Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The current robotic da vinci system has limitations for colorectal surgical procedures.

Since the introduction of the robotic da Vinci Surgical System, several advantages have been demonstrated in all surgical specialties, particularly in pelvic surgery. However, the current system still has several limitations; one is technically related. In this article, we give our opinion on this limitation and present our recommendations for improvement of robotic surgery in relation to colorectal surgery.
“It is not the same”: relationships and dementia

ABSTRACT People living with dementia may live in relationship with partners, family members, and significant others. Dementia has been shown to impact on such relationships but relationships also impact on the dementia condition. Thirteen people took part in the study: all were caring for a person living with dementia and two were themselves living with dementia. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with participants focusing on changes in close relationships, including changes in intimate (sexual) relationships where appropriate. Interviews were audiotaped, transcribed, and analyzed using thematic analysis. Four main themes were identified: changes in couple relationships; changes in non-partner relationships; talking about oneself in relationship; and talking about people with dementia in relationship. In conclusion, participants’ lived experiences highlight the need for ongoing relational support and an education-based counseling program that could potentially address many of participants’ highlighted needs.
Non‐linear hybrid approach for the scheduling of merchant underground pumped hydro energy storage

As a result of the increased penetration of stochastic renewable generation, power systems have a growing need of flexibility for compensating real-time mismatches between production and consumption of electricity. This flexibility can be efficiently provided by underground pumped hydro energy storage (UPHES), a new solution where end-of-life quarries or mines are rehabilitated as natural reservoirs. However, the operation of UPHES is significantly different from existing facilities, and is characterised by multiple non-linear effects with fast dynamics mainly arising from the complex geometry of the unit, and water exchanges between the porous reservoirs and their surrounding aquifers. This study aims thus at integrating these complex effects within the co-optimisation of a UPHES system in the European day-ahead energy and reserve markets. To that end, the authors leverage a hybrid iterative approach combining an optimisation tool with an advanced simulation model. The results from a real-world case study demonstrate that accurately considering these non-linear effects is a key component to fully extract the economic potential of merchant UPHES, and suggest that the proposed tool offers an effective solution for the scheduling of UPHES owners.
Modulation of Cognition: The Role of Gnidia glauca on Spatial Learning and Memory Retention in High-Fat Diet-Induced Obese Rats

Chronic exposures to high-fat diets are linked to neuropathological changes that culminate in obesity-related cognitive dysfunction and brain alteration. Learning, memory performance, and executive function are the main domains affected by an obesogenic diet. There are limited effective therapies for addressing cognitive deficits. Thus, it is important to identify additional and alternative therapies. In African traditional medicine, Gnidia glauca has putative efficacy in the management of obesity and associated complications. The use of Gnidia glauca is largely based on its long-term traditional use. Its therapeutic application has not been accompanied by sufficient scientific evaluation to validate its use. Therefore, the current study sought to explore the modulatory effects of dichloromethane leaf extracts of Gnidia glauca on cognitive function in the high-fat diet- (HFD-) induced obese rats. Obesity was induced by feeding the rats with prepared HFD and water ad libitum for 6 weeks. The in vivo antiobesity effects were determined by oral administration of G. glauca at dosage levels of 200, 250, and 300 mg/kg body weight in HFD-induced obese rats from the 6th to the 12th weeks. The Lee obesity index was used as a diagnostic criterion of obesity. The Morris water maze was employed to test spatial learning and memory retention in rats. The results indicated that Gnidia glauca showed potent antiobesity effects as indicated in the reduction of body weight and obesity index in extract-treated rats. Moreover, Gnidia glauca exhibited cognitive-enhancing effects in obese rats. The positive influences on cognitive functions might be attributed to the extracts' phytochemicals that have been suggested to confer protection against obesity-induced oxidative damage, reduction of central inflammation, and increased neurogenesis. The therapeutic effects observed suggest that Gnidia glauca might be an alternative to current medications for the symptomatic complications of obesity, such as learning and memory loss. Further studies are therefore needed to establish its toxicity profiles.
IVPR: An Instant Visual Place Recognition Approach Based on Structural Lines in Manhattan World

Visual place recognition plays an increasingly important role in robot navigation, autonomous flight of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), personal navigation, and so on. However, some texture-less scenarios and computational cost are still challenging. In order to improve the performance of visual place recognition with low computational complexity in the texture-less Manhattan world, this article proposes a fast and reliable method using bag-of-words of structural lines represented by the Extended Line Band Descriptors with Pose estimation capability, namely ELBDP. Furthermore, a robust method that only uses one pair of vanishing points and one structural line to estimate the relative pose between image pairs is proposed. The results show that proposed method outperforms point-based approaches such as oriented features from accelerated segment test and rotated binary robust independent elementary features (ORB)-based place recognition, in terms of efficiency, precision, recall, and accuracy of relative pose estimation.
Reactivation of Floodplains in River Restorations: Long‐Term Implications on the Mobility of Floodplain Sediment Deposits

