Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Relationship between Personality Traits and Endogenous Analgesia: The Role of Harm Avoidance

Whether psychological factors such as anxiety and pain catastrophizing levels influence the expression of endogenous analgesia in general and, more specifically, the conditioned pain modulation (CPM) response is still under debate. It may be assumed that other psychological characteristics also play a role in the CPM response. The neurotransmitters serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine are involved both in CPM, as well as personality traits such as harm avoidance (HA), novelty seeking (NS), and reward dependence (RD), which can be obtained by the Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire (TPQ). However, the associations between these traits (HA, NS, and RD) with endogenous analgesia revealed by CPM have not yet been explored.
Inferring Algebraic Effects

We present a complete polymorphic effect inference algorithm for an ML-style language with handlers of not only exceptions, but of any other algebraic effect such as input & output, mutable references and many others. Our main aim is to offer the programmer a useful insight into the effectful behaviour of programs. Handlers help here by cutting down possible effects and the resulting lengthy output that often plagues precise effect systems. Additionally, we present a set of methods that further simplify the displayed types, some even by deliberately hiding inferred information from the programmer.
Physician-Pharmacist Collaborative Management: Narrowing the Socioeconomic Blood Pressure Gap.

Physician-pharmacist collaboration improves blood pressure, but there is little information on whether this model can reduce the gap in healthcare disparities. This trial involved 32 medical offices in 15 states. A clinical pharmacist was embedded within each office and made recommendations to physicians and patients in intervention offices. The purpose of the present analysis was to evaluate whether the pharmacist intervention could reduce healthcare disparities by improving blood pressure in high-risk racial and socioeconomic subjects compared with the control group. The analyses in minority subjects were prespecified secondary analyses, but all other comparisons were secondary, post hoc analyses. The 9-month visit was completed by 539 patients: 345 received the intervention, and 194 were in the control group. Following the intervention, mean systolic blood pressure was found to be 7.3 mm Hg (95% confidence interval 2.4, 12.3) lower in subjects from racial minority groups who received the intervention compared with the control group (P=0.0042). Subjects with ≤12 years of education in the intervention group had a systolic blood pressure 8.1 mm Hg (95% confidence interval 3.2, 13.1) lower than the control group with lower education (P=0.0001). Similar reductions in blood pressure occurred in patients with low incomes, those receiving Medicaid, or those without insurance. This study demonstrated that a pharmacist intervention reduced racial and socioeconomic disparities in the treatment of blood pressure. Although disparities in blood pressure were reduced by the intervention, there were still nonsignificant gaps in mean systolic blood pressure when compared with intervention subjects not at risk. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION URL: http://clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT00935077.
Web services enterprise security architecture: a case study

Web Services (WS hereafter) Security is a crucial aspect for technologies based on this paradigm to be completely adopted by the industry. As a consequence, a lot of initiativesof initiatives have arisen during the last years setting as their main purpose the standardization of the security factors related to this paradigm. In fact, over the past years, the most important consortiums ofof Internet Internet, like IETF, W3C or OASIS, are producing a huge number of WS-based security standards. Despite of this growing, there's not exist yet a process that guides developers in the critical task of integrating security within all the stages of the development's life cycle of WS-based software. Such a process should facilitate developers in the activities of web service-specific security requirents specification, web services-based security architecture design and web services security standards selection, integration and deployment. In this article we briefly present the PWSSec (Process for Web Services Security) process that is composed of three stages, WSSecReq (Web Services Security Requirents), WSSecArch (Web Services Security Architecture) and WSSecTech (Web Services Security Technologies) that accomplishes the mentioned activities, respectively. In this article wWe also provide an thorough explanation of the WSSecArch (Web Services Security Stage) stage intended to design the web services-based security architecture. In addition, a real case study where this stage in being applied is also included.
COROTATING INTERACTION REGIONS AT HIGH LATITUDES Report of Working Group 3

