Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Validating the Philadelphia Mindfulness Scale [PMS] for Those with Fibromyalgia

Abstract Objectives: Dispositional mindfulness [DM] has become an important construct in understanding and treating fibromyalgia. However, few DM measures exist that have been validated in those with fibromyalgia. The Philadelphia Mindfulness Scale [PMS] is a self-report of DM. In the current study, we validate the PMS within a sample of individuals with fibromyalgia. Design: This was a cross-sectional online study. This enabled the recruitment of a larger sample of individuals with experiences of fibromyalgia than may have been achieved through face-to-face assessment. A cross-sectional approach was adopted to minimise resource demands. Method: The PMS alongside measures of fibromyalgia severity [The Revised Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire], affect [Positive and Negative Affect Scale] and decentring [Experiences Questionnaire] were completed online by a sample of N = 936 individuals with fibromyalgia. Results: Confirmatory factor analysis supported a revised three-factor structure for the PMS. This factor structure excluded items which could overlap with hypervigilance within fibromyalgia. The three supported factors were Awareness, Non-judging/Control and Non-suppression/reactivity. Concurrent validity of the subscales was partially supported via correlations with positive affect [PA] and negative affect [NA] and decentring. Conclusions: The results support the use of the PMS in individuals with fibromyalgia, and in particular the use of this measure to compare those with and without experience of meditation. The PMS may be a useful tool in evaluating mindfulness-based interventions [MBIs] within this population. Limitations: The online design prevented more in-depth assessment of fibromyalgia. As the study was cross-sectional, test re-test reliability could not be assessed.
Small-sided games in high-level football: integrating physiological, perceptual and tactical performances

Small sided-games (SSG) have gained a major importance in football training. The main goal of this work was to study the influence of the players’ number in the physiological response, rating of perceived exertion (RPE), activity profile and footballers interpersonal coordination. The population study was composed by 10 elite U19 football players. The players participated in four SSG formats (2x2; 3x3; 4x4; 5x5), with 20 minutes duration (3x6 minutes with 1 minute of active recovery) and the ratio area:player was kept constant at 150m2. The physiologic responses and activity profiles in different SSG formats were assessed. The highest values of heart rate and RPE were found in 2x2 and 3x3 formats. The 2x2 format presented the smallest total distance and sprints number, whereas the 3x3 format showed the highest number of sprints. Regarding to the body load, statistical differences were found among the SSG. The 4x4 format presented the highest value and the 5x5 the smallest. The body load decreased in each 2 minutes. This work suggests that coaches can use more reduced formats (2x2 and 3x3) to increase the cardiovascular demands during conditioning. On the other hand, when it intends to increase variability and specificity in accordance with competition demands, it should be used formats with higher athletes’ number (4x4 and 5x5). The tactical behaviour of athletes during SSG was evaluated through positional variables and there was the recognition of interpersonal coordination patterns among athletes during the SSG. A relationship between the players’ number and the centroid distance of team and the opponent team was established, and the contrary happened with the approximate entropy values. There is a smallest random in SSG with highest players’ number suggesting a better positional organization. A relationship between players positioning angles’ and team centroid, suggested the existence of different communication pathways among players. The SSG with highest number of players are the most advised to consolidate the self-organizing behaviours. The intraand inter-team interpersonal coordination tendencies allow to discriminate the duration of ball possession sequences. The shortest sequences exhibited a highest irregularity than the longest ones. Key-words: football, small-sided games, conditioning, activity profiles, body load, complex systems, dynamical systems, approximate entropy, interpersonal coordination, GPS, positional variables, ball possession.
Development , growth , and survivorship of the copepod Calanus marshallae in the laboratory

