Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Pregnancy Envy and the Politics of Compensatory Masculinities

Dominant psychoanalytic paradigms locate the breast or penis/phallus as the touchstone for gender/sex/sexual development. This essay offers a critique of these accounts and an alternative theory of sexed forms of being: pregnancy envy and the kinship rules that result from this. The essay also provides an intellectual history of how previous efforts to theorize pregnancy envy, especially work by Ida Macalpine, were suppressed.This article has benefited from audiences at the Yale University Feminist Lesbian and Gay Workshop, the City University Lesbian and Gay Studies Workshop, and the University of Southern California Center on Feminist Research, as well as from comments by Marianne Constable, Lisa Ellis, Laura Green, James Martel, Hanna Pitkin, and Michael Rogin. Many thanks especially to the reviewers and editors for their extremely helpful suggestions, including the reference to Bruno Bettelheim (1962).
Suppressor of fused controls cerebellar neuronal differentiation in a manner modulated by GLI3 repressor and Fgf15

Background: Deficiency of Suppressor of Fused (SuFu), an intracellular mediator of Hedgehog signaling, in the murine mid–hindbrain disrupts cerebellar morphogenesis and cell differentiation in a manner that is rescued by constitutive expression of GLI3 transcriptional repressor (GLI3R). Here, we determined SuFu functions in cerebellar radial precursors following the stage of mid–hindbrain specification using a Blbp‐Cre transgene. Results: SuFu‐deficient cerebella were severely dysplastic, and characterized by laminar disorganization, and delayed differentiation of ventricular zone‐derived precursors. In vitro analysis of cerebellar precursors isolated from control and mutant mice demonstrated an increased proportion of radial glial precursors vs. Tuj1‐positive neurons in mutant cultures. Abnormal cell differentiation in SuFu‐deficient precursors was rescued by a constitutively expressed GLI3R knock‐in allele, albeit with variable penetrance. Using RNA expression analysis in control and SuFu‐deficient cerebellar anlage, we identified up‐regulation of Fgf15 in mutant tissue. Strikingly, exogenous hFGF19, a mFGF15 ortholog, inhibited neuronal differentiation in cultures of wild‐type cerebellar precursors. Moreover, siRNA‐mediated knockdown of Fgf15 in SuFu‐deficient cerebellar precursors rescued their delayed differentiation to neurons. Conclusions: Together, our results show that SuFu promotes cerebellar radial precursor differentiation to neurons. SuFu function is mediated in part by GLI3R and down‐regulation of Fgf15 expression. Developmental Dynamics 247:156–169, 2018. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Efficacy and safety of donepezil in patients with more severe Alzheimer's disease: a subgroup analysis from a randomized, placebo‐controlled trial

There have been very limited investigations of cholinesterase inhibitor therapy in more advanced stages of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The efficacy and safety of donepezil were evaluated in post hoc analyses of a subgroup of patients with more severe AD (standardized Mini‐Mental State Examination [sMMSE] score 5–12) within a randomized, placebo‐controlled trial in moderate to severe AD (MSAD study). Additional analyses examined whether donepezil's treatment effects were consistent across the full range of baseline AD severity studied (sMMSE score 5–17).
Establishment of the Muscle–Tendon Junction During Thorax Morphogenesis in Drosophila Requires the Rho-Kinase

The assembly of the musculoskeletal system in Drosophila relies on the integration of chemical and mechanical signaling between the developing muscles with ectodermal cells specialized as “tendon cells. ” Mechanical tension generated at the junction of flight muscles and tendon cells of the notum epithelium is required for muscle morphogenesis, and is balanced by the epithelium in order to not deform. We report that Drosophila Rho kinase (DRok) is necessary in tendon cells to assemble stable myotendinous junctions (MTJ), which are required for muscle morphogenesis and survival. In addition, DRok is required in tendon cells to maintain epithelial shape and cell orientation in the notum, independently of chascon (chas). Loss of DRok function in tendon cells results in mis-orientation of tendon cell extensions and abnormal accumulation of Thrombospondin and βPS-integrin, which may cause abnormal myotendinous junction formation and muscle morphogenesis. This role does not depend exclusively on nonmuscular Myosin-II activation (Myo-II), indicating that other DRok targets are key in this process. We propose that DRok function in tendon cells is key to promote the establishment of MTJ attachment and to balance mechanical tension generated at the MTJ by muscle compaction.
Applying Deep Neural Network to Retrieve Relevant Civil Law Articles

