Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Identity Development, Age, and College Experience in Women

Abstract Identity status was assessed for 86 undergraduate college women 18 to 23 years old in the areas of occupation, political and religious ideology, and sexual values. Overall identity status showed a significant association with the women's ages and college experience. Achievement women were older and had been in college longer than women in the other statuses, whereas foreclosure women were younger and had been in college fewer years than the other women. Occupational and political identity status were each significantly associated with college experience. No association was found for religious or sexual identity status. The results supported Erikson's (1968) notion that identity achievement is the most mature outcome of the identity crisis and extended his theory to women.
p300 and p300/cAMP-response Element-binding Protein-associated Factor Acetylate the Androgen Receptor at Sites Governing Hormone-dependent Transactivation*

The androgen receptor (AR) is a sequence-specific DNA-binding protein that plays a key role in prostate cancer cellular proliferation by dihydrotestosterone and the induction of secondary sexual characteristics. In this study we demonstrate that the AR can be modified by acetylation in vitro and in vivo. p300 and p300/cAMP-response element-binding protein acetylated the AR at a highly conserved lysine-rich motif carboxyl-terminal to the zinc finger DNA-binding domain. [14C]acetate-labeling experiments demonstrated that AR acetylation by p300 in cultured cells requires the same residues identified in vitro. Point mutation of the AR acetylation site (K632A/K633A) abrogated dihydrotestosterone-dependent transactivation of the AR in cultured cells. Mutation of the p300 CH3 region or the p300/cAMP-response element-binding protein histone acetylase domain reduced ligand-dependent AR function. The identification of the AR as a direct target of histone acetyltransferase co-activators has important implications for targeting inhibitors of AR function.
Ethnic Structure in Global Naming Networks

In today’s multicultural society, there is a growing need to understand the detailed composition of different ethnic groups and the interactions between them. These large-scale group dynamics emerge from the aggregation of millions of ethnic self-identifications of individuals. Mateos et al. (2011) and others have begun to demonstrate the extent to which cultural, ethnic and linguistic (CEL) assignments can be inferred using ‘naming networks’ of forename-surname pairs of any population. In further developing this work, we construct a global personal naming network from over 300 million name records from 23 countries. We use this to detect distinct social and ethno-cultural clusters in the network using Louvain community detection algorithm, and examine the interactions between them by inspecting the network structure. The results reveal the degree of isolation, integration or overlap between different human populations, and hence provide new insights into studies on migration, identity, integration or social interaction around the world.
Is it possible to detect planets around young active G and K dwarfs

Theoretical predictions suggest that the distribution of planets in very young stars could be very different to that typically observed in Gyr old systems that are the current focus of radial velocity surveys. However, the detection of planets around young stars is hampered by the increased stellar activity associated with young stars, the signatures of which can bias the detection of planets. In this paper we place realistic limitations on the possibilities for detecting planets around young active G and K dwarfs. The models of stellar activity based on tomographic imaging of the G dwarf HD 141943 and the K1 dwarf AB Dor and also include contributions from plage and many small random starspots. Our results show that the increased stellar activity levels present on young Solar-type stars strongly impacts the detection of Earth-mass and Jupiter mass planets and that the degree of activity jitter is directly correlated with stellarvsini . We also show that for G and K dwarfs, the distribution of activity in individual stars is more important than the differences in induced radial velocities as a function of spectral type. We conclude that Jupiter mass planets can be detected close-in around fast-rotating young active stars, Neptune-mass planets around moderate rotators and that Super-Earths are only detectable around very slowly rotating stars. The effects of an increase in stellar activity jitter by observing younger stars can be compensated for by extending the observational base-line to at least 100 epochs.
Primary pulmonary cytotoxic T lymphocytes induced by immunization with a vaccinia virus recombinant expressing influenza A virus nucleoprotein peptide do not protect mice against challenge

The nucleoprotein (NP) of influenza A virus is the dominant antigen recognized by influenza virus-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs), and adoptive transfer of NP-specific CTLs protects mice from influenza A virus infection. BALB/c mouse cells (H-2d) recognize a single Kd-restricted CTL epitope of NP consisting of amino acids 147 to 155. In the present study, mice were immunized with various vaccinia virus recombinant viruses to examine the effect of the induction of primary pulmonary CTLs on resistance to challenge with influenza A/Puerto Rico/8/34 virus. The minigene ESNP(147-155)-VAC construct, composed of a signal sequence from the adenovirus E3/19K glycoprotein (designated ES) and expressing the 9-amino-acid NP natural determinant (amino acids 147 to 155) preceded by an alanine residue, a similar minigene NP(Met 147-155)-VAC lacking ES, and a full-length NP-VAC recombinant of influenza virus were analyzed. The two minigene NP-VAC recombinants induced a greater primary pulmonary CTL response than the full-length NP-VAC recombinant. However, NP-specific CTLs induced by immunization with ESNP(147-155)-VAC did not decrease peak virus titer or accelerate clearance of virus in the lungs of mice challenged intranasally with A/PR/8/34. Furthermore, NP-specific CTLs induced by immunization did not protect mice challenged intranasally with a lethal dose of A/PR/8/34. Sequence analysis of the NP CTL epitope of A/PR/8/34 challenge virus obtained from lungs after 8 days of replication in ESNP(147-155)-VAC-immunized mice showed identity with that of the input virus, demonstrating that an escape mutant had not emerged during replication in vivo. Thus, in contrast to adoptively transferred CTLs, pulmonary NP-specific CTLs induced by recombinant vaccinia virus immunization do not have protective in vivo antiviral activity against influenza virus infection.
Uncertainty propagation through deep neural networks

