Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
First- and second-hand consequences of alcohol in college: differential associations with later alcohol use

Abstract Introduction. College students are at increased risk of experiencing a variety of consequences as result of their own as well as others’ alcohol consumption. The current study examined the differential associations between both first-hand consequences (resulting from one’s own drinking) and second-hand consequences (resulting in victimization as a result of others’ drinking) and subsequent alcohol consumption across the first year of college. Method. First year students (n = 253) from a large northeastern U.S. university were randomly selected to participate and surveyed at the end of the first semester of college (Time 1) and during the first semester of the second year of college (Time 2). Results. Results showed a significant, positive relationship between first-hand consequences and subsequent weekend drinking (β = 0.16, p < 0.05) and heavy episodic drinking (β = 0.49, p < 0.01), after controlling for individual and friend drinking. A negative association between second-hand consequences and later heavy episodic drinking was also observed (β = −0.16, p < 0.05). Discussion and Conclusions. The findings provided partial support for both a positive association hypothesis and a negative association hypothesis. The importance of personal alcohol consumption and peers’ drinking in relation to first- and second-hand consequences are discussed.
Measuring Social Capital in a Networked Housing Estate

This paper describes the construction of 'Reach for the Clouds', an inventive scheme to build a resident-maintained 'networked community' in Atherton Gardens, an ethnically-diverse, low-income, high rise public housing estate in Melbourne, Australia. The project was developed by the InfoXchange, a not-for-profit Internet service provider with a 'social entrepreneurial' orientation. It involves a consortium of government and community groups and draws on a combination of voluntary labour, commercial enterprise, government funding and donations of equipment by local businesses. The long term goal of the project is for it to become self-funding, and owned and operated by Atherton Gardens' residents. This requires both training and skills development as well as the creation of an enterprise base to fund the operating and capital costs of the network.
Growth reference for Saudi school-age children and adolescents: LMS parameters and percentiles

BACKGROUND Information on LMS parameters and percentiles reference for Saudi children and adolescents is not available. OBJECTIVE To report the L, M, and S parameters and percentile reference graphs for growth. DESIGN Field survey of a population-based sample of Saudi school-age children and adolescents (5–18 years of age). SETTING A stratified listing of the Saudi population. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Data from the national study of healthy children were reanalyzed using the Lamba-Mu-Sigma (LMS) methodology. The LMS parameters of percentiles for weight, height, and body mass index for age were calculated for children and adolescents from 5 to 18 years of age. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE The main outcomes were the LMS parameters and percentiles of growth. RESULTS There were 19 299 and 9827 (50.9%) were boys. The data for weight, height, and BMI for age for boys and girls are reported for the 3rd, 5th, 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, 90th, 95th, and 97th percentiles including LMS parameters for each percentile and age. Figures corresponding to each table are color coded (blue for boys and pink for girls). CONCLUSIONS This report provides a reference for growth and nutrition of Saudi school-age children and adolescents. The detailed LMS and percentile tables and graphs provide essential information for clinical assessment of nutritional status and growth in various clinical conditions and for research. LIMITATIONS This report does not reflect regional variations in growth.
Evaluaciones de las funciones del yo en mujeres mexicanas con obesidad

Se seleccionaron 4 escalas del Cuestionario para la Evaluacion de las Funciones del yo (Bellak y Golsmith, 1993): Sentido de la Realidad (SR), Regulacion de Instintos (RI), Relaciones Objetales (RO) y Funcionamiento Defensivo (FD); aquellas consideradas relevantes para el estudio de la obesidad. Los objetivos del estudio fueron validar una estructura unidimensional para cada escala y de 4 factores correlacionados para el conjunto, calcular la consistencia interna, asimismo contrastar diferencias de medias entre grupos de normopeso y sobrepeso-obesidad. Se levanto una muestra de 217 mujeres en Monterrey, Mexico. Los valores de ajuste fueron de adecuados a buenos para los modelos propuestos y la consistencia interna vario de . 65 a . 75. Las diferencias de promedios resultaron en la direccion esperada, siendo estadisticamente significativas para SR y RO. Se concluye que el cuestionario nunca estudiado desde un enfoque factorialista posee propiedades prometedoras. Su aplicacion al estudio de la obesidad requiere futuras investigaciones
Designing Analog IC at University of Pavia

