Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Musical, language, and reading abilities in early Portuguese readers

Early language and reading abilities have been shown to correlate with a variety of musical skills and elements of music perception in children. It has also been shown that reading impaired children can show difficulties with music perception. However, it is still unclear to what extent different aspects of music perception are associated with language and reading abilities. Here we investigated the relationship between cognitive-linguistic abilities and a music discrimination task that preserves an ecologically valid musical experience. 43 Portuguese-speaking students from an elementary school in Brazil participated in this study. Children completed a comprehensive cognitive-linguistic battery of assessments. The music task was presented live in the music classroom, and children were asked to code sequences of four sounds on the guitar. Results show a strong relationship between performance on the music task and a number of linguistic variables. A principle component analysis of the cognitive-linguistic battery revealed that the strongest component (Prin1) accounted for 33% of the variance and Prin1 was significantly related to the music task. Highest loadings on Prin1 were found for reading measures such as Reading Speed and Reading Accuracy. Interestingly, 22 children recorded responses for more than four sounds within a trial on the music task, which was classified as Superfluous Responses (SR). SR was negatively correlated with a variety of linguistic variables and showed a negative correlation with Prin1. When analyzing children with and without SR separately, only children with SR showed a significant correlation between Prin1 and the music task. Our results provide implications for the use of an ecologically valid music-based screening tool for the early identification of reading disabilities in a classroom setting.
Uses and gratifications approach to marketing communications: How te serve the interests of all stakeholder groups

This study explores the uses and gratifications of different stakeholders regarding marketing communication messaging and how these uses and gratifications vary according to stakeholder loyalty. Marketing is increasingly recognising that in order to be effective, firms need to consider a broader range of stakeholders other than just consumers. However, current literature fails to identify how firms should interact with their various stakeholder groups and only identifies that such interactions should take place. In developing an understanding of how to interact with various stakeholder groups, the uses and gratifications approach was adopted and stakeholders were positioned on the extended ladder of stakeholder loyalty. The analysis of data emerging from a qualitative survey among 28 stakeholders of Philips Design demonstrates that the revealed uses and gratifications of various stakeholder groups regarding marketing communication messaging have much in common with classifications derived from studies of other mass media uses and gratifications. A wide range of uses and gratifications with regard to marketing communication messaging was revealed varying according to stakeholder loyalty. Based on their specific uses and gratifications the various stakeholder groups have different content preferences regarding marketing communication messaging. Based on these findings, companies can decide on how they should communicate with various stakeholder groups.
Viral aetiology of enzootic pneumonia in Danish dairy herds: diagnostic tools and epidemiology

Ten outbreaks of calf respiratory disease in Danish dairy herds were investigated by lung lavage, and in eight of the herds paired blood samples were tested serologically. In six of the 10 herds bovine respiratory syncytial virus (BRSV) antigen was detected in the lung lavage fluids. In only one calf was coronavirus and BRSV detected simultaneously. The paired blood samples confirmed that four of the herds were BRSVinfected, and in one herd the BRSV infection was diagnosed by the paired blood samples alone. Significant increases in antibody titres against coronavirus were observed in two herds, both in combination with other virological agents. No adenovirus antigen was detected in any of the lavage samples, but in two herds a significant increase in antibody titres against adenovirus was observed. Parainfluenza-3 (PI-3) virus was not detected in the lung lavage fluids, and in four of the herds no antibodies to PI-3 were detected. In three herds no viral involvement could be found. The findings suggest that BRSV may be an important causative agent in calf respiratory disease in Denmark, even in very young calves.
The use of C57Bl/6 × CBA F1 hybrid cross as a model for human age‐related oocyte aneuploidy

Oocyte numbers decrease whereas the incidence of aneuploidy increases as women age. The molecular mechanisms underpinning this age-related decline in oocyte quality are not completely understood. Human oocytes are particularly error prone, with reports of aneuploidy rates as high as 50-60% (Fragouli et al. 2011; Kuliev et al. 2011). This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved
6 Regulation of Tyrosine Kinase Signaling by Cbl in Hematopoietic Stem Cells

The first tyrosine kinase (TK) was discovered as the tumor-inducing activity from Rous sarcoma virus, which is now known as v-Src (Rous, 1911). Later studies revealed that the oncogenic properties of v-Src was due to the loss of the regulatory mechanisms to control its kinase activity (Martin, 2001). These findings clearly highlight the critical importance of precise regulation of TK activities in order to avoid detrimental consequences to the homeostasis of the organisms.
Energy conservation in wireless sensor network using irregular cellular automata

