Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Transforming Compassion: Examining the Development of Compassion in Nursing Who Become Patients

The purpose of the study was to examine how nurses develop greater compassion in their professional practice, and examine the role of empathy in this process. Nurses report that empathy is an essential component of developing compassion. Experiences, compassionate role modeling, and self-reflection also contribute to the development of compassion. Purpose This paper presents a research study that examined the development of compassion in nurses who become patients. The impetus for examining compassion in nurse-patients stems from a personal experience in which the researcher became a patient, and later identified a change in the understanding of compassion. This observation became an interest in gaining a better understanding of compassion from an adult learning theory perspective. A literature review included empirical research and examination of the concept of compassion. In this study, compassion was defined as: a person who becomes aware of another’s suffering, experiences a sense of shared suffering, and is compelled to act and help alleviate that suffering (Goetz, Keltner, & Simon-Thomas, 2010). Compassion is often compared to empathy which is defined as the ability to perceive, understand, and experience the emotions of others, but does not in and of itself involve action (Eisenberg, 2000). The literature review focused on research addressing both nurses-as-patients, and compassion. Research addressing nurses-as-patients largely addressed the lived experience of being a nurse-patient (Cotter, 1990; DeMarco, Picard, & Agretelis, 2004; Picard, Agretelis, & DeMarco, 2004; Tordes, Fulbrook, & Albarran, 2000). The findings of the studies showed that nurses reported a change in compassion and that the experience demonstrated the importance of compassion (Cotter, 1990; DeMarco, Picard, & Agretelis, 2004; Picard, Agretelis, & DeMarco, 2004; Tordes, Fulbrook, Albarran, 2000). However, none of these studies examined these experiences from an adult learning perspective. Research addressing compassion examined two main areas: the attributes that comprise compassion (Attree, 2001; Graber & Mitcham, 2004; Perry, 2009; Skaff, Toumey, Rapp, & Fahringer, 2003; van der Cingel, 2011; Walker, 2009), and the health benefits of compassion (Heffernan, Griffin, McNulty, & Fitzpatrick, 2010; Steffen &
On-Off Sources and Worst Case Arrival Patterns of the Leaky Bucket

It has long been believed that on oo patterns where the worst case with respect to the loss rate for independent connections limited by leaky bucket constraints. We report simulation results of a buuered multiplexer fed by a set of independent connections limited by leaky bucket shapers. This scenario is typical of an ATM switch or in a looser sense of an RSVP capable router. Both for homogeneous and heterogeneous traac we found periodic patterns that resulted in much more loss than the on-oo or tri-state patterns found in literature to date. We give an intuitive justiication for what we believe is the worst case and back this with an extensive set of simulations. We also give a formal proof that the investigated pattern generates more loss than on oo patterns. Finally we explain the importance of our results for Connection Acceptance Control when connections are known to be statistically independent.
On the Estimation of the Parameters of a Real Sinusoid in Noise

We propose and comprehensively analyze a computationally efficient algorithm to estimate the parameters of a real sinusoidal signal in noise. This method uses the fast Fourier Transform and is, therefore, computationally efficient. Accounting for the interference due to the negative spectral component allows the frequency to be estimated very accurately. Estimates of the amplitude and phase are derived in the process and are necessary for the suppression of the leakage. Theoretical analysis establishes that the estimator is asymptotically unbiased and achieves the Cramér–Rao lower bound. Simulation results are presented to verify the theory and demonstrate that the estimation performance is superior to other estimators in the literature.
More data needed on injury risk among young elite athletes

Injuries can counter the beneficial effects of sports participation at a young age if a child or adolescent is unable to continue to participate because of residual effects of injury. Independent of activity level, injuries represent a considerable problem for the athlete and can result in an increased potential for future disability and inactivity. Injuries are also referred to as one of the major reasons for athletes to drop out of sports. Systematic injury registrations at the youth and adolescent level have been performed in recreational sports to gain knowledge on injury risk, as well as on the most common and most severe sport specific injuries. However, information on injury risk of the young athlete competing in high level sports seems less available or unknown. This paper reviews the current knowledge on injury risk of the youth and adolescent elite athlete participating in sports presented in the Youth Olympic Games 2010. Apart from football, little is known on injury epidemiology among young elite athletes. Systematic injury surveillance of this highly competitive population is needed to monitor injuries, identify high risk sports, and ensure new knowledge on injury trends, which can form the basis for further research on injury risk factors, mechanisms, and in the final step, on injury prevention.
Track 1 Optimal Pitch Shift Sinusoidal Model Sinusoidal Model Temporal AveragingTemporal Averaging Frequency Scaling Roughness Model Pitch Commonality Model Track 2