The paper aims to achieve the legal question answering information retrieval (IR) task at Competition on Legal Information Extraction/Entailment (COLIEE) 2017. Our proposal methodology for the task is to utilize deep neural network, natural language processing and word2vec. The system was evaluated using training and testing data from the competition on legal information extraction/entailment (COLIEE). Our system mainly focuses on giving relevant civil law articles for given bar exams. The corpus of legal questions is drawn from Japanese Legal Bar exam queries. We implemented a combined deep neural network with additional features NLP and word2vec to gain the corresponding civil law articles based on a given bar exam ‘Yes/No’ questions. This paper focuses on clustering words-with-relation in order to acquire relevant civil law articles. All evaluation processes were done on the COLIEE 2017 training and test data set. The experimental result shows a very promising result.
Proposal of maglev guideway girder by structural optimization: Civil works of center for urban maglev program in Korea

An optimized maglev guideway girder system which fulfills the requirements of Center for Urban Maglev Program in Korea is proposed. The design of optimized guideway girder should satisfy the design criteria regarding load conditions (vehicle load and dead load) and deflection conditions due to moving vehicle load. The design criteria have deflection regulation on live load and concrete strength condition on top and bottom ends of the girder. To satisfy these conditions, we define various design variables (DV), state variables (SV) and object function (OBJ) followed by structural optimization process leading to the dimension of the cross section of the guideway girder. General purpose finite element analysis program ANSYS was utilized to perform structural optimization and 3D analysis to check the design criteria. Accordingly proposed maglev guideway girder is compared with the guideway girder systems of the commercial and experimental routes economically and indirectly.
Analysis of 16S-23S Intergenic Spacer Regions and rrn Operon Copy Number of Aeromonas culicicola MTCC 3249T

The 16S-23S intergenic spacer and 23S rRNA gene sequence were determined for A. culicicola MTCC 3249T. Ten different ISR, indicative of ten rrn operons, were found in the strain that were grouped in three major types. Of the three types, ISR I was non-coding while ISR II and III coded for tRNAGlu(UUC). The tRNAGlu(UUC) sequence was identical to that of E. coli. Both ISR I and II were represented by three clones whereas four clones represented ISR III. The number of nucleotide differences between all these ISR ranged from 4 to 157. There were ten rrn operons present in A. culicicola MTCC 3249T as confirmed by Southern hybridization analysis. The 23S rRNA gene sequence analysis of A. culicicloa showed 89.6% homology to that from E. coli with differences of 292 bases, whereas it was 98.6% similar to A. hydrophila 23S rRNA gene with 38 nucleotide differences. The sequences of the helix 21 region were identical in both A. culicicola MTCC 3249T and A. hydrophila and showed two nucleotides different at 389 and 390th positions as compared to E. coli. The upstream and downstream regions of 23S rRNA gene in the strain showed high sequence similarity with A. hydrophila and E. coli indicating their importance in processing of rRNA molecules.
Stability analysis for uncertain linear systems

In this paper, we deal with the problem of robust stability analysis of linear systems with real parametric uncertainty. The new conditions for the robust stability are given in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) based on parameter-dependent Lyapunov function approach. Firstly, we describe the model of the uncertain linear system and the relative robust stability problem. Then, using two lemmata we prove the new sufficient criteria for the robust stability based on LMIs. And the resulting stability criterion is less conservative than before.
Unsaturated fatty acids and viability of Helicobacter (Campylobacter) pylori

Helicobacter (Campylobacter) pylori was found to be sensitive to the toxic effects of an unsaturated fatty acid (arachidonic acid). Data are presented that support the hypothesis that exogenous catalase added to basal media enhances the growth of H. pylori by preventing the formation of toxic peroxidation products from long-chain unsaturated fatty acids.
HARBOUR PORPOISE PRESENCE NEAR OIL TANKERS

