Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Discourse and the Projection of Corporate Culture: The Mission Statement

This article explores how corporations project their corporate philosophy through `Mission Statements'. Linguistic and textual analysis of such statements drawn from a sizeable corpus allows us to typify the texts as constituting a non-routine, organizational genre, and one that has recently become of some significance. This discussion serves as a foundation for a contextual and intertextual analysis (cf. Fairclough, 1992) of Mission Statements from two well-known US companies. By detailing the history, rationale and role of these Mission Statements we indicate how the texts are rhetorically designed in order to ensure maximum employee `buy-in'. Despite linguistic and rhetorical similarities among the texts, an exploration of context reveals startling differences in communicative purpose. In one case the Mission Statement emerges as an empowering historical vision to be protected and nurtured through all vicissitudes; in the other case, the rewriting of the Mission Statement emerges as a collaborative response to crisis. The article ends by discussing the implications of such findings for contemporary approaches to discourse and genre analysis within institutional linguistics.
Lecturer Responses to the Inclusion of Students With Intellectual Disabilities Auditing Undergraduate Classes

Although postsecondary education for people with intellectual disabilities can improve their chances of employment and create a more satisfying life, higher education is becoming a more usual avenue of postschool learning. As part of a 2-year Certificate in Contemporary Living (CCL) Program offered at Trinity College Dublin, students audited undergraduate university courses, partly with assistance of class peer mentors. The study sought to explore the views of university lecturers whose classes the students attended, the impact of the auditing arrangement on the lecturers' teaching strategies and on other students, particular challenges lecturers faced, and suggestions for improvement. Eleven lecturers teaching courses across two faculties agreed to participate in semi-structured interviews. All staff strongly supported the initiative, because it provided opportunity both for CCL students to learn with undergraduate peers and for lecturers to consider more inclusive instructional approaches for all learners in their classes. The level of understanding shown by many auditing students and their openness to participate in questions, discussion, and field and lab work impressed the lecturers who noted the positive impact this had on other class members. The willingness of lecturers to develop more accessible instructional practices aligned with institutional policies on quality assurance in teaching. They suggested improvements to enable earlier briefing of lecturers and increased participation of students within the auditing process. Future research exploring lecturer and undergraduate students' views of CCL student competence is suggested to inform improved preparation of professionals.
Gender differences in personality and cancer-related pain among older cancer patients

Indicators explaining gender differences in personality and pain among older cancer patients have not been adequately addressed. This study examined gender differences in cancer-related pain severity, the Five Factor Model of personality, and affect among older cancer patients (86 women, 64 men). No significant differences were found in pain severity between the gender groups. Analyses indicated that women scored significantly higher for the personality trait of neuroticism than men (p < .05). Further analyses showed that different demographic, health, and personality variables predicted pain severity in women and men. Gender was found to be a significant moderator in the association between the personality trait of neuroticism and average pain. These findings suggest that both gender and different personality types may influence reported pain severity. Specifically, the results suggest that how patients experience and report pain severity may be gender-specific, and that it may be inappropriate to assume that women and men experience, report, and manage their pain in similar ways. Future studies focusing on the influence of personality and gender on health outcomes are needed to assist healthcare providers in tailoring treatment, thereby promoting optimal symptom management.
A general image skew detection approach with a bio-inspired mechanism

This paper proposes a simple but effective bio-inspired approach for skew detection of different kinds of images including nature images, documents, paintings etc., which requires no parameter tuning. Without relying on local visual cues, the proposed approach exploits the global statistics of an image. Orientation perceptron is designed in the inspiration of biological simple cells for local orientation detection. Statistics of their outputs are processed and then transferred by orientation transform into a curve whose maximum value is used to determine the skew angle. The effectiveness of the proposed approach is verified by experiments.
On operators of higher types

