Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Perspectives on Human Development, Family, and Culture: Designing, implementing, sustaining, and evaluating idiocultures for learning and development: The case study of the Fifth Dimension

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Prostaglandin‐Mediated Inhibition of the Vasoconstrictor Responses of the Isolated Perfused Rat Splenic Vasculature to Adrenergic Stimuli

In isolated rat spleen perfused with Tyrode's solution, prostaglandin (PG) E1 and E2, 0.2-2.5 ng/ml, reduced the vasoconstrictor responses to sympathetic nerve stimulation by 38-89% and 35-73% and to injected norepinephrine by 18-53% and 18-34%, respectively. In contrast, PGF2α and thromboxane B2 (TXB2) produced vasoconstriction and potentiated the vascular responses to both adrenergic stimuli, whereas PGD2 had variable effects. Stimulation of adrenergic nerves or an injection of norepinephrine enhanced the efflux of a PGE-like substance from the rat spleen. Administration of a PG synthetase inhibitor, indomethacin, 100 ng/ml, abolished the efflux of PGE evoked by adrenergic stimuli and potentiated the vasoconstrictor responses to nerve stimulation and to injected norepinephrine. The facilitatory effect of indomethacin on the vasoconstrictor responses to both adrenergic stimuli was abolished by the infusion of PGE2. A PG precursor, arachidonic acid, inhibited the vasoconstrictor responses to nerve stimulation and to injected norepinephrine. Because the inhibitory effect of arachidonic acid was abolished by the administration of indomethacin, it appears to be mediated, at least in part, through the conversion of the acid to a PG(s). These observations and the effect of exogenous PGE compounds suggest that PGs of the E series participate in the modulation of the vascular responses of the rat spleen to adrenergic stimuli. However, the modulatory effect of PGE compounds varies in different vascular beds of rat, viz, facilitatory in renal and mesenteric vasculature and inhibitory in the splenic vasculature. This study also indicates that other products of arachidonic acid metabolism, including PGF2O and TxB2, also may contribute to the modulation of vascular responses to adrenergic stimuli and affect the actions of PGE2 at the adrenergic neuroeffector junction in the rat spleen.
An SVM approach for activity recognition based on chord-length-function shape features

Despite their high stability and compactness, chord-length features have received little attention in activity recognition literature. In this paper, we present an SVM approach for activity recognition, based on chord-length shape features. The main contribution of the paper is two-fold. We first show how a compact computationally-efficient shape descriptor is constructed using 1-D chord-length functions. Secondly, we unfold how to use fuzzy membership functions to partition action snippets into a number of temporal states. When tested on KTH benchmark dataset, the approach achieves promising results that compare very favorably with those reported in the literature, while maintaining real-time performance.
The third lens : multi-ontology sense-making and strategic decision-making

Contents: Introduction - before this book was written. Part 1 Re-Setting Our Thoughts: Strategic decision-making - how it is, and how it used to be, Mika Aaltonen Making sense of the past, present and future, Mika Aaltonen Sense-making in relation to time and the strategic landscape, Mika Aaltonen. Part 2 Modelling Sense-Making: A foresight model for evaluating long-term growth: Formel-G, Stefan Bergheim A political early warning-response system to address global and regional threats, Tapio Kanninen Platforms, pieces and probabilities - introducing the 3P-model, Mika Aaltonen. Part 3 Revisiting Causal Theory: Sensitiveness to initial conditions: reconceptualising cause, Mika Aaltonen and T. Irene Saunders Making sense of a complex world, Paul Cilliers The emergence of final cause, Eve Mitleton-Kelly. Part 4 Conclusions: Conclusions - after this book was written, Mika Aaltonen Bibliography Index.
An engineered transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) monomer that functions as a dominant negative to block TGF-β signaling