Wireless sensor nodes are severely constrained by energy consumption as they are battery powered. Most topology control techniques that are used for energy conservation assume that the sensor nodes are uniformly deployed, mostly in form of grids. In a real world scenario a grid based deployment presents its own set of problems and limitations. The current paper proposes improvement over a block cellular automata based energy conservation approach. In place of uniform grid, an irregular cellular automata approach has been proposed in this paper. Voronoi tessellations are used for clustering and a new neighborhood rule is proposed for non-uniform neighborhood of irregular cellular automata.
Access control in federated systems

One of the new emerging technology for data management is today represented by federated systems. The success of this technology, which has been receiving increasing attention from researchers and developers, comes from the need to integrate and work on diflerent existing systems independently developed and evolved. The necessity of making them atlailable to users as if they were a single system while at the same time not affecting their independent working arises several issues with respect to authorization management and specification and to access control enforcement. In this paper we outline some of these issues and illustrate the basic ideas of possible authorization model for the protection of information in federated systems.
An Improved Implementation of Preconditioned Conjugate Gradient Method on GPU

An improved implementation of the Preconditioned Conjugate Gradient method on GPU using CUDA (Compute Unified Device Architecture) is proposed. It aims to solving the Poisson equation arising in liquid animation with high efficiency. We consider the features of the linear system obtained from the Poisson equation and propose an optimization method to solve it. First, a novel storage format called mDIA (modified diagonal storage format) is presented to improve the efficiency of the Sparse Matrix-Vector product (SpMV) operation. Second, a parallel Jacobi iterative method is proposed when using the Incomplete Cholesky preconditioner to explore inherent parallelism. Third, CUDA streams are also introduced to overlap computations among separate streams. The proposed optimization technique is embedded into our GPU based PCG algorithm. Results on Geforce G100 show that our SpMV kernel yields an improvement of nearly 100% for large sparse matrix with more than 30, 0000 rows. Also, a speedup of more than 7 is obtained for PCG method, making the real-time physics engine possible.
Guilt and Shame as Predictors of Recidivism

Shame and guilt are moral emotions that result from deviations from internalized standards. Both constructs differ with respect to their genesis, to the emotions accompanying them, and to their behavioral consequences. Shame is associated with a loss of self-respect, social withdrawal, anger, and aggression. Guilt, on the other hand, supports prosocial behavior and motivates compensation for the inflicted loss. Based on repeated interviews with 1,243 offenders from six prisons for young offenders, the study examined to what extent feelings of shame and guilt experienced during a prison term influenced recidivism after release. An event-history analysis indicated that feelings of guilt at the beginning of a prison term correlated with lower rates of recidivism, and feelings of shame correlated with higher rates. Results are discussed with regard to their implications for further research and the justice system.
FROM LARGE FIXED TO SMALL MOBILE SPATIO-TEMPORAL STRATA : IMPROVING ESTIMATES OF SPECIES AND SIZE COMPOSITION OF THE LANDINGS OF THE EUROPEAN PURSE SEINE FISHERY IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN

This paper analyzes potential errors in the species composition of the EU purse seine landings. This species composition was based on the hypothesis that sizes and species composition are homogeneous during quarters and in large areas and by fishing mode. The analysis of sampling data is showing that large areas and quarters are often heterogeneous. An alternate data processing based on Small Mobile Strata (SMS method) is proposed to estimate improved species composition. Species composition in each 1°-month was estimated, based on samples at the immediate time and space vicinity of each catch. This method was applied to the 2002-2015 data. These results are showing that the today species composition are overestimating bigeye catches on FAD and free schools (average of 10 and 13%), especially in coastal zones. SMS results are also showing that the today species composition is smoothing and masking the time and space variability of species composition (free schools and FAD catches). A new data processing method, following the guidelines of SMS, should be developed and used to estimate the past and future catch statistics of purse seiners.
A Miniaturized UWB Antenna for Wireless Dongle Devices

In this letter, a planar ultra wideband (UWB) antenna suitable for the integration in wireless universal serial bus (USB) dongles is described. The antenna has a bandwidth equal to 2 GHz from 3 GHz up to 5 GHz with return loss values below -10 dB in the whole frequency range. To comply with UWB system needs, the antenna presents good distortionless properties when employed in a TX/RX system. Moreover, thanks to its simple shape and miniaturized geometry, the proposed prototype can be easily integrated and printed on dongle PCBs. In order to assess the reliability and efficiency of the antenna, a selected set of results from the experimental validation are shown and compared with the outcomes of the numerical simulations carried out during the synthesis process.
Overcoming Data Sparsity in Acoustic Modeling of Low-Resource Language by Borrowing Data and Model Parameters from High-Resource Languages