Harbour porpoises ( Phocoena phocoena ) are often sighted at the Canaport Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) terminal at Saint John, NB. High noise levels are thought to displace porpoises. Porpoise presence was studied when three oil tankers docked, offloaded cargo and embarked between Nov 14 and 25, 2014. An automated porpoise detector (C-POD) and an underwater sound recorder (Song Meter SM2) were deployed from a trestle, <100 m from the stern of the ship while docked. Broadband levels (0.1- 16 kHz) of 1 min recordings every 10 min were matched to the presence or absence of echolocation click detections over 10 min periods (n = 1527). Porpoise presence dropped from 49 ± 50 % (n = 1134) to 21 ± 41 % (n = 393) when tankers were present. Porpoise hearing thresholds are high at low frequencies. The insensitive low frequency hearing abilities can be taken into account when audiogram values are used as a frequency weighting function (expressed as dB(Pp); analogous to dB(A) for humans). The highest noise broadband (0.1 – 16 kHz) level when a porpoise and a tanker were both present was 107 dB(Pp) re 1 uPa (147 dB re 1 uPa unweighted). No porpoises were detected when the sound levels were between 107 and 120 dB(Pp) re 1 uPa (n = 29). The low frequency insensitivity of harbour porpoise hearing would reduce the likely perceived noise levels by 50-70 dB at frequencies where the ship noises have the greatest amplitude. The regular, although reduced, presence of porpoises when tankers are present suggests that they will tolerate moderate noise levels and related disturbances, but it does not indicate if the porpoises are physiologically stressed or not. Linear broadband noise level measurements should not be used when assessing the potential impact of noise levels on porpoise behavior.
Analysis and measurement of timing error effects in a SAW-based group demodulator

This paper examines the effect of timing errors on QPSK/FDMA signals regenerated by a SAW-based group demodulator. The presence of a timing offset not only degrades the performance of that channel, but also increases the amount of its interference into other channels. Time windowing of the input to the chirp Fourier transform is shown to reduce the impact of the timing errors, but at the cost of an increased output noise variance. Measurements are presented for the bit-error rate (BER) performance of a single channel with a fixed timing offset using a surface acoustic wave (SAW) group demodulator based on the convolve-multiply-convolve (CMC) configuration with Kaiser-Bessel windowing.
Risk of complications of pregnancy in women with type 1 diabetes: nationwide prospective study in the Netherlands

Objective To investigate maternal, perinatal, and neonatal outcomes of pregnancies in women with type 1 diabetes in the Netherlands. Design Nationwide prospective cohort study. Setting All 118 hospitals in the Netherlands. Participants 323 women with type 1 diabetes who became pregnant between 1 April 1999 and 1 April 2000. Main outcome measures Maternal, perinatal, and neonatal outcomes of pregnancy. Results 84% (n = 271) of the pregnancies were planned. Glycaemic control early in pregnancy was good in most women (HbA1c  7.0% in 75% (n = 212) of the population), and folic acid supplementation was adequate in 70% (n = 226). 314 pregnancies that went beyond 24 weeks' gestation resulted in 324 infants. The rates of pre-eclampsia (40; 12.7%), preterm delivery (101; 32.2%), caesarean section (139; 44.3%), maternal mortality (2; 0.6%), congenital malformations (29; 8.8%), perinatal mortality (9; 2.8%), and macrosomia (146; 45.1%) were considerably higher than in the general population. Neonatal morbidity (one or more complications) was extremely high (260; 80.2%). The incidence of major congenital malformations was significantly lower in planned pregnancies than in unplanned pregnancies (4.2% (n = 11) v 12.2% (n = 6); relative risk 0.34, 95% confidence interval 0.13 to 0.88). Conclusion Despite a high frequency of planned pregnancies, resulting in overall good glycaemic control (early) in pregnancy and a high rate of adequate use of folic acid, maternal and perinatal complications were still increased in women with type 1 diabetes. Neonatal morbidity, especially hypoglycaemia, was also extremely high. Near optimal maternal glycaemic control (HbA1c  7.0%) apparently is not good enough.
Effect Of Environmental Water Salinity on Acid-Base Regulation During Environmental Hypercapnia in the Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus Mykiss)