Nowadays, national and international requirements and laws emphasize the “natural” development of river‐floodplain systems. One goal is to increase the connectivity between the river and its floodplains and thus reactivate floodplains as flooding areas, which potentially increases the mobility of fine sediments. The objective of this study is to analyze the long‐term effects of reactivated floodplains on the mobility of floodplain deposits of small rivers based on two river restoration scenarios: elevating the riverbed or lowering the floodplains. Past channel fixation and degradation as well as the subsequent increase in the floodplain elevation led to the decoupling of the channel and floodplain morphodynamics associated with the reduction of the habitat connectivity. Here, the floodplain sedimentation rates were determined using a numerical model based on the Delft3D software. The novelty of these numerical investigations is the morphological long‐term analysis over timescales of decades, which is not comparable to other short‐term hydrodynamic and morphodynamic studies for small meandering lowland rivers. The results of 11 river restoration scenarios show that lowering the floodplain and raising the riverbed elevation both lead to an increase in the fine sediment deposition on the floodplain. However, lowering the floodplain elevation is generally more effective. Based on the numerical model results and the assumption of a fixed river channel, only anthropogenic activity might have increased the amount of fine sediments deposited on floodplains and has accelerated the decoupling of the floodplains from the riverbed in the past centuries.
Control of the hydrogen:deuterium isotope mixture using pellets in JET

Deuterium pellets are injected into an initially pure hydrogen H-mode plasma in order to control the hydrogen:deuterium (H:D) isotope mixture. The pellets are deposited in the outer 20% of the minor radius, similar to that expected in ITER, creating transiently hollow electron density profiles. A H:D isotope mixture of approximately 45%:55% is obtained in the core with a pellet fuelling throughput of similar to previous pellet fuelling experiments in pure deuterium. Evolution of the H:D mix in the core is reproduced using a simple model, although deuterium transport could be higher at the beginning of the pellet train compared with the flat-top phase.
Callousness and Affective Face Processing: Clarifying the Neural Basis of Behavioral-Recognition Deficits Through the Use of Brain Event-Related Potentials

Callousness encompasses a lack of guilt, shallow affect, and deficient affiliative tendencies and relates to severe antisocial behavior. Across developmental stages, callousness is associated with abnormalities in emotional processing, including decreased physiological reactivity to emotional faces. The current study recruited an adult participant sample to investigate selective associations of callousness with deficits in behavioral performance and reduced neurophysiological response within a face-processing task. Participants who scored higher in callousness demonstrated decreased reactivity to fearful faces across temporal components of the electrocortical response along with reduced accuracy in identifying fearful faces. Further analyses demonstrated that late-positive potential amplitude alone was related to behavioral response and mediated the association between callousness and impaired recognition of fearful faces. These findings clarify the nature of face-processing deficits in relation to callousness and have implications for biologically informed interventions to reduce antisocial behavior.
Perspectives for Applications of Quantum Imaging

Quantum imaging is a multifaceted field of research that promises highly efficient imaging in extreme spectral ranges as well as ultralow‐light microscopy. Since the first proof‐of‐concept experiments over 30 years ago, the field has evolved from highly fascinating academic research to the verge of demonstrating practical technological enhancements in imaging and microscopy. Here, the aim is to give researchers from outside the quantum optical community, in particular those applying imaging technology, an overview of several promising quantum imaging approaches and evaluate both the quantum benefit and the prospects for practical usage in the near future. Several use case scenarios are discussed and a careful analysis of related technology requirements and necessary developments toward practical and commercial application is provided.
The role of the theory of mind and metacognition in predicting emotion dysregulation in male students with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

383 0 شناد ،یسانشناور یرتکد یوجشناد . ناریا ،لیبدرا ،یلیبدرا ققحم ها )لوئسم هدنسیون( . Ph. D Student of Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran(Corresponding Author) 2 . ناریا ،لیبدرا ،یلیبدرا ققحم ها شناد ،یسانشناور هورگ ،رایشناد . Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran :تفایرد 12 / 02 / 14 :ییاهن يریذپ 27 / 10 / 18 شيپ رد تخانشارف و نهذ یروئت شقن ینيب مظن فعض یيوج شناد رد ناجيه وزف للاتخا هب لاتبم رسپ نازومآ ن هجوت دوبمك/یشنك ینايبرش یرغصا سابع 4 تخداطع ربكا ، 0
Violent first-person shooters: Investigating life-satisfaction and empathy in long-term excessive users