In this paper, we propose two techniques to improve the acoustic model of a low-resource language by: (i) Pooling data from closely related languages using a phoneme mapping algorithm to build acoustic models like subspace Gaussian mixture model (SGMM), phone cluster adaptive training (Phone-CAT), deep neural network (DNN) and convolutional neural network (CNN). Using the low-resource language data, we then adapt the afore mentioned models towards that language. (ii) Using models built from high-resource languages, we first borrow subspace model parameters from SGMM/Phone-CAT; or hidden layers from DNN/CNN. The language specific parameters are then estimated using the lowresource language data. The experiments were performed on four Indian languages namely Assamese, Bengali, Hindi and Tamil. Relative improvements of 10 to 30% were obtained over corresponding monolingual models in each case.
Interactions of Mucins with Biopolymers and Drug Delivery Particles

10 LIST OF PAPERS . 12 INTRODUCTION . 14 Background and aim . 14 The mucous gel and mucins . 16 Polyelectrolyte multilayers . 22 MATERIALS AND METHODS . 27 Proteins and polymers . 27 Surfaces . 30 Ellipsometry . 31 Particle electrophoresis . 40 Atomic force microscopy . 41 Electrochemistry . 42 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION . 44 Layer-by-layer film formation with mucin . 44 Interactions between drug delivery particles and mucin . 58 SUMMARY AND CONCLUDING REMARKS . 65 POPULÄRVETENSKAPLIG SAMMANFATTNING . 67 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT . 70 REFERENCES . 71 APPENDIX . 81
CD40L-Adjuvanted DNA/Modified Vaccinia Virus Ankara Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV) Vaccine Enhances Protection against Neutralization-Resistant Mucosal SIV Infection

ABSTRACT Here, we show that a CD40L-adjuvanted DNA/modified vaccinia virus Ankara (MVA) simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) vaccine enhances protection against a pathogenic neutralization-resistant mucosal SIV infection, improves long-term viral control, and prevents AIDS. Analyses of serum IgG antibodies to linear peptides of SIV Env revealed a strong response to V2, with targeting of fewer epitopes in the immunodominant region of gp41 (gp41-ID) and the V1 region as a correlate for enhanced protection. Greater expansion of antiviral CD8 T cells in the gut correlated with long-term viral control.
The Emotional Intelligence of Leaders as Antecedent to Leader-Member Exchanges: A Field Study

Eighty elected leaders and 388 followers were sampled to test the relationships between leaders’ emotional intelligence and the quality of leader-member exchange. Results of the field study found a significant relationship between leaders’ emotional intelligence (total) and leader-member exchange quality. Specific subscales of emotional intelligence were also predictive of leadermember exchange theory. Leaders’ empathetic response and interpersonal skills each correlated with leader-member exchange. Implications and directions for research are discussed.
Four Decades of Data Mining in Network and Systems Management

How has the interdisciplinary data mining field been practiced in Network and Systems Management (NSM)? In Science and Technology, there is a wide use of data mining in areas like bioinformatics, genetics, Web, and, more recently, astroinformatics. However, the application in NSM has been limited and inconsiderable. In this article, we provide an account of how data mining has been applied in managing networks and systems for the past four decades, presumably since its birth. We look into the field's applications in the key NSM activities-discovery, monitoring, analysis, reporting, and domain knowledge acquisition. In the end, we discuss our perspective on the issues that are considered critical for the effective application of data mining in the modern systems which are characterized by heterogeneity and high dynamism.
The Applicability of Genetic Algorithm in Cryptanalysis: A Survey

The Cryptanalysis has been the most fascinating area for science fraternity. The application of Genetic Algorithm (GAs) to the field of cryptanalysis is rather unique as no robust model for cryptanalysis using Genetic Algorithm exists. Genetic Algorithm (GAs) are the class of heuristic algorithm which are known for optimization and search problem. The paper presents the systematic review of Genetic Algorithm applied to the Cryptanalysis.
All sorts of permutations (functional pearl)

The combination of non-determinism and sorting is mostly associated with permutation sort, a sorting algorithm that is not very useful for sorting and has an awful running time. In this paper we look at the combination of non-determinism and sorting in a different light: given a sorting function, we apply it to a non-deterministic predicate to gain a function that enumerates permutations of the input list. We get to the bottom of necessary properties of the sorting algorithms and predicates in play as well as discuss variations of the modelled non-determinism. On top of that, we formulate and prove a theorem stating that no matter which sorting function we use, the corresponding permutation function enumerates all permutations of the input list. We use free theorems, which are derived from the type of a function alone, to prove the statement.
Supply chain risk management: A method and tool contributing to the operational aspects

