Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Spontaneous recovery of writing after stroke: A case study of the first 100 days

Background: This paper describes a corpus of spontaneous text produced by the first author, an experienced writer, in the 100 days following a CVA. The corpus begins with highly disordered texts replete with neologistic jargon written soon after onset and continues during the period of recovery. By the end of the corpus, language had returned to pre-morbid levels. Aims: The main aim of the paper is to present a detailed longitudinal investigation of the process of recovery from jargon agraphia. In addition, patterns of preservation and deficit will be highlighted, and inferences about the origins of the neologisms, perseverations, and paragrammatisms in the samples will be attempted, although the latter must necessarily be speculative, given the limitations associated with spontaneous writing samples. Main Contribution: The case is relatively unusual compared with other cases in the literature in that it focuses on the spontaneous writing of an individual who wrote extensively in his professional and private life prior to his illness, and who made a complete recovery from the linguistic consequences of the CVA. Conclusions: Early texts in the corpus were disordered at various linguistic levels, but features of typography and other non-alphabetic characteristics were preserved. Findings largely parallel those reported in other case studies.
Diaphragm microvascular plasma PO2 measured in vivo.

Phosphorescence quenching techniques measure microvascular PO2 without direct surgical manipulation of the tissue. At a given arterial PO2, microvascular PO2 reflects the local O2 uptake-to-O2 delivery ratio, i.e., VO2/QO2. We evaluated the potential of phosphorescence quenching to determine microvascular PO2 in the rat costal diaphragm (PdiaO2). PdiaO2 and arterial blood gases were monitored across transient changes of inspired O2 among 21, 10, and 100% and also during hypotensive states evoked by progressive phlebotomy. After a transit delay, PdiaO2 responded rapidly to alterations of inspired and thus arterial PO2, with half times of the response averaging 5-7 s for switches to a lower inspired O2 (i.e., from 21 to 10%, from 100 to 21%, and from 100 to 10%) and also from 10 to 21%. By comparison, half times of the 10 to 100% and 21 to 100% switches were longer [11 s (P = 0.085) and 21 s (P < 0.05), respectively]. Below a mean arterial blood pressure (BP) of 120-130 mmHg, PdiaO2 decreased as a linear function of BP, with these variables being significantly correlated in each instance (n = 5, r = 0.851-0.937, P < 0.01 for all animals). From these results, it appears feasible to measure PdiaO2 in the spontaneously breathing rat in vivo under steady-state and transient conditions. Also, during progressive hypotension, the fall in PdiaO2 is significantly related to falling BP, likely as a consequence of an increased metabolic demand (increased ventilation and diaphragm VO2) concomitant with decreased blood flow. We conclude that phosphorescence quenching techniques offer a powerful tool for assessing diaphragm physiology and pathophysiology.
Large-scale image analysis using docker sandboxing

With the advent of specialized hardware such as Graphics Processing Units (GPUs), large scale image localization, classification and retrieval have seen increased prevalence. Designing scalable software architecture that co-evolves with such specialized hardware is a challenge in the commercial setting. In this paper, we describe one such architecture (\textit{Cortexica}) that leverages scalability of GPUs and sandboxing offered by docker containers. This allows for the flexibility of mixing different computer architectures as well as computational algorithms with the security of a trusted environment. We illustrate the utility of this framework in a commercial setting i.e., searching for multiple products in an image by combining image localisation and retrieval.
Is the Future Really Female? The Impact and Implications of Gender for 14-16 Year Olds' Career Choices

The career aspirations of 14-16 year old students are analysed in terms of gender. In the literature concerning boys' apparent underperformance at GCSE level it has sometimes been argued that boys have low occupational aspirations, or that they are unaware of changes in the employment market. Such arguments are evaluated in the light of my findings concerning gender and career choice. It is shown that girls' occupational choices have become far more ambitious than was previously the case. However, boys' occupational aspirations remain high, questioning some assumptions in the literature. Yet it is maintained that the choices of both girls and boys still reflect to some extent a deeply embedded gender dichotomy, and that in this sense their choices demonstrate little recognition of changes in the adult employment market.
A scheme based on PMU data for power quality disturbances monitoring

Power quality (PQ) monitoring has attracted the interest of many researchers around the world. PQ disturbances (PQDs) such as sags, swells, interruptions, harmonics, notching, spikes, and oscillatory transients, among others, have to be detected and classified in order to apply a proper solution. For their detection and classification, many methodologies in literature have been proposed, where a signal processing technique and a pattern recognition algorithm are typically used. In this work, a new methodology for detection and classification of PQDs using a phasor measurement unit (PMU)-based scheme is presented. In general, the processing of voltage or current signals is carried out using a phasor estimation model (algorithm within a PMU), whereas the classification task is performed by threshold-based rules and an artificial neural network. The proposal is validated using synthetic signals. Then, it is tested using real measured signals. Results demonstrate its effectiveness and usefulness.
Androgyny across the Life Span: A Replication and Longitudinal Follow-Up.