The practice of harmonic mixing is a technique used by DJs for the beat-synchronous and harmonic alignment of two or more pieces of music. In this paper, we present a new harmonic mixing method based on psychoacoustic principles. Unlike existing commercial DJ-mixing software, which determines compatible matches between songs via key estimation and harmonic relationships in the circle of fifths, our approach is built around the measurement of musical consonance. Given two tracks, we first extract a set of partials using a sinusoidal model and average this information over sixteenth note temporal frames. By scaling the partials of one track over ±6 semitones (in 1/8th semitone steps), we determine the pitch-shift that maximizes the consonance of the resulting mix. For this, we measure the consonance between all combinations of dyads within each frame according to psychoacoustic models of roughness and pitch commonality. To evaluate our method, we conducted a listening test where short musical excerpts were mixed together under different pitch shifts and rated according to consonance and pleasantness. Results demonstrate that sensory roughness computed from a small number of partials in each of the musical audio signals constitutes a reliable indicator to yield maximum perceptual consonance and pleasantness ratings by musically-trained listeners.
Aspirin and Other Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs in Relation to Hodgkin Lymphoma Risk in Northern Denmark

There are few known modifiable risk factors for Hodgkin lymphoma, but the recent finding of an inverse association between routine regular-strength aspirin use and Hodgkin lymphoma risk suggests that aspirin may protect against Hodgkin lymphoma development. To further investigate this association using prospectively collected data, we conducted a population-based case-control study in northern Denmark. A total of 478 incident Hodgkin lymphoma cases were identified in nationwide health-care databases from 1991 to 2008. Ten population controls were matched to each case on age, sex, and county using risk-set sampling. Use of aspirin, selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors, and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) from 1989 to 2007 was ascertained by linkage to a population-based prescription database. Conditional logistic regression was used to estimate odds ratios for associations between medication use and risk of Hodgkin lymphoma. The odds ratio (95% confidence interval) for ever use (>2 prescriptions) compared with never/rare use (≤2 prescriptions) of low-dose aspirin was 0.7 (0.5-1.2). The association with low-dose aspirin use did not vary appreciably by recentness, duration, or intensity of use. Recent use (>2 prescriptions in the 1-2 years before the index date), short-term use (<7 years), and medium/high-intensity use (≥25% of duration of use covered by prescription) of selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors or other NSAIDs was associated with increased Hodgkin lymphoma risk possibly due to prodromal symptoms among cases. In conclusion, our results provide some evidence of a protective effect of low-dose aspirin, but not other NSAIDs, against Hodgkin lymphoma development.Cancer Epidemiol Biomakers Prev; 19(1);59–64
New insights into the cognitive and functional properties of human prospection

A remarkable feature of the human mind is its capacity to momentarily disengage from the immediate environment in order to contemplate hypothetical future scenarios. This thesis focuses on human prospection, investigating some of the methods used to assess it, its cognitive properties and the functional relevance of this extraordinary ability to anticipate and pre-experience future contingencies. Two experiments carried out with young healthy participants show that the methods used to elicit prospection, the temporal distance and the valence of envisioned events, may affect its content as well as its characteristics. Two studies involving healthy participants of different ages as well as amnesic patients investigate the contribution of long-term memory to scene construction processes. The results provide evidence supporting the hypothesis that a common underlying memory-related factor, the capacity to construct a rich narrative, can influence the descriptions of a-temporal, future and current scenes alike. The third issue concerns the relationship between episodic future simulation and prospective memory. Five experiments with young healthy participants show that mentally pre-experiencing future contingencies associated to an intended action aids prospective remembering, over and above deep encoding processing. Overall, the results of the experiments discussed in the present thesis strengthen the view of prospection as a complex process, which, far from being encapsulated in a single cognitive function, impinges upon a constellation of constituent abilities, which may be adaptively used to anticipate and guide future behaviour.
Predicting Effort to Fix Software Bugs

Predicting the time and effort for a software problem has long been a difficult task. We present an approach that predicts the fixing effort for an issue. Our technique leverages existing issue tracking systems: given a new issue report, we search for similar, earlier reports and use their average time as a prediction. Our approach thus allows for early effort estimation, helping in assigning issues and scheduling stable releases. We evaluated our approach on the JBoss project data and found that we can estimate within ±7 hours of the actual effort.
The transformation of Spirals into S0 galaxies in the cluster environment