Acid-base regulation in rainbow trout acclimated to about 3, 100 and 500 mmol l −1 Na + and Cl − , at constant water [HCO 3 − ], was assessed during 24h of exposure to 1% CO 2 and during recovery. The respiratory acidosis induced by a rise in plasma P CO CO2 to about 1.15kPa (8.5mmHg, 3mmol l −1 ), 1.33kPa (10mmHg, 100 mmol l −1 ) or 1.5 kPa (11.2 mmHg, 500 mmol l −1 ) was partially compensated for by accumulation of plasma HCO 3 − . The degree of pH compensation depended on the salinity of the environmental water, being about 61, 82 and 88% at 3, 100 and 300 mmol l −1 Na + and Cl − , respectively. [HCO 3 − ] in animals acclimated to 100 and 500 mmol l −1 rose to higher values than that in fish at 3 mmol l −1 . Plasma [Cl − ] decreased during hypercapnia as compared to control concentrations in all groups of fish. Plasma [Na + ] rose during the first 8 h of hypercapnia in fish acclimated to all three salinities, but recovered towards control values during the remainder of hypercapnia. The rise in plasma [HCO 3 − ] was significantly related to the fall in plasma [Cl − ], whereas the changes in plasma [Na + ] were unaffected by simultaneous changes in plasma [HCO 3 − ]. Time courses of changes in plasma [Na + ] and total ammonia concentration, [ T amm ], were similar but in opposite directions. The transepithelial potential (TEP) of blood relative to water was negative, close to zero and positive, averaging −21, −5.8 and +6.2 mV for fish acclimated to 3, 100 and 300 mmol l −1 Na + , respectively. After initiation of hypercapnia, which caused a quite heterogeneous response among groups, a clear trend towards depolarization was observed during the remainder of hypercapnia. These results confirm the role of active HCO 3 − /Cl − exchange processes for the compensation of extracellular pH during respiratory acidoses in fish.
Controllability results for some nonlinear coupled parabolic systems by one control force

In this paper, we present new controllability results for some nonlinear coupled parabolic systems considered in a bounded domain Ω of R N (with N � 1 being arbitrary) when the control force acts on a unique equation of the system through an arbitrarily small open set ω ⊂ Ω. As a model example, we consider a nonlinear phase field system with certain superlinear nonlinearities and prove the null controllability, the exact controllability to the trajectories and the approximate controllability of the model. The crucial point in this paper is the new strategy developed to deal with the null controllability of linear coupled parabolic systems by a unique control force. Global Carleman estimates and the parabolic regularizing effect of the problem are used.
The Protein Kinase C βII Exon Confers mRNA Instability in the Presence of High Glucose Concentrations*

Previous studies showed that short term exposure of cells to high glucose destabilized protein kinase C (PKC) βII mRNA, whereas PKCβI mRNA levels remained unaltered. Because PKCβ mRNAs share common sequences other than the PKCβII exon encoding a different carboxyl terminus, we examined PKCβII mRNA for a cis-acting region that could confer glucose-induced destabilization. A β-globin/growth hormone reporter con struct containing the PKCβII exon was transfected into human aorta and rat vascular smooth muscle cells (A10) to follow glucose-induced destabilization. Glucose (25 mm) exposure destabilized PKCβII chimeric mRNA but not control mRNA. Deletion analysis and electrophoretic mobility shift assays followed by UV cross-linking experiments demonstrated that a region introduced by inclusion of the βII exon was required to confer destabilization. Although a cis-acting element mapped to 38 nucleotides within the βII exon was necessary to bestow destabilization, it was not sufficient by itself to confer complete mRNA destabilization. Yet, in intact cells antisense oligonucleotides complementary to this region blocked glucose-induced destabilization. These results suggest that this region must function in context with other sequence elements created by exon inclusion involved in affecting mRNA stability. In summary, inclusion of an exon that encodes PKCβII mRNA introduces a cis-acting region that confers destabilization to the mRNA in response to glucose.
CoSi/sub 2/ integrated fuses on poly silicon for low voltage 0.18 /spl mu/m CMOS applications

The manufacturability and integration of the CoSi/sub 2//poly-Si fuse element for sub-0.18 /spl mu/m regime CMOS is demonstrated and evaluated. This paper addresses the mechanism and the driver circuit challenges for fuse programming (given the low operating voltage nature of the 0.18 /spl mu/m technology). This includes exploring different options to deliver the required programming energy, yet complying with low voltage limitation of the technology. Finally, it concludes by presenting the fuse programming characteristics and reliability studies of the high voltage (HV) driver of the circuit.
Effect of Pioglitazone on Sciatic Nerve Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in Rats