Hyde and Phillis (1979) studied androgyny across the life span using the Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI; Bem, 1974). In Study 1 we replicated the Hyde and Phillis finding of an increase in the number of feminine women and androgynous men in the oldest age category (61 years and over), which suggests that each gender may become more feminine with age. In Study 2 we investigated longitudinally the development of androgyny
Cooperative communications for improved throughput, range and covertness

Conventional wireless communication systems are designed based on point-to-point links whose performance is limited by the resources of a single transmitter, e.g., power and bandwidth. Cooperative communications on the other hand is an emerging and actively researched class of techniques that enables nodes to increase their performance by harnessing resources from other local neighboring nodes. This paper presents a cooperative communications approach called Extended Communications using Helper Organizations (ECHO) that can increase throughput, communication range, and covertness. One militarily significant benefit, first identified and analyzed in this paper, is that cooperative communications approaches are difficult to geo-locate. A cooperative communications link, such as ECHO, is hard to geo-locate because it appears to the adversary as multiple spatially distributed low power transmissions rather then a single high power source, as in conventional point-to-point communications. This paper introduces the general ECHO approach and presents a theoretical framework for quantifying itpsilas expected performance gains using information theory and estimation theory. ECHO can dramatically improve performance for a variety of military applications including sensor networks, MANETs, SATCOM, and ground based communications.
Stochastic resonance in ion channels characterized by information theory.

We identify a unifying measure for stochastic resonance (SR) in voltage dependent ion channels which comprises periodic (conventional), aperiodic, and nonstationary SR. Within a simplest setting, the gating dynamics is governed by two-state conductance fluctuations, which switch at random time points between two values. The corresponding continuous time point process is analyzed by virtue of information theory. In pursuing this goal we evaluate for our dynamics the tau information, the mutual information, and the rate of information gain. As a main result we find an analytical formula for the rate of information gain that solely involves the probability of the two channel states and their noise averaged rates. For small voltage signals it simplifies to a handy expression. Our findings are applied to study SR in a potassium channel. We find that SR occurs only when the closed state is predominantly dwelled upon. Upon increasing the probability for the open channel state the application of an extra dose of noise monotonically deteriorates the rate of information gain, i.e., no SR behavior occurs.
Consumption of fruits and vegetables and probabilistic assessment of the cumulative acute exposure to organophosphorus and carbamate pesticides of schoolchildren in Slovenia

Abstract Objective Adequate consumption of fruits and vegetables is a part of recommendations for a healthy diet. The aim of the present study was to assess acute cumulative dietary exposure to organophosphorus and carbamate pesticides via fruit and vegetable consumption by the population of schoolchildren aged 11–12 years and the level of risk for their health. Design Cumulative probabilistic risk assessment methodology with the index compound approach was applied. Setting Slovenia, primary schools. Subjects Schoolchildren (n 1145) from thirty-one primary schools in Slovenia. Children were part of the PRO GREENS study 2009/10 which assessed 11-year-olds’ consumption of fruit and vegetables in ten European countries. Results The cumulative acute exposure amounted to 8·3 (95 % CI 7·7, 10·6) % of the acute reference dose (ARfD) for acephate as index compound (100 µg/kg body weight per d) at the 99·9th percentile for daily intake and to 4·5 (95 % CI 3·5, 4·7) % of the ARfD at the 99·9th percentile for intakes during school time and at lunch. Apples, bananas, oranges and lettuce contributed most to the total acute pesticides intake. Conclusions The estimations showed that acute dietary exposure to organophosphorus and carbamate pesticides is not a health concern for schoolchildren with the assessed dietary patterns of fruit and vegetable consumption.
Role of social performance in predicting learning problems: Prediction of risk using logistic regression analysis