We discuss the use of operators of higher types in complexity theory. These are operators ranging over sets of words, i.e. over oracles. Depending on different oracle access mechanisms we consider two types of operators. In particular we examine existential, universal, and bounded-error probabilistic operators. We identify some of the emerging classes and we interpret recent results about interactive protocols in terms of these operators.
Match elimination using cycle basis in underwater optical mapping

The use of image mosaicing methods for underwater optical mapping has become very popular owing to the rapid progress in obtaining optical data using robotic platforms. In order to obtain globally consistent mosaics, one of the essential steps is global alignment for finding best image registration parameters, which employs non-linear optimisation methods to minimise the error metric defined over correspondences detected between overlapping image pairs. In this paper, we propose a method that uses graph theory principles to reduce the total number of overlapping image pairs used in the global alignment process without degrading the final mosaic quality. This reduction allows for obtaining image mosaics with reduced computational cost and time. The method is validated through two experiments that involve challenging underwater datasets.
Articulatory Evidence for Interactivity in Speech Production

Traditionally, psychologists and linguists have assumed that phonological speech errors result from the substitution of well-formed segments. However, there is growing evidence from acoustic and articulatory analyses of these errors which suggests activation from competing phonological representations can cascade to articulation. This thesis assumes a cascading model, and investigates further constraints for psycholinguistic models of speech production. Two major questions are addressed: whether such a cascading model should include feedback; and whether phonological representations are still required if articulation is not well-formed. In order to investigate these questions a new method is introduced for the analysis of articulatory data, and its application for analysing EPG and ultrasound recordings is demonstrated. A speech error elicitation experiment is presented in which acoustic and electropalatography (EPG) signals were recorded. A transcription analysis of both data sets tentatively supports a feedback account for the lexical bias effect. Crucially, however, the EPG data in conjunction with a perceptual experiment highlight that categorising speech errors is problematic for a cascaded view of production. Therefore, the new analysis technique is used for a reanalysis of the EPG data. This allows us to abandon a view in which each utterance is an error or not. We demonstrate that articulation is more similar to a competing phonological representation when the competitor yields a real word. This pattern firmly establishes evidence for feedback in speech production. Two additional experiments investigate whether phonological representations, in addition to lower-level representations (e.g., features), are required to account for ill-formed speech. In two tongue-twister experiments we demonstrate with both EPG and ultrasound, that articulation is most variable when there is one competing feature, but not when there are two competing features. This pattern is best accounted for in a feedback framework in which feature representations feedback to reinforce phonological representations.
A Scottish survey of attitudes to depression in older and younger adults

Background: It is commonly found that the general public hold negative attitudes towards depression. Few surveys have examined differences between younger and older adults attitudes towards depression. Method: Out of a sample of 467 adults, 269 completed a questionnaire in response to a vignette describing a depressed person who was either portrayed as aged 30 or 70 years. Fifty-five per cent of the sample consisted of adults over the age of 65 years and 45% were under the age of 65 years. Results: Four themes emerged from responses to the questionnaire: 'recognition of depression as a mental illness', 'acceptability of depression', 'benefit of medical intervention for depression' and, 'familiarity of problems associated with depression'. Some differences were found between younger and older adult's attitudes to depression per se. In addition, depression in an older adult was viewed differently from depression in a younger adult. Conclusions: Although some positive attitudes to depression were found, ageist and stigmatising attitudes were also found to exist among older and younger adults. Declaration of interest: None.
Risk stratification of abdominopelvic failure for FIGO stage III epithelial ovarian cancer patients: implications for adjuvant radiotherapy

