Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Mass Media Musical Meaning: Opportunities from the Collaborative Web

In the digital domain, music is usually studied from a positivist viewpoint, focusing on general ‘objective’ music descriptors. In this work, we strive to put music in a more social and cultural context, looking into ways to unify data analysis methods with thoughts from the humanities on musical meaning and significance. More specifically, we investigate whether information in collaborative web resources on movie plot narratives and folksonomic song tags is capable of revealing common associations between these two. Reported initial findings suggest this is indeed the case, which opens opportunities for further work in this area, cross-disciplinary collaborations, and novel contextually oriented music information retrieval application scenarios.
Ajmo splite: come on split! tell us what you think!

Technology has often been utilized to address the needs of specific communities. Understanding how technology could be incorporated into solutions for sustainable tourism is a particularly interesting design challenge. This paper describes how we tried to meet such a challenge in an effort to help the residents of Split, Croatia enter into a dialogue with their local authorities about how to develop sustainable tourism within the specific socio-political constraints of their region.
The knowledge system of a firm: social capital for explicit, tacit and potential knowledge

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to bring clarity to the concept of social capital in the value creation in firms from the knowledge management perspective. To discuss the social characteristics of different types of knowledge.Design/methodology/approach – Based on a review of the literature, it is argued that different types of knowledge have the distinctive logic of value creation and social capital. Social capital is seen as a network of individuals with shared norms, beliefs and trust.Findings – The social network structure for explicit knowledge is centralized and maintained by clearly defined rules, beliefs in high quality and trust in organizational hierarchy. The social network structure for tacit knowledge is distributed and maintained by the norms of reciprocity, beliefs in lifelong learning and an incremental trust. Finally, the social network structure for emergent, potential knowledge is decentralized and maintained by liberal norms, beliefs in innovativeness and an enabling type of tru.
A pr 2 00 0 AdS / CFT FOR NON-BOUNDARY MANIFOLDS

In its Euclidean formulation, the AdS/CFT correspondence begins as a study of Yang-Mills conformal field theories on the sphere, S. It has been successfully extended, however, to S × S and to the torus T . It is natural to hope that it can be made to work for any manifold on which it is possible to define a stable Yang-Mills conformal field theory. We consider a possible classification of such manifolds, and show how to deal with the most obvious objection : the existence of manifolds which cannot be represented as boundaries. We confirm Witten’s suggestion that this can be done with the help of a brane in the bulk.
INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS AND GROUP PROCESSES Naturalistic Social Cognition: Methodology, Assessment, and Validation

The authors described a research paradigm for the study of naturalistic social cognition (i.e., the study of the thoughts and feelings of individuals engaged in spontaneous, unstructured dyadic interactions). This paradigm was created by incorporating the thought-listing technique developed by Brock (1967), Greenwald (1968), and Cacioppo and Petty (1981) into the unstructured dyadic interaction paradigm of Ickes (1982, 1983). Data from the first "expanded dyadic interaction paradigm" study provided evidence for the interrater reliability and the construct validity (i.e., face and content validity, concurrent validity, divergent and convergent validity) of the thought and feeling measures obtained by this procedure. The degree of subjects' behavioral involvement in their interactions was related to a number of thought-feeling indexes (e.g., total number of entries, percentage of positive partner entries), and its relations with the percentages of positive, neutral, and negative entries were further moderated by internal correspondence (Brickman, 1978) and private self-consciousness (Fenigstein, Scheier, & Buss, 1975). In addition, some interesting parallels in the behavioral and thought-feeling correlates of gender were noted. These findings suggest that the expanded dyadicinteraction paradigm will be particularly useful in exploring the relations between naturalistic social cognition and naturalistic social behavior. Few problems in the history of psychology as a science have proved to be as intractable as the problem of studying people's thoughts and feelings as they naturally occur. As Griffin (1984) noted, the frustration resulting from the "confusing and contradictory results" of the 19th-century introspectionist approach led most experimental psychologists to abandon the study of human consciousness altogether. Although the typical response was simply to ignore the phenomena of thoughts and feelings because of the difficulties inherent in studying them, many psychologists went so far as to "virtually deny their existence or at least their accessibility to scientific analysis" (p. 436). The difficulties of developing appropriate research paradigms for the study of thoughts and feelings are certainly real enough, but one might expect that researchers in cognitive psychology would have made great strides toward surmounting these difficulties over the past several decades. According to Griffin (1984), however, this is not the case. He contended that "any serious attention to conscious thoughts or subjective feelings" is "conspicuously absent from most of contemporary cognitive psychology," and went on to criticize cognitive psychology for
CliniCal Care : report from the field Using a Community partnered participatory research approach to implement a randomized Controlled trial : planning Community partners in Care