Social skills are specific behaviors that individuals exhibit in order to successfully complete social tasks whereas social competence represents judgments by significant others that these social tasks have been successfully accomplished. The present investigation identified the best sociobehavioral predictors obtained from different raters (judges) in order to classify children into Learning Problem (LP) and No Learning Problem (NLP) groups. A sample of 119 elementary school students from six Brazilian public state schools participated in this study. The sample consisted of 59 NLP and 60 LP students. A forward stepwise logistic regression analysis showed the peer ratings of collaborativeness was the best predictor of LP and NLP group membership and correctly classified 94% of the LP group and 90% of the NLP group. Self-ratings of compliance and self-ratings of ease of joining a peer group as well as teacher ratings of collaborativeness were added to the model which correctly classified 98% and 98.1% of the LP and NLP groups respectively. These results are discussed in terms of social skills as academic enablers for academic success in the classroom.
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Sentence Discrimination and Word Onset Although we have shown that neural signals between 4-8 Hz predict both presentation of and selective attention to one sentence versus another, it is has not yet been demonstrated that the signal is unique from those known to occur at speech onsets. For instance, one reasonable explanation is that discrimination at these frequencies in the Speech Encoding comparison is caused by a series of early negative (N1) responses at each word onset, which occur at different times for each sentence. The effect of attention at these frequencies could result from a series of partially overlapping N1 responses with an increased negativity (N1d) caused by selective attention (Hillyard et al., 1973; Näätänen and Michie, 1979; Woods et al., 1984). We therefore sought to test whether any of the observed attentional gain effects might be adequately explained by discrete word onset responses rather than a continuous signal. First, we averaged the ERP response to every word in both sentences in the Single Talker condition ('A' and 'B'), baselined at the point of word onset. Each averaged onset response was then windowed from word onset to 250 ms, using a split cosine bell curve (rise time = 25 ms). The average of these windowed responses was then separately convolved with impulses at the word onsets, producing a transient response model for each sentence. These response models were truncated to the same duration and filtered in the same way as the sentence waveforms, then used as template waveforms for the source waveform correlation analysis as described in the first section of the results, replacing the group average Single Talker waveform. However, for these analyses, the first and last time windows, centered on 0ms and 1364 ms, were excluded, as the Word Onset model waveforms have insufficient signal in these time periods, leading to inappropriately large and variable regression coefficient values. Performing this analysis, discrimination indices for the Generalized Attentional Gain comparison were significantly greater than zero using the continuous Single Talker waveform as a template (t(12) = 3.53, p = 0.004), but were essentially zero using a word
Bottom-Up or Top-Down: English as a Foreign Language Vocabulary Instruction for Chinese University Students

Whereas there has been some research on the role of bottom-up and top-down processing in the learning of a second or foreign language, very little attention has been given to bottom-up and top-down instructional approaches to language teaching. The research reported here used a quasi-experimental design to assess the relative effectiveness of two modes of academic English vocabulary instruction, bottom-up and top-down, to Chinese university students (N = 120). The participants, divided into two groups—bottom-up and top-down—were exposed to 48 hours of explicit vocabulary instruction. Their achievement was measured with two vocabulary tests, Academic Vocabulary Size and Controlled Productive Knowledge, administered at the start (T1) and at the end (T2) of the treatment. Analyses of the test scores reveal that at T2 the bottom-up group slightly outperformed the top-down one on both vocabulary size and controlled productive knowledge. With respect to the former, the bottom-up group's superiority was found to be statistically significant, although with a relatively small effect size (η2 = .05).
Occupational Versus Organizational Influences on Reference Group Identification

Two models of influence on reference-group identification were tested; the professional model that posits that occupational members retain an enduring stable identity established via their socialization experience was compared to the situational model, which emphasizes the resocializing pressures of the work situation. The pharmacy occupation provides a chance to compare occupational versus organizational effects on reference group identity because of the diversity in role orientations (business and professional) and work settings. Data from a population of pharmacists in a middle sized urban area strongly support the situational model. Reference group identity follows the power structure of the work setting as hospital pharmacists identified with physicians, while neighborhood pharmacists displayed a colleague-identity and chain store pharmacists rejected both occupational groups to identify with clients. Focusing on the power hierarchy of the work setting accounts for the diverse findings of both professional and situational models. Only in settings where the occupation dominates is identity colleague-based. Suggestions for revamping the outdated professional model to take into consideration the changed employment settings are offered.
BVD control in Europe: current status and perspectives

Abstract For several decades after the first description of bovine viral diarrhea and its causative agent (BVDV) the economic impact of the infection was underestimated and in addition there were no suitable diagnostics and procedures for a systematic control at hand. Today, there are several estimates on the real economic impact of the infection and during the last 15 years the serological and virological laboratory diagnosis of BVDV infections has improved. Also, successful procedures aimed at eradicating BVDV infections by using a strict test and removal policy for animals persistently infected (PI) with BVDV accompanied by movement restrictions for infected herds have been implemented in the Scandinavian countries. The success of these efforts has encouraged other European countries to follow the same procedures. However, the Scandinavian control strategy might—for a number of reasons—not be acceptable for all European countries. In such cases, the test and removal strategy, with its fundamental elements of biosecurity, removal of PI animals and monitoring of herd status, in combination with systematic vaccination, might be an acceptable compromise. The impact of the BVDV-free status of regions and nations on international trade is not yet clear. In any case, biosecurity measures will be of utmost importance for individual control programs as well as multiple control programs to co-exist in Europe.
Polyceptron: A Polyhedral Learning Algorithm