The aim of the current study was to explore the differences, in terms of life-satisfaction and empathy, between excessive long-term users and non-excessive users of violent FPS games. A correlational design with a cross-sectional quantitative survey was utilised. A total of 79 participants completed a 26-question online survey consisting of demographic and video game usage questions, along with empathy and life-satisfaction scales. The study found that excessive and non-excessive users did not differ significantly in measures of life-satisfaction or empathy and found a weak positive correlation between empathy and life-satisfaction. Running head: THE CONSEQUENCES OF EXCESSIVE FPS GAMING 1 Violent First-Person Shooters: Investigating Life-Satisfaction and Empathy in Long-Term Excessive Users Towards the end of the 1990s, the ever-increasing sophistication of integrated circuitry, with regards to computer hardware — coupled with the advent of an internet which could sufficiently transmit data at an acceptable latency — led to the beginnings of multiplayer FirstPerson Shooter (FPS) games, in which players could play against and communicate with each other across the world. This interconnection of people enabled and propelled interest in these types of video games and led to an increase in the number of adolescents who would spend greater periods of time indoors; playing online with their friends or with strangers instead of engaging in the ‘normal’ social behaviours of their age groups (Johansson & Gotestam, 2004). A study by Rehbein, Psych, Kleimann, Mediasci, and Mossle (2010), for example, found that computer ownership by German adolescents increased from 35% to 71% in the 10 years from 1998 to 2008. This study also highlighted the problematic blanketing of internet and gaming use as one aggregated field, computer-related addictive behaviour, instead of qualifying the multi-layered issues that more accurately describe it. This steadily growing enthusiasm for technology has spawned a growing interest in the psychological ramifications of its use, and it has been proposed that, in certain instances, playing computer games can become psychologically and socially detrimental to the user (Kuss & Griffiths, 2012; Weinstein & Lejoyeux, 2010). Two distinct camps have formed around the debate on the effects of Violent Computer Games (VCGs). Heated academic exchanges have taken place between those who have found that VCGs have detrimental cognitive, social and emotional consequences (e.g., Anderson et al., 2010; Bartholow, Sestir, & Davis, 2005; Funk, Buchman, Jenks, & Bechtoldt, 2003) and those who question these conclusions, citing issues such as flawed methodologies, selection
Dynamic Viscosity, Surface Tension and Wetting Behavior Studies of Paraffin–in–Water Nano–Emulsions

This work analyzes the dynamic viscosity, surface tension and wetting behavior of phase change material nano–emulsions (PCMEs) formulated at dispersed phase concentrations of 2, 4 and 10 wt. %. Paraffin–in–water samples were produced using a solvent–assisted route, starting from RT21HC technical grade paraffin with a nominal melting point at ~293–294 K. In order to evaluate the possible effect of paraffinic nucleating agents on those three properties, a nano–emulsion with 3.6% of RT21HC and 0.4% of RT55 (a paraffin wax with melting temperature at ~328 K) was also investigated. Dynamic viscosity strongly rose with increasing dispersed phase concentration, showing a maximum increase of 151% for the sample containing 10 wt. % of paraffin at 278 K. For that same nano–emulsion, a melting temperature of ~292.4 K and a recrystallization temperature of ~283.7 K (which agree with previous calorimetric results of that emulsion) were determined from rheological temperature sweeps. Nano–emulsions exhibited surface tensions considerably lower than those of water. Nevertheless, at some concentrations and temperatures, PCME values are slightly higher than surface tensions obtained for the corresponding water+SDS mixtures used to produce the nano–emulsions. This may be attributed to the fact that a portion of the surfactant is taking part of the interface between dispersed and continuous phase. Finally, although RT21HC–emulsions exhibited contact angles considerably inferior than those of distilled water, PCME sessile droplets did not rapidly spread as it happened for water+SDS with similar surfactant contents or for bulk–RT21HC.
The Impact of International Proficiency Tests on Language Teaching and Motivation: A Case Study

This case study of Al-Aqsa School attempts to show that Cambridge Young Learners English Tests (YLE) may hurt learners’ motivation and teaching process. The paper aims to highlight the adoption of Cambridge YLE proficiency tests and explore learners and teachers’ perception of those tests. Also, providing alternative yardstick measures learners’ performance. Combination of a questionnaire, interviews and observation of Cambridge YLE, Movers and Flyers tests were used to collect the data. The evidence presented in this paper suggested that there was a necessity for English language teachers to motivate and prepare pupils of YLE tests at the primary stage. Otherwise, the School should reconsider administering the YLE tests at this fundamental level. The paper recommended progressively institutionalised scholastic accomplishment tests, alongside placement tests at the beginning of the school academic year. The findings should make an essential contribution to the field of applied linguistics and help decision-maker at Al-Aqsa School to take appropriate decisions.
Screening effects in the interplay between thermoelectric response and time-dependent driving