We discuss the observational evidences of the morphological transformation of Spirals into S0 galaxies in the cluster environment exploiting two big databases of galaxy clusters: WINGS (0.04 < z < 0.07) and EDisCS (0.4 < z < 0.8). The most important results are: 1) the average number of S0 galaxies in clusters is almost a factor of $\sim 3 - 4$ larger today than at redshift $z \sim 1$; 2) the fraction of S0's to Spirals increases on average by a factor $\sim$ 2 every Gyr; 3) the average rate of transformation for Spirals (not considering the infall of new galaxies from the cosmic web) is: $\sim$ 5 Sp into S0's per Gyr and $\sim$ 2 Sp into E's per Gyr; 4) there are evidences that the interstellar gas of Spirals is stripped by an hot intergalactic medium; 5) there are also indirect hints that major/minor merging events have played a role in the transformation of Spiral galaxies. In particular, we show that: 1) the ratio between the number of S0's and Spirals (NS0/NSp) in the WINGS clusters is correlated with their X-ray luminosity $L_X$ ; 2) that the brightest and massive S0's are always close to the cluster center; 3) that the mean Sersic index of S0's is always larger than that of Spirals (and lower than E's) for galaxy stellar masses above $10^9.5$ Msun; 4) that the number of E's in clusters cannot be constant; 5) that the largest difference between the mean mass of S0's and E's with respect to Spirals is observed in clusters with low velocity dispersion. Finally, by comparing the properties of the various morphological types for galaxies in clusters and in the field, we find that the most significant effect of the environment is the stripping of the outer galaxy regions, resulting in a systematic difference in effective radius and Sersic index.
Apparent multifractality in financial time series

Abstract:We present a exactly soluble model for financial time series that mimics the long range volatility correlations known to be present in financial data. Although our model is asymptotically `monofractal' by construction, it shows apparent multiscaling as a result of a slow crossover phenomenon on finite time scales. Our results suggest that it might be hard to distinguish apparent and true multifractal behavior in financial data. Our model also leads to a new family of stable laws for sums of correlated random variables.
Information on Coordinate System as a Tool for Developing Mathematical Thinking

Abstract The present paper presents activities tested and tried in class, which are designed to promote and develop mathematics knowledge, based on visual illustrations. Presents activities designed to stimulate creative thinking while developing mathematical thinking and more thorough comprehension of the meaning of information in an axes system. Activities like those, as a multi-disciplinary practice, will entail pupils' better and more meaningful learning of mathematics and will enrich knowledge of this subject. Furthermore, being well acquainted with unusual graphic representations will greatly enhance the study of algebra and other mathematics subjects later on.
Wire frame fitting for automatic tracking in model-based video coding

Model-based video coding requires the application of both image processing and machine vision techniques for proper fitting of the semantic model and its subsequent tracking throughout the rest of the sequence of a certain type (e.g. `head-and-shoulders' or `head-only'). In this article a method of automatic semantic wire-frame fitting based on a reference database of facial images is presented. The method has been tested on a widely used data-base of images with very good results. It was possible to accurately retrieve the position of the facial features in all cases. The position of the facial features in initial frames can subsequently be used in automatic tracking. Results of automatic fitting are presented as a part of this contribution. Experimental results are also available on-line in the form of compressed movies from our Internet site at http://www.ee. ed.ac. uk/~plma/.
Financial market imperfections and labour market outcomes

This paper investigates the importance of credit market frictions on labour market outcomes. I build a tractable search and matching model of the labour market with firm dynamics and heterogeneity in productivity and size. Firms produce output using labour, which they hire in a frictional market modelled by a directed search approach, and capital which they rent period-by-period. First, I show that the interaction of search and financial frictions slows down the reallocation of labour and capital from low productivity to high productivity firms and therefore prolongs the recession following a financial shock. Second, I find that the credit tightening reduces the net employment of large and productive firms more than small and unproductive firms, consistent with recent empirical findings.Third, I find that the introduction of financial frictions enhances the ability of the model to explain the fluctuation and persistence observed in output and labour market flows during the great recession. In fact, the model can account for 50% of the increase in unemployment during the 2008-2010 recession.
Success With Extended-Infusion Meropenem After Recurrence of Baclofen Pump-Related Achromobacter Xylosoxidans Meningitis in an Adolescent