In this paper we propose a new algorithm for learning polyhedral classifiers which we call as Polyceptron. It is a Perception like algorithm which updates the parameters only when the current classifier misclassifies any training data. We give both batch and online version of Polyceptron algorithm. Finally we give experimental results to show the effectiveness of our approach.
Nothing left to lose? Freedom and compulsion in the treatment of dangerous offenders

The ‘Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorder’ (DSPD) programme was established following the particularly high-profile double murder of a mother and one of her two daughters: thevery kind of stranger killing that, although in fact extremely rare, the public identifies with most fearfully. This article will examine the dynamics involved in offering dangerous offenders the chance to engage with a society that has hitherto refused to acknowledge them as full members, in the context of a medium-secure DSPD unit that operates as an adapted therapeutic community. While the treatment programme contains undoubted elements of coercion, in return the men are invited to take a full part in the process of change: a hallmark of the treatment model is its philosophy of working collaboratively with them in reaching an understanding of their internal worlds, the external reality of their situation and whether and how much they wish to address either. Most have reached a time when they want to embrace a different future, for hitherto, their lives and minds have been painful places within which to exist. Such an endeavour is fraught with ambivalence, not only on the part of a frightened and judgemental metropolitan ‘in-group’ – including many of the professionals who might be called upon to facilitate the process – but also those individuals who have learned that to risk becoming attached to anyone at all is to invite betrayal. Working in such an environment also provides the staff with something of the experience of being rejected, and the temptation to retreat into the shelter of the‘microcosm’ needs constantly to be resisted. Questions about the nature of freedom of choice with respect to this encounter – both its desirability and perhaps its impossibility – will be explored from the perspective of both patients and clinicians.
Cognitive and Affective Factor Dimensions in Each of Four High School Samples of Different Ethnicity

For each of four different ethnic samples of eleventh grade high school students—292 Anglos, 28 Asians, 38 blacks, and 190 Latinos, a factor analysis of the intereorrelations of scores on a standardized reading test, grades earned in History, English, and a Science/ Mathematics course, and scores received on six measures intended to reflect different dimensions of academic self-concept revealed three factors described as Academic Achievement, Positive Academic Affect , and Anxiety. In addition to displaying essential factorial in variance across the four samples, the results showed that the factor structure of each of the four rotated solutions served to explain the criterion-related validity coefficients obtained by Lehn, Vladovic, and Michael (1980) in a companion study.
Floor sensors of animal weight and gait for precision livestock farming

We report first results on developing smart sensor systems for the automatic and frequent collection of animal weight and gait data, under the hostile conditions of a livestock farm. The novelty in our approach is to sense frequently the animals' floor contact, in suitably chosen locations, under natural and unobtrusive conditions. We demonstrate a pilot low profile rubberized mat sensor heads, delivering a large number of plastic optical fiber transmission measurements taken frequently from individual deformation sensors. The acquired data allows gait analysis from guided-path tomography images or by machine learning. We demonstrate weight estimation with accuracy better than 1% over a range suitable for deployment in pig farms.
Tracking the Training and Careers of Graduates of Advanced Degree Programs in Sport Psychology, 1994 to 1999

Responses from 87 graduate programs identified 814 graduates (master's degree, n = 618; doctoral degree, n =196) who received degrees from 1994 to 1999 with some type of emphasis in sport psychology (SP). Doctoral (n = 107) and master's (n = 147) graduates completed a survey that identified their demographics, educational background, current positions, incomes, career goals, and SP consulting aspirations and work. Most of the doctoral graduates (73%) found positions in academia/research. Almost half the master's graduates had SP-related jobs and most of the rest had jobs related to the discipline that housed their degree. Compared to 1989 to 1994 graduates (Andersen, Williams, Aldridge, &Taylor, 1997), the present graduates perceived more fulfillment of initial career goals, greater satisfaction with SP work, less frustration over SP career progress, greater ease in finding paid SP consulting work, and more confidence in fulfilling future career goals. Doctoral graduates with athlete consulting career goals had less training than the Andersen et al. graduates. The findings provide some guidance for current and prospective students regarding graduate training and career opportunities.