The transforming growth factor β isoforms, TGF-β1, -β2, and -β3, are small secreted homodimeric signaling proteins with essential roles in regulating the adaptive immune system and maintaining the extracellular matrix. However, dysregulation of the TGF-β pathway is responsible for promoting the progression of several human diseases, including cancer and fibrosis. Despite the known importance of TGF-βs in promoting disease progression, no inhibitors have been approved for use in humans. Herein, we describe an engineered TGF-β monomer, lacking the heel helix, a structural motif essential for binding the TGF-β type I receptor (TβRI) but dispensable for binding the other receptor required for TGF-β signaling, the TGF-β type II receptor (TβRII), as an alternative therapeutic modality for blocking TGF-β signaling in humans. As shown through binding studies and crystallography, the engineered monomer retained the same overall structure of native TGF-β monomers and bound TβRII in an identical manner. Cell-based luciferase assays showed that the engineered monomer functioned as a dominant negative to inhibit TGF-β signaling with a Ki of 20–70 nm. Investigation of the mechanism showed that the high affinity of the engineered monomer for TβRII, coupled with its reduced ability to non-covalently dimerize and its inability to bind and recruit TβRI, enabled it to bind endogenous TβRII but prevented it from binding and recruiting TβRI to form a signaling complex. Such engineered monomers provide a new avenue to probe and manipulate TGF-β signaling and may inform similar modifications of other TGF-β family members.
Display of clouds taking into account multiple anisotropic scattering and sky light

Methods to display realistic clouds are proposed. To display realistic images, a precise shading model is required: two components should be considered. One is multiple scattering due to particles in clouds, and the other factor to be considered is sky light. For the former, the calculation of cloud intensities has been assumed to be complex due to strong forward scattering. However, this paper proposes an efficient calculation method using these scattering characteristics in a positive way. The latter is a very significant factor when sky light is rather stronger than direct sunlight, such as at sunset/sunrise, even though sky light has been ignored in previous methods. This paper describes an efficient calculation method for light scattering due to clouds taking into account both multiple scattering and sky light, and the modeling of clouds. CR Categories and Subject Descriptors:
Curvelet-based non-linear adaptive subtraction with sparseness constraints

In this paper an overview is given on the application of directional basis functions, known under the name Curvelets/Contourlets, to various aspects of seismic processing and imaging, which involve adaptive subtraction. Key concepts in the approach are the use of (i) directional basis functions that localize in both domains (e.g. space and angle); (ii) non-linear estimation, which corresponds to localized muting on the coefficients, possibly supplemented by constrained optimization. We will discuss applications that include multiple, ground-roll removal and migration denoising.
Bubble # ow simulations with the lattice Boltzmann method

In an e! ort to establish benchmarks for the application of the lattice Boltzmann method to bubbly #ow simulations, we compute bubbles in periodic boxes as a function of the EoK tvoK s and Morton numbers and compare the results with established empirical correlations. ( 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Learning in Hilbert vs. Banach Spaces: A Measure Embedding Viewpoint

The goal of this paper is to investigate the advantages and disadvantages of learning in Banach spaces over Hilbert spaces. While many works have been carried out in generalizing Hilbert methods to Banach spaces, in this paper, we consider the simple problem of learning a Parzen window classifier in a reproducing kernel Banach space (RKBS)—which is closely related to the notion of embedding probability measures into an RKBS—in order to carefully understand its pros and cons over the Hilbert space classifier. We show that while this generalization yields richer distance measures on probabilities compared to its Hilbert space counterpart, it however suffers from serious computational drawback limiting its practical applicability, which therefore demonstrates the need for developing efficient learning algorithms in Banach spaces.
A Dynamic General Equilibrium Model of Temporary Contracts ¤ C

Job security provisions, particularly those regarding workers' layo®s, are commonly invoked to explain the large and persistent di®erences between European and U.S. unemployment rates. This fact has led European countries to undertake reforms in the last two decades aimed at reducing ̄ring costs. However, this reduction has typically been applied to ̄xed-term or temporary contracts, while ̄ring costs for permanent or inde ̄nite-term contracts have been maintained unchanged. Despite the widespread promotion of such contracts, there is a lack of quantitative analysis of their impact over the aggregate economy. To address this question, we build and calibrate a dynamic general equilibrium model with heterogeneous agents in a ̄ring-cost economy. An important feature of our calibration is that our parameters are estimated using a dynamic partial equilibrium model with a panel of ̄rm-level Spanish data. Spain is a particularly interesting case since its labor regulations are among the most protective in the OECD and its unemployment rates among the highest. We ̄nd that the the introduction of temporary contracts have small quantitative e®ects on aggregate output and employment.
Ties that bind : understanding why and how diversity management relates to black and ethnic minority employees' experience of organisational life