A 13-year-old female experienced a recurrence of baclofen pump-related central nervous system (CNS) infection caused by Achromobacter, despite absence of retained foreign material. Due to the failure of meropenem (120 mg/kg/d in divided doses every 8 hours and infused over 30 minutes) in the initial infection, the dose was infused over 4 hours during the recurrence. Meropenem is an antibiotic for which efficacy is time dependent, and 4-hour versus 30-minute infusions have been shown to prolong the time the concentration of the antibiotic exceeds the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of the organism at the site of infection (T>MIC). Meropenem serum concentrations were obtained and indicated that T>MIC was at least 75% of the dosing interval. Our patient improved with no noted recurrences or adverse effects on the extended-infusion meropenem regimen. Utilization of extended-infusion beta-lactam dosing whenever possible in the treatment of serious infections caused by gram-negative organisms should be considered, as this dosing appears to be safe and improves the probability of achieving pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic goals.
Personality and Memory Conformity

When an individual’s memory for an event is altered by post-event information (PEI) provided by a co-witness, this is known as memory conformity (Wright, Self, & Justice, 2000). The aim of this study was to investigate whether personality characteristics are associated with memory conformity. Ninety-nine participants viewed a crime film and then completed the Ten-Item Personality Questionnaire (TIPI; Gosling, Rentfrow, & Swann, 2003), a measure of extraversion, openness, agreeableness, neuroticism, and conscientiousness. Participants then discussed the film with a co-witness who contributed 12 items of post-event information (6 correct, 6 incorrect). Finally, participants completed a film recall questionnaire individually. Significant correlations between personality and memory conformity were found, with decreased openness, extraversion, and neuroticism related to increased reporting of post-event misinformation, increased agreeableness related to increased reporting of accurate post-event information, and decreased conscientiousness and neuroticism related to increased fabrications. These findings suggest that some individuals may be more susceptible to accepting misinformation and reporting errors than others.
Introducing usability activities into open source software development projects: a participative approach

Usability is an important quality characteristic of software products and information systems. Different approaches for introducing usability activities into open source software (OSS) development have not yet been fully evaluated. This paper experiments with the introduction of usability activities into OSS development through a participative approach. An empirical case study was carried out in a game development OSS project. The results of this study suggest that it is beneficial to introduce usability activities into OSS development through the participative approach. In the participative approach the usability experts become recognized part of the development community through adapting their ways of work into the culture of the OSS project and submitting code patches. This participative approach had a clear impact in the case project as seen in changes in the user interface and in improved usability. The challenge of adapting usability and OSS development philosophies and practices should, however, be researched further.
A Broadband and Stable Method for Unique Complex Permittivity Determination of Low-Loss Materials

Transmission-reflection methods suffer from the increasing uncertainty in the phase of reflection scattering ( S-) parameter measurements of low-loss materials. In addition, transmission S -parameter measurements produce multiple solutions for the complex permittivity. In this paper, we propose a broadband and stable method for unique complex permittivity determination of low-loss materials by eliminating these problems. For elimination of the phase uncertainty problem, we utilize only the amplitudes of reflection S -parameters and complex transmission S-parameters. In order to avoid multiple solutions, we express multivalued terms, which result in multiple solutions, in terms of single-valued terms. The method can work very well in limited frequency-band applications or for dispersive materials since it is based on point-by-point (or frequency-by-frequency) extraction. We measured the complex permittivity of two low-loss dielectric materials by different methods for validation of the method.
ANALYTICAL METHOD FOR COUPLING CALCULATIONS OF ROTATED IRIS COUPLED RESONATOR CAVITY

Iris type waveguide to cavity couplers are used to couple power to particle accelerator cavities. Waveguide to cavity coupling for arbitrarily oriented rectangular iris is analyzed using Bethe's small hole coupling theory. Magnetic moment of rotated iris is obtained by deflning its dyadic magnetic polarizability. Power radiated by magnetic moment into the incoming waveguide is used for coupling calculations at arbitrary angle. A close agreement is found between the proposed theory, simulations and microwave measurements.
Using smart eyeglasses as a wearable game controller

We investigated how regular eyeglasses fitted with sensing and processing capabilities can be used as a wearable game controller. For this purpose we built a demo based on our smart eyeglasses prototype. WISEglass allows the wearer to control the game Pac-Man through head motions. The control signals are extracted from a gyroscope mounted in the temple of WISEglass. Furthermore we integrated heart rate information into the game.
Interpolatory √3 subdivision with harmonic interpolation

A variation on the interpolatory subdivision scheme [Labsik and Greiner 2000] is presented based on √3 subdivision and harmonic interpolation. Harmonic interpolation is generalized to triangle meshes based on a distance representation of the basis functions. The harmonic surface is approximated by limiting the support of the basis functions and the resulting surface is shown to satisfy necessary conditions for continuity. We provide subdivision rules for vertices of valence 3, 4 and 6 that can be applied directly to obtain a smooth surface. Other valences are handled as described in the literature. The resulting algorithm is easily implemented due to √3 subdivision and the simplicity of the stencils involved.