Objective To analyze patterns of abdominopelvic failures and to define subgroups for the use of adjuvant radiotherapy in the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stage III epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). Methods We reviewed 149 patients treated with debulking surgery followed by intravenous taxane and platinum chemotherapy between 1999 and 2008. Patient characteristics, patterns of failure, abdominopelvic failure APF-free survival (APFFS) and overall survival (OS) were analyzed. Results The median age of the patients was 51 years. Thirty-two patients (21.5%) were found to have residuum >2 cm after surgery. The median pretreatment CA-125 was 604 and 54.4% of patients had a decline in CA-125 ≥90% between pretreatment and at postoperative 1 month. With a median follow-up of 50 months, 79 patients (53.0%) experienced abdominopelvic failure (APF). The 5-year APF-free survival rate was 41.1%. Lymph node metastasis, size of residual disease, and decline in CA-125 were found to be significant prognostic factors for APF upon multivariate analysis. The group of patients in whom abdominopelvic irradiation was indicated as definitive postoperative treatment comprised 55% of the overall patient population and their 5-year survival rate was 68%. Conclusion The stratification was suggested to predict APF based on lymph node metastasis, size of residual tumor, and decline in CA-125. Adjuvant radiotherapy covering the whole abdominopelvis using the intensity modulation technique may be considered to reduce APF in FIGO stage III EOC patients with intermediate risk.
Inertial Motion Capture Based Reference Trajectory Generation for a Mobile Manipulator

This paper presents a human-robot interaction system integrating a mobile manipulator with a full-body inertial motion capture suit. The framework aims to provide an intuitive, effective and easyto-deploy teleoperation interface. User control intent is acquired by the motion capture system in real-time, processed and relayed to the mobile manipulator wirelessly. Specifically, body center of mass and the right hand kinematic data of the user are used to generate position and orientation references for the robot base and manipulator, respectively. The left arm is employed to provide high-level user commands such as “Manipulator On/Off”, “Base On/Off” and “Manipulator Pause/Resume”. The efficacy of the presented system was demonstrated in real-time teleoperation experiments using KUKA youBot mobile manipulator accomplishing pick-and-place tasks. Categories and Subject Descriptors I.2. 9 [Robotics]: Operator interfacesH.5. 2 [User Interfaces] Interaction styles (e.g., commands, menus, forms, direct manipulation)
Nicht konstruktiv beweisbare Sätze der Analysis

Nach allgemeiner Ueberzeugung können gewisse Sätze der Analysis nicht konstruktiv bewiesen werden. Man denke etwa an den folgenden Satz: Eine monotone und beschränkte Folge a(n) von rationalen Zahlen konvergiert, d.h. es gibt eine solche ganzzahlige Funktion k(m), daß Unter einem konstruktiven Beweis dieses Satzes hätte man etwa die Angabe eines Verfahrens zu verstehen, das gestattet, die Funktion k(m) auf Grand der Folge a(n) rekursiv zu definieren. Wenn ein solcher Beweis vorläge, wäre insbesondere gezeigt, daß es zu einer rekursiv definierten Folge a(n) mit den verlangten Eigenschaften stets eine rekursiv definierbare Konvergenzfunktion k(m) gibt. Es soil nun im folgenden von einigen grundlegenden Sätzen der reellen Analysis gezeigt werden, daß sie nicht konstruktiv bewiesen werden können—konstruktiv in dem Sinn, der eben angedeutet wurde. Wir stützen uns dabei auf die Begriffe der rekursiven und der berechenbaren Funktion; rekursive und berechenbare Funktionen sind zahlentheoretische Funktionen. Unter einer rekursiven Funktion möge vorläufig eine primitiv rekursive Funktion verstanden werden (vgl. etwa D. Hilbert und P. Bernays [3], S.286); berechenbar meint berechenbar im Sinne von A. Church [1], S. C. Kleene [4], A. M. Turing [6]. Der Begriff der “konstruktiv definierten Funktion” wird durch die Bestimmung als “rekursive Funktion” eher eng, durch die Bestimmung als “berechenbare Funktion” eher weit gefaßt. Definition I. Eine Folge rationaler Zahlen Φ(n) heißt rekursiv,(berechenbar), wenn es solche rekursiven (berechenbaren) Funktionen ϕ{n), ψ(n) und χ(n) gibt, daß χ(n) ≧1 und . Definition II. Eine Folge Φ(n) von rationalen Zahlen heißt rekursiv (berechenbar) konvergent, wenn es eine solche rekursive (berechenbare) Funktion v(m) gibt, daß Wir werden zeigen (Satz I): Es gibt eine rekursive, monotone und beschränkte Folge rationaler Zahlen, die nicht berechenbar konvergiert. Bei unserer Auffassungsweise ist darin enthalten, daß der zu Beginn erwähnte Satz nicht konstruktiv bewiesen werden kann.
Minimal DNA sequences that control the cell lineage-specific expression of the pro alpha 2(I) collagen promoter in transgenic mice