The importance and the effectiveness of any actions can be better assessed looking at the long-term results that derived from the original actions associated with it. This is what we are going to see in this paper, where we want to celebrate the research and education activity of Prof. Rinaldo Castello in the Microelectronics Lab at University of Pavia, where all of us have been students starting (in same cases) more than 25 years ago.
Suppression of proliferation and neurite extension of human neuroblastoma SH‐SY5Y cells on immobilized Psathyrella velutina lectin

Glycoproteins from mammalian brain tissues contain unique N‐linked oligosaccharides terminating with β‐N‐acetylglucosamine residues. Lectin blot analysis of membrane glycoprotein samples from human neuroblastoma SH‐SY5Y cells showed that several protein bands bind to Psathylera velutina lectin (PVL), which interacts with β‐N‐acetylglucosamine‐terminating oligosaccharides. No lectin positive bands were detected by digestion with jack bean β‐N‐acetyl‐hexosaminidase or N‐glycanase before incubation with the lectin, indicating that the cells contain β‐N‐acetylglucosamine‐terminating N‐linked oligosaccharides. When cells were cultured in dishes with different concentrations of PVL, the cell proliferation was inhibited in a dose‐dependent manner. Similarly, the neurite extension, which was stimulated with nerve growth factor, was also inhibited in a manner dependent on the lectin dose. Cell proliferation and neurite extension were recovered by the addition of 10 mM N‐acetylglucosamine into the medium. Immunoblot analysis of the activation of mitogen‐activated protein (MAP) kinases and protein kinase C revealed that phosphorylation of 42‐kDa and 44‐kDa MAP kinases and 80‐kDa protein kinase C are inhibited when SH‐SY5Y cells are cultured in PVL‐coated dishes, but are restored by the addition of the haptenic sugar into the medium, indicating that MAP kinase and protein kinase C pathways are inhibited by interaction with immobilized PVL. These results indicate that β‐N‐acetylglucosamine‐terminating N‐linked oligosaccharides expressed on neural cells can induce intracellular signals upon binding to extracellular receptors, and are important for growth regulation of neural cells. © 2003 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Integrated Semantic Search on Structured and Unstructured Data in the ADOnIS System

We introduce ADOnIS, an information system which coherently integrates two important, yet mostly disparate data sources, namely structured, tabular data, and unstructured data in terms of publications. The integration is achieved by providing the underlying background knowledge of the domains involved in terms of adequately tailored ontologies. Once the two basic data sources are semantically linked, entirely novel opportunities for cross-source information retrieval arise which we will highlight in this paper.
Coherent polarimetric SAR change analysis

We have developed a general framework to assess coherent polarimetric change that applies equally to quad-pol, dual-pol and hybrid-pol imagery. The formalism permits estimating polarimetric coherence for any combination of transmitted and received polarizations. In particular, the polarizations can be tuned to match specific targets of interest, or conversely, to determine the scattering properties of the changed targets. We will complete the investigation of both likelihood-ratio test statistics and illustrate our results using RadarSAR-2 and PALSAR polarimetric data. Our results will also be compared to those from previous works.
A Flexible Yet Globally Regular Multigood Demand System

A vexing challenge when using the utility-maximization framework to estimate consumers’ decisions on which set of goods to purchase and how much quantity to buy is obtaining a functional form of the utility that satisfies three criteria: tractability, flexibility, and global regularity. Flexibility refers to the ability of a utility function to impose minimal prior restrictions on demand elasticities. Global regularity refers to the ability of a utility function to satisfy regularity properties required by economic theory in the entire feasible space of variables. The tractable utility functions used so far are either inflexible, which could yield inaccurate estimates of underlying elasticities, or do not satisfy global regularity, which can result in invalid expressions of likelihood and invalid policy simulations. I tackle this problem by deriving necessary and sufficient conditions for global regularity of Basic Translog utility. Using simulated and scanner data, I show that the proposed demand system .
Resource Aware Routing in Heterogeneous Opportunistic Networks