D is a common health condition, associated with limitations in multiple domains of daily functioning.1–4 Minority groups have lower rates of appropriate care for depression than Whites.5–12 There are evidence-based programs based on the collaborative care model that improve quality of care for depressed primary care patients. The Partners in Care study found such programs can improve health outcomes for minorities over 5–10 years, leading to reducing outcome disparities relative to
N‐ACYL HOMOSERINE LACTONe LACTONASE, AiiA, INACTIVATION OF QUORUM‐SENSING AGONISTS PRODUCED BY CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII (CHLOROPHYTA) AND CHARACTERIZATION OF aiiA TRANSGENIC ALGAE 1

Eukaryotes such as plants and the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii P. A. Dang. produce and secrete compounds that mimic N‐acyl homoserine lactone (AHL) bacterial quorum‐sensing (QS) signals and alter QS‐regulated gene expression in the associated bacteria. Here, we show that the set of C. reinhardtii signal‐mimic compounds that activate the CepR AHL receptor of Burkholderia cepacia are susceptible to inactivation by AiiA, an AHL lactonase enzyme of Bacillus. Inactivation of these algal mimics by AiiA suggests that the CepR‐stimulatory class of mimics produced by C. reinhardtii may have a conserved lactone ring structure in common with AHL QS signals. To examine the role of AHL mimic compounds in the interactions of C. reinhardtii with bacteria, the aiiA gene codon optimized for Chlamydomonas was generated for the expression of AiiA as a chimeric fusion with cyan fluorescent protein (AimC). Culture filtrates of transgenic strains expressing the fusion protein AimC had significantly reduced levels of CepR signal‐mimic activities. When parental and transgenic algae were cultured with a natural pond water bacterial community, a morphologically distinct, AHL‐producing isolate of Aeromonas veronii was observed to colonize the transgenic algal cultures and form biofilms more readily than the parental algal cultures, indicating that secretion of the CepR signal mimics by the alga can significantly affect its interactions with bacteria it encounters in natural environments. The parental alga was also able to sequester and/or destroy AHLs in its growth media to further disrupt or manipulate bacterial QS.
Beyond Bilingual and Bicultural: Serving Latinos in a New-Growth Community

This study explores how human services providers in “new-growth” communities—those with rapidly growing Latino immigrant populations and limited Spanish-speaking professionals—work with newcomers who tend to be Spanish-speaking and poor. We interviewed 25 human service professionals working with Latino immigrants in one new-growth community and found that service delivery to Latinos requires not just language ability and cultural knowledge, but the convergence of four distinct skill sets: (a) language skills; (b) cultural competence; (c) empathy; and (d) the provider’s will to act. We use these findings to illuminate institutional roadblocks and strategies to create a more effective service environment for providers and the Latino newcomers they serve.
Structural Similarity As a Prediction Metric in Lossy Image Set Compression

An automatic compression strategy proposed by Gergel et al. is a near-optimal lossy compression scheme for a given collection of similar images whose inter-image relationships are unknown. That algorithm uses the root mean square error (RMSE) as a measure of the similarity between two images. Since RMSE is a metric, provable guarantees on the quality of the decompressed images can be made. However, it is well known that the RMSE does not correspond well to the human visual system. Recently, Brunet et al. introduced a metric based on structural similarity (SSIM). In this work, we show that the application of a SSIM-based metric instead of RMSE in the lossy image set compression scheme give improvements on some types of image sets.
Study of Stepped Amplitude Distribution Taper for Microwave Power Transmission for SSPS

A novel stepped amplitude distribution (SAD) taper for microwave power transmission for space solar power satellite is proposed in this paper. The SAD taper is described by the summation of the Heaviside step functions. Through optimizing the “height” and “radius” of each step of the descriptive function, the maximal beam collection efficiency (BCE) with and without constraints on the radiation levels can be obtained. A large set of numerical experiments on continuous apertures and discrete antenna arrays are carried out. The results show that the obtained BCEs can be close to or even higher than those of the 10-dB Gaussian ones, which shows the superiority of the method. In addition, only several kinds of amplifiers are required in this method, and therefore, the cost and complexity of the system can be greatly reduced.
GC-MS Analysis of Insecticidal Essential Oil of Aerial Parts of Paederia scandens (Lour) Merrill (Rubiaceae)