The pattern of expression of the pro alpha 2(I) collagen gene is highly tissue specific in adult mice and shows its strongest expression in bones, tendons, and skin. Transgenic mice were generated harboring promoter fragments of the mouse pro alpha 2(I) collagen gene linked to the Escherichia coli beta-galactosidase or firefly luciferase genes to examine the activity of these promoters during development. A region of the mouse pro alpha 2(I) collagen promoter between -2,000 and +54 exhibited a pattern of beta-galactosidase activity during embryonic development that corresponded to the expression pattern of the endogenous pro alpha 2(I) collagen gene as determined by in situ hybridization. A similar pattern of activity was also observed with much smaller promoter fragments containing either 500 or 350 bp of upstream sequence relative to the start of transcription. Embryonic regions expressing high levels of beta-galactosidase activity included the bulbus arteriosus, valves of the developing heart, sclerotomes, meninges, limb buds, connective tissue fascia between muscle fibers, osteoblasts in newly formed bones, fibroblasts in tendons, periosteum, dermis, and peritoneal membranes. The pattern of beta-galactosidase activity was similar and included within the extracellular immunohistochemical localization pattern of transforming growth factor- beta 1 (TGF-beta 1). The -315(-)-284 region of the pro alpha 2(I) collagen promoter was previously shown to mediate the stimulatory effects of TGF-beta 1 on the pro alpha 2(I) collagen promoter in DNA transfection experiments with cultured fibroblasts. A construct containing this sequence tandemly repeated 5' to a very short alpha 2(I) collagen promoter (-40(-)+54) showed preferential activity in tail and skin of 4-wk-old transgenic mice. Except for low expression of the transgene in bone, this pattern mimics the expression of the endogenous pro alpha 2(I) collagen gene. We propose the hypothesis that the tissue- specific expression of the pro alpha 2(I) collagen gene during embryogenesis is controlled by both TGF-beta 1 and cell-specific transcription factors; one of these could interact directly or indirectly with either the -315(-)-284 or the -40(-)+54 segment.
Group Psychotherapy for the Enhancement of Intimate Friendship and Self-Esteem among Troubled Elementary-School Children

The effect of group psychotherapy on self-esteem and close friendship was examined by a pre/post-test comparison group design. The study included 52 experimental students (in six small therapy groups) from one elementary school and 52 control students matched by age, gender and similarity of problems, from a school in the same neighborhood. Treatment consisted of approximately twenty weekly 45-minute sessions. Results indicate significant gains for the counseling group on two variables studied: intimacy in a close friendship and self-esteem. No significant gender-by-treatment interaction effect was revealed. Intimate friendship and self-esteem were found to be intercorrelated, both in the pre-scores of control and experimental groups, and in the gains of the treated children.
THE FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE OF CORPORATE ALLIANCES

Metaphor is central to language. The present paper examines the widespread use of metaphor in the business press through the analysis of the metaphorical expressions describing corporate alliances in Financial Times and El Pais. Such expressions draw on information from the domains of WAR, FICTION, SPORT, GAME and LOVE and are instantiations of conceptual metaphors which result from processes of correspondence and blending and are explained following Lakoff's conceptual metaphor theory (Lakoff 1980, 1987, 1996), and Fauconnier and Turner's blending approach (1995, 2006). The comparative analysis of the business metaphors in English and Spanish shows many similarities in the conceptualization of corporate alliances.
A Subjectively Influenced Router for Vehicles in a Four-Junction Traffic System