Ulysses observed a stable strong CIR from early 1992 through 1994 during its first journey into the southern hemisphere. After the rapid latitude scan in early 1995, Ulysses observed a weaker CIR from early 1996 to mid-1997 in the northern hemisphere as it traveled back to the ecliptic at the orbit of Jupiter. These two CIRs are the observational basis of the investigation into the latitudinal structure of CIRs. The first CIR was caused by an extension of the northern coronal hole into the southern hemisphere during declining solar activity, whereas the second CIR near solar minimum activity was caused by small warps in the streamer belt. The latitudinal structure is described through the presentation of three 26-day periods during the southern CIR. The first at 24 S shows the full plasma interaction region including fast and slow wind streams, the compressed shocked flows with embedded stream interface and heliospheric current sheet (HCS), and the forward and reverse shocks with associated accelerated ions and electrons. The second at 40 S exhibits only the reverse shock, accelerated particles, and the 26-day modulation of cosmic rays. The third at 60 S shows only the accelerated particles and modulated cosmic rays. The possible mechanisms for the access of the accelerated particles and the CIR-modulated cosmic rays to high latitudes above the plasma Space Science Reviews 89: 221–268, 1999. c 1999Kluwer Academic Publishers. Printed in the Netherlands. 222 H. KUNOW, M. A. LEE ET AL. interaction region are presented. They include direct magnetic field connection across latitude due to stochastic field line weaving or to systematic weaving caused by solar differential rotation combined with non-radial expansion of the fast wind. Another possible mechanism is particle diffusion across the average magnetic field, which includes stochastic field line weaving. A constraint on connection to a distant portion of the CIR is energy loss in the solar wind, which is substantial for the relatively slow-moving accelerated ions. Finally, the weaker northern CIR is compared with the southern CIR. It is weak because the inclination of the streamer belt and HCS decreased as Ulysses traveled to lower latitudes so that the spacecraft remained at about the maximum latitudinal extent of the HCS.
THE FORMATION OF DEPOSITS ON POLYMER SURFACES IN PAPER MACHINE WET END

Fouling of a negatively charged polyurethane surface by substances typical of those occurring in the wet end of paper machines was studied by QCM-D and AFM. The aim was to evaluate the influence of surface forces, adsorption kinetics, viscoelasticity, and morphology of the adsorbed layers on the fouling process, which is discussed in terms of three steps: (1) contacting of deposits with the surface, (2) adherence of the deposits to the surface, and (3) ability of the adsorbed layer to collect further deposits. Substances studied were pitch emulsions, latex, AKD, kaolin and talc dispersions, cationic starch, and other soluble polymers. pH was 5.5–7. Adsorption tendencies depended, as predicted by the DLVO theory, on the ionic strength and valence of simple ions. Kaolin or polystyrene latex adsorbed only above critical salt concentrations. Strongly coagulated pitch emulsions (large aggregate size) adsorbed to a lesser degree than weakly coagulated emulsions (smaller aggregate size), apparently due to the slower diffusion rate of the larger aggregates.
Local Buckling Prediction for Large Wind Turbine Blades

Local buckling is a typical failure mode of large scale composite wind turbine blades. A procedure for predicting the onset and location of local buckling of composite wind turbine blades under aerodynamic loads is proposed in this paper. This procedure is distinct from its counterparts in adopting the pressure distributions obtained from Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) calculations as the loads. The finite element method is employed to investigate local buckling resistance of the composite blade. To address the mismatch between the unstructured CFD grids of the blade surface and the finite shell elements used during the buckling analysis, an interpolation code is developed, allowing mapping the pressure computed by using CFD to the finite element model. With the well documented National Renewable Energy Laboratory phase VI wind turbine blade, the procedure is demonstrated to be capable of yielding satisfactory results. Comparison with results obtained by using the blade surface pressure distributions calculated using a simple method is also conducted.
Bmc Medical Research Methodology Open Access Assessing Harmful Effects in Systematic Reviews

Background: Balanced decisions about health care interventions require reliable evidence on harms as well as benefits. Most systematic reviews focus on efficacy and randomised trials, for which the methodology is well established. Methods to systematically review harmful effects are less well developed and there are few sources of guidance for researchers. We present our own recent experience of conducting systematic reviews of harmful effects and make suggestions for future practice and further research.
Analysis and visualization of animal movement

The interdisciplinary workshop ‘Analysis and Visualization of Moving Objects’ was held at the Lorentz Centre in Leiden, The Netherlands, from 27 June to 1 July 2011. It brought together international specialists from ecology, computer science and geographical information science actively involved in the exploration, visualization and analysis of moving objects, such as marine reptiles, mammals, birds, storms, ships, cars and pedestrians. The aim was to share expertise, methodologies, data and common questions between different fields, and to work towards making significant advances in movement research. A data challenge based on GPS tracking of lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus) was used to stimulate initial discussions, cross-fertilization between research groups and to serve as an initial focus for activities during the workshop.
Hotspot for Study in UML of China: Co-word Analysis

Co-word analysis is a typical kind of content analysis, and also it is an important content mining method. It has been widely used in medicine, chemistry, artificial intelligence, software engineering, information science and information system. By the use of SPSS software, this paper analyzes co-word of the articles on UML issued in the periodicals from year 2001 to 2008 collected by CNKI database. The relationships among subject headings and the hotspot of the researches on UML in China are also explored with the help of the factor analysis method and the hierarchical clustering method.
Review of Micro/Nano Nondestructive Evaluation Technique (I): Surface and Subsurface Investigation