Objective: Evaluation of the effect of pioglitazone on sciatic nerve ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury in rat. Method: Sixty rats were divided into 10 groups (n = 6). Treatment groups received 15 mg/kg pioglitazone intraperitoneally 1 h before induction of I/R by clamping the right common iliac and femoral arteries for 3 h. After certain time intervals of reperfusion (0 h, 3 h, 1, 4, and 7 days), the function of the hind limb was assessed using behavioral scores based on gait, grasp, paw position, and pinch sensitivity. The sciatic nerve was removed for light microscopy studies and graded for ischemic fiber degeneration (IFD) and edema. Plasma malondialdehyde (MDA) level was measured as an indicator of lipid peroxidation at the end of reperfusion intervals. Result: Behavioral scores were improved in the pioglitazone groups just on the 4th and 7th days of reperfusion (p < 0.05). Comparison of the pioglitazone with the control groups showed significant differences in edema at 4 and 7 days. Although IFD decreased in the pioglitazone group at 7 days of reperfusion, it was not statistically significant. In addition, the MDA level was significantly lower in pioglitazone-treated groups. Conclusion: Our results show the protective effect of pioglitazone on sciatic nerve I/R injury.
Extended structure of MEC for thermal process

Recently, high-performance temperature control for the thermal process is becoming important with high quality of heat-treated product such as semiconductors. The dynamics of the thermal process is varied by setting the product for fabrication. Therefore, a modeling error between the system and the model exists and we cannot obtain intended output by this error. To minimize the modeling error, the model error compensator(MEC) has been proposed. The compensated system by MEC is used instead of the plant. The entire system works well because the compensated system is similar to the plant model. However, it is difficult to apply MEC for the thermal process because it is a kind of infinite dimension systems. Here, we have proposed extended MEC for the thermal processing system. In this paper, we use a high-order model to improve control performance and propose the MEC with parallel feed-forward compensator. The compensator form is designed based on the Smith predictor for thermal process to overcome delay component. The effectiveness is illustrated by using numerical examples.
Theory-based bias correction in dispositional inference: The fundamental attribution error is dead, long live the correspondence bias

Social psychological research has repeatedly shown that perceivers draw correspondent dispositional inferences from observed behaviour even when this behaviour was highly constrained by situational factors (i.e., the correspondence bias). Even though this phenomenon has been proposed to be multiply determined, the most common explanation is still that perceivers ubiquitously consider situational factors to have little impact on human behaviour (i.e., the fundamental attribution error). The present chapter offers a critical analysis of the available empirical evidence on the correspondence bias from the perspective of theory-based bias correction. It is concluded that the correspondence bias results from a number of different processes associated with the application of perceivers' causal theories about situational influences on human behaviour. However, there is no evidence for the assumption that the correspondence bias is due to causal theories implying that situational factors have little impact on human behaviour. Theoretical and empirical implications are discussed.
Face Recognition by LLE Dimensionality Reduction

Nowadays we are surrounded by colorful images and image processing has become an important subject. We have to carry on all kinds of implementations such as image classification, image recognition, image searching and so on. However, direct operation to those images is difficult because of the features -- nonlinear, high dimensionality, large quantity. To reduce the dimensionality and remain original features, people created many algorithms such as PCA, MCS and ANN. In this paper, I introduce one dimensionality reduction called locally linear embedding (LLE), which is created by Sam and Lawrence. The LLE algorithm is one nonlinear dimensionality reduction method. I make use of the LLE algorithm to do an experiment of face recognition. By the LLE algorithm I reduce the 92*112-dimension-image to 6 dimensions and successful recognize the face image.
Measuring Quality of Nursing Home Service: Residents' Perspective

An inventory was developed to measure residents' perceptions of the quality of nursing home service. The content domain and dimensions of the inventory were derived from actual comments of nursing home residents. Independent studies employing a multiple-facility sample of 103 residents and 194 residents from a single institution supported a four-factor structure of the quality of nursing home service—Staff and Environmental Responsiveness, Dependability and Trust, Food-related Services and Resources, and Personal Control. The data provide preliminary support for the measure's reliability and validity so it may be used to study the antecedents and consequences of quality in nursing home service from the residents' perspective.