We investigate a coherent conductor, which is voltage- and temperature-biased and additionally fed by a time-dependently driven single-particle source (SPS). The conductor has an energy-dependent transmission that we propose to be realized by a quantum point contact (QPC). The interplay between stationary biases and time-dependent driving results in (quantum) screening effects at the QPC, which are already visible in the linear thermoelectric response coefficients of the conductor to small biases and which can literally be switched on and off by the presence or absence of the time-dependent driving. We find that this effect opens up for two very different opportunities for spectroscopy: (1) the linear-response coefficients modified by the source operation give direct access to rather unexplored quantum screening effects, which in other types of devices are obscured by geometric capacitive effects and only constitute negligibly small corrections. At the same time, (2) the tunable screening corrections to the linear-response coefficients are related to the energetic properties of the SPS, providing a direct experimental characterization tool for the SPS properties.
The impact of involving young children in improving the understanding of a new eye test

Although considered important, the involvement of young children in research is rare and its impact has never been measured. We aim to provide a good practice example of involvement of young children in the development of a tablet-based 3D eye test or stereotest, ASTEROID. We focus on improving understanding of test instructions.After a pre-measure of understanding was taken, we explored issues with the test instructions in patient and public involvement (PPI) sessions. Feedback was collected via observations, rating scales and children’s comments. An interdisciplinary panel reviewed the feedback and decided on the implementation. Subsequently, a post-measure was collected. In Study 1, 650 children (2-11.8 years old) took part in the pre-measure, 111 children (1-12 years old) in the PPI sessions, and 52 children (4-6 years old) in the post-measure which also served as a pre-measure for Study 2. PPI sessions for Study 2 attracted 122 children (1-12 years old) and adults. 53 people (2-39 years old) participated in the post-measure of Study 2.Following feedback in Study 1, we added a frame cue and included a shuffle animation. This increased the percentage of correct practice trials from 76% to 97% (t(231)=14.29, p<. 001). After adding a cardboard demo in Study 2, the percentage of correct trials remained stable but the number of additional instructions given decreased (t(103)=3.72, p<. 001). Our study demonstrates impact of involvement of very young children in research through accessible activities. It can encourage researchers to involve young children and contribute to developing guidelines.
Uso da álgebra linear para análise de similaridades e extração de padrões em sequências protéicas

Extrair padroes de dados de sequencias de proteinas e um dos desafios da Biologia Computacional. Neste trabalho, e apresentada uma metodologia que usa tecnicas de Algebra Linear, Estatistica e Otimizacao para a analise de sequencias primarias de proteinas. Inicialmente, cada sequencia e transformada num vetor de frequencias de peptideos de tamanho p, considerando todas as combinacoes possiveis de aminoacidos para formarem um p-peptideo. Com 20 aminoacidos, o modelo de espaco vetorial e formado por vetores de tamanho 20p. Para avaliar a validade biologica do metodo, medidas de similaridade da SVD, distância Euclidiana e cosseno, foram comparadas com medidas de similaridade usadas por um programa de alinhamento de sequencias (BLAST). A distância euclidiana foi negativamente correlacionada com bit score (r>-0,6) e positivamente correlacionado com E value (r>+0,7). Ja o cosseno apresentou correlacao negativa com E value (r>-0,7) e correlacao positiva com bit score (r>+0,8). Foi obtida tambem uma estimava para o grau de concordância entre cosseno e distância Euclidiana com o resultado gerado por um programa padrao de alinhamento de sequencias, quando da classificacao de uma sequencia desconhecida. Quanto a interpretacao biologica para a SVD, pode-se afirmar que os valores singulares visualizados como scree plots revelam os principais componentes, o numero de processos escondidos num banco de dados de sequencias proteicas. Ao se aliar a SVD com tecnicas de otimizacao, foi possivel a visualizacao multidimensional de genomas e de outros dados multivariados em 2D ou 3D. Ja a combinacao de modelos de regressao logistica com SVD permitiu a selecao de atributos importantes para a classificacao de sequencias proteicas. A principal contribuicao desta tese refere-se a validade biologica do uso da decomposicao em valores singulares (SVD) para analise de similaridade e extracao de padroes em sequencias proteicas. Antes da realizacao deste trabalho, persistiam muitas duvidas em relacao a significância biologica de se considerar uma proteina como um vetor no espaco multidimensional e, principalmente, quanto a validade da analise de similaridade por meio de tecnicas de Algebra Linear. Mesmo sem se trabalhar com matrizes de substituicao nem com algoritmos de alinhamentos de sequencias, foram obtidos resultados biologicamente validos. Descrever uma proteina na forma de um vetor permite que nao so a SVD possa ser usada na sua analise, mas todas as outras ferramentas utilizadas para a manipulacao de vetores e matrizes, da Algebra Linear, Fisica, Estatistica, Geometria, Computacao, tambem poderao ser usadas na busca por similaridades e na extracao de padroes em sequencias proteicas.