatment period but reduced significantly at posttest [from 25.8 (5.4) to 13.9(6.9)] and were maintained at 3-month follow-up. Clients-ratings of the group treatment program were positive.