Abstract The present paper reviews the widely used surface microstructural investigation technique and micro/nano nondestructive evaluation(NDE) technique which is able to evaluate the surface and subsurface. In general, the micro/nano defects and microstructural state of surface have great influence on the mechanical, physical, and chemical properties of bulk materials. The investigation technique of surface microstructure is possible to evaluate the defects and microstructural state with high reliability. The various applications and developments of each inspection technique have been introduced. Consequently, it is thought that the technique developments and applications of micro/nano NDE in nondestructive industries are extensively possible hereafter. Keywords: Micro and Nano, Nondestructive Evaluation, Surface, Subsurface, Microstructure[해설논문] - 비파괴검사학회지 Journal of the Korean Societyfor Nondestructive TestingVol. 32, No. 2 (2012. 4) [접수일: 2012. 3. 2, 수정일: 2012. 4. 3, 게재확정일: 2012. 4. 13] *서울과학기술대학교 기계공학과, ✝Corresponding Author: Mechanical engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Seoul 139-743, Korea (E-mail: ikpark@seoultech.ac.kr)
Generating flow fields variations by modulating amplitude and resizing simulation space

The visual simulation of fluids has become an important element in many applications, such as movies and computer games. In these applications, large-scale fluid scenes, such as fire in a village, are often simulated by repeatedly rendering multiple small-scale fluid flows. In these cases, animators are requested to generate many variations of a small-scale fluid flow. This paper presents a method to help animators meet such requirements. Our method enables the user to generate flow field variations from a single simulated dataset obtained by fluid simulation. The variations are generated in both the frequency and spatial domains. Fluid velocity fields are represented using Laplacian eigenfunctions which ensure that the flow field is always incompressible. In generating the variations in the frequency domain, we modulate the coefficients (amplitudes) of the basis functions. To generate variations in the spatial domain, our system expands or contracts the simulation space, then the flow is calculated by solving a minimization problem subject to the resized velocity field. Using our method, the user can easily create various animations from a single dataset calculated by fluid simulation.
An Iterated Function systems Approach to Emergence

An approach to action selection in autonomous agents is presented. This approach is motivated by biological examples and the operation of the Random Iteration Algorithm on an Iterated Function System. The approach is illustrated with a simple three-mode behavior that allows a swarm of 200 computational agents to function as a global optimizer on a 30-dimensional multimodal cost function. The behavior of the swarm has functional similarities to the behavior of an evolutionary computation (EC).
Subunit composition and role of Na+,K+‐ATPases in adrenal chromaffin cells

Adrenal medullary (AM) cells are exposed to high concentrations of cortical hormones, one of which is a ouabain‐like substance. Thus, the effects of ouabain on catecholamine secretion and distribution of Na+,K+‐ATPase α and β subunits in rat and guinea‐pig AM cells were examined using amperometry and immunological techniques. While exposure to 1 μm ouabain did not have a marked effect on resting secretion, it induced an increase in secretion due to mobilization of Ca2+ ions that were stored during a 4 min interval between muscarine applications. Immunocytochemistry revealed that Na+,K+‐ATPase α1 subunit‐like and β3 subunit‐like immunoreactive (IR) materials were distributed ubiquitously at the cell periphery, whereas α2‐ and β2‐like IR materials were present in restricted parts of the cell periphery. The α1 and α2 subunits were mainly immunoprecipitated from AM preparations by anti‐β3 and anti‐β2 antisera, respectively. Peripheral BODIPY‐FL‐InsP3 binding sites were localized below membrane domains with α2‐ and β2‐like IR materials. The results indicate that in AM cells, α1β3 isozymes of Na+,K+‐ATPase were present ubiquitously in the plasma membrane, while α2β2 isozymes were in the membrane domain closely associated with peripheral Ca2+ store sites. This close association of the α2β2 isozyme with peripheral Ca2+ store sites may account for the facilitation of mobilization‐dependent secretion in the presence of 1 μm ouabain.
LIF signal in mouse embryonic stem cells

Since the establishment of mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs) in the 1980s, a number of important notions on the self-renewal of pluripotent stem cells in vitro have been found. In serum containing conventional culture, an exogenous cytokine, leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF), is absolutely essential for the maintenance of pluripotency. In contrast, in serum-free culture with simultaneous inhibition of Map-kinase and Gsk3 (so called 2i-culture), LIF is no longer required. However, recent findings also suggest that LIF may have a role not covered by the 2i for the maintenance of naïve pluripotency. These suggest that LIF functions for the maintenance of naïve pluripotency in a context dependent manner. We summarize how LIF-signal pathway is converged to maintain the naïve state of pluripotency.
Low-complexity and robust coding mode decision in the EVS coder