Development times from egg to adult Calanus marshallae (Copepoda, Crustacea) were 36 d at 15 'C, 62 d at 11 "C and 64 d at 10 'C. Stage-by-stage development was not isochronal but followed a sigmoidal pattern. Egg, NI and N2 together took 3.4 d at 10 "C (= 5.3 % of the total development time). N3 had the second longest duration of any stage (6.8 d at 10 "C; 10.7 % of total development). Stage duration decreased from N3 through N6, with N6 having the shortest duration of any stage (2.6 d) , then development became progressively slower through each copepodite stage. C5 had the longest duration (20.9 d; 32.8 % of total development time). Body lengths of laboratory-raised stages NI to C3 were the same as of field-collected specimens; C4 and C5 were shorter than in wild copepods, but laboratory-raised females were significantly longer than wild females. This suggests that laboratory growth conditions were probably as good as, if not better than, conditions in the field. Weight was gained at a rate of 0.05 pg pg-I d-I from egg through N4; 0.18 d' from N5 to C5; 0.02 d ' from C5 to adult female. It is argued that observed deviations from isochronal development in Calanus marshallae may reflect differential mortality rates among developmental stages such that stages that on average experience high mortalities will develop most rapidly.
Efficient Road-Sign Detection Based on Machine Learning

Road-signs which indicate the following traffic information can provide important assistance for driving safety in driving assistance system (DAS). In order to detect road-signs, we use a machine learning method in this paper. We first generate database using some image processing steps, then we use HOG for feature description. In the road marking identification step, we use SVM for this task. The designed method is applied using various video images from black box, and is verified to be robust and efficient.
DELAYED SEED DISPERSAL

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Kairomonal range of generalist predators in specialized habitats: responses to multiple phloeophagous species emitting pheromones vs. host odors

We evaluated responses of the predominant predators of pheromone‐producing bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) to chemical cues associated with other phloeophagous species that colonize the same trees. This study considered the range of chemical signals exploited by a category of predators that may be viewed either as specialists, because they feed almost exclusively within trees killed by bark beetles, or as generalists, because they feed on a diverse fauna of primary and secondary insects within this habitat. It also evaluated one aspect of a broader model of predator‐prey coevolution, that proposes altered semiochemistry as a source of partial escape from predators that exploit kairomones. The predators, Thanasimus dubius (F.) (Coleoptera: Cleridae) and Platysoma cylindrica (Paykull) (Coleoptera: Histeridae), were attracted to cues associated with feeding on bark‐phloem disks by two scolytids that produce adult pheromones, Ips pini (Say) and Ips grandicollis (Eichhoff). These predators were not attracted to beetles that feed on lower stems or roots and are not known to produce adult pheromones, Dendroctonus valens LeConte, Hylastes porculus Erickson (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), and Hylobius pales (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). The predator Tenebroides collaris (Sturm) (Coleoptera: Trogositidae) was attracted to I. pini and I. grandicollis, and also to D. valens, H. porculus, and H. pales. Ips pini was attracted to conspecifics only, but I. grandicollis was attracted both to its conspecifics and to volatiles associated with feeding lower stem and root insects. Lower stem and root insects were not or only weakly attracted to cues associated with their conspecifics. These results are consistent with a dynamic coevolved interaction between T. dubius and P. cylindrica and Ips spp.
Image stacking analysis of SDSS galaxies with AKARI Far-Infrared Surveyor maps at 65 μm, 90 μm, and 140 μm

We perform image stacking analysis of Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) photometric galaxies over the AKARI Far-Infrared Surveyor (FIS) maps at 65{\mu}m, 90{\mu}m, and 140{\mu}m. The resulting image profiles are decomposed into the central galaxy component (single term) and the nearby galaxy component (clustering term), as a function of the r-band magnitude, m_r of the central galaxy. We find that the mean far-infrared (FIR) flux of a galaxy with magnitude m_r is well fitted with f^s_{90{\mu}m}=13*10^{0.306(18-m_r)}[mJy]. The FIR amplitude of the clustering term is consistent with that expected from the angular-correlation function of the SDSS galaxies, but galaxy morphology dependence needs to be taken into account for a more quantitative conclusion. We also fit the spectral energy distribution of stacked galaxies at 65{\mu}m, 90{\mu}m, and 140{\mu}m, and derive a mean dust temperature of ~30K. This is consistent with the typical dust temperature of galaxies that are FIR luminous and individually detected.
Foraging traces as an indicator to monitor wild boar impact on ground nesting birds.