A subjectively influenced router for vehicles in a four- junction traffic system is presented. The router is based on a 3-layer Backpropagation Neural Network (BPNN) and a greedy routing procedure. The BPNN detects priorities of vehicles based on the subjective criteria. The subjective criteria and the routing procedure depend on the routing plan towards vehicles depending on the user. The routing procedure selects vehicles from their junctions based on their priorities and route them concurrently to the traffic system. That is, when the router is provided with a desired vehicles selection criteria and routing procedure, it routes vehicles with a reasonable junction clearing time. The cost evaluation of the router determines its efficiency. In the case of a routing conflict, the router will route the vehicles in a consecutive order and quarantine faulty vehicles. The simulations presented indicate that the presented approach is an effective strategy of structuring a subjective vehicle router.
Modeling DNS agility with DNSMap

More and more Internet services are hosted by Content Distribution Networks or Cloud operators. Often, IP addresses are reused for several services, and the mapping between domain names and IPs has become highly agile. This complicates the analysis of monitoring data, as it is not clear anymore which IP address represents which service at which time. We propose a system that continuously monitors this activity using captured DNS packets in a large network. Thereby we are able to (i) understand the allocation strategies inside a hosting provider, and (ii) report significant changes that are not due the normal agility of a particular service. We evaluate our system using a 2-weeks data set from a large network operator, and demonstrate how it can be used to find malicious sites.
μDTNSec: a security layer for disruption-tolerant networks on microcontrollers

We introduce μDTNSec, the first fully-implemented security layer for Delay/Disruption-Tolerant Networks (DTN) on microcontrollers. It provides protection against eavesdropping and Man-in-the-Middle attacks that are especially easy in these networks. Following the Store-Carry-Forward principle of DTNs, an attacker can simply place itself on the route between source and destination. Our design consists of asymmetric encryption and signatures with Elliptic Curve Cryptography and hardwarebacked symmetric encryption with the Advanced Encryption Standard. μDTNSec has been fully implemented as an extension to μDTN on Contiki OS and is based on the Bundle Protocol specification. Our performance evaluation shows that the choice of the curve (secp128r1, secp192r1, secp256r1) dominates the influence of the payload size. We also provide energy measurements for all operations to show the feasibility of our security layer on energy-constrained devices.
ALE meta‐analysis reveals dissociable networks for affective and discriminative aspects of touch

Emotionally‐laden tactile stimulation—such as a caress on the skin or the feel of velvet—may represent a functionally distinct domain of touch, underpinned by specific cortical pathways. In order to determine whether, and to what extent, cortical functional neuroanatomy supports a distinction between affective and discriminative touch, an activation likelihood estimate (ALE) meta‐analysis was performed. This meta‐analysis statistically mapped reported functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) activations from 17 published affective touch studies in which tactile stimulation was associated with positive subjective evaluation (n = 291, 34 experimental contrasts). A separate ALE meta‐analysis mapped regions most likely to be activated by tactile stimulation during detection and discrimination tasks (n = 1,075, 91 experimental contrasts). These meta‐analyses revealed dissociable regions for affective and discriminative touch, with posterior insula (PI) more likely to be activated for affective touch, and primary somatosensory cortices (SI) more likely to be activated for discriminative touch. Secondary somatosensory cortex had a high likelihood of engagement by both affective and discriminative touch. Further, meta‐analytic connectivity (MCAM) analyses investigated network‐level co‐activation likelihoods independent of task or stimulus, across a range of domains and paradigms. Affective‐related PI and discriminative‐related SI regions co‐activated with different networks, implicated in dissociable functions, but sharing somatosensory co‐activations. Taken together, these meta‐analytic findings suggest that affective and discriminative touch are dissociable both on the regional and network levels. However, their degree of shared activation likelihood in somatosensory cortices indicates that this dissociation reflects functional biases within tactile processing networks, rather than functionally and anatomically distinct pathways. Hum Brain Mapp 37:1308‐1320, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.