Despite much anecdotal and oftentimes empirical evidence that black and ethnic minority employees do not feel integrated into organisational life and the implications of this lack of integration for their career progression, there is a dearth of research on the nature of the relationship black and ethnic minority employees have with their employing organisations. Additionally, research examining the relationship between diversity management and work outcomes has returned mixed findings. Scholars have attributed this to the lack of an empirically validated measure of workforce diversity management. Accordingly, I sought to address these gaps in the extant literature in a two-part study grounded in social exchange theory. In Study 1, I developed and validated a measure of workforce diversity management practices. Data obtained from a sample of ethnic minority employees from a cross section of organisations provided support for the validity of the scale. In Study 2, I proposed and tested a social-exchange-based model of the relationship between black and ethnic minority employees’ and their employing organisations, as well as assessed the implications of this relationship for their work outcomes. Specifically, I hypothesised: (i) perception of support for diversity, perception of overall justice, and developmental experiences (indicators of integration into organisational life) as mediators of the relationship between diversity management and social exchange with organisation; (ii) the moderating influence of diversity climate on the relationship between diversity management and these indicators of integration; and (iii) the work outcomes of social exchange with organisation defined in terms of career satisfaction, turnover intention and strain. SEM results provide support for most of the hypothesised relationships. The findings of the study contribute to the literature on workforce diversity management in a number of ways. First, the development and validation of a diversity management practice scale constitutes a first step in resolving the difficulty in operationalising and measuring the diversity management construct. Second, it explicates how and why diversity management practices influence a social exchange relationship with an employing organisation, and the implications of this relationship for the work outcomes of black and ethnic minority employees. My study’s focus on employee work outcomes is an important corrective to the predominant focus on organisational-level outcomes of diversity management. Lastly, by focusing on ethno-racial diversity my research complements the extant research on such workforce diversity indicators as age and gender.
Patterns of Relationship Recognition for Same-sex Couples: Divorce and Terminations

Now that same-sex couples have the ability to marry or enter some other form of legal relationship in many states, we also see that couples sometimes dissolved those legal relationships. Administrative data from two states shows that same-sex couples end their marriages at a rate of 1.1% annually, on average, and an average of 1.6% of couples dissolve their legal relationships if a broader set of states is included. This rate is slightly lower than the annual rate of divorce among married different-sex couples.
Internetware computing: issues and perspective

The Internetware is a new initiative to develop software on the web for web applications. The open and dynamic nature of Internet applications suggest new ways of thinking will be needed for this initiative. This paper discusses several important issues in Internetware and put forward to some relevant research directions. The relevant issues include lifecycle models, ontology and context systems, modeling and simulation, social networking, and adaptive control.
Class Collective Efficacy and Class Size as Moderators of the Relationship between Junior Middle School Students’ Externalizing Behavior and Academic Engagement: A Multilevel Study

This study examined the relationship between externalizing behavior and academic engagement, and tested the possibility of class collective efficacy and class size moderating this relationship. Data were collected from 28 Chinese classrooms (N = 1034 students; grades 7, 8, and 9) with student reports. Hierarchical linear modeling was used to test all hypotheses and results revealed a negative relationship between externalizing behavior and academic engagement; class collective efficacy was also significantly related to academic engagement. Additionally, class collective efficacy and class size moderated the relationship between externalizing behavior and academic engagement: For students in a class with high collective efficacy or small size (≤30 students), the relationship between externalizing behavior and academic engagement was weaker than for those in a class with low collective efficacy or large size (≥43 students). Results are discussed considering self-regulatory mechanisms and social environment theory, with possible implications for teachers of students’ learning provided.
A Visual Tracking Scheme for Accurate Object Retrieval in Low Frame Rate Videos

Visual tracking in low frame rate (LFR) videos has many inherent difficulties for achieving accurate target recovery, such as occlusions, abrupt motions and rapid pose changes. Thus, conventional tracking methods cannot be applied reliably. In this paper, we offer a new scheme for tracking objects in low frame rate videos. We present a method of integrating multiple metrics for template matching, as an extension for the particle filter. By inspecting a large data set of videos for tracking, we show that our method not only outperforms other related benchmarks in the field, but it also achieves better results both visually and quantitatively, once compared to actual ground truth data.
Materialized Views