In order to improve the ASR performance in noisy environments , distorted speech is typically pre-processed by a speech enhancement algorithm, which usually results in a speech estimate containing residual noise and distortion. We may also have some measures of uncertainty or variance of the estimate. Uncertainty decoding is a framework that utilizes this knowledge of uncertainty in the input features during acoustic model scoring. Such frameworks have been well explored for traditional probabilistic models, but their optimal use for deep neural network (DNN)-based ASR systems is not yet clear. In this paper, we study the propagation of observation uncertainties through the layers of a DNN-based acoustic model. Since this is intractable due to the nonlinearities of the DNN, we employ approximate propagation methods, including Monte Carlo sampling , the unscented transform, and the piecewise exponential approximation of the activation function, to estimate the distribution of acoustic scores. Finally, the expected value of the acoustic score distribution is used for decoding, which is shown to further improve the ASR accuracy on the CHiME database, relative to a highly optimized DNN baseline.
Cannabinoid Receptor 2 Is Critical for the Homing and Retention of Marginal Zone B Lineage Cells and for Efficient T-Independent Immune Responses

The endocannabinoid system has emerged as an important regulator of immune responses, with the cannabinoid receptor 2 (CB2) and its principle ligand 2-archidonoylglycerol playing a major role. How CB2 regulates B cell functions is not clear, even though they express the highest levels of CB2 among immune cell subsets. In this study, we show that CB2-deficient mice have a significant reduction in the absolute number of marginal zone (MZ) B cells and their immediate precursor, transitional-2 MZ precursor. The loss of MZ lineage cells in CB2−/− mice was shown to be B cell intrinsic using bone marrow chimeras and was not due to a developmental or functional defect as determined by B cell phenotype, proliferation, and Ig production. Furthermore, CB2−/− B cells were similar to wild type in their apoptosis, cell turnover, and BCR and Notch-2 signaling. We then demonstrated that CB2−/− MZ lineage B cells were less efficient at homing to the MZ and that their subsequent retention was also regulated by CB2. CB2−/− mice immunized with T-independent Ags produced significantly less Ag-specific IgM. This study demonstrates that CB2 positively regulates T-independent immune responses by controlling the localization and positioning of MZ lineage cells to the MZ.
Cell Wall Damage-Induced Lignin Biosynthesis Is Regulated by a Reactive Oxygen Species- and Jasmonic Acid-Dependent Process in Arabidopsis1[C][W][OA]

The plant cell wall is a dynamic and complex structure whose functional integrity is constantly being monitored and maintained during development and interactions with the environment. In response to cell wall damage (CWD), putatively compensatory responses, such as lignin production, are initiated. In this context, lignin deposition could reinforce the cell wall to maintain functional integrity. Lignin is important for the plant’s response to environmental stress, for reinforcement during secondary cell wall formation, and for long-distance water transport. Here, we identify two stages and several components of a genetic network that regulate CWD-induced lignin production in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). During the early stage, calcium and diphenyleneiodonium-sensitive reactive oxygen species (ROS) production are required to induce a secondary ROS burst and jasmonic acid (JA) accumulation. During the second stage, ROS derived from the NADPH oxidase RESPIRATORY BURST OXIDASE HOMOLOG D and JA-isoleucine generated by JASMONIC ACID RESISTANT1, form a negative feedback loop that can repress each other’s production. This feedback loop in turn seems to influence lignin accumulation. Our results characterize a genetic network enabling plants to regulate lignin biosynthesis in response to CWD through dynamic interactions between JA and ROS.
Image Induction in the Countertransference: A Revision of the Totalistic View