The successful management of large herbivores requires the monitoring of a set of indicators of ecological change describing animal performance, relative animal abundance, and ungulate impact on habitat. Wild boar populations increases have been spectacular in many countries including France. Wild boars can have a substantial environmental impact on many ecosystem components including birds, but indicators to monitor such impact are currently lacking. In this paper, we examined the usefulness of monitoring the wild boar foraging traces made during their rooting activity to evaluate their impact on ground nesting birds, and developed a simple indicator of kilometric foraging (Ikf) traces found on transects. This study measured the effect of wild boar on bird abundances, controlling for vegetation characteristics (shrub density, time since last clear-cut). Using standardized spot-counts, we found that ground nesting bird abundances were negatively correlated to IkF. Our results showed a significant decrease of 44,7% in ground nesting bird abundances in areas strongly foraged by wild boars. By contrast, abundances of birds depending of ground or tree for food resource, but nesting out of reach of wild boars, were not correlated to foraging traces. We thus conclude that IkF is a simple and suitable indicator that can be used at large scales to monitor wild boar impact on ground nesting birds.
IRON-SULFUR-MANGANESE DYNAMICS IN INTERTIDAL SURFACE SEDIMENTS OF THE NORTH SEA

In coastal marine sediments the decomposition of organic matter is catalyzed by microorganisms using oxygen, nitrate, manganese and iron(oxyhydr)oxides and sulfate as the terminal electron acceptors (e. g., FROELICH et al., 1979; JORGENSEN, 2000). Up to more than 50% of the oxidation processes are related to microbial sulfate reduction. A number of complex microbial and non-biological reactions typically takes place in marine surface sediments. Intertidal surface sediments are the ideal sites to study the influence of dynamic boundary conditions on early diagenetic biogeochemical element transformations and their impact on the element transfers across the sediment-water interface. The present study concentrates on the dynamic reactions within the coupled biogeochemical cycles of oxygen, manganese, iron and sulfur in different intertidal surface sediments on a seasonal basis. The main purpose was to increase our understanding of element dynamics and their relation to factors like, e. g. , sediment type (and corresponding organic matter and metal load), temperature, and hydrodynamics. The main interest was in the factors controlling the dynamics of manganese, iron and sulfur in different types of intertidal sediments. During early diagenesis, manganese(IV) and iron(III)(oxyhydr)oxides can be reduced and recirculated through various redox processes (e. g., THAMDRUP et al., 1994; CANFIELD et al., 1993) and are, therefore, important for material and energy flow. Measurements were carried out to investigate the dynamics of biogeochemical reactions within the coupled sedimentary oxygen, sulfur, carbon, manganese and iron cycles on the time scales of tidal cycles, day-night changes and seasons. The investigations were carried out in the field (in situ) as well as by laboratory incubations. Sediment cores and interstitial waters were typically analyzed down to about 20 cm depth.
Factors That Influence the Working Behavior of Employees at PT Wijaya Karya in Dealing with ASEAN Economic Community

ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) or ASEAN free market came into effect in 2015 with the AEC, the increased competitiveness of ASEAN countries, so that Indonesia must Compete with ASEAN countries. The passage of the AEC, Ultimately demanding for more and Increased investment, Including foreign investment, with the hope that our government is Able to boost employment and improve welfare. AEC was formed with the aim to Achieve perfection of economic integration in the ASEAN region that we believe can provide real benefits to all elements of society. The formation of a single market which is termed as MEA allows countries to sell goods and services easily to other countries across Southeast Asia, there will be competition.PT WIKA is a State-owned construction company open in the field of Engineering, Procurement, Construction (EPC) and Investments. Until now WIKA Believes that improvements in all areas is a requirement for the management of the corporation as a professional, healthy, highly competitive and modern. This is based on the awareness that large companies have to prepare human resources to be Able to Compete better in order to face the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) or face Increasingly stringent, Including the construction world.The purpose of this study is to analyze and identify the readiness the type of employee attitudes at PT Wijaya Karya caused by the changing ASEAN Economic Community by 2015. Analyzing the effects of the ASEAN Economic Community in 2015 to the organization like PT Wijaya Karya on its employee performance and commitment by processing the data is using SEM.Furthermore, employees of PT WIKA showed what is identified as having a positive attitude towards the changes that occur as a result of the ASEAN Economic Community and Affective Commitment has a positive and significant impact on the attitudes and performance of employees to deal with change as a result of the ASEAN Economic Community, it is due to the appreciation of its employees and their innovation, promotional activities and product diversityInnovation, promotional activities and the diversity of products do not directly (not Significantly) affect the company's competitive advantage in the face of AEC 2015. This condition Also shows that the MEA has not been too good socialization, and knowledge AEC is still minimal, so people assume not need to a make any special preparations in facing the AEC (assume something that is unusual), and do not know the opportunities and threats of the enactment of AEC Keywords: approach, commitment, competitiveness, construction company, changes, employee, performance, AEC
Better-Fitted Probability of Hydraulic Conductivity for a Silty Clay Site and Its Effects on Solute Transport