Materialized views are a natural embodiment of the ideas of precomputation and caching in databases. Instead of computing a query from scratch, a system can use results that have already been computed, stored, and kept in sync with database updates. The ability of materialized views to speed up queries benefits most database applications, ranging from traditional querying and reporting to web database caching, online analytical processing, and data mining. By reducing dependency on the availability of base data, materialized views have also laid much of the foundation for information integration and data warehousing systems. The database tradition of declarative querying distinguishes materialized views from generic applications of precomputation and caching in other contexts, and makes materialized views especially interesting, powerful, and challenging at the same time. Study of materialized views has generated a rich research literature and mature commercial implementations, aimed at providing efficient, effective, automated, and general solutions to the selection, use, and maintenance of materialized views. This monograph provides an accessible introduction and reference to materialized views, explains its core ideas, highlights its recent developments, and points out its sometimes subtle connections to other research topics in databases.
Urinary abnormalities and renal function in pregnant women with chronic hypertension.

INTRODUCTION Renal involvement in pregnant women with chronic hypertension is not widely known. OBJECTIVES 1- To describe the epidemiological profile of pregnant women with chronic hypertension; 2- To evaluate urinary abnormalities (by urinalysis), renal function (serum creatinine and cystatin C, and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR); 3- To evaluate the pregnancy outcome in chronic hypertension. METHODS 103 pregnant women with chronic hypertension (blood pressure over 140/90 mmHg, detected previously to pregnancy or until the 20th week) were submitted to clinical and laboratorial evaluation. RESULTS Pregnant women were 21-45 (mean: 34) years-old. Protein/creatinine ratio in random urine was elevated in 5.2% (0.0-6.4g/g), serum creatinine in 19.6% and cystatin C in 14.7% of them. It was observed that characteristics of pregnant patients and their newborns (vs. frequencies of the cases with CKD-EPI cystatin C < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2) were: 20.5% (33.3%) of preterm birth < 37 weeks, 17.5% (22.2%) of birth weight < 2500g and 17.5% (22.2%) of small for gestational age; superimposed preeclampsia-eclampsia occurred in 24.7% (22.2%) of the cases. CONCLUSIONS Renal abnormalities were detected by proteinuria, determinations of serum creatinine and cystatin C in 5.2, 19.6 and 14.7% of the cases. The results suggest that the formulas CKD-EPI and MDRD can have applicability in assessing renal function in pregnant women. It was also shown a high frequency of preterm birth or with < 2500g at birth or small for gestational age, as well as of superimposed preeclampsia-eclampsia (24.7%) in pregnant women with chronic hypertension.
Composing Written Sentences.

A sequence of four studies explored how people compose sentences while writing expository essays. Study 1 concerned the role of planning in sentence generation and revealed that writers typically compose sentences in 6 to 10 word parts. Expert writers were found to compose in longer sentence parts than novices. Study 2 examined how sentence parts were ordered and revised in the composition of finished sentences. In general, sentences were composed left to right. Study 3 examined the grammatical structure of sentence parts and revealed that parts often terminate at clause boundaries. Finally, Study 4 investigated the role of meaning and surface form in sentence generation. This research was guided by the Hayes and Flower ( 1980) model of written composition. This model proposes three major writing processes planning, translation, and reviewing. The function of the planning process is to set goals and to establish a writing plan which will guide the production of text. The translating process acts under the guidance of the writing plan to produce written text. The function of the reviewing process is to improve the quality of text. Below we will discuss four studies which focus in various ways on the translating process, that is, on how people compose written sentences. The first was an exploratory study, employing thinking aloud protocols, intended to reveal the major behaviors people engage in when they read sentences. In this study, we found that writers construct sentences from parts parts which are marked by pauses in the verbal protocol. In addition, by observing the relations between the writer's stated plans and the text actually written, we obtained evidence confirming Hayes and Flower's (1980) distinction between the processes of planning and translating. The second study was a detailed examination of how writers arrange and revise sentence parts when they construct sentences. In the third study, we searched for grammatical structure in the sentence parts our writers produced so that we could test the hypothesis that these parts are actually syntactic units. In the final study, we compared the roles of meaning and syntax in sentence production by observing how much more quickly people compose sentences when they have prior knowledge of its meaning, or its syntax, or both. Research in the Teaching of English, Vol. 20, No. 2, May 1986