The modern supply chains are based on extended organization networks across different businesses and Industries. The uncertainty in these networks becomes a great concern for the management of the chain in a holistic approach. Several studies provide a wide list of risk management strategies and the general strategies for risk management in the supply chain. However, the way that risks should be prioritized, analyzed, treated and followed, is rarely discussed at an operational level. In light of this gap, this paper proposes a simple method supported by a software tool, on how to manage the risks that can lead to the supply chain's disruption at an operational level. The method is `borrowed' by the project management discipline and the way that they manage risks. The main steps of the method cover: a) the identification of the risks related to each echelon of the supply chain, b) the classification of risks c) the analysis and ranking of risks d) the treatment strategies, and e) the follow up of risks. The steps of the method are supported by the proposed software tool.
The Renal Handling of Carnitine in Patients with Selective Tuhulopathy and with Fanconi Syndrome

ABSTRACT: Fractional tubular reabsorption (FTR) of free and acyl carnitine was measured in 15 patients with various selective tubular transport defects and in 19 patients with more generalized tubular dysfunction (Fanconi syndrome). FTR of free carnitine was normal in all patients with a selective tubulopathy, FTR of acyl carnitine was normal in most, and plasma carnitine levels were normal without exception. In these patients, there was no evidence for the existence of a defective renal transport mechanism shared by carnitine. In the patients with Fanconi syndrome, mean FTR of free and acyl carnitine was low; their plasma carnitine levels were lowered and correlated with the FTR. In individual patients, FTR of free and acyl carnitine also correlated with the severity of the disease. In the group of Fanconi syndrome patients, FTR of free and acyl carnitine correlated linearly with that of valine. We concluded that the lowering of plasma carnitine in the patients with Fanconi syndrome was caused by excessive loss of carnitine in urine. Its pathophysiological significance remained to be established.
Increasing the robustness of IP backbones in the absence of optical level protection

There are two fundamental technology issues that challenge the robustness of IP backbones. First, SONET protection is gradually being removed because of its high cost (while SONET framing is kept for failure detection purposes). Protection and restoration are provided by the IP layer that operates directly over a DWDM infrastructure. Second, ISPs are systematically forced to use the shortest distance path between two points of presence in order to meet their promised SLAs. In this context, IP backbones are extremely vulnerable to fiber cuts that can bring down a significant fraction of the IP routes. We propose two solutions (an ILP model and a heuristic algorithm) to optimally map a given IP topology onto a fiber infrastructure. The version of the mapping problem that we address incorporates a number of real constraints and requirements faced by carriers today. The optimal mapping maximizes the robustness of the network while maintaining the ISP's SLA delay requirements. In addition, our heuristic takes into consideration constraints such as a shortage of wavelengths and priorities among POPs and routes. The heuristic is evaluated on the Sprint backbone network. We illustrate the tradeoffs between the many requirements.
Constructing a virtual networking environment in a Geo-distributed programmable layer-2 networking environment (G-PLaNE)

With Cloud Computing technology occupying the majority of future Internet research and development work, research on deploying and extending existing capabilities onto a newly emerging infrastructure becomes more significant. For example, extending the virtual network provisioning capability onto a Geo-distributed programmable layer-2 networking environment (G-PLaNE) is a novel attempt and is different from in a single domain system. In this paper, we aim to illustrate how to construct the virtual networking environment upon our self-designed resource provisioning system consisting of multiple clusters through G-PLaNE. Experimenters and researchers are able to develop and explore their own mechanisms in our platform. Furthermore, a concrete example named Secure and Resilient Virtual Trust Routing (SeRViTR) is given to illustrate how this can be constructed over G-PLaNE.
Early Sustained Injections of Erythropoietin Improve Angiogenesis and Restoration of Perfusion in the Ischemic Mouse Hindlimb

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of erythropoietin (Epo) on both acute and chronic limb ischemia (ALI and CLI) and to evaluate the differences in mechanisms according to the method of Epo administration. Hindlimb ischemia was made in BALB/c mice with femoral artery ligation. The mice were divided into four groups: Group 1 (control, no treatment), Group 2 (ALI, early multiple doses), Group 3 (ALI, early single high dose), Group 4 (CLI, late multiple doses). Blood flow ratio significantly increased in Group 2 in 4 weeks. Expression of pAkt and Erythropoietin receptor were significantly higher in Group 2 on postoperative day (POD) 7. The number of CD31- and vascular endothelial growth factor-positive cells were significantly higher in Group 2 on POD 7 and 56. Group 3 and 4 showed a tendency of higher cell counts than the control. The early sustained Epo was effective in improving blood flow through angiogenesis. In chronic phase, weekly multiple dosing of Epo induced angiogenesis, however, the blood flow ratio did not increase significantly. The results of this study suggest that Epo administration during the acute phase followed by maintenance for several days may be important for increasing blood flow and angiogenesis.