Purpose: To investigate the chemical composition and insecticidal activity of the essential oil of the aerial parts of Paederia scandens against the maize weevil, Sitophilus zeamais. Methods: Steam distillation of the aerial parts of P. scandens was carried out using Clavenger apparatus in order to obtain the volatile oils. Gas chromatography/mass spectrometric (GC/MS) analyses (HP-5MS column) of the essential oil were performed and its composition determined. Insecticidal activity of the essential oil was measured following topical application and seal-spaced fumigation. Results: The main components of the essential oil were β-pinene (24.77 %), α-pinene (8.22 %), 1, 8cineol (8.01 %), δ-terpinene (5.32 %), (E)-β-ocimene (5.21 %), linalool (4.92 %) and 4-terpineol (3.63 %). The essential oil exhibited strong fumigant toxicity against adult S. zeamais with LC50 (lethal concentration at 50 %) value of 7.14 mg/L air. P. scandens essential oil also possessed contact toxicity against S. zeamais with LD50 (lethal dosage at 50 %) value of 47.78 g/adult insect. Conclusion: The study indicates that the essential oil of P. scandens has a potential for development into a natural fumigant for control of insects in stored grains.
Variational Distance-Dependent Image Restoration

There is a need to restore color images that suffer from distance-dependent degradation during acquisition. This occurs, for example, when imaging through scattering media. There, signal attenuation worsens with the distance of an object from the camera. A 'naive' restoration may attempt to restore the image by amplifying the signal in each pixel according to the distance of its corresponding object. This, however, would amplify the noise in a nonuniform manner. Moreover, standard space-invariant de-noising over-blurs close by objects (which have low noise), or insufficiently smoothes distant objects (which are very noisy). We present a variational method to overcome this problem. It uses a regularization operator which is distance dependent, in addition to being edge-preserving and color-channel coupled. Minimizing this functional results in a scheme of reconstruction-while-denoising. It preserves important features, such as the texture of close by objects and edges of distant ones. A restoration algorithm is presented for reconstructing color images taken through haze. The algorithm also restores the path radiance, which is equivalent to the distance map. We demonstrate the approach experimentally.
Robust Beamforming and Power Splitting for Secrecy Wireless Information and Power Transfer in Cognitive Relay Networks

In this letter, we study the problem of secrecy wireless information and power transfer in a cognitive relay network (CRN), where a secondary transmitter (ST) aids the signal transmission from a primary transmitter to a primary receiver (PR), while it also transmits its own signal to a second receiver (SR). Both the PR and SR decode information and harvest energy from the received signals based on a power splitting strategy. Due to the open architecture of a CRN, the information for SR is prone to be eavesdropped by PR. This letter aims to minimize the transmit power at ST while guaranteeing minimum information rates and the amounts of harvested energy at PR and SR, and constraining the potential eavesdropping rate at PR. Considering imperfect channel state information at ST, we propose a joint robust beamforming and transformation matrix at ST and power splitting at the PR and SR schemes, which can minimize the transmit power in the worst case. Finally, simulation results validate the effectiveness of the proposed scheme.
Pmp27 promotes peroxisomal proliferation

Peroxisomes perform many essential functions in eukaryotic cells. The weight of evidence indicates that these organelles divide by budding from preexisting peroxisomes. This process is not understood at the molecular level. Peroxisomal proliferation can be induced in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by oleate. This growth substrate is metabolized by peroxisomal enzymes. We have identified a protein, Pmp27, that promotes peroxisomal proliferation. This protein, previously termed Pmp24, was purified from peroxisomal membranes, and the corresponding gene, PMP27, was isolated and sequenced. Pmp27 shares sequence similarity with the Pmp30 family in Candida boidinii. Pmp27 is a hydrophobic peroxisomal membrane protein but it can be extracted by high pH, suggesting that it does not fully span the bilayer. Its expression is regulated by oleate. The function of Pmp27 was probed by observing the phenotype of strains in which the protein was eliminated by gene disruption or overproduced by expression from a multicopy plasmid. The strain containing the disruption (3B) was able to grow on all carbon sources tested, including oleate, although growth on oleate, glycerol, and acetate was slower than wild type. Strain 3B contained peroxisomes with all of the enzymes of beta-oxidation. However, in addition to the presence of a few modestly sized peroxisomes seen in a typical thin section of a cell growing on oleate-containing medium, cells of strain 3B also contained one or two very large peroxisomes. In contrast, cells in a strain in which Pmp27 was overexpressed contained an increased number of normal-sized peroxisomes. We suggest that Pmp27 promotes peroxisomal proliferation by participating in peroxisomal elongation or fission.
¿Por qué vivimos más? Descomposición por causa de la esperanza de vida española de 1980 a 2009

This paper describes and explains the recent trends in life expectancy at birth in Spain from an interdisciplinary perspective. It is based on two methods: segmented linear regression, and decomposition of life expectancy. The study consists of three sections. First, a description is provided of the demographic factors that explain the increase in the life expectancy at birth of the Spanish population from 1910 to 2009, which is in excess of 40 years. Second, the effect that changes in mortality have had on life expectancy at birth during 1980-2009 is analysed by cause of death of the population aged 65 and above. And third, the social and epidemiological causes underlying that increase are described. It is concluded that the increase of life expectancy at birth in Spain is mainly due to the reduction of mortality at advanced ages and a decrease in cardiovascular mortality
In Vivo Effects of a Synthetic 2-Kilodalton Macrophage-Activating Lipopeptide of Mycoplasma fermentans after Pulmonary Application