This article presents an integration of psychoanalytic and creative art therapy concepts in an attempt to expand the parameters of what psychoanalysts call “totalistic” counter-transference. The totalistic view of countertransference, regression and empathy, and projective identification are described and discussed, followed by a brief section on visual reception in which the author supports the belief of the necessity for making creative art materials available to both the patient and the analyst during the session. When art materials are used, identification and understanding the significance of images can take place. A clinical example (Miss A.) is presented; the patient is a 33 year old artist who began psychoanalytic psychotherapy two years previously, and currently is better able to understand some of the aspects of attachments to a boyfriend and to a clinging mother. Intellectual, disconnected experiences were evident from the patient's past experiences, and the author points out the need—and some .
The Social Construction of Female Sexuality in a Sexualized Work Environment (SWE): The Case of a Comedy Club

This qualitative investigation seeks to identify the sociocultural determinants and psychoemotional ramifications of essentialist gender scripting on female employees in a sexualized work environment (SWE), such as a comedy club. Sexualized work environments incorporate work and sexuality and exist on a continuum according to the frequency and intensity of the sexual economic exchange that takes place within them. In this study, interviews were conducted with 13 female employees at a comedy club in Southwest Michigan to explore the social construction of female sexuality in such an environment.
Text Understanding with GETARUNS for Q/A and Summarization

Summarization and Question Answering need precise linguistic information with a much higher coverage than what is being offered by currently available statistically based systems. We assume that the starting point of any interesting application in these fields must necessarily be a good syntacticsemantic parser. In this paper we present the system for text understanding called GETARUNS, General Text and Reference Understanding System (Delmonte, 2003a). The heart of the system is a rule-based top-down DCG-style parser, which uses an LFG oriented grammar organization. The parser produces an f-structure as a DAG which is then used to create a Logical Form, the basis for all further semantic representation. GETARUNS, has a highly sophisticated linguistically based semantic module which is used to build up the Discourse Model. Semantic processing is strongly modularized and distributed amongst a number of different submodules which take care of Spatio-Temporal Reasoning, Discourse Level Anaphora Resolution.
Self-biasing high-voltage driver based on standard CMOS with an adapted level shifter for a wide range of supply voltages

This paper presents the design of a high-voltage driver based on stacked standard low-voltage CMOS with an adapted level shifter. Both circuits are designed in 65-nm TSMC technology with a nominal voltage of 2.5 V without any passive elements. The control voltages to regulate the stacked transistors of the HV-driver are achieved by proposing cascode self-biasing method, therefore no reference voltages are required. The driver and the level shifter are optimized for arbitrary supply voltages from 3.5 V to 7.5 V. This range is extended by 66.7% when compared against common drivers and level shifters being suitable for a supply voltage range of 2.4 V between 5.1 V and 7.5 V. The circuit is stable for temperatures between -45 °C and 125 °C , and has no overvoltage between the terminals of each transistor.
A strict bound for dimension of measurement matrix for CS beamformer MUSIC algorithm

The issue of reducing computational burden and its complexity while maintaining the adequate resolution has been a major problem in the area of DOA estimation. Compressive Sensing (CS) has been used in this regard to a great effect to address this issue. In recent works, it has been shown that by exploiting the sparsity of the observations obtained from the sensors, the computations can be greatly reduced without affecting resolution of the algorithm. This is done by introducing CS beamformers (CSB) to the picture. The dimension measurement matrix suggested by traditional CS theory however is found to be sub-optimal as CS beamformer doesn't use the regular CS recovery methods while implementing it. In this paper, we introduce a new strict and improved bound to the dimensions of the measurement matrix to be used in the CS beamformer MUSIC algorithm which decrease the number of measurements still further. We provide simulations to demonstrate the results and a comparison with the original algorithm hence showing that this bound is superior for CSB-MUSIC algorithm.
The impact of managerial characteristics on strategic assets management capabilities

In this paper the impact of the top management team’s (TMT) cognitive and demographic characteristics on the firm’s strategic assets management performance is evaluated. Strategic assets are those assets as defined by the resource‐based value of the firm, also often referred to as core competencies. The performance measure used is relative efficiency in converting the firm’s strategic assets into firm performance measured by return on investment and return on sales. The technique used to measure relative efficiency is data envelopment analysis. Of the 13 TMT characteristics evaluated about half were statistically significant. The study was performed on firms in the domestic airline industry.
Split cord malformation.

Financial disclosure statements have been obtained, and no conflicts of interest have been reported by the authors or by any individuals in control of the content of this article. Previously published, in part, as Tsai TJ, Michaud LJ: Split cordmalformation in a child with left foot pronation: A case report. PM R 2009;1:S232. Presented as a poster at the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 70th Annual Assembly, Austin, Texas, 2009.
Multimedia Push-to-Talk Service over Wireless Mesh Networks