The heterogeneous hydraulic conductivity of a subsurface medium is vital to the groundwater flow and solute transport. Probability is efficient for characterizing and quantifying the field characterization of hydraulic conductivity. Compared with sandy mediums, silty clay is paid less attention to due to its low hydraulic conductivity. For long-term solute transport and seawater intrusion, the low-permeable medium is considered as a remarkably permeable medium. This study reports on a comprehensive investigation on the hydraulic conductivity field of the Ningchegu site, located east of Tianjin City of China. Four layers recognized by 52 boreholes, plain fill, continental silty clay, mud–silt clay and marine silty clay, were deposited from the top to the bottom. The hydraulic conductivities measured via permeameter tests ranged from 2 × 10−6 m/d to 1.6 × 10−1 m/d, which corresponded to the lithology of silty clay. The magnitude and the range of the hydraulic conductivity increased with the depth. Five probability distribution models were tested with the experimental probability, indicating that a Levy stable distribution was more matched than the log-normal, normal, Weibull or gamma distributions. A simple analytical model and a Monte Carlo technique were used to inspect the effect of the silty clay hydraulic conductivity field on the statistical behavior of the solute transport. The Levy stable distribution likely generates higher peak concentrations and lower peak times compared with the widely-used log-normal distribution. This consequently guides us in describing the transport of contaminations in subsurface mediums.
On the time-varying link between financeand growth - A smooth transition approachfor Brazil, 1890-2003

This paper revisits growth-finance nexus with a new approach and new data. It applies the smooth transition (LST) model to annual data for Brazil from 1890 to 2003. The main finding is that financial development has a time-varying effect on growth, which depends on a time-varying effect of political instability and trade openness as well, with the latter used as the transition variable. JEL classification: C14; O40; E23; D72
Mesosomes in Bacillus cereus 569 and the Production of Extra Membranes by Treatment with Actinomycin-D By 5

Electron microscopy of thin sections of Bacillus cereus 569 fixed under conditions that demonstrate Bacillus licheniformis 749c to have only one mesosome per bacterium has shown the former to possess consistently more than one. Treatment of outgrowing B. cereus 569 spores with actinomycin-D results in the appearance of extra membrane-like material lying between the plasma membrane and the new wall. Actinomycin-D causes almost immediate cessation of exponential growth in B. cereus 569 but extra membrane appears after a lag of approximately half a generation time. Autoradiography of thin sections of exponentially growing bacteria treated with actinomycin-D and labelled during inhibition with tritiated glycerol shows that the grain count is increased over areas of sections where extra membrane is present. Analysis of the lipids extracted shows that some of the labelled glycerol is incorporated during inhibition into material similar to or identical with the normal phospholipids. Virtually no incorporation of labelled amino acid occurred in trichloroacetic acid precipitates during actinomycin-D inhibition. These observations, which suggest that synthesis of new membrane occurs during actinomycin-D inhibition, are discussed in relation to a possible origin from mesosomes.
THE COGNITIVE COMPONENT OF COMPETITIVE STATE ANXIETY IN SEMI PROFESSIONAL SOCCER: A CASE STUDY

Competitive state anxiety may influence performance. The cognitive component of competitive state anxiety was assessed qualitatively in the present study, in a case of semi professional soccer player. Data was collected by means of a five stage method interview. Inductive content analysis was employed to categorise and analyse the emergent themes. The participant perceived some cognition as positive and facilitative and other cognition as negative and debilitative. He has developed coping strategies to turn the latter to positive cognition. The analysis revealed six distinctive phases about his thought patterns in proximity to a match, with no relation to the intensity of these thoughts.