In heterogeneous scenarios, nodes greatly differ with respect to their capabilities and mobility patterns. Moreover, episodic connectivity in opportunistic networks further aggravates the problem of finding a suitable next-hop to obviate unnecessary utilization of network resources. In this paper, we present a Multiattribute Routing Scheme (MARS) based on “Simple Multiattribute Rating Technique” (SMART) that collects samples of vital information about a node's different characteristics. This stochastic picture of a node behavior in multiple dimensions is then effectively employed in calculating its next-hop fitness. We also devise a method based on learning rules of neural networks which dynamically determines relative importance of each dimension to maximize next-hop utility of a node. With simulations, using synthetic and real mobility traces against well-known utility-based schemes, we show that MARS can achieve better delivery ratios despite introducing limited redundancy within the network.
Requirements Engineering with Agent-Oriented Models

We have repeatedly encountered in industry-oriented research projects missing stakeholder input and invalid requirements. This has prompted us to come up with a novel idea to mitigate the problem of collecting and documenting requirements. The essence of the approach proposed by us lies in linking two kinds of artifacts proposed by agent-oriented modeling – goal models and behavioral scenarios – to user stories. In the paper, we first provide short overviews of requirements engineering in agile software development and agent-oriented modeling. We then present our approach of using agent-oriented modeling in agile requirements engineering, and illustrate it with an example from a real-life application. Finally we discuss anecdotal evidence received from this and other real-life projects and set future research directions. The main conclusion from the work performed is that our approach enables simple and lightweight identifying, tracing, and documenting require-
New State Records of Mosquitoes for Colorado

Abstract The 1967 treatment of the Mosquitoes of Colorado by Harmston and Lawson and subsequent publications have recorded 46 culicid species from Colorado. As part of a study to create an updated synopsis of the mosquitoes of Colorado, adult trapping at numerous localities was conducted in Colorado during the summers of 2013 and 2014. This review also included an examination of mosquito specimens in various relevant museum collections. Aedes (Ochlerotatus) niphadopsis and Ae. (Och.) spencerii spencerii were collected during the 2013 and 2014 field seasons. Records for Ae. (Och.) canadensis canadensis, Ae. (Stegomyia) aegypti, and Uranotaenia (Pseudoficalbia) anhydor syntheta were obtained from examination of museum specimens. These species constitute new state records for Colorado, with 51 species now known from the state.
Demo: FROG: Optimizing Power Consumption of Mobile Games Using Perception-Aware Frame Rate Scaling

A mobile GPU constitutes the majority of power consumption on a mobile device and mobile games top as the most popular class of graphics applications. In this demo, we present FROG, a novel frame rate optimization system for mobile gaming applications. FROG makes use of human visual perception to graphics and regulates application's frame rendering process on-the-fly for maximizing power saving without degrading the user experience. The system works on an existing commercial smartphone and support the legacy gaming applications from app stores without requiring any changes from applications
Mechanism of replication of bacteriophage phi X174 XIX. Initiation of phi X174 viral strand DNA synthesis at internal sites on the genome

Bacteriophage phi X174 viral strand DNA molecules shorter than genome length found late in the infectious cycle in Escherichia coli were 5' end labeled with 32P. Hybridization of the 32P-labeled molecules to restriction enzyme fragments of phi X replicative form DNA revealed an excess of phi X molecules whose 5' ends mapped in HaeIII fragments Z3 and Z4 in comparison with fragments Z1 and Z2. This suggests that initiation of phi X174 viral strand DNA synthesis may occur at internal sites on the complementary strand. There are several appropriately located sequences that might serve as n' (factor Y) recognition sequences and thereby facilitate discontinuous synthesis of the viral strand.
Customer Attitude from Social Media, Customer Satisfaction Index, and Firm Value