ABSTRACT Mycoplasmas can cause interstitial pneumonias inducing critical illness in humans and animals. Mycoplasma infections are characterized by an influx of neutrophils, followed by an accumulation of macrophages and lymphocytes. The present study deals with the question of which mycoplasmal components cause this host reaction. The mycoplasma-derived, macrophage-activating lipopeptide 2S-MALP-2 was used to mimic the sequelae of a mycoplasma infection. To this end, 2S-MALP-2 was intratracheally instilled into the lungs of Lewis rats, and the bronchoalveolar lavage cells were examined at different times after different doses of 2S-MALP-2. Application of 2.5 μg induced a pronounced leukocyte accumulation in the bronchoalveolar space. At 24 h after 2S-MALP-2 administration, the majority of leukocytes consisted of neutrophils, followed by macrophages, peaking on days 2 and 3. Lymphocyte numbers, although amounting to only a few percent of the total bronchoalveolar lavage cells, also increased significantly, with maximal lymphocyte accumulation occurring by 72 h after instillation. The leukocyte count of the lung interstitium was increased on day 3 after treatment. After 10 days all investigated cell populations returned to control levels. Transient chemotactic activity for neutrophils was detected in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid early after 2S-MALP-2 application, followed by monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 activity (MCP-1) in lung homogenates. MCP-1 was produced by bronchoalveolar lavage cells upon stimulation with 2S-MALP-2. Our data indicate that mycoplasmal lipoproteins and lipopeptides are probably the most relevant mycoplasmal components for the early host reaction. The primary target cells are likely to be the alveolar macrophages liberating chemokines, which attract further leukocytes.
The CAF-1 and Hir Histone Chaperones Associate with Sites of Meiotic Double-Strand Breaks in Budding Yeast

In the meiotic prophase, programmed DNA double-strand breaks (DSB) are introduced along chromosomes to promote homolog pairing and recombination. Although meiotic DSBs usually occur in nucleosome-depleted, accessible regions of chromatin, their repair by homologous recombination takes place in a nucleosomal environment. Nucleosomes may represent an obstacle for the recombination machinery and their timely eviction and reincorporation into chromatin may influence the outcome of recombination, for instance by stabilizing recombination intermediates. Here we show in budding yeast that nucleosomes flanking a meiotic DSB are transiently lost during recombination, and that specific histone H3 chaperones, CAF-1 and Hir, are mobilized at meiotic DSBs. However, the absence of these chaperones has no effect on meiotic recombination, suggesting that timely histone reincorporation following their eviction has no influence on the recombination outcome, or that redundant pathways are activated. This study is the first example of the involvement of histone H3 chaperones at naturally occurring, developmentally programmed DNA double-strand breaks.
A cannabis reader : global issues and local experiences

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Edinburgh Research Explorer "Here's looking at you, kid"

The objective of this work is to determine if people are interacting in TV video by detecting whether they are looking at each other or not. We determine both the temporal period of the interaction and also spatially localize the relevant people. We make the following three contributions: (i) head pose estimation in unconstrained scenarios (TV video) using Gaussian Process regression; (ii) propose and evaluate several methods for assessing whether and when pairs of people are looking at each other in a video shot; and (iii) introduce new ground truth annotation for this task, extending the TV Human Interactions Dataset [22]. The peformance of the methods is evaluated on this dataset, which consists of 300 video clips extracted from TV shows. Despite the variety and difﬁculty of this video material, our best method obtains an average precision of 86 . 2%.
Event-calculus semantics of Polish aspect

Có˙ z on robił przez ten rok? Wszystko, albo prawie wszystko. A có˙ z zrobił? Nic, albo prawie nic. What was he doing during that year? Everything, or almost everything. And what has he done? Nothing, or almost nothing.
Status influences on perceptions of procedural justice: a test of the group value model among intimate partner violence arrestees

ABSTRACT Procedural justice theorists contend that individuals who see police acting in a procedurally fair manner will more frequently comply with police commands and obey the law. While studies report positive correlations between perception of fairness and compliance with police commands, there is a dearth of research about whether procedural or distributive justice processes can influence subsequent compliance with the law. This research tests whether a person’s social status influences their perceptions of procedural and distributive justice among a sample of men arrested for suspected assault of their intimate partner. This research also tests whether these suspects’ perceptions of the procedural and distributive justice properties of their police encounter influence their long-term compliance with the law. The analyses indicate that there are few differences in perceptions of procedural and distributive justice across social statuses. However, the analysis does show that a more respectful police interaction positively influences subsequent compliance.