With the explosive growth of multimedia service, mobile computing network is necessary to satisfy with several requirements of multimedia service. Especially, session management is the core technology for supporting reliable multimedia communication. As a session management protocol, the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) has been a very popular solution. Also SIP includes Push-to-Talk service mechanism that is well suited for one-to-many multimedia transmission. However, a centralized server based SIP architecture makes it hard to adapt directly to the mobile computing environment where network is generally self-constructed in an ad hoc fashion. To solve these challenges, this paper proposes a multimedia push-to-talk service system architecture over wireless mesh network. The proposed architecture is confirmed through the implementation and test.
Research with others: Reflections on representation, difference and othering

As a feminist qualitative researcher I have become increasingly concerned with doing research with Others. In particular whether we, as researchers, can or should represent members of groups we do not belong to. This article examines who we are in relation to the Others we do research with, who can represent whom, and the complex relationship between the researcher and the researched. The article also outlines some of the methodological, theoretical and ethical issues around representation, difference, and Othering, particularly those raised by feminist researchers. In discussing these issues I draw on fifteen yeas of experience in doing research with Others and speaking for and about Others in my research and writing.
Influence of Onchip Scratchpad Memories on WCET prediction ∗

In contrast to standard PCs and many high-performance computer systems, systems that have to meet real-time requirements usually do not feature caches, since caches primarily improve the average case performance, whereas their impact on WCET is generally hard to predict. Especially in embedded systems, scratchpad memories have become popular. Since these small, fast memories can be controlled by the programmer or the compiler, their behavior is perfectly predictable. In this paper, we study for the first time the impact of scratchpad memories on worst case execution time (WCET) prediction. Our results indicate that scratchpads can significantly improve WCET at no extra analysis cost.
Impacts of human visitors on Australian sea lions (Neophoca cinerea) at Carnac Island, Western Australia: implications for tourism management

This study investigates the effects of human visitation on Australian sea lions (Neophoca cinerea) hauled out at Carnac Island Nature Reserve, near Perth, Western Australia. Male sea lions haul out on Carnac Island's main beach year round, and this is also where recreational boaters and tourists land when visiting from the mainland, thus coming into close contact with the sea lions. There was no significant difference in the rate of return of sea lions to the beach between low-moderate and high human visitation seasons. However, there was a specific profile of sea lion response to human approaches; the level of sea lions' vigilance was mainly a function of age (higher in juveniles than in adults) and time of the day (higher in the early part of the day). Remarkably, vigilance levels did not change with the distance of approach of humans to sea lions nor with the number of humans involved. With regard to spatial competition between sea lions and people on the beach, the section of beach where most people landed was the least often used by sea lions. This last result, however, was inconclusive, as habitat preference could have been involved in where sea lions chose to haul out. Finally, repeated incidental observations were made of direct interference of sea lions by humans, including approaches at very close range of less than 2.5 m, and throwing water and sand at sea lions. Suggested visitor management actions to reduce potential impacts of human presence on sea lions included: limiting the overall numbers of visitors to Carnac Island's main beach at peak visitation times, implementing a visitor interpretation and education program, and establishing a stronger ranger presence at the site.
MAX06 and FAX06: update of two adult human phantoms for radiation protection dosimetry

The International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) is currently preparing new recommendations which will replace those released in ICRP 1991, 1990 Recommendations of the ICRP ICRP Publication 60 (Oxford: Pergamon). The draft report previews a change for the effective dose with respect to the number of organs and tissues to be included in its calculation. In the future, adipose tissue, connective tissue, the extrathoracic airways, the gall bladder, the heart wall, the lymphatic nodes, the prostate and the salivary glands have to be taken into account for the determination of the effective dose. This study reports on a second segmentation of the recently introduced male adult voxel (MAX) and female adult voxel (FAX) phantoms with regard to the new organs and tissues, but also presents a revised representation of the skeletons, which had not been adjusted to ICRP-based volumes in the first release of the two phantoms.
‘I'm not the only one’: a collaborative approach to developing a children and young person's bereavement group

Abstract This paper describes a collaborative partnership in developing a children and young persons’ bereavement group. The course consists of a series of four sessions which encourage children to share and express feelings. The group uses a partnership approach. Whereas previous groups were hospice counsellor-led, the new model is for co-facilitation by the counsellor and a specialist nurse from a regional oncology centre. The success of this collaborative partnership has been demonstrated through the positive evaluations from both the children and their families and the facilitators. In addition, both facilitators feel that their own clinical practice has been positively influenced by the children's sharing of their own personal experience of illness and bereavement.
Diversity and Citizenship in the Curriculum

This article comments on keynote speeches given by Keith Ajegbo and Audrey Osler. The programme of study for citizenship derived from the Crick report and did not emphasise race equality and national unity for security. Osler argues that the Ajegbo review addressed teaching of ethnic, religious and cultural diversity but did not confront the inadequacies of British democracy or reassert social justice, a sense of shared humanity and a commitment to human rights. Proposing, let alone imposing, a definition of Britishness is futile, but it is possible to promote cosmopolitan patriotism supported by explicit principles, concepts and values.