While social media has emerged as a key source of customer satisfaction used by investors in their investment decision, whether and how social media metrics on customer attitude toward the company has not been thoroughly examined. This study develops a new index of customer satisfaction by using the sentiment and content analyses on the customer-generated social media content. Across multiple social media platforms, by using a semiparametric regression model, we found that customer positive testimonials, “Likes” (from Facebook), and positive blogs are positively and statistically associated with customer satisfaction, while customer complaints (from Facebook), negative blogs, and negative tweets are negatively associated with it. Further, we found that new customer satisfaction index based on social media metrics is positively and statistically associated with firm’s market performance. In addition, we suggest that social media metrics about customer attitude toward the company would complement existing customer satisfaction index such as ACSI.
What about microsaccades in the electroencephalogram of infants?

Kampis et al . [[1][1]] use gamma oscillations (here 25–35 Hz) in the scalp-recorded electroencephalogram (EEG) of infants to investigate the neuronal signatures of objects representations. Oscillations in the gamma range have been used in several infant studies in the recent years [[2][2]–[4][3
Investigation of double-emitter reduced-surface-field horizontal current bipolar transistor breakdown mechanisms

Breakdown behavior of double-emitter reduced-surface-field horizontal current bipolar transistor is extensively analyzed by measurements and 3D device simulations. By the addition of the 2nd drift region, BVCEO of double-emitter structure is improved from 12 V up to 36 V and can be tuned by the length of the drift region. By increasing the length of the drift region, positive feedback loop of the common-emitter soft-breakdown can be completely broken making the BVCEO independent on transistor current gain. Transistors with BVCEO and BVCBO equal to the collector-substrate breakdown voltage are demonstrated. We also report that base current reversal in forced-VBE measurement does not occur and cannot be used for accurate determination of BVCEO of analyzed structures.
Propagation of tectonic waves

Mountain building depends on the disequilibrium between boundary stresses, either at the base of the deforming lithosphere or its lateral boundaries, and buoyancy stresses arising form lateral density variations within the lithosphere itself. On the basis of the thin viscous sheet approximation, we propose a model which accounts for both crustal and lithospheric thickness variations. The deformation is controlled by the sum of the moments of density anomalies (i.e. density anomalies times depth) of compositional and thermal origins. The transport of the compositional moment is obtained from the continuity equation while the transport of the thermal moment is obtained from the heat equation. The resulting set of equations controls the coupled behavior of the crust and lithosphere. It shows that various type of solutions can exist: unstable, stable and propagating. When propagation occurs, the crustal and the lithospheric thickness variations are out of phase. The tectonic waves propagate with velocities around 5 mm yr−1 that increase with the crustal thickness and decrease with the lithospheric viscosity. We discuss these solutions and argue that continents may in large part be in a domain of propagating tectonic waves.
Knowledge of the Principles of Judicious Antibiotic Use for Upper Respiratory Infections: A Survey of Senior Medical Students

Objective: Senior medical students (n = 2,433) from 21 accredited medical schools in New England and the mid-Atlantic states were surveyed to evaluate their knowledge of and compliance with principles of judicious antimicrobial use, as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and others. Materials and Methods: A self-administered questionnaire with six vignettes on the clinical management of different upper respiratory tract infections was used. Compliance was calculated by using an ordinal response scale (1 to 4) for each question on the six vignettes. Results: The adjusted response rate was 46%. More than 47% of the respondents had read none of the principles, and only 2.9% had read all six. Approximately 36% of the respondents would start antibiotics within 2 days of an 18-month-old presenting with purulent rhinitis, whereas 55.9% would immediately prescribe antibiotics if the child had wheezy bronchitis. For a 4-year-old with pharyngitis, 29.5% of respondents would either give an antibiotic office sample to start that night and a prescription for continuation of treatment at home, would give an antibiotic prescription with instructions to discontinue treatment with a negative throat culture, or would treat without a throat culture. Almost all of the respondents (99%) were informed regarding the problems of antibiotic resistance, usually from multiple sources. The number of sources of knowledge about problems of antibiotic resistance was the only predictor of compliance (P = 0.02). The number of principles read was not correlated with compliance. Conclusions: Among students surveyed, large gaps remain regarding the appropriate use of antimicrobial agents for the treatment of upper respiratory infections.
Reinforcement Learning applied to Keepaway , a RoboCup-Soccer Subtask