Several state-of-the-art switched audio codecs employ the closed-loop mode decision to select the best coding mode at every frame. The closed-loop mode selection is known to have good performance but also high complexity. The new approach we propose in this paper is a low-complexity version of the closed-loop approach, based on similar decisions which compute the coding distortion of each mode and select the one with the lowest distortion. Our approach differs mainly in the way the coding distortions are calculated. We are able to notably reduce the complexity by only estimating the distortions without encoding and decoding the input for each mode. The new approach was implemented in the EVS codec standard and evaluated both objectively and subjectively. Compared to the closed-loop approach, it yields similar performance and lower complexity.
Angular cross‐correlation of galaxies: a probe of gravitational lensing by large‐scale structure

The angular cross-correlation between two galaxy samples separated in redshift is shown to be a useful measure of weak lensing by large-scale structure. Angular correlations in faint galaxies arise as a result of spatial clustering of the galaxies as well as gravitational lensing by dark matter along the line of sight. The lensing contribution to the two-point autocorrelation function is typically small compared with the gravitational clustering. However, the cross-correlation between two galaxy samples is almost unaffected by gravitational clustering provided that their redshift distributions do not overlap. The cross-correlation is then induced by magnification bias resulting from lensing by large-scale structure. We compute the expected amplitude of the cross-correlation for popular theoretical models of structure formation. For two populations with mean redshifts of ≃0.3 and 1, we find a cross-correlation signal of ≃1 per cent on arcmin scales and ≃3 per cent on scales of a few arcsec. The dependence on the cosmological parameters Ω and Λ, the dark matter power spectrum and the bias factor of the foreground galaxy population is explored.
Selecting Interesting Image Regions to Automatically Create Cinemagraphs

A cinemagraph is a novel medium that infuses a static image with the dynamics of one or several particular image regions. It is in many ways intermediate between a photograph and video, and it has numerous potential applications, such as in the creation of dynamic scenes in computer games and interactive environments. However, creating cinemagraphs is a time-consuming process requiring high proficiency in photo-editing techniques. This article presents a novel framework for automatically creating cinemagraphs from video sequences, with specific emphasis on determining the composition of masks and layers in creating aesthetically pleasing cinemagraphs. Treating video as a spatiotemporal data volume, the problem is considered a type of constrained optimization problem involving the discovery of a connected subgraph in video frames with maximal cumulative interestingness scores. The proposed framework accommodates multiple criteria describing qualities of interest in local image patches based on appearance and motion. Furthermore, the selected regions are not limited to certain shapes--the proposed approach facilitates capturing arbitrary objects. Experiments demonstrate the performance of the proposed approach. The findings of this study provide valuable information regarding various design choices for developing an easy and versatile authoring tool for cinemagraphs.
β-PVDF Membranes Induce Cellular Proliferation and Differentiation in Static and Dynamic Conditions

Bone marrow cells are a potential source to induce different lineage cells which can be used to rebuild or replace damaged tissues using a Tissue Engineering (TE) approach. However, TE strategies usually require the use of a material to support the development of a biological tissue. Beta-polyvinylidene fluoride (β-PVDF) is a biocompatible, thermoplastic with piezo-electrical properties that has been shown to provide a good cellular attachment and therefore might present advantageous properties as a scaffold material for cell seeding/culturing. The present study describes the characterization of β-PVDF membranes as a support material for growth and differentiation of goat marrow cells (GMCs) into osteoblasts, leading to the formation of substitutes for tissue regeneration. The obtained results suggest that β-PVDF piezoelectric properties influence cellular behavior. β- PVDF membranes not only enhance GMCs adherence and proliferation but also improve differentiation towards the osteogenic phenotype both in static and dynamic culture conditions. Furthermore, β-PVDF membranes exhibit very promising properties, suggesting that this material provides adequate support for the seeding and the development of undifferentiated cells towards a desired phenotype.
Joint HIS Color Space Based Image Enhancement under Uneven Illumination

In this paper, we present a novel algorithm for uneven illumination image processing based on HIS color space and joint color space. Compared with many existing algorithms of image enhancement for the uneven illumination image, the proposed method have high performance compared with Histogram Equalization, Homomorphic filtering and Retinex. Some experiments are implemented to testify this conclusion.
Walking pattern generators designed for physical collaboration

This paper is about the design of humanoid walking pattern generators to be used for physical collaboration. A particular use case is a humanoid robot helping a human to carry large and/or heavy objects. To do this, we construct a reduced model which takes into account physical interaction. This is used in a model predictive control framework to generate separate behaviors for being a follower or a leader. The approach is then validated both on simulation and on the HRP-4 humanoid robot.