This Bachelor Final Project aims to be a demonstration of the power and usefulness of reinforcement learning, especially for RoboCup-Soccer. In the first part general theories behind reinforcement learning are described. Different kinds of basic solving methods are compared; Value iteration, Policy iteration, Monte Carlo methods, Sarsa and Q-Learning. Eligibility traces are added to the basic methods and a brief introduction to function approximation (linear tile coding) is given. The second part demonstrates the use of reinforcement learning. Keepaway, a RoboCup subtask, provides a platform to develop a homemade Sarsa algorithm with tile coding function approximation. This algorithm is used to run experiments focused on the influence of the exploring rate ( ). Eventually a routine is added to decrease during the simulation. Learned policies are found to significantly outperform policies who behave in a random way.
The complete mitochondrial genome of the Bufo stejnegeri (Anura: Bufonidae)

Abstract The complete mitochondrial genome of Bufo stejnegeri was determined, which was 17 939 bp in length. It consists of 13 protein-coding genes, two rRNA genes, 22 tRNA genes, and one displacement loop (D-loop). The total length of D-loop region is 2533 bp, some tandem repeat units were found in this region. The phylogenetic trees of the 20 species from anura were reconstructed based on complete mtDNA sequences by Bayesian inference and maximum likelihood analyses. The result demonstrated that B. stejnegeri is the most closely related species with other Bufo species.
Convergence acceleration of gossip protocols applied for decentralized distribution grid management

The paper describes a gossip protocol based architecture for detecting and resolving overvoltage or undervoltage problems of distribution lines applying Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) management in a decentralized manner. The proposed algorithm is based on the application of gossip protocols to estimate locally critical physical quantities. The paper focuses on the optimal selection of the weights in order to accelerate the convergence of the gossip algorithm.
Applying Hybrid Neural Network For Malay Syllables Speech Recognition

We proposed a hybrid technique for speech recognition which applying 2 different neural network architecture. The proposed technique combines self-organizing map (SOM) which known as unsupervised network and multilayer perceptron (MLP) which known as supervised network for Malay syllables speech recognition. We used a 2D self-organizing feature map as a feature extractor which acts as a sequential mapping function in order to transform the acoustic vector sequences of speech signal into trajectories. The output of SOM is a matrix with same dimension and its elements take on binary values. The transformation of the feature vector simplifies the classification task by recognizer using multilayer perceptron. The MLP classifies the binary trajectories that each syllable corresponds to. Experiments were conducted on the 15 Malay syllables by 10 speakers for conventional technique (MLP only) and proposed technique (SOM and MLP). Our technique has achieved better performance where improves the accuracy up to 4.5%.
Repetitive DNA sequences as probes for Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Three cloned segments of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA which are promising as clinical probes were identified. An MboI digest of DNA from a clinical isolate of M. tuberculosis was cloned into bacteriophage M13. To identify recombinants specific for the M. tuberculosis complex, plaque lifts were hybridized with M. bovis and M. kansasii DNA. Recombinants which selectively hybridized with M. bovis DNA were characterized by probing slot blots and restriction digests of DNA from various mycobacteria. Three recombinants that did not hybridize to a significant extent with DNA from nontuberculous mycobacteria were identified. These three probes are of special interest because they are each repeated multiple (10 to 16) times in the M. tuberculosis chromosome. These probes were also shown to be useful for fingerprinting